Second VR attempt

[chief 0]

Hi all, been a while since I posted on here. Basically, I had this VR6 a year ago;

Sold the car far too cheap, and it disappeared off to Ireland. Then the faint whiff of RWD wafted through my nostrils and ended up selling it to buy a 200SX;

Anyway, enjoyed the Nissan for all of five months, then as winter kicked in, the thing got almost lethal...so I did the girly thing and sold it. With the funds from that, I thought sod it and ended up buying an Alfa Romeo GTV Cup,

Then after being royally shafted on a regular basis by Mr BP and Mr Shell, I cut my losses and sold that.

So naturally, when you're looking for an economical motor, the first port of call would have to be a VR6.

After spending weeks scowering auto trader, PH and every other conceivable classified I could think of and only finding cars in either Glamorgan or Devon, imagine my surprise when this popped up 5 miles from my parents’ house.

It's a Satin Silver VR, only done 54,000 miles, FSH, Climatronic and generally pretty clean....

So me being me, I set about ruining it Friday with the help of a couple of mates;

We only managed to get the front coils on, due to my mate having to shoot off early, so we left it looking like this;

Then with the weather being brilliant again yesterday, we finished it off...

And so it looked like this...with front camber to pot and sitting all over the shop...

So today, finished off with a spirit level and a bit of tinkering, so now its nice and low and driving tighter than before. Didn't manage to get any pictures as my battery went.

Next up is sorting the rusty sub-frames and knackered jacking points, then getting arches rolled, wheels...then interior then let it snowball from there....

Cheers for looking!

[Ben Seabrook 4]

Looks like a good base mate and nice to see you returning to the vr6 fold

[Dazdub 0]

Welcome back mate. That is a very nice list of cars youve had. Love the 1st 2 a lot. New one is looking clean and tidy. Didnt take long for you to give her an upgrade. Got any other plans for her.

[legvw 0]

Glad to see you've returned back to vr ownership, tidy car, any ideas what wheels your going to putting on it?

[j1jon 0]

very nice dude. low mileage too!

loving this:

wheels look reyt good (h)

[chief 0]

Cheers guys, got lots of plans for it, seen so much stuff for it already! As for wheels, think I've looked at more sets than I did cars. Would love another set of CH's like I had on my old one, but not sure.

Glad I'm back in the VR as well, it doesn't feel that much slower than the GTV, despite being 50bhp down on it, but at least the MPG is more decent!

[Dazdub 0]

What size were the CHs you had mate

[chief 0]

They were 17 x 8.5j et 35 (I think).

Sat nice, especially the fronts;

Rears needed some playing with, never got round to it though.

[J5KE F 0]

Very nice selection of cars, and great to see u returning here!

Love the silver, a truely rare colour unlike the 'rare' mulberry highline!

Keep us in the look with pics and updates!

[chief 0]

Cheers bud, big fan of silver, it was either this or try and find a white one. In other news, not really done a great deal to the car other than ruin it a bit. Took the bumpers off with the intentions of doing some custom bodywork and fitted some CL bumpers as I didn't want to drive the car without any on! The car has also developed a misfire, so need to investigate that. Had planned on uprating the plugs and leads anyway, so this is just an excuse to do it earlier.

Anyways...

Mentioned it on edition that this is going to be more about driving enjoyment than show n shine. Done all that before and really want something I can rag the tits off...its pretty enthusiastic as it is. Managed a google maps recommended journey of 28 minutes in 12 the other night :-d but it's not enough, eventually want to turbo this one...and maybe more. Have one or two plans that I wanna follow up on. And I do realise that it is slightly ironic seeing as its lowered on budget coilovers at the moment, just didn't want it sitting on stilts.

So yeah, anyway...the plans are A59esque wide arches and custom'd front and rear bumpers, big power, stripped out etc....but at the minute, its going slowly as I'm just stock piling parts until I can tell HIC to take a running jump and find an insurance company that don't feel obliged to bum me out of money. So come November, engine mods will start surfacing.

