Love the seats

 

cheers mate there great and also a good investment which isnt usually the case with a mod

 

Loving this van mate some awesome mods, especially some of the cheaper ones do make it look classy, you'll be chuffed once the heko are on

 

thanks alot mate! been unsure on the hekos wether they would look too much or not but just gone for it. if i dont like them im sure i will be able to sell them on on here and only lose a fiver. we shall see tomora hopefully (yn)

 

Also love the black and silver front end fella

 

yeah its going to get some fresh paint and some carbon dipping but keeping the same black centre style or a vr bumper.. what you think?

 

pics of hekos and tax disc holder
and a sneaky peak at the winter project!
still need to get pics up of the back all finished but will do this at weekend as i might add a little more wood to make the sub look more built in, you will understand when you see it and im unsure wether to carpet the van floor or leave the rubber mat i have in now.. opinions?

some crap pics iknow but i go to work in the dark and come home in the dark now (N) will get some decent pics up at the weekend

 

Im presuming this is Toms old van?? nice to see more of your own personal stuff:thumbs: The springs will not go much lower, Eibachs would be my last choice, Supersport are slightly more but achieve the look with out hampering the vans carrying.

The Audi look was first done by Tom. How about the AMG look, just the bottom middle splitter? ( to be different )

1275cc going in

 

yeh it is mate and thanks the eibachs werent expensive so snatched them up now hopefully some good lower springs will come up over this winter ready for next season.

tom made a great job of wrapping it as its what he did for a job signwriting but with stone chips on wraap it looks shocking where you can see bits of silver coming through, this is why i think im gunna get it resprayed in the same style i really doubt i will be able to wrap it myself to same standard tom did it :L
what do you mean by amg look?

and it is the 1275 its actually a project for my brothers first car but mostly me and my dad doing all the work :L will maybe start a progres thread once we get on to spraying as the engine and running gear is pretty straight forward and nothing special really so boring for you all to read :L

i think were going with rollys royce nutmeg brown for the colour (my idea) but after all bumpers are on and arches and everything is smoothed nicely

 

almost finished the back off. moving the lights lower down and haslf behind the ply so its more subtle. and adding red leds in the port hole between the 2 subs.
also gunna add some ply either side of the sub to make the subs look more built in wrapped in carpet and then i think were done until a crazy mod that will take alot of effort which will be done over the winter

 

great van

 

finished the back of van off tonight still unsure wether to box the subs in a little more. As I think one of my subs is going :/ seems to crackle and sound abit pants, especially at lower volume..

 

V smooth m8, bang on. i very much like your orange calipers, done mine black myself. We shud line ours together as im goin the same silver/black way wen i have time to finish it, painting in the cold is a nightmare, gloss black takes an eternity to dt finished my door handles, my vxr reps next. But mine r a bit battered, urs are shiny new. Got mine for 200 with new tyres

 

I. Paid 400 with tyres! And there not shiny new laquer peel on them an paint peel on one there gettin powder coated but gunna wait till after the harsh winter I think I wanna go with vxr front bumper but got a lot of nice comments about the wrapped grill last night at hulloween so unsure wether to just respray my standard one or go with vxr bumper

 

as an estate owner. Im very jealous.. nice wheels, and nice tidy work with the interior sound too

 

thanks man wheels need a respray! and i still have to box in around the subs a little more i think and probably carpet the floor as the rubber mat is pants

 

Few pics from yesterday..

rolling along Humber bridge my fav pic of van so far

detailing sesh with mate and his punto. Beading from auto glym polish no wax XD

remap day before makes such a difference

 

Slick m8. I like your bumper, something diff. Looks mint with the roof. Im spraying my rims myself, sanding them down to very smooth with alot of coats of each, primer, paint & lacquer. Iv seen shot blast & powder coat & wasnt impressed. and iv put my stock 15s on for winter, which sent me sideways last night... No grip at all.

 

i dont have another set of wheels for van so nothing to roll around on whilst i get my vxr reps redone. i was sideways last night too! vans twitchy on th eback end with no weight in the back which i learnt myself last night and scared myself a lil bit if im honest :L

 

That is a thing of beauty.

You should try and lift the woofer box so it ports through the ply board and into the cabin :thumbs:

 

thanks im gunna do something with the sub box just not sure what yet :L

 

Lol. greasy salt + rain = bum clenching moments. If ur not short of cash u can pick up a set of rims for £100 ish with tyres from a scrapers. However check for cracks & check the back for mishape / buckles from a few meters back. Learnt from experience...

 

forgot to mention my dirty diesel windscreen sticker always said stickers look tacky but im loving look of this

 

Nice progress here!

On a side note, I've merged your 2 threads as you don't need 2 progress threads, and moved it into here (van section).

 

no progress yet. ordering vxr rep bumper from lmf end of this month as im sick of waiting for a 'cheap'ish one to come up. along with a vxr grill which will be carbon dipped same time i take my wing mirrors and rear strip.
searching for some astra estate rear seats. leather or half leather and going for a rear seat conversion and if it all goes **** up then got some wacky ideas for the back of the van. either way theres gunna be lots of suede
above should be done by end of year and gunna take the van off the road for a week whilst i get my wheels powder coated and get cracking with the conversion.

also want a new head unit as im sick of my eonon! along with piano black dash and top half of dash flocked in suede along with a pillars and full estate roof lining.
might go for a smd conversion and abit of tech 2 work with this too but depends on the money i have after the seats and bumper which are expensive mods and christmas which always hits the bank balance hard.

want to sort the rear stance out too somewhere along the line as its too high for me :/
been too long since i posted in here so few pics taken today after a wash

 

Looking good, im sure i saw the gtr in wakefield the other weekend

 

not this one mate theres quite a few about now, either that or im noticing tthem more. was like that with van when i first got that

 

Im sure it was that reg lol

 

Some more progress tonight although felt like I was going backwards lol. Stripped the whole rear of the van out. Subs and speakers gone along with bulkhead. Van seems alot quicker with all that weight gone! Picking astra estate rears seats and headlining up tomora. Then get the grinder out tomora night on van floor. Watch this space as they say XD

 

beading frost shot from last week

 

some progress today.
got the floor all out which was a lot harder than i thought it would be. i hate spot welds! lol
all out now though found some half leather rear seats which should be able to pick up on tuesday. still searching for estate rear seatbelts at a reasonable price along with rooflining.

 

Dont u hav a tv? Gosh u keep ur hands busy. Whos going in the back then? Ps. I like the sulkin berlingo in the background if those pics. Who drives that shed?

 

hahaha! the shed is my dads lol he drives it to work and back everyday cos its abit of a trek and doesnt wanna wack loads of mileage on gtr. i told him he should get an astavan (Y) :L it is shocking to drive but its all sighwritten up now and does job. suppose it makes gtr even more of a treat to drive :L
and i have a tv i just like to keep busy enjoy little projects and was tempted to buy a restoration project to do over the winter but lil brothers got a classic mini which were working hard on now so thought seat conversion would be abit of fun (how wrong could i be) lol and my gf is not pregnant if thats what your suggesting like all my work mates

 

'and my girlfriend is not prgnant' made me laugh that mate hahaha

 

all lads at work keep trying to wind me up saying im gunna be a dad thats why im doing seat conversion lol
ps. where in donny are you? suprised i havnt seen your van about