Well looking at it now, it was worth it varesecrazy!
This Marea seems to have taken a beating, but its rarely missing a heart beat
So far so good guys, i love it, i wont lie, only thing i dont like is the mad petrol adiction it suffers from
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First oil change done yesterday, 4L of castrol GTX and an oil filter.
Next will be a fully synth swap which i bought for 10 quid from halfrauds
will get another oil filter and will swap it out betwee 2-4 weeks, the old oil was dreadful, proper treakle like! but after giving it a thrash like, the cams ended up clearer then i originally thought but theres still alot to be rid of!
My all time dream is to own a fiat coupe, but i've loved mareas ever since ive set my eyes on them, so maybe long time/2013 summer dream will either be a coupe, or a 20vt engine conversion for the old time, she deserves it and i cant fault the current body, it needs undersealing me thinks
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So some pictures to share with you all! Hope you've all had a great christmas, and look forward to the new year!
Shes not the cleanest paint work wise, but it doesnt stop me from giving it any of the attention it deserves! i need a new black bonnet or a bonnet respray to sort most of the bad looks! and i want a new rear bumper as its split!
I like making use of my space poorly too, can ya tell?
Still got to sort my arial out!! hate that bit of wire!
On the bright side, some stuff from the oil change, engine bays pretty clean
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Got her nice n up in the air!
Nearly fried the sump plug though, think marea oil gets quite a bit hotter then my usual 1.0 micra, so was fraying the head :S let it cool down a bit and viola, plug undone thank god!
Had a look at fog light bulbs too! one of them is broke, huraaaay, so im hoping with a new set she should fire up on the front fogs, which would be awesome! cant get electric mirrors to work for the life of me though, what could it actually be??
All 4 tyres are sorted, for winter anyway, 2 winter contis on the front and 2 mixed on the back, i took corners here because i just wanted her to be legal :'(.
Still running with water in the expantion bottle though :'( sorry guys, moneys so tight, its the next thing on my list!! i promise!
And oh yeah, my airbox was snapped/freyed/battered to crap! so i remember storing my 1.6 one which was exactly the same
, wheel off, liner pulled back, old box out, new box in, tighten up, greese, jobs a gooden!
Stay tuned guys, this cars slowly being awoken
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Migs