Lozi 22 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Ive got a heaterbox if u need 1 bud. Its jus sat in my shed doing nothin Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Thanks I think I may have sorted one now but I will bear that in mind! Just read through your thread. Its a real pain putting wright other peoples bodges, I've had cars that have been similar.Your doing a good job of sorting it out by the looks of it.It must be a relief now having sorted your matrix problem. I am getting a wet drivers foot well. I'm hoping its blocked drain holes and not the matrix. Really should check it out. Keep up the good work.It's nice to have a matrix that fits but it will be really nice once I have got a new heater box and put it all back in!Can you smell coolant in the car? Unfortunately it probably is your matrix lolI went back to scrappy today to finish getting a heater box out, I nearly had it out and a bit broke off it! Just my luck lolDidn't want to go home empty handed to liberated the clocks from a mk3.5 cabby, I will either get an rpm converter or try to make 1 set of clocks out of a mixture of the cabby ones and my VR ones Link to post Share on other sites
ad_coupe 2 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 It's nice to have a matrix that fits but it will be really nice once I have got a new heater box and put it all back in!Can you smell coolant in the car? Unfortunately it probably is your matrix lol Na can't smell coolant, but I am loosing some, it has a leak from the radiator so can't tell if it is only loosing from the radiator or the radiator and the matrix lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 congrates on getting the 2nd car (Y) not a bad one either by the sounds of it Bet that has relieved a load of pressure? Good luck with the new matrix etc though. Will turn out alright Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 congrates on getting the 2nd car (Y) not a bad one either by the sounds of it Bet that has relieved a load of pressure?Good luck with the new matrix etc though. Will turn out alright Yeah it's a little beast it would give the vr a run for its money!It has relieved the pressure but it's also taken away any urgency so the car will be back on the road probably 2 weeks later than it would have been. I have sent all my clocks and switches etc away for modding so even if I do fix it I won't have a speedo or lights lol Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted November 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Did a little more on the vento today, I can't really do to much due to health issues but I am chipping away at it lolI bought another heater box due to bits being broken off mine But unfortunately and not at all surprisingly bits were broken off the inside and outside, I guess the courier firm kicked it around abit lolSo I was left with no choice but to use my old one, I managed to get the cables clipped on using some cunning which negated the need for the new one but the foam on the flap was still ruined so I peeled the remainder offAnd then using some lagging tape I had left over from when I was a beer engineer...........I recovered it, I'm unsure how well this will work but I guess time will tell and I will probably have the dash back out in a few weeks because it's failed lolI got the heater box back together and bolted up then started the car which revealed no leaks but I couldn't get the heater blower to work, it got dark so I will continue tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Latest arrival from Germany lol Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Latest arrival from Germany lol A grille? Hope you manage to get that heater working soon man. Gutted about that new one being busted though? But as said, parcel guys kicking them about :/ Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 A grille? Hope you manage to get that heater working soon man. Gutted about that new one being busted though? But as said, parcel guys kicking them about :/Well a piece of a grill lol The heater box is in and working I just need to put the dash back in! Ickyketseddie 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Question. Why only half? Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Question. Why only half?I will use the slats off it to de badge my other grill.It's the only way to achieve a badgeless early vento grill and in my opinion it's the best look but not all that common because of the cost and work involved. Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Finally something good! Got my wheels back today!I bought them thinking I could just fit them but when I went to get the tyres fitted it turned out all 4 were properly buckled, 1 was possibly usable if put on the rear but even that wasn't recommended.They had been sat in boxes at my house for a few weeks prior so I decided instead of contacting the seller I would just bite the bullet and get them sorted.After going to 3 wheel places I was losing hope as they all said they wouldn't touch them because they are splined bolt splits and they were so buckled they were scrap so I should just not bother wasting my time with them.I ended up at Northampton Welding as the other wheel places said he can fix any wheel so was worth a try, he was sound, was fully up for taking them on and he was very reasonably priced so I thought fuck it lets do this lolI got him to straighten them and tidy them up, split them and get them re painted then rebuild them with new bolts and nuts and stretch the tyres on.I went for gloss black dishes with matt black centers and gold bolts, I went and picked them up after work today and I'm really pleased with them I can't wait to get them on the car! Here's some crap pics at the wheel place I will get some better ones in daylight Ickyketseddie, bennyk and Daverse 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Nice cant wait to see them on the car Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Are they BBS RC041's from an e36 bmw? Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Nice cant wait to see them on the carI'm literally excited they will be the first interesting thing I have done to the car, I'm sick of fixing it now I want to start modding! Lol Are they BBS RC041's from an e36 bmw?Yes mate Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Another arrival today at work3D black and gold genuine BBS centre caps, they must be the most overpriced circle of plastic available lol Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Another classic day with this car, went to fit the wheels today which I have been looking forward to all week but obviously something was going to go wrong...To be fair I probably should have checked but when I got the bolts out to put the adapters on it turns out I only got 9 bolts with them not the 20 required.I fitted one wheel though so here's some pics of it as it came off the jack (the camera on my iPhone is shit lol) It was the first time I had taken a wheel off this car so gave me a chance to see what coilovers are on it, the are yellow but I doubt they are spax as spax are decent lol any ideas what they are?And then it was time to get the dash back in after weeks without one, after a few finishing touches to the heater box and wiring I slotted the dash in to find once fitted there is a massive gap between the dash and the windscreen.... That was enough for me so I left it for another day nothing is ever straight forward with this car I can't see a reason why the dash won't fit correctly. Link to post Share on other sites
mattvr6 133 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Look like fk's palSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
bennyk 1,238 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 After 15 odd years of playing with my own cars and being in the motor trade I've found out that nothing ever runs smoothly when working on your own car!! Good luck with getting the wheels on soon, they look great! palmer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Look like fk's palSent from my iPhone using TapatalkI think you may be right! The cheapest ones by the look of it lol After 15 odd years of playing with my own cars and being in the motor trade I've found out that nothing ever runs smoothly when working on your own car!! Good luck with getting the wheels on soon, they look great!I have never had a car that's been this much of a pain before everything I touch something happens or there's an issue caused by previous retard owners.I'm hoping the wheels will be on at the weekend and dare I say it I will be driving it about, fingers crossed bennyk and Ickyketseddie 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 those wheels are brill! Glad you got them sorted though. Sits a nice hight as well on them. Good to hear that the dash is going back in (slowly) Keep it up though man. I seem to have stopped on mine..haha Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 those wheels are brill! Glad you got them sorted though. Sits a nice hight as well on them. Good to hear that the dash is going back in (slowly) Keep it up though man. I seem to have stopped on mine..hahaYeah I'm pretty pleased with them, I will run lower than that hopefully that's just how it came off the jack so not even settled.I have sent all my switches/clocks etc to be modified so I can't really finish the dash till they are back, in reality it's cold out and I can't be bothered lolYour thread has turned into a workshop manual/brakes discussion lol Nazza27 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I got my bolts back which have been machined for the adapters so I fitted the wheels, I don't really like them now they are on the car lolI put the drivers seat in and took it for a drive and it smells of burning and none of the windows work, the motors make a sound but the windows don't move at all which is strange.PicsAt the front one side seems to poke more than the other Lukey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Strange how one side pokes more than other. Are they both the same offset and the previous owner didn't just wreck one wheel and replace it with an ebay cheapie? They look really smart imo though. The black goes well against the green, and that gold VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Yea I think they suit the dark green vento too Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Strange how one side pokes more than other. Are they both the same offset and the previous owner didn't just wreck one wheel and replace it with an ebay cheapie? They look really smart imo though. The black goes well against the green, and that gold No the wheel is legit I think it's due to alignmentYea I think they suit the dark green vento tooI like the colour but I think they look to big in pics, looks better in the flesh Edited December 17, 2013 by Lozi Link to post Share on other sites
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