argylefan1985 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Right then well i havnt actually posted any pictures of my cars etc or anything on here so... well yeah ive got 3 years pritty much to update you all on as thats how long ive had my glanza.First off ill start with how i came about buying my glanza...Well..... I had a saxo vtr that i loved to peices!!! So much so i wrapped it round a tree on a lovely road locally. Ill show you some of the pics before and after lol I miss it like mad!!! and im not ashamed to admit it lolSo yeah thats what i did to her Anyway every cloud has a silver lining and all that rubbish lol. For a few weeks i had my heart set on another saxo but a vts. I would then jus put most of my aftermarket parts onto that. But in the end deicded to get somthing a bit different.There was only 1 other glanza around localy at the time which was my mate petes i didnt like it originaly but soon fell in love with it when i went out in it haha. So yeah me and him set about finding me a glanza.Looked around for a couple weeks and eventually found this.So went to the import place i got it from he wanted 5900, I put 5000 cash on his desk and said Ill take it now if ull take that. (i know 5k for a glanza sounds alot now but this was 3 years ago now when they were worth a bit more lol)He tryed hagling back up i said fine forget it and he accepted lol.Got the car home that evening and straight away started ordering parts. Spec of the car when i bought itTRD LSD GearboxFujitsubo legalis r exhaustTRD Shocks with RS*R SpringsTRD Short shifter3 Point rear boot braceSome weird enkie 14" alloysHKS Mushroom filterBlitz BOVThink thats about it... Anyway so yeah first evening i had it went home and orderedAutobahn Front mountJapspeed DecatAlarmApexi SAFCHKS FCDApexi AVCRCobra Clubman BucketsSo yeah fitted all of that except the safc and fcd pritty much straight away.So car looked like this for a whileGot it rolling roaded running 0.75 boost with only the front mount added to what i bought it with and it made 154.2 i was quite pleasedSoon decided the wheels had to go so went for some rota grids. So the car then looked like this for a while. Then decided i prefered the 98spec front end so got a splitter and bumper etcAnyway After not being overly clever and hitting fuel cut etc a few times and running a bit over the boost i should have been.... generaly being a bit of a fool My engine decided to melt a 3rd piston... So the head came off new pistons went back in etc rebuilt engine YAY!!..... or not........ My mechanic ( very good mate of mine so i wasnt mad )put two of the headbolts in the wrong way round one of the shorter ones and longer ones lol. So after 3 days the headgasket naturaly went. so..... out came the engine and fully stripped and rebuilt head and bottom end the whole lot in peices.Block got skimmed head got skimmed ported and polished etc the lot.Here are some pictures of the engine feeling sorry for its self lol.While the car was off the road for about 4months while work was being done odd weekend etc when me and my mate could be assed basically. I decided to go and buy another mates old crx off him. it had loads of uprated parts went really well jus looked like a nail. So i drove that round for a few weeks.Then my glanza was rebuilt and back together fitted a zisco manifold too i forgot to mention lolAnd heres how she stands howFew more updates since then that i should mention.Bucket seats are gone and replaced with RS TURBO Recaros.. SOOOO COMFY and my bonet has been sprayed black as i was going to go carbon fiber could make my mind up if id like it..... ive now deicded i dont like it so will be going silver when front end gets resprayed in time for summer :DThank you for looking and let me know what you think... And not just of the glanza lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig_N Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Looks good mate.Great workCraig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ste91 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Love the Glanza, I think I've seen vids of it on youtube, sounds nice. I own a CRX aswell, how would you compare the CRX to the Glanza?And I fucking hate Saxos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 nice post mate, so what boost is it running now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Mate the saxo looked much better after you ruined that front end In all seriousness I LOVE your Glanza looks mint!!Some nice bits aswell LOL @ the car park shot, who was the one doing donuts then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argylefan1985 Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Looks good mate.Great workCraigThanks mateLove the Glanza, I think I've seen vids of it on youtube, sounds nice. I own a CRX aswell, how would you compare the CRX to the Glanza?And I fucking hate Saxos. Comparing the two... id pick the glanza hands down i honestly would. Litrally the only thing i loved the crx for was the sound. it was quick but not that amazingly quick and had different inlet manifold cams filter manifold exhaust. etc. So yeah in all honesty id pick the glanza every time. i do miss the crx and wish i had kept it too its a fun car but just all round if i had to have 1 itd be the glanza every time even if the crx was in mint conditionnice post mate, so what boost is it running now?Will b 1bar going in for setting up asapMate the saxo looked much better after you ruined that front end In all seriousness I LOVE your Glanza looks mint!!Some nice bits aswell LOL @ the car park shot, who was the one doing donuts then couple mates MR2, Skyline GTST , Evo 6, Scooby STI, RX7 mk1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200bhp starlet Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 nice car mate got any other plans for her? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Evans Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've gotta say fuckin loving the last 4 photos of the saxo...... nothing better than seeing it like that lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ep_brad Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 looking good mate I will come over to bideford once mine is back together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan5793 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 nice write up, looks a lovely glanza! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anup67 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 your car looks niceeee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wssoR Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 nice looking v, saxo went to a better place....... the scrappy haha, I've seen your vids on youtube, doing burnouts etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argylefan1985 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 nice looking v, saxo went to a better place....... the scrappy haha, I've seen your vids on youtube, doing burnouts etc ahaha utube fame lol. Yeah get bored nothing to do in the summer evenings down here but arse about in ya motor lol. There are other clips ive got on my phone etc ill bang um up one day.Future plans for her really are.... errr.... Front end resprayed before summer dont like having stone chipped front end.New set of front fogs. errr... dunno what else really... ive got my rs turbo recaros in now ill get some pics of that up soon.Whiteline anti roll bars etc really thats all i want to do for now is try and get it to handle better. I have a td05 sat in my garage but ill probably not get round to that this year i doubt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Looks really nice, you've done well with it. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 looks mint!!!!!!!! great work!!!late spec front end totally transforms the look of her!!! top work!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mat-E Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Loving the front bumper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Very tidy Glanza mate, Loving the wheels and front-end!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JAG Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 That looks well sexy I wanted a silver V before i settled for mine and urs looks so spot on perfect!Pity about the blown engine but good its back on the road tho :harhar: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argylefan1985 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for all the comments lads. Ill get some pics up the weekend. With my new recaros in and my new exhaust might try and get a couple vids up with new exhaust too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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