My Repair And Improve Project - Pic Heavy
#1
Posted 12 April 2015 - 10:10 PM
It was late at night so couldn't see much, initially I thought it was the end of the car. I left that evening with the car being put on the back of a low loader and thought that was the and of an era.
In the light of the next day at the salvage yard, I had a look around and it looks horrible. But good news, there was no suspension damage.
I needed to get the car home and strip it down to ensure there was no chassis damage. Here's the strip down in progress
One big hole:
clam off
The rad took a lot of the impact
Managed to miss all of the brakes lines and servo
Amazingly there was no damage to chassis, which is purely luck that I hit the tree straight and in the middle, which meant the crashbox could do its job. It did it well! There was a couple of other minor scuffs to the doors and a small crack in the passenger ear.
I was never planning to sell the car, so in my ownership it has wanted for nothing. I haven't added up the cost in the last 3 years (~18k miles) but it could be 5 figures.
The car has 80k on the clock but it has a LEH engine with 25k on it. Within the last 10k it has had cambelt/pulleys, water/oil pumps, handbrake cable, side engine mounts, back and front yellow poly inserts, heavy duty helix clutch, steel flywheel, upgraded rear toe links, alternator, short belt mod, all heatshields, lightweight header tank bracket, Fez heater, fred666 carpets, slim line amp/sub.
It has the Dave Hardwick alloy airbox, big MMG turbo intake pipes and tophat, the MMG big intercooler with air guiding and outlet vent in wheel arch, recirc valve, catch tank, full 2.5 miltek.
I couldnt let it die, so it will be resurrected. So the plan is full repair and suspension refresh.
First off, need to get that crashbox off. What a horrible, time consuming job, there was a good 2 hours of peeling all the glue of after this pic
Then I had a very short vx
#2
Posted 12 April 2015 - 10:19 PM
#3
Posted 12 April 2015 - 10:27 PM
Give everything a good clean, put foam tape between any parts which could rattle. Found a bit of spare change in the process
No wonder in could never stop all the rattles...
Sent the seats to DTT for bolster repair and remove the silly passenger lumber support.
Wrapped the windscreen surround, while there was easy access. I have been meaning to do this for ages.
Next was to get all the parts together to go to the bodyshop.
Many thanks to the orgers helping me with parts (Jonnyboy - clam, OEM rad surround and OEM crashbox, Graeme Lambert- loads of parts, LizP- loads of parts, cthomas443, Barton, kieranmcc) and turboluca for advice.
The car was dropped at the bodyshop on Friday,
And fixed
well nearly. . . .
#4
Posted 12 April 2015 - 10:36 PM
Edited by T VXT, 12 April 2015 - 10:42 PM.
#5
Posted 12 April 2015 - 11:17 PM
#6
Posted 13 April 2015 - 05:22 AM
#7
Posted 13 April 2015 - 08:24 AM
Have you check the rear subframe hasn't bent due to the engine having nowhere to go?
#8
Posted 13 April 2015 - 10:36 AM
#9
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:00 PM
My favourite thing you found under the seats is the paper clip tool. Everyone needs a paper clip tool.
Glad to hear you're ok and good to see you not send the car off to the graveyard just yet!
#10
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:02 PM
My favourite thing you found under the seats is the paper clip tool. Everyone needs a paper clip tool.
That's not a paper clip tool. That's a replacement starter button.
#11
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:21 PM
Interested about the crash box availability as there is a very nice crashed black turbo with frontal post damage sitting at BoT
#12
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:26 PM
Dylan, you were too quick. The last part is a front undertray which might be in the post.
ill send it tomorrow
#13
Posted 13 April 2015 - 01:44 PM
#14
Posted 13 April 2015 - 09:33 PM
Quantum zero with progressive 220/550lb rears, 400lb fronts
1 inch ARB
ARB drop links
Track rod ends
Ball joints
Ertacetal wishbone bushes
Braided brake lines
and
4 new hubs (I can't leave the rusty old ones on)
drill and grooved discs
new set of M1144
and a eds inlet manifold
I think I have everything now :-)
#15
Posted 13 April 2015 - 10:33 PM
#16
Posted 14 April 2015 - 11:53 AM
Good on you for keeping it alive. I have some experience of crashing VXs
Isn't it 'experience of crashing the same VX a few times'?
#17
Posted 15 April 2015 - 12:12 AM
#18
Posted 15 April 2015 - 05:52 AM
Great to see you getting back on your feet
#19
Posted 15 April 2015 - 01:24 PM
You give me hope, I'm rebuilding mine after a spin at Snetterton taken my 5 months so far and the damage was a lot lighter.
Great work! keep these cars alive!
Joe
#20
Posted 15 April 2015 - 03:35 PM
You give me hope, I'm rebuilding mine after a spin at Snetterton taken my 5 months so far and the damage was a lot lighter.
Great work! keep these cars alive!
Joe
Did Frosty`s old stage for bight back ?
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