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Stilo My Stilo Multiwagon JTD the S-Wagon lol

Introduction

Well if you have seen my other marea weekends and my old punto you will know this is just the start.

So after weeks of looking and after i was going to buy another car but i had to spend money on my house this popped up, from fellow forum member, i drove to birmingham to view it and left a deposit and collected it 2 weeks later, i am over the moon with it, just need to give it a good clean sort a couple of small niggles and then start on the mods, here are some pictures









and what a joy to drive, returning 60mpg and its very smooth and quick when it needs to be, my insurance was cheaper and my tax is very cheap. so now the modifications i have planned.

first up it will be lowered next month, then i shall re-furb the wheels in a anthacite colour, de-badge it, twin 3" exhuast for now, and then i shall probably leave it until teh winter is over, but my plan is too run rotiform blq wheels or xxr 527 wheels and get it stanced right, i am going to have the engine covers flocked and some of teh interior too, going to add a boost gauge and oil pressure gauge to the a pillar, and a volt and amp gauge to my cupholders, probably change teh gear knob for a new one and fit my drilled and grooved discs that i already have. then just get it really clean and enjoy it but thats my plans the wheels may not happen as i do like the wheels that are on there already, either way it will be clean and low.

cheers

robin
Thanks buddy, sppoke to a great body shop today that specilise in lotus's and were also at brooklands for auto italia, they said yes they can repair it :) along with the boot lid that also got damaged. just waiting on my home insurance to see if they will pay out for the damage caused to my car by my house, hopefully they will.

thanks

Robin
 
Muppet

If you are only getting 47-50 motorway fairly clear run I would suspect a Thermostat problem. I have a consisent run of about 60 miles travelling with 2000-2200 revs 60-70mph I get between 56 and 58 mpg. Recently had thermostat go and consumption rose to 49-52 mpg. Same run, similar speeds and load.

Changing the thermostat is another post as it turned into a near disaster.
 
right news..... Insurance said they want to take the car to one of there salvage yards... i said no, if i was shorted i wouldn't even see the dent, so after many thoughts and working out what its going to cost me, i am going to get it fixed... bodyshop is coming back to me today, and i am going to have some other bits done at the same time, now i am thinking of getting a FMIC so bumper will need to be cut, so nothing will happen until i decide about the FMIC because then they can paint the front bumper at the same time as the roof and the tailgate and rear bumper
 
small update, new drilled and grooved discs and new pads fitted to the front.... now i just need to re-paint the calipers and then change the suspension for a nice drop....

i painted the edges of my discs to protect against rust, i didn't do the rears so i may change them to new and re paint them too to match up, think it looks cool

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i did think about doing them black, but i like the red, as i am probably going to do the wheels black, the red will stand out a bit more.

i did some more flocking at the weekend, did my other apillar, to match my gauged drivers side a pillar.

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cheers

robin
 
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