doolahrock
Member
Well, it's been a depressing start to the year for sure. My mother recently retired and is all kinds of financial chaos, so much so that we are having to sell the house.
To add to this, some utter swine has backed into the front of the B leaving one big dent and two baby ones.......and no, they didn't leave their details.
It's at times like these to cheer myself up, I at least contemplate some barchetta related pick me up.
Had a couple of quotes to repair the damage. one at 200 with a partial re-spray and another at 250 with a re-spray of the whole of the damaged panel (front panel that stops at the doors). They have also included a re-spray of the bumper for that price. I think while I'm at it, probably best to get the bonnet done as well as it's peppered with stone chips.....no surprise there. Bit concerned with how well it will match especially as the paintwork has 9 years worth of weathering to consider.
Also looking at how to increase the performance of the B. Been re-reading a lot of threads. Angel Tuning don't do a remap for the B nor do they any longer re-chip it. However, looks like superchips can do a chip for 300 quid which claims 8bhp.
I'm also looking at a CDA and a new exhaust system. If I go for the exhaust system I think I want to go all the way with it (new backbox, de-cat the lot). Not sure how much this exhaust idea will set me back though.
If anyone has any price ideas for the exhaust it would be greatly appreciated. Pricing for the chip and CDA should be pretty straight forward though. Also any suggestions for a make of exhaust would be great. Think I will go for the oval pipe but I'm really concerned about how loud these fellows will be. I hate overly loud exhausts and I quite like the exhaust note I have on the original. Would like a bit more oomph, but draw the line at the 'is that a tractor in the distance?' syndrome.
Any advice much appreciated.
Cheers
Jon
To add to this, some utter swine has backed into the front of the B leaving one big dent and two baby ones.......and no, they didn't leave their details.
It's at times like these to cheer myself up, I at least contemplate some barchetta related pick me up.
Had a couple of quotes to repair the damage. one at 200 with a partial re-spray and another at 250 with a re-spray of the whole of the damaged panel (front panel that stops at the doors). They have also included a re-spray of the bumper for that price. I think while I'm at it, probably best to get the bonnet done as well as it's peppered with stone chips.....no surprise there. Bit concerned with how well it will match especially as the paintwork has 9 years worth of weathering to consider.
Also looking at how to increase the performance of the B. Been re-reading a lot of threads. Angel Tuning don't do a remap for the B nor do they any longer re-chip it. However, looks like superchips can do a chip for 300 quid which claims 8bhp.
I'm also looking at a CDA and a new exhaust system. If I go for the exhaust system I think I want to go all the way with it (new backbox, de-cat the lot). Not sure how much this exhaust idea will set me back though.
If anyone has any price ideas for the exhaust it would be greatly appreciated. Pricing for the chip and CDA should be pretty straight forward though. Also any suggestions for a make of exhaust would be great. Think I will go for the oval pipe but I'm really concerned about how loud these fellows will be. I hate overly loud exhausts and I quite like the exhaust note I have on the original. Would like a bit more oomph, but draw the line at the 'is that a tractor in the distance?' syndrome.
Any advice much appreciated.
Cheers
Jon