Til then, its going to be menial stuff, just tidying up and stiffening the car in prep for the power hike.

Actual picture updates...as everyone loves a good picture;

These turned up;

Planning on running them with either 323mm LCR discs, or 330mm's....not sure yet.

Also the car with the CL bumpers on and with the behinds cleaned. 10 years worth of crap and dirt trapped behind, I was surprised there wasn't more rust spots behind them.

then...

So yeah, wordy and irrelevant update, but I'm waiting on being paid before I order the wheels, tyres, discs and pads...etc etc....can see this snowballing a hell of a lot!

Cheers for looking!

[bungy 2]

I really like what you're doing and will definately keep an eye out for this as it progresses. Will we see it at Billing this year?

[Ian_rogers 0]

Ur original VR looks stunning mate! Top work!

Looking forward to the outcome of this one!

[richierich37 236]

welcome back to vr ownership dude, car looks well! (h)

[chief 0]

Cheers guys, much appreciated. Yeah I might make it to Billing, really wanted to come along when I had the Mulberry, but never got around to it for some reason...

My last one...should never have sold it, had sooo many nice parts on it that I let go for stupidly cheap money....Mulberry trimmed Recaro Pole Positions, Premier Performance dials...knew I should have kept hold of them!

Ah well, onwards and upwards...going to start stripping the insides out over the weekend, think I've secured a seat for my arse...passangers side might take a bit more scowering!

[Lukey. 381]

what were the indicators you had on the first VR? they look bigger than normal

[chief 0]

Porsche 993/ Audi RS2's bud. Contemplating on getting them done again on this one....subtle but cool mod.

[chief 0]

Just another little update for now;

Got a bit carried away taking the dash apart the other day and it resulted in this;

Then decided to take the binnacle apart to give the needles a lick of paint;

Then thought, sod it. Whilst its apart, might as well have a crack at doing something different...so this happened;

Then set about creating something on Photoshop;

But ran short of time as I needed the car at the weekend. So just did some silver dials, changed the font type and tidied the dials up...and a Ferrari-esque Yellow rev counter, bit ghey I know, but I like it...plus it's added 20bhp as well, can really feel the difference...well maybe not!

And finally, picked these up today;

Should be fitted tomorrow at some point, just on the hunt for some 195/40's!

[gavinvr6 0]

daft question but can you send me the dials pic so i can have a go at a photoshop. aint got the guts to pull mine apart yet

[chief 0]

Yeah no worries mate, if you paypal £30 over... :-d

Only joking! But yeah, PM me your email addy and I'll send the PSD over to you.

[Dazdub 0]

Classy mate, i like it. You definately do some good stuff to your motors. Look forward to seeing the wheels on

[b19drg 0]

can i be a pain and ask for the PSD aswell ?? vr6@me.com

[chief 0]

Classy mate' date=' i like it. You definately do some good stuff to your motors. Look forward to seeing the wheels on

[/quote']

Thanks very much mate, much appreciated :-d

Wheels should be on tomorrow hopefully. Fingers crossed.

And b19drg, is that your email addy in the link? If it is, I'll fire them across now.

[chief 0]

Trial fit went well;

And dropped down onto the wood;

Think I might just get away without rolling the arches with a 195/40.

Might add a small spacer on the front so I can camber the top in a little more as its sitting rather close to the coil at the mo.

One more as well, because I'm crap at keeping stuff quiet!

They look massive on the last pic! :-d

Massive amount of space for the calipers behind the spokes, stupid amounts really!

Really looking forward to Friday now so I can get the tyres on and start tweaking the ride height and finally get the alignment sorted.

Cheers,

J

[chief 0]

Wheels now fitted....happened quicker than I thought :-d

Brakes next, then change of coilovers & exhaust and then hit the interior up before sitting down and working out how I can justify/ fund FI....

So much for not spending money on this one!

[jimmyb 2]

wheels are my all time favs,,im jealous,,lol,,but still i love it