GTEcab16v
12-01-2005, 03:52 PM
I bought this car at the begining of Decmber 2004 as a replacement for my old red GTE 16v which had the timing slip and terminal rot. I wanted a cabriolet for ages, but after owning one valver i know i had to have another. When i saw this for sale on MIG i had to have it so i took a trip up to view it and liked it so i bought it.
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/6039/cab11cd.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/9943/cab21vp.jpg
http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6821/cab37pk.jpg
After owning it for 2 weeks the drivers side drive shaft kept popping out, upon inspection the front drivers side wishbone mounting had part ripped away from the shell. This got welded up by a good mate and also got strengthened at the same time. After that i had the starter motor pack up while pulling out of my garage which resulted in me using my neighbours garage wall to stop the car!! :mad: The only damage was to the passenger side wing, headlight, indicator, bonnet and bumper. As i have all the spares on my red GTE i wasn't too bothered, still need to get bumper, bonnet and wing swapped and sprayed, but can wait till i have the money.
Then less than 2 days later the fuel pump packed up!! I'd already swapped it once as the original was playing up so i had no spare, but thanks to simon (stt) who had one lying around, i was able to get it up and running without having to buy a brand new one.
It currently looks the same as above. I will update this thread with any mods as i do them
http://img35.exs.cx/img35/6039/cab11cd.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/9943/cab21vp.jpg
http://img100.exs.cx/img100/6821/cab37pk.jpg
After owning it for 2 weeks the drivers side drive shaft kept popping out, upon inspection the front drivers side wishbone mounting had part ripped away from the shell. This got welded up by a good mate and also got strengthened at the same time. After that i had the starter motor pack up while pulling out of my garage which resulted in me using my neighbours garage wall to stop the car!! :mad: The only damage was to the passenger side wing, headlight, indicator, bonnet and bumper. As i have all the spares on my red GTE i wasn't too bothered, still need to get bumper, bonnet and wing swapped and sprayed, but can wait till i have the money.
Then less than 2 days later the fuel pump packed up!! I'd already swapped it once as the original was playing up so i had no spare, but thanks to simon (stt) who had one lying around, i was able to get it up and running without having to buy a brand new one.
It currently looks the same as above. I will update this thread with any mods as i do them