So what are you planning to do to your Coupe once we get past the new year, now that the days have started getting longer again ?

I plan to :-

o colour cut / clay bar / polish car
o refill & spray front splitters
o clean up the engine bay

spruce up the engine bay.
refurb the alloys slightly darker.
finish colour coding the headlamps.

that will probably be in until funds allow more!!

Haven't a clue, there isn't much I need to do for once. Focus on other projects I think

famous last words Sam!!

Can any one else smell that burning?

Fit handsfree,prep her for spa!

Don't know if it will happen but:

Replace Clutch
do Belts
Service
Refurb wheels
repair/replace back bumper
repair back wing
respray
replace drivers seat (tan leather)

Either paint the roof yellow or the bottom part black?

HIDs & matching led sidelights & ice white fogs & high beams.

Replace top engine mount

Get new handbrake cables fitted & greased to prevent freezing!! Handbrake frozen on two days in a row!

Bodywork tidying when I can afford it...

...get mine half near as quick as yours MC!

I'm sort of planning to overhaul a few things before Spa, so the wishlist is rather long.....

> Visit Rog and co at PowerItalia for full service
> New suspension dampers *
> New discs front and rear *
> New pads front and rear *
> MOT
> Fit refurbished steering wheel and gear knob
> Refurbish petrol cap

* = not really needed but wanting to make sure what is on the car will be happy with a track!

All this on a NA as well!

myself and ones Coupe will take a drive down to Bristol for a remap

and.. new bonnet and bumper

Me too! asked the missus for a 'fleamap' for xmas, to say she looked confused is an understatement.....

Begin looking for a Plus or LE

Despite being responsible for a large chunk of the national debt, my car still needs a few quid spending

Full respray (actually it just needs the rust sorting, but it would be daft not to sort the rest)
New bonnet (small dent and rust in the seams)
New suspension (one rear shock leaking, others now tired)
New airbag ECU (light's been on for months)
Replace carpet (freebie already sourced from Truffle - I really need to collect it one day )
Bigger injectors, followed by the obligatory remap session
New front calipers (or at least very good secondhand ones)
New headbolts (old ones have been undone/done up too many times now)
Replace headlights (already got them - just need to source some decent 55W HIDs)
Hit a quarter of a million miles - should be around October

That little lot should leave me with very little change from four or five grand

Must be mad....

having done the suspension etc etc this year in preparation for spa, i'm treating her to

1/ fmic
2/ turbo
3/ rear arb
4/ exhaust - either race cat or catless
5/ another flea map jan 15th
6/ David L's Silicon hose GB
7/ Mop at euroeast
8/ lots of fettling

I'm sure I read a while back proccy that you were keeping it standard. How things change

1. Wash the car.... it's currently kruddy brown.
2. Clay & polish the car
3. replace drivers side front lip which has a chunk missing.
4. Have bonnet, front bumper and lips resprayed
5. Clean the engine bay
6. Oh, it's due a service in 800 miles so new filters, oil, plugs etc
7. Oh yeah, two new Toyo's on the front too.
8. And two new bonnet struts (getting tired of using brush handle)
9. .........and.......I'm bankrupt again

^^ 10. Oh but if my numbers come in, I'll have a Flea map too please

ah, well.....about that, you see i just wanted it to be running "right"

in mitigation the turbo i have on has blown and i got a fmic cheapish and the arb was for spa - well you of all people know how it is. so it IS standard pretty much, just with different parts see what flea's map tells me, could be less powerful afer all that than before...

Started writing this and it just turned into a 'Wanted' list!

In reality it will be something along the following:

- Service Coupé
- Replace oil cooler
- Fit Group Buy water hoses
- Chrome and fit exhaust heat shield
- Replace rusty horns

And that should about do it for the year.

Flea re-map booked in for the 4th Jan!
Starting my preps early

I plan to

- Get a fleamap
- Get a full respray
- Fit my solid rear subframe mounts (eventually)
- Thrash the sh*t out of it

I plan to

1. Buy A Fiat Coupé

No plans really for mine, love it and care for it and hope it doesnt go wrong!
Hopefully clear my garage so i can keep it in there next winter!

New Radiator
New Thermostat
New Oil Cooler and Pipes
New Water Hoses while i'm there
Replace non Shiney bits with Polished versions

Then decide whether to sell up or keep and get it resprayed.

Hmm, it's not always good to list stuff like this........

New Turbo - Got it but not fitted!
Belts - I'm still pushing my luck
Respray and bodywork - funds there, no time so far.
Clutch - this ones fine, but I'm upping the power, so new standard item will be fitted.
Rear ARB - Got it, still haven't fitted it
Shocks - Got them , not fitted (Pattern emerging here!)
Wheel Refurb (see respray)
FMIC to support the new Turbo
Flea map, to support all of the above!

So, not much then!

Happy Christmas!

Gareth

But you have been saying that every new year for the last 4 years

Well in preparation for SPA some work will be undertaken.

I am going to start in January with a trip to Uncle Rog for the following...

Full Service
Coolant Hose of Death

From there a decision will be made on replacing the following/preventative maintenance for:

FULL suspension refresh - you name it, it'll be changed
Fresh pads and discs all round best I can find
New Standard Clutch
New Standard Brand New Turbo

I think... that is it.

I may consider a fleamap for the safety aspect also a trip to EuroEast for a tidy up alloys might get a refurb but its probably pointless before SPA. Also they are pretty much perfect

Oh god I am going to be penniless all year.

We are 100% behind you.....