David - Hertfordshrie - Peugeot 106 - Hello!

Hello all,

my name is David from Hertfordshire (not far from Hemel Hempstead)

I drive a Peugeot 106 (independence) which I have owned for the last 7/8 years. Bought off my sister it was originally a 1.1 8v engine. After a few years of ownership I was getting bored of it's moonstone blue colour, its petite performance & its bland interior so thought I would go through the stages of "modifying" it.

The car before anything was ever done to it:



As a newbie to modifying, I took the usual root of induction kit, stereo, speakers, body coloured bumpers, cheeky alloy wheels which sufficed for a few years but always had my eye on the goal of putting in a bigger engine, putting on a body kit (not a chavvy one) so eventually got to the point of removing the old 1.1 8v lump and buying a GTI engine/gearbox off eBay to put in...

And here is the engine prior to installation:



With the engine in, I found I had numerous issues with my adhoc wiring around the engine cooling fan (always overheating as the thing never kicked in) had oil leaks from all kinds of places & eventually the gear box main shaft bearing went which meant the clutch got covered in oil and eventually I needed to change that which was a pig of a job leaving the engine in the bay but managed to do it.

I found over time the car exterior could do with a few changes so I sourced things like tinted windows, doors which have been de-locked, powder coated my GTI alloys & added the GTI kit to it which made the car look fu*king ugly (but I still loved it!)

Here is that car I speak of:



So by this point I was driving a frankenstein looking car with an engine which was a little unreliable & an interior which was still a bit 'ad-hoc' in terms of what direction I was going to take it in, enough was enough!

Engine out + respray to body:





Refurbish the engine & put back in:







Few last year car shots:






Where I am now and where I want to be:

So I'm currently trying to get the car ready for track/hill climb/sprint stuff which will involve the fitting of a Roll cage, bigger bucket seat, wheel with quick release, further wiring to disable alarm, battery cut off, etc etc.

I've recently just fitted a 6 point cage + purchase a cobra clubman evo seat + suede deep dish wheel with quick release:





Will update as I go :-)

Thanks for having me!

David.

Welcome along. Pug looks really good?

Fancy trying it around llandow in couple weeks?

Very nice! Do like a good 106

Welcome David

Hi Guys!

Cheers very much!

Nellers2001, might be a stretch mate as loads of little jobs to do and so little time to do it in, + I need to get the old girl MOT'd which arranging that is a pickle atm however I do want to get it driving again v soon, hopefully towards the end of Sept?

Pleasure!

David

Welcome mate car looks very nice!

Cheers! :-D

Welcome

Welcome.

Welcome mate nice work

Got any after pics?