My 406 2.0HDI RAPIER

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My 406 2.0HDI RAPIER

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My 406 2.0HDI RAPIER

Hey all, my name is Si and this is my 406.

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It's a lovely old car, returns great mpg and very cumfy :wink:
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Hi Si & welcome aboard.

Looking good. 8)
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Doggy wrote:Hi Si & welcome aboard.

Looking good. 8)
Cheers mate
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That looks very clean.
I had one a few years ago, the rapier as ago very nice interior.
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HI Si, welcome to the club :cheesy:

Thats a nice Monaco Blue you have there, can you post a picture of the interior as I think the rapier has black ash door trim, but the 2003 cars had silver trims - yours is both!
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I'll get pics of interior up.

It originally had black ash trim - but I sold the car for a while to my mate's dad and he converted it to wood effect trim.

Now that I have the car back - I don't mind the wood.
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Towbar is the next thing to do to the 406.
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Interior

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Engine - removed plastic cover as they tend to vibrate through the injector wires. It's a HDi 90

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Current mileage

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Returning this around town

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This is the towbar - I'm going to sand it down and give it a fresh coat of black before fitting it 8)

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The wood trim actually looks quite nice with the black - better than I imagined. You can get a wood effect ashtray too.. :cheesy:

Its also a fact* that all 406's must have a towbar - whether you use it or not...
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GingerMagic wrote:The wood trim actually looks quite nice with the black - better than I imagined. You can get a wood effect ashtray too.. :cheesy:

Its also a fact* that all 406's must have a towbar - whether you use it or not...
Yeah not the worst 8)

Lol - towbars and trailers are for Yorkie eating Real Trucker Car Drivers :cheesy:
Cant beat a bit of opposite reverse steering to confuse everything.
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Pug in Work with Andy's GT170 Golf

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Quick wash

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Off Side Front CV starting to click when turning - so New one to replace it 8)

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Took a full Sunday afternoon to do 1 CV Joint on the Pug!!

Thanks to Biz for popping up to lend a hand it's sorted now.
The bottom balljoint point blank refused to come out the arm - so I had to go the strut out hub route.
Then the CV Joint refused to leave the shaft :evil:

Hey Ho - French engineering :wink:

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Towbar fitting today

Need to wire it next

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Towbar wired up

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Pug is now my Tow Car

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Before

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After - with 16inch Pug 307 Alloys and New toyo tires

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Think I might need a drop in the suspension height

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