ibs 308 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hi all my name is ibs and I have owned my second vr6 for 4 years now although shes been sat in a garage for the last 3 years rotting away! This was because of some idiot who crashed into me and decided to do a runner and me not having the time to get it sorted at the time. I bought her already fitted with koni coilovers and a supersprint backbox. The only thing I did was put the b5 rs4 style wheels on it which I had laying around and had the windows tinted. Here is a pic of her... D11PS, damian8588 and GT53BAD 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Ok ok time to cut out the crap. This build thread is not actually for my 5 door vr6. Its actually for my 3 door which I recently bought a few weeks ago! She has only covered 57k miles and has had more services than you could ever imagine! Completely rust free and will be the perfect car to work my magic on. Here she is my 3rd vr6..... GT53BAD and Bealieboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 One of the first few things I did was swap over the wheels from my 5 door so that it looked abit different to an oem vr6 while I chose the actual wheels I was going to go with.... GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 The other thing I got one of my mates to do was take out the leather seats from my 5 door and to fit them into the 3 door as it only had the standard cloth interior. He also managed to take out the wiring loom for the heated seats and re-wire it into the 3 door... GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Next on the list was a set of coilovers. After reading many reviews on here and other sites I opted for the AP coilovers which I bought online from Demon Tweeks. Edited June 14, 2014 by ibs GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Big J 283 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Cream seats in a black interior car looks so much better than cream pie overload! ibs and GT53BAD 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Then a few days later my wheels arrived. Calibre vintage 17x8 fronts and 17x9 rear with ET35... GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Had some 215/45/17 Federal tyres laying around from a few years ago so decided to get them put on to see how it looked. Had to use 10mm spacers on the front and rear otherwise on the front the wheels were rubbing against the calipers and on the rear they were rubbing against the coilovers. Edited June 14, 2014 by ibs GT53BAD and Bealieboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 I'm not liking the 215/45/17 tyres they look to chunky and the rear ones have been completely ruined from scraping against the arches. Only drove the car for around 20miles and the rear tyres are good to get thrown in the bin now!! Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Put 205/40/17's on mate you really want a 40 profile tyre on. 205's will give you a nice stretch on the rears and put 195's on the the fronts. They'll give you a little more clearance from the arches too Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Put 205/40/17's on mate you really want a 40 profile tyre on. 205's will give you a nice stretch on the rears and put 195's on the the fronts. They'll give you a little more clearance from the arches tooSent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Cheers mate that's the size I was originally going to go with aswell but had the 45's laying around so thought I would try them out. Once the car is out of the bodyshop first thing on the list is new tyres! daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 The next thing I did was get a custom powerflow exhaust fitted. Which included a de-cat... Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) So here is the car today 14/6/14. Shes at the bodyshop they have had her for a week but have been too busy to do much to it yet. List of work that will be carried out: Vento headlights fitted may have them slightly tinted aswellVento debadged grill sprayed & fittedVento bonnet sprayed. Will also have the washer jets removed and the holes filledEyebrow sprayed & fittedMercedes sprinter wing vent cut and out and welded to my wingRear bumper and spoiler sprayed2x new front bumpers being sprayed. One of them will have the original lights taken out and a daytime running light with indicator fitted in place. Having 2 bumpers sprayed incase I don't like the DRL ideaFront and rear arches rolled This is her this morning... Edited June 14, 2014 by ibs Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 So I was reading the forums for a couple of weeks about people doing the 312mm disc upgrade with S3 TT etc calipers and carriers. I picked up some calipers and carriers that had just been refurbished with new seals etc. The only thing now is I put a caliper side by side next to the orginal caliper and they both look exactly the same size?? Why is that? Is it the inside of the S3 caliper is deeper that allows you to fit the 312mm disc? These are the ones I bought... Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 The callipers are the same apart from the S3 should have a piston a couple of mm bigger, the carriers to space the calliper out are the important part ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 It's looking cool pal. I bought a 3 door highline a couple of months ago with 53000 on the clock so there is still some fine examples left out there. I've bought quite a few things for her now so it's just a matter of getting time to get cracking with the mods. ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
B7D VR 35 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 So I was reading the forums for a couple of weeks about people doing the 312mm disc upgrade with S3 TT etc calipers and carriers. I picked up some calipers and carriers that had just been refurbished with new seals etc. The only thing now is I put a caliper side by side next to the orginal caliper and they both look exactly the same size?? Why is that? Is it the inside of the S3 caliper is deeper that allows you to fit the 312mm disc?These are the ones I bought...IMG-20140604-WA00390.jpgCallipers Are The Same. All U Need Its The Carriers And Bigger Disks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ibs, D11PS and GT53BAD 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Things are moving really slow at the bodyshop. They have welded the sprinter vent to the wing though which is starting to look good... Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Yesterday I also got my new tyres put on which look loads better than the size I put on originally. Gone for Pirelli P Zero 215/40/17's on 9j rear wheels and 195/40/17's on the 8j fronts... D11PS, GT53BAD and daveyboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites
sep 68 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Looking good mate Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Latest update on the car. It is still in the bodyshop nearing completion finally!! Custom front bumper DRL's being wired up at the moment. Hopefully ready for Inters I will be there on Sunday. GT53BAD and B7D VR 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just bought some Porsche 944 leathers. The colour is very rare these are the only ones I have seen for sale in a very long time! I wonder how much work will be involved in getting them to fit my car. Will also see how nice the rear ones look in the car and possibly fit them in aswell. Drivers seat bolster needs a repair and i have been quoted £100 to get it looking fresh again from a local company. GT53BAD, Bealieboy and Caddyslammed 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Bealieboy 1,625 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can't beat good old tombstones! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Can't beat good old tombstones!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Any idea on how easy they would be to fit to a mk3? Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) I was looking into that a year or 2 back and apparently you have to chop your mk3 runners/bases up and weld the to the porsche seatsDo you think the rear seats will fit? Edited July 16, 2014 by daveyboy Link to post Share on other sites
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