cwspellowe
Post #1
Hey guys, over the next few months i'll be looking at moving on from the Sigma for a newer model, so figured i'd throw a thread up of its life since i bought it from c4lks last August. Why not, eh?Like I said, took a gamble when buying the motor, had to travel about 300 miles to pick iy up, some of you might remember me taking a box of Tamiflu on the train with me to a) create mass hysteria and
get four seats to myself. WIN. That's kinda irrelevant but just thought i'd remind you swine flu kills 
Anyway the car turned out to be half decent, especially considering its age. Peter (c4lks) had the motor for about 6 years before i relieved him of it for a bargain price. 130k on the clock, but it had had the cambelt done 15k previously and had extensive head work as a previous snapper, and had rigorous servicing. Started first time every time with no ticking
Then again, he kept the leather interior for his XSi and there were a few dodgy goings on with the car, most obviously some shagged rear beam mounts and a couple of bald tyres. Still, can't complain for the money, and off we set back oppp naarth.
Wee cheeky stop in Blackpool to see the 'rents, get moaned at for having bald tyres and not having phoned in about 3 months. Typical.
Back off to Glasgow to introduce it to its new home, where it'll be loved and cherished and valued more than my pregnant fiancée. But she'll never know that
Few cheeky shots by Ullswater, and a run in with an interesting chap. Search for Jumpstarting Jew if you don't know the tale 
And of to work on the first job, those embarassing beam mounts. They were that bad the car spun in the wet at about 15mph round a lightly cambered bend. In traffic. Oops. Whipped 'em out quick sharp (well, it took bloody ages actually) and she's right as rain. For now.
After that a window clip shat a brick. Being a Sunday i couldn't get one at short notice, so i tried to bodge it with some superglue and some random red plastic, It held for 24 hours then popped back out
So off to Pug for a new 'un
Next up, a clean bill of health. Passed the MOT second time, just needed 2x front ball joints, an emissions retest
and the O/S/R calliper freeing up to pass the handbrake test, not bad for a 13 year old kid.Finally the cosmetic work started. Fair enough some stuff looked gash, but i was trying to find the look that i loved. Which meant trial and error. A lot of error
First up, yellow lenses:
Agreeably, the indicators looked shite. So they went. But the fogs looked
Next up, phase 2 badges and tail lights
Tidied the back end up nicely imo, just a few nice little touches to spruce things up. After being stored for a while it was looking kinda tired.
Little bits an' bats aside, time for something more striking. Alwyas had a thing for white wheels, both on my old 106 and 205, so it was the obvious choice for this cr. Plus the potential Sigma has in the sun, the contrast would look epic.
Rattle cans a-plenty =
Oh, and the mirrors (it seemed like a good idea at the time
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I'm knackered, i'll do part 2 in a bit. Probably have a w*nk or something first.
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Bye bye Sundance Kid
Posted 9th Jul 2011 at 02:35
poverty spec blue shitty interior. Finally looking like a GTi again 
Must just be totally unobservant 
him
) - black masks
to them naughty blue led bulbs in the clock though 
