Introduction
This is my 2004 Stilo next to my no-longer owned Punto.
Lows coming soon, and some nice wheels........
Lows coming soon, and some nice wheels........
Stilo Podge's 1.6 Stilo Dynamic
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So am I!
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Had an interesting night last night. Went to Ynyslas beach car park to let my Girlfriend have a drive and test her new camera, all was fine until I drove to the exit. about 4m away from the tarmac the car dug in to the sand and we were beached! It took AA man an hour to reach us (it took them two when I was on the M25 so i was amazed!). I got winched out and am now assessing the damage!
Wheel was a little unbalance from sand and a rock.
Sand everywhar
Car was sitting on the brand new exhaust!
SAND :bang:
And I killed my OS taillight.
Irony is if the Coilovers were on I doubt I would have made it onto the beach in the first place!
Wheel was a little unbalance from sand and a rock.
Sand everywhar
Car was sitting on the brand new exhaust!
SAND :bang:
And I killed my OS taillight.
Irony is if the Coilovers were on I doubt I would have made it onto the beach in the first place!
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The same beach as above almost resulted in the death of my Stilo! last week I was filming on the sand dunes for my Uni course, as I came back to the car park (tarmac) i saw the car up to the sills in water.
It was one of those moments where I chose one expletive and said it over and over. The engine started and I kept up the revs, slowly started moving towards the exit. The only way out was by going into deeper water. At it's highest point the water was level with my headlights, and I was sure I was about to lose my car, but luckily it powered through - no water in the engine, just in the footwells and in my boots!
There was another chap who wasn't so lucky and I towed out his dead clio from the car park. I didn't realise how much I love my stilo until then!
Supposedly this flood was caused by a combination of heavy flow from the river nearby, Storm tide, and huge swell hitting the beach. The car park was two feet above normal high tide!
In other news, coilies go on in a week!
It was one of those moments where I chose one expletive and said it over and over. The engine started and I kept up the revs, slowly started moving towards the exit. The only way out was by going into deeper water. At it's highest point the water was level with my headlights, and I was sure I was about to lose my car, but luckily it powered through - no water in the engine, just in the footwells and in my boots!
There was another chap who wasn't so lucky and I towed out his dead clio from the car park. I didn't realise how much I love my stilo until then!
Supposedly this flood was caused by a combination of heavy flow from the river nearby, Storm tide, and huge swell hitting the beach. The car park was two feet above normal high tide!
In other news, coilies go on in a week!
I assume you'll be avoiding this location when the coilies are on? 
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I assume you'll be avoiding this location when the coilies are on?
I think that might be a thing, yeah
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COILIES GO!
compared to:
Two weeks between doing fronts and rears, and I'm yet to fine tune them. Handling has massively improved, yet there is currently no spinal pain :slayer:
Next plans are to find a way of customising my badges, as well as hunting for a 3dr leather interior!
compared to:
Two weeks between doing fronts and rears, and I'm yet to fine tune them. Handling has massively improved, yet there is currently no spinal pain :slayer:
Next plans are to find a way of customising my badges, as well as hunting for a 3dr leather interior!
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Coilovers look great, really change the look of the car. I'm finding the standard suspension a bit soft for my liking, bet the new set up makes it feel much tighter.
love it dude..... i am thining about getting some vectra estate coilovers for my stilo wagon..... £199 delivered i am sure i can make them fit,. just need to make sure i have the correct weight springs....
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I went the safe route and got AP coilies, I think they were about £400! I justified it a little as i'm sure if and when I move on from the stilo I should still get a fair bit for them!
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Thinking I might take out the rear adjusters too.
Coils totaly change the look,
looks good on the Blades painted in that gray colour i soo want blades for my jtd
looks good on the Blades painted in that gray colour
i soo want blades for my jtd
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Coils totaly change the look,
looks good on the Blades painted in that gray colour
Thanks, it's ford Graphite Grey.
I fancy trying a different colour at some point this year.
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Quick update: Aberystwyth now has no trees, and my car was luckily not near any when they came down!
I'm waiting until easter to wind the fronts all the way down and remove the collars from the rear springs, just in time for Brooklands hopefully! Should be about three inches off the floor by then. I can't do it here as I have to pass over a nasty bastard mt.Everest-like speed bump just to park.
I'm waiting until easter to wind the fronts all the way down and remove the collars from the rear springs, just in time for Brooklands hopefully! Should be about three inches off the floor by then. I can't do it here as I have to pass over a nasty bastard mt.Everest-like speed bump just to park.
looking forward to seeing you at brooklands dude
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looking forward to seeing you at brooklands dude
Same to you! Nowhere near enough Stilos went last year, and there were zero doing the hill climb.
By the time I roll up at brooklands I hope to have a few more things done!
-New skid plate, metal. Might make one out of an old road sign for Rat points.
-Relocation of my airbox! This will mean an aftermarket filter and moving it away from the bottom of the bay (to avoid water and hard knocks)
-Splitting, Painting and refurbishing my headlights, along with removing the dead spider that has been in there for years.
-Re-refurbishing my wheels, have access to an actual paint booth this time, so will hopefully get a finish good enough to polish and seal.
All this in the two weeks I have at home in April.
Same to you! Nowhere near enough Stilos went last year, and there were zero doing the hill climb.
By the time I roll up at brooklands I hope to have a few more things done!
-New skid plate, metal. Might make one out of an old road sign for Rat points.
-Relocation of my airbox! This will mean an aftermarket filter and moving it away from the bottom of the bay (to avoid water and hard knocks)
-Splitting, Painting and refurbishing my headlights, along with removing the dead spider that has been in there for years.
-Re-refurbishing my wheels, have access to an actual paint booth this time, so will hopefully get a finish good enough to polish and seal.
All this in the two weeks I have at home in April.
yeah i have a list too, lol, lowered and suspension refurb, engine cleaning, moving the filter and fitting catch tank, exhuast and front discs and pads drilled and grooved, (already have the drilled discs and the exhuast)and a thorough clean
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I didn't realise banded steel wheels existed till tonight! I think this could be a cheaper option for poverty-stricken me to get some dish.
However I can't find any 17" Steels in 4x98 pcd, could 16's be banded out to a bigger size safely? If anyone knows a little about offset and centre bore measurements on the Stilo that would also be helpful.
However I can't find any 17" Steels in 4x98 pcd, could 16's be banded out to a bigger size safely? If anyone knows a little about offset and centre bore measurements on the Stilo that would also be helpful.
I didn't realise banded steel wheels existed till tonight! I think this could be a cheaper option for poverty-stricken me to get some dish.
However I can't find any 17" Steels in 4x98 pcd, could 16's be banded out to a bigger size safely? If anyone knows a little about offset and centre bore measurements on the Stilo that would also be helpful.
i know a guy who does banding, you can't take a 16" and band it out to 17" as it only affect the width not size, you may be able to find some 17" in 4x100, and just use wobbly bolts, but even then banding is expensive to have done, i did look at it for my marea as i had a full set of space savers, and was gonna have them done but it was gonna cost close to £300 just for banding with out powder coating.
there is also a wheel shop that can take 1 peice alloys and make them 3 peice, a little costly, but with this they can make my standard wheels a staggered setup and they would have to go to 18" as the dishes have to be bigger than the wheel size supplied
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Driving home from Aberystwyth the car decided 5mph was fast enough!
Went into limp mode on the M40 and had to crawl off with AA man escorting me.
Luckily there was a nice pub very close to the services I was left at so had a shandy and some pork scratchings whilst waiting for the flatbed.
Got relayed 150 miles back home, 12 hours after I had left, adventure!
Car wouldn't start this morning so got towed the 400m to our local mechanic. There appears to be little or no airflow to the engine, he thought that the problem lay either in the mechanical or electronic parts of the throttle so is looking at it today.
Hopefully nothing too major, but have a holiday booked in two weeks which requires driving and lugging boats to the Lake District! Not to mention Brooklands.
Fingers crossed.
Went into limp mode on the M40 and had to crawl off with AA man escorting me.
Luckily there was a nice pub very close to the services I was left at so had a shandy and some pork scratchings whilst waiting for the flatbed.
Got relayed 150 miles back home, 12 hours after I had left, adventure!
Car wouldn't start this morning so got towed the 400m to our local mechanic. There appears to be little or no airflow to the engine, he thought that the problem lay either in the mechanical or electronic parts of the throttle so is looking at it today.
Hopefully nothing too major, but have a holiday booked in two weeks which requires driving and lugging boats to the Lake District! Not to mention Brooklands.
Fingers crossed.
No way dude.....well i hope its a speedy repair, and cheap too.....
