General i'm going mad

The Sultan · Oct 18, 2008

just bought a bravo 1.8 hlx

am i going mad

i cant insure it lol

just guna mint it in my usual style service and sell on again then i may have enough wonga to get me a 1.2

got it for 175 quid and if i'm to believe the ebay listing all it needs is a radiator

5abr3 · Oct 18, 2008

Yes you've gone mad if you haven't been and looked at it imho, good luck though

ChrisUK · Oct 18, 2008

littlepip17 said:
just bought a bravo 1.8 hlx

am i going mad

i cant insure it lol

just guna mint it in my usual style service and sell on again then i may have enough wonga to get me a 1.2

got it for 175 quid and if i'm to believe the ebay listing all it needs is a radiator

Have you even tried?. Surprisingly cheap about an extra £50-£100 a yr for me over my 1.4 mk2b Punto Sporting

dave · Oct 18, 2008

yes your mad, they probably drove it with the knackered radiator and have blown head gasket

Adrian Bravo · Oct 18, 2008

littlepip17 said:
just bought a bravo 1.8 hlx

am i going mad

i cant insure it lol

just guna mint it in my usual style service and sell on again then i may have enough wonga to get me a 1.2

got it for 175 quid and if i'm to believe the ebay listing all it needs is a radiator

I was almost going to buy that one, was gonna do it up as my new car. Instead im waiting for something better and HGT'ish. I was worried on that 1.8 they would have driven it to much on a naff radiator and done some damage.

The Sultan · Oct 19, 2008

well ill start it up when i get there aslong as it don't knock ill take it

if it's a head gasket i can fix it easy as so i'm not to worried

obviously can tell from the oil and various plastics around the engine how hot it's been

even so if it is a rite off 175 quid for hlx intereor spoiler alloys and stuff for my next one is cheap

The Sultan · Oct 19, 2008

ok now i'm really going mad

i'm keeping it

i think the insurance may not be bad as i thought

i was pleasantly surprised buy a compare the market quote from admiral

jug · Oct 20, 2008

not mad, just learning slowly

Captain Mike · Oct 20, 2008

yes you are mad the only other person ive heard use the phrase wonga was my dad and he's mad.

Hellcat · Oct 20, 2008

Yey! Bravo HLX FTW!

what colour?

Adrian Bravo · Oct 20, 2008

Hellcat said:
Yey! Bravo HLX FTW!

what colour?

The best colour, Herdaulic blue or however you spell it.

Id get rid of the pointless water nozzles on the bumper just put a colour coded ovel of plastic over each hole or get another bumper.

jug · Oct 20, 2008

heraldic blue is sexy :slayer:

Adrian_Bravo_96 said:
Id get rid of the pointless water nozzles on the bumper

no way, you need bodged on bits like that to make it look different to a plain old SX.

Adrian Bravo · Oct 20, 2008

jug said:
heraldic blue is sexy :slayer:

no way, you need bodged on bits like that to make it look different to a plain old SX.

HaHa Jug I knew you would say "you need bits like that to make it look different to an SX".

But like you say they are bodged on and ugly in my opinion. If I ever upgrade my car those nozzles are going.

Hellcat · Oct 20, 2008

Get the holes filles and painted. Then the foglights and spoiler will tell the HLX apart from the SX.

The Sultan · Oct 20, 2008

i rather like the nozels on the bumper actually might aim them at pedestrians

also got a few questions for you all

do the 1.8 have rear disks or drums as i fancy the red painted callipers all round on a blue car look then some red abarth centre caps aswell

and do the rear badges have holes under em i was under the impression they dont

Adrian Bravo · Oct 20, 2008

All badges on the wings and boot are just glued.
Not sure on the rear brakes. :chin: I think they are drum EDIT:because people sell drums for 1.4/1.6/1.8 and eper only lists rear disks for HGT im feeling more confident they are drums.

furryballs · Oct 20, 2008

yeah the 1.8 version has drums on the rear but you can convert them to disc if you wanted to, all you require is the rear assembley of the hgt varient model

The Sultan · Oct 21, 2008

oh well i spose it's actually a viable modification were as rear disks on a 1.2 would be epicly pointless and never get used properly ill think about that one

but for now i'm thinking painted door handles and poly lights for a start

oh and i seem some lockwood white dials anyone know what there like any good and how do they iluminate

JoskeJTD · Oct 21, 2008

littlepip17 said:
oh well i spose it's actually a viable modification were as rear disks on a 1.2 would be epicly pointless and never get used properly ill think about that one

but for now i'm thinking painted door handles and poly lights for a start

oh and i seem some lockwood white dials anyone know what there like any good and how do they iluminate

Rear Discs are pointless on a 1.8 too. No distinctive advantage during braking at all. Just eye candy.

Lockwood dials are only made for the MK1 only and the numbers illuminate green. The needles remain red. You need to stick a circular sticky tape under one or two of the needles to prevent light shining out from under the needles. (Reason being the dials slide over the needles so have a wider diameter cut out. No need to remove old ones either you just cut the old ones off).

The Sultan · Oct 22, 2008

JoskeJTD said:
Rear Discs are pointless on a 1.8 too. No distinctive advantage during braking at all. Just eye candy.

Lockwood dials are only made for the MK1 only and the numbers illuminate green. The needles remain red. You need to stick a circular sticky tape under one or two of the needles to prevent light shining out from under the needles. (Reason being the dials slide over the needles so have a wider diameter cut out. No need to remove old ones either you just cut the old ones off).

so this being a 1997 they should fit nicely

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