My 98 2.1TD Executive

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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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Looking lovely matey! Loving the interior mods. 8) Where did you get the clear rear lights from by the way?

If your cars anything like mine, you'll be saying ta-ta to the laguna splitter very shortly after lowering the car. on any road that quickly changes from downhill-uphill or even flat-uphill my front bumper chomps into the road. With the extra 1" or 1 1/2" of the splitter... it's gonna hit hard!

There's a bit of road about a mile away from my house, you come down a bit of a hill then it quickly changes to uphill. My Mk3 Golf Gti was lowered a stupid amount, about 75-80mm at the front, more at the back and it never ground out there even at 90mph+ (it's a private stretch road of course :wink: ) but my 406 twats the front bumper off the road at anything over 55mph :|

Saying that, i borrowed my ex mother in laws Mk4 golf 1.6 once and at 75mph it touched down so hard over that bit of road the bottom 2 inches of the bumper shattered, then on the way back to drop the car off i hit a pigeon and the stone chip on the windscreen turned into a crack, which got longer and longer until it was about 18 inches long by the time i got it back to hers... I wasn't to pupular. :oops:

Edit: That's the 2nd post in a row that's gone onto a new page, keep thinking i've broke something!
Man: What shall i wear?
Woman: Oh for god sake, you're not a child, i'm sure you can dress yourself!
5 mins later.
Man: Right then, what do you think?
Woman: You're not seriously going to wear THAT are you?
Man: Well i did ask you!
woman: <sigh> Come on, let's go dress you PROPERLY...
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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Do a quick search for clear rear lense mod and that's how I made them.

I managed to get hold of 2 spare front struts yesterday so last night I swapped the lowering springs over onto them ready to lower the car when I'm off in a few days/next week.

Even with it not lowered I whack the splitter coming off speed bumps. I'm not too fussed though as it's rubber so bounces back into shape atm. Will probably end up removing it if it does whack the ground when lowered though as I live in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the Pennines so it's rather hilly round here. Plenty of places for me to bottom out the suspension on pretty much every journey! :D
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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Looking good!
HimBigChief wrote:Do a quick search for clear rear lense mod and that's how I made them.
Did a search, found nothing :wink:
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Alright, sorry about that. See this link here. Really easy and quick to do.

I've now also got the crystal side repeaters fitted. I cracked the top plastic cover off and sprayed the silver/chrome bit black and stuck them all back together. They now look much better! Pics to come next week when I get round to lowering it.
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Now lowered and with crystal black side repeaters fitted. Need to hurry up and get a drivers side headlight to spray up and get the black mask headlights on. Should look well mean with them fitted.

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Replaced the front and rear and rear anti-roll bar bushes. The front ones looked quite new so I've kept them for spares, but the rear were shocking! So glad I replaced them! Stopped the knocking noise coming from the rear anyway! :D Also replaced the front anti-roll bