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DiabloDiva

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Thought I’d post a project thread for my P1 Diablo.

I bought her from Stuwee on 101k (saving her from being broken for parts!) and she was in a bit of a sorry state Doh She had been sat for a year on axel stands and needed a bit of love Love

Firstly massive thank you to mattgti6phase2 and Stuwee Yes

I started by stripping the brakes, painted the calipers gloss black, and bought and fitted new pads and discs all round. The P Bushes, Brake hoses, N/S and O/S Driveshafts and Exhaust all needed replacing, as well as a full service. Over two days (and with a few broken nails Angry a very late night, various swear words and lots of energy drinks ) we managed to get her ‘MOT ready’ and she sailed through with no advisories. Then all she needed was a good wash and detail which she got when I got her home Thumbs up

Now to save for more shiny bits Hyper































Loads of pictures sorry Big grin





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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:03
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Another Diablo with nice paint whilst mine is s**te. What is going on! I need to get one of those pop up covers to work on the car in the rain. A broken nail is nothing, I can't even see any blood. That's the sign of a good days work on a Peugeot

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:08
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Looks quite tidy TBF, good on you for saving her Thumbs up

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:10
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DiabloDiva

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jamiek_uk2000 wrote:
Another Diablo with nice paint whilst mine is s**te. What is going on! I need to get one of those pop up covers to work on the car in the rain. A broken nail is nothing, I can't even see any blood. That's the sign of a good days work on a Peugeot


A broken nail is really painful !!! And there was blood, just no picture evidence Smile

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:15
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jamiek_uk2000

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Lies. All lies.

Nice to see a 6 being saved not scrapped Thumbs up

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:17
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DiabloDiva

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jamiek_uk2000 wrote:
Lies. All lies.

Nice to see a 6 being saved not scrapped Thumbs up


Laugh my ass off

yeah she's got a 'forever home' now Thumbs up

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:18
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Mine has a forever home, it's similarly perched on axle stands out the front of my house, been there a solid 26 months now. Be back on the road June 2013!

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:21
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DiabloDiva

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jamiek_uk2000 wrote:
Mine has a forever home, it's similarly perched on axle stands out the front of my house, been there a solid 26 months now. Be back on the road June 2013!


Stuwee was really glad to get his axel stands back LOL

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 19:24
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Looking good K Thumbs up

Too good a car to break up.

Look after her.

The Cherry is next in line for the chop, fancy buying it of me? LOL

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 22:04
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DiabloDiva

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Stuwee wrote:
Looking good K :thumbup

Too good a car to break up.

Look after her.

The Cherry is next in line for the chop, fancy buying it of me? LOL



I will Smile

I'm not allowed to buy the cherry off you....remember ! LOL

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 22:17
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Diablo nails to match the car. Nice.

Car looks great after the clean-up too. I like a nice P1.

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 22:32
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DiabloDiva

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mik wrote:
Diablo nails to match the car. Nice.

Car looks great after the clean-up too. I like a nice P1.


Colour co-ordination Thumbs up (i'm not actually that sad, it was a joke)

I should hope so too, it took me all day. She will be even nicer when i've saved some more pennies Yes

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Posted 19th May 2013 at 23:32
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They are dangti6's nails. True story

Beautiful P1 too
Posted 20th May 2013 at 00:51
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Good to see her back on the road. Wasn't too bad to get everything done eh?

It's quite pleasing to save a car from death especially as these cars get broken for parts too often these days. This one doesn't go too bad either after blowing the cobwebs out the other night LOL

I'd say its a massive step up from that German piece of s**t you had! French ftw all day everyday!!!

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Posted 20th May 2013 at 08:51
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mattgti6phase2 wrote:
Good to see her back on the road. Wasn't too bad to get everything done eh?

It's quite pleasing to save a car from death especially as these cars get broken for parts too often these days. This one doesn't go too bad either after blowing the cobwebs out the other night LOL

I'd say its a massive step up from that German piece of s**t you had! French ftw all day everyday!!!


Im glad we saved her and no wasnt too bad at all.

Anything is a step up from that VAG FAIL !!!! Thumbs down

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Posted 20th May 2013 at 10:18
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They are dangti6's nails. True story

Beautiful P1 too


Yes

Although I'm using Nile blue up at the moment as I don't like it.

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    sixysix

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    That looks really tidy now Thumbs up
    Well done on saving the car and enjoy it as they are fun cars and still look good Smile

    That must be a late registered P1 as the facelift P2 came in on R plates 1997/1998
    Oh, and mechanics, detailing, and nails was never really going to work LOL

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    Posted 20th May 2013 at 12:09
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    DiabloDiva

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    sixysix wrote:
    That looks really tidy now Thumbs up
    Well done on saving the car and enjoy it as they are fun cars and still look good Smile

    That must be a late registered P1 as the facelift P2 came in on R plates 1997/1998
    Oh, and mechanics, detailing, and nails was never really going to work LOL


    Im really pleased with her Big grin She drives really nicely too considering she had been sat for so long, the cobwebs have definitely been blown away..

    I was told it was quite rare to see a P1 on an R Dunno

    I've never broken a nail as a result of working on the car before, first time for everything !

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    Posted 20th May 2013 at 13:29
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    Had some work done on the cobwebbing on the N/S/R quarter, much improved, also gave the engine bay a good SCRUB !! You could eat your dinner off that inlet manifold Thumbs up



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    Looking nice and clean! Just need a cover for that battery now. Thumbs up

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    Posted 22nd May 2013 at 13:30
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    And scrub my engine bay in a bikini although it doesn't need it Wink

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    Posted 22nd May 2013 at 13:46
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    How does that jack fit in the boot?LOL

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    Posted 22nd May 2013 at 13:53
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    DiabloDiva

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    24seven wrote:
    Looking nice and clean! Just need a cover for that battery now. Thumbs up


    Its on my shopping list Thumbs up (along with lots of other bits Doh )



    mattgti6phase2 wrote:
    And scrub my engine bay in a bikini although it doesn't need it


    I dont 'do' bikinis No Do my resonator box and ill think about it, but bikini's still out of the question.


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    I can clean your back box to!

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    Posted 22nd May 2013 at 16:23
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    DiabloDiva

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    mattgti6phase2 wrote:
    I can clean your back box to!


    Might need to get your fist in there it needs a good going over.

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