MisterCorn
Fuji
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I've done various jobs on my cars before and put them up as separate threads, I thought I would start this as a single thread to keep everything together. The background to this is that I wanted to rebuild an M96 engine to have as a spare for my 1999 C2, just in case anything ever goes wrong with it. The engine I got was in pretty poor shape and was not looking like being economical to rebuild so I looked for another engine. I found this car for sale not too far from me, it was cheap due to being on super high mileage, 192k, but had the engine changed not all that long ago and it runs really well. Now that I have the complete car and it only cost just over £9k I thought I might turn it in to a project car, basically something which is a bit more focussed for road driving than my C2, but not as crazy as the turbo. Given that the C4 uses the same basic chassis as the GT3 and this has an aerokit it seems like a good place to start.
The original spec for this included the factory aerokit, x74 lowered suspension, switching sports exhaust and the sports seats.
The bodywork is in pretty poor condition, so it will most likely end up with a full respray to get it looking spot on, before then it will get a replacement front nearside wing as that has a ding in it.
The car has been looked after by PCT in Solihull who are now closed, it recently had new brakes all round and a new steering rack.
Things I know need doing on the car.
MC
The original spec for this included the factory aerokit, x74 lowered suspension, switching sports exhaust and the sports seats.
The bodywork is in pretty poor condition, so it will most likely end up with a full respray to get it looking spot on, before then it will get a replacement front nearside wing as that has a ding in it.
The car has been looked after by PCT in Solihull who are now closed, it recently had new brakes all round and a new steering rack.
Things I know need doing on the car.
- Windscreen trim is loose on the nearside, not much of an issue as the windscreen will come out for the respray.
The interior is really scruffy and needs a very good tidy up
Odometer bulb isn't working so hard to read the odometer
When I picked up the car the passenger side footwell was slightly damp. This had cleared up completely by the time I had driven for an hour to get home.
MC