Reben,s 2.0L 16V Indy

I bought Indy 14 april 2008

Second owner she had done 76.667 km,s technical in verry good condition , with fully historie.
Optical i had some things to do.

This is how she looked in 2008

Jus almost a year later i had my first problem with the paint.

After i pulled of the cover i saw that the paint had a kind of milky spots al over the car.


Now i had to take her to a paintshop for a full repsray.
kosting about 1850 euro, i left the windows and the doors in, otherwise my budget was not enough.









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After the repaint, new brakingdisks, campbelt and two new tyres my budget was gone for that year.

i had to buy these couldnt resist it.

bought a leather interior, from a friend of me, and thaks to an how to on this forum, i went starting to rebuild it.
only the drivers and passengers seat had needing a restauration.



New faom was needed as you can see.
and the metal bracket from the drivers seat needed a welding to bring it back in place.




now ready and waitng to get build in.



And here is the result.

Had to replace the under tray

the old one had some marks.

Rebuilding the headlights needed.
took a heardryer to open them, and with heat resistance mat black i painted the inside plastic covers.



And the end result. i did put on as finishing touch a uv protecion, to keep the headlights clear.

i had luck that my campbelt didnt broke, on the picture you cant hardly see but there is a daiagonal cut in the belt, and almost broke.
The guy who changed my campbelt had used a older belt and the tention was to tight.

Refresching the consoule, got rid of the soft touch , and refurbishd the consoul with black bumper paint.
Here the end result.

in 2011 i fitted a new original exhaust , this together with the campbelt change and other smal stuff .

Parst collecting for a small rebuilt.

custom made satinlessteel tankholder strips.

Flexible part of the exhaust fitted.

Rubbers for the backside schoks and springs

My Plus rims

custom made back bumper holders.

Isolation in the trunk

Rebuilding the front end.

parts sand blasted.



Parts with a new coating

Build in.






also fited a different grill

And last year 2014 the rust became a problem.
My mate helped me out, by cutting out the bad parts putting in stainlessteel and tig welding, coated en painted she,s looking fine again.

this year my project wil be the front end , schoks and springs finaly fitting on the Coupé, subframes and what else i can find

last week the engine mouts arrived



Also the stidges had to be done over again, thxx to my wife as new.



I am waiting for the oilpump to come i think in april, and wil be fitted together with the new campbelt next year.

now Indy is looking like this.






Also hope to fit in the new carpet, because the old one is looking old and used, i bought a seccond hand one from a 1999 1.8 16V the one with the square hole under the drivers seat, that i dont have in my carpet, have to see to fix that nice.

i found a new way to restaurate the headlights, with the Turtle wax lens restore kit, i have used it on my spare set, this is the result.

Yust had to show you this, a picture of me and Indy in a Youngtimer magazine :-)

today going work on the engine placing new filters and sparkplugs, also looking what to do with the paint problem i have on the rearlights, after pulling down the covver i noticed that the paint was bubbly.

wanted to change the filters , sparkplugs, the shop had to order them. so they have to wait

Sparkplugs where ok,beeing stupid not to make a picture of them, cleaned the distributor, all the moisture removed by using a hair dryer.
Engine compartment clean.

A littel while ago, i came home after a drive and opend the hood,and saw that the cooling lquid tank almost exploded,
i was in shock.
i removed the cap en turned on the engine , no bubling in the tank, opend the oilcap, and no mustard , i took out the oil check stik, and put the end in the fire of a lighter, no spattering.
i concluded that the head gasket survived.

i changed the cap and the problem was gone , and i had a big grin on my face.

Today finished working on the unit for the adjustment of the headlights and dashboard lights , replaced the small 12 volt bulb lights , also the new oilpump and some small stuff is waiting for build in.
Just waiting for the rear subframe to arrive , so i can make it ready to get it under the Coupé.

I bought a while ago a carpet for the Coupé , now i want to build it in.

i have a little issue with it, because the tape on the site who holds the carpet in place by the doors is damaged.
Now find a way to repair it.

I had a litlle isue with the anti-roll bar.
Here a picture of the problem.

Ordered new parts Wishbones anti-roll bars and also new topmounts all Bilstein ,

The wishbones and anti-roll bars will be getting under the coop thuesday, the schocks and topmounts have to wait for the new lowering springs Eibach pro kit.
also the rear subframe is arrived, and will beoverhauled.
that will be done in September.

Start working on the rear subframe.
it will be complete overhauled.

A little problem found , after the holidays checking what the repairs going to be , and if there is more rust damage

today collected some great parts , more to come.

Last week some great parts arrived , only the springs missing to complete the rebuild from the under tray.

Also a great gift came along with the parts , a miniature coupé signed by Chris Bangle , thxx John



Also bought me an oil pump for chancing the oil.

Thanks to Photobucket i had to place some new pictures of the work on Indy .
The good news is there is a lot done on her since i posted the last pictures.
I wanted to say a massive thank you to Joe , Reuben , Sam for making the effort to come over and helping me out on working on Indy.
Here are som pictures.
The list of parts who are chanced is endless.