106 XSi 1.4 - justin1904

[justin1904]

I'm bored...here goes:

Bought my XSi after my AX died, and i got a bit of a bargain! Paid £580 for it at the beginning of april and this is what it looked like:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/d5b7_1.jpg

Needed a few things doing to it, and i wanted to give it a go at doing it all myself, to save a lot of money on labour costs!
It needed:

Speedo cable
Exhaust
4 Tyres
New coolant hose
Front numberplate
Locking petrol cap
Stereo
Instrument panel bulbs
A good clean!(along with some modifications on the way depending on finances)

First of all i got it home, gave it a good looking over, and a good clean.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSCF2574.jpg

Then i began to fix the problems. The first thing i did was the coolant hose, a simple job you thing, took me bloody hours as it was almost impossible to get the hose off of the heater matrix end, as i couldnt get to it, but got there in the end!

I then bought a precat XSi exhaust for £40 in very good condition, as mine had holes in it everywhere, just for the time being until i can afford a decent one. And picked up a free (temporary) locking petrol cap!

I then changed the speedo cable, again took hours for silly reasons! but managed in the end.
(still waiting for the logbook to come through before i could buy a numberplate)

I bought a Meguiars clay bar kit from Halfords, very expensive but amazing results!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/IMG_1136.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/IMG_1141.jpg

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/IMG_1156.jpg

Then bought a quickshift, a mate of mine had one on his s1 rallye which i drove and it makes a lot of difference.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00066.jpg

Got bored one day and had a stone chip repair kit lying around, so used the paint to do the numbers on the gear knob!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00073.jpg

which actually looks alright! then finally got the logbook through which meant i could get a number plate, which makes a hell of a difference, looks so much better now. also nicked a shiny peugeot badge from a scrapyard, not that i'm a thief, just that they dont sell anything for under a fiver, and i wasnt going to pay a fiver for it! that also made a big improvement.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00091.jpg

Future plans...

Pugsport
White XSi alloys
Raceland induction kit (if it will fit)
White dials
New front indicators
S1 rallye carpet (red)
S1 rallye seatbelts (red)

[justin1904]

And thinking about some peugeot sport decals, have done some photoshops (excuse the shitty photoshop skills)

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/ptsott.jpg

Any opinions on this will be good!

And in the distant future when i actually have some money to spend:

S1 rallye inlet manifold
Remap
S1 rallye gearbox
Raceland 4-2-1
Lowered, 40/50mmThats about it for now! comments and advice appreciated...

[Rallye James]

Looks a really tidy XSi, bit of a bargain too :)

I think it would look great with the white XSi wheels ;) I like your gearknob too, I'm doing that to mine tomorrow :p

I'd put the PTS stripes on the bonnet but I wouldn't have the sunstrip, looks a bit OTT IMO ;)

[justin1904]

haha yeah, well if you right click on that image and get the url, the filename says 'ptsott' ;) lol.

[Daniel S]

Nice looking car. I agree with Rallye James; do the stripes on the bonnet, but don't do the sunstrip. It looks chav IMO

[justin1904]

Hmm the sunstrip was just an idea, some people like it some people dont..i'm still undecided so not going to do it yet anyway! cheers for the comments..

[justin1904]

Finally found a standard petrol cap! looks a lot better.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00138.jpg

and was bored so removed the sound proofing from the bonnet

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00136.jpg

and just a couple of pics after a clean:D

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00140.jpg



http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u145/Justin1904/DSC00142.jpg

Coming soon..when i get paid...Wheels sprayed white and either an Ashley exhaust, or a pugsport if theres one going second hand, or get it lowered.

[G124EME_XSI]

lookin nice n tidy fella.u not de-badging it?? i painted my gear stick numbers in a mnth ago and it looks cool IMO ,i did mine in miami blue same as car.also if u got a steady hand i did the peugeot lion emblem on the steering wheel tht looks even better i thought.will post a pic if get round to it

[justin1904]

yeah def post a pic of the steering wheel, considered doing mine but wasnt brave enough! nah don't think im going to de-badge it, happy with it at the moment. might de-wiper the rear though not sure

[gazz]

Looks tidy mate :D

Good luck with the steering wheel :p

[G124EME_XSI]

well ve got sum like thiners wipes tht we use at work.for wen mixin paint so i had 1 of these handy then put the paint n the emblem and if it went over the edges i just gave it a wipe with the solvent wipe and it got rid ,but nethin other wipes will just spread the paint and not wipe it off so be careful wot u use.

[justin1904]

Think i used white spirit when i did my gear knob? got it off ok when it went over the edges. I only used the paint from one of the scratch repair kits from halfords maybe the paint isnt as strong i dont know.

[BruCeY]

how much did your mate pay for his quickshift?? i been looking around for one and they range from £20 to about a £100??

I dont know what im looking for =S

Help lol

[G124EME_XSI]

crap quality but u get an idea.makes it look like the paint is patchy on this pic tho i think

[justin1904]

New Update: I hate this car. Who wants it? lol :(

[justin1904]

This is going up for sale in a month or so, maybe sooner... will have years mot and 6 months tax, would be looking for close to £1000 considering the time and money i've spent on it. Wont put it in the for sale yet as mot is not done etc..just thought i'd put this up incase anyone is genuinely interested. Reason for sale is going to university so dont really need it and wont be able to afford to run it.