mrfaststu's touran project

[mrfaststu]

brought this yesterday to go with my caddy and my golf came up at a nice price just got to decide what to do with it def got to get wheels as not keen on them and the tyres are just about on the limits




its a tdi with 6 speed box tax and test till end of the year 125k on the clocks with a smoothed front bumper and tinted windows, just on the look out for a set of 18/19" wheels and tyres now

[Reggie]

Love the colour on the body, just a shame they didn't paint the bumper to match it.

[mrfaststu]

totally agree about the colour and lack of match but got a few mates who paint and will sort it for me

[mrfaststu]

got some new wheels for it the other day from the gti festival at santa pod

set of 3sdm 001s


think they look smart on it but there is a bit to much poke on them for my liking so will prob end up selling them and getting a slightly narrower set as these are 8.5 on the front and 9.5 on the rear

[mrfaststu]

got another seat of wheels for the touran not sure what make they are but they are 19s with 235 35 19 tyres and they was only £200

very similar to the bbs lm style

[Zed]

Don't mean to be rude mate but is it the pics or are they not very round?

[mrfaststu]

the out lip is bit flat in places but couldn't stand the wheels I got with it so these will do till something else turns up think I will end up with 18s for every day use

[Zed]

Ah thought as much mate but wasn't sure if it was just the pic.

Looks like the last owner wasn't too clever at dodging the pot holes. Saying that with 19's and 35 profile tyres you do have to be very careful.

I agree with you on the 18's. With 235 40's on and trued up properly they still look good and the ride quality is great.

[mrfaststu]

I have now had the door repaired from what it was like when I got it also had the new front wing and the front bumper painted now
this is how I got it

this is the side now

front bumper painted and without the black center

and with the new wheels I got from banditbarron the other day

[dubvan]

Looks well on those rims, bud. Did it cost a lot to get the repair done?

Jonesy

[mrfaststu]

not really I put the wing and the window on my self and to have the door repaired and the wing door and bumper painted was £150 all in

[dubvan]

That sounds like a good deal, bud. Good work getting it sorted.

Jonesy

[mrfaststu]

had this happen on the way home from work on the A12 the other night



doesn't look to bad for a 50 mph impact but towbar took the brunt of it and bent it and totally ruined the fiesta what run up the back of me, mines off to be repaired at weekend hopefully hasn't done any chassis or floor damage

[Convw]

Nasty.could be a lot of damage behind bumper.

[mrfaststu]

I have now had the damage repaired and the good news was it never closed any of the shuts up, didn't bend the chassis, and didn't damage the rear panel so was quite straight forward


next thing I will be doing is taking my winter wheels off and putting some thing else on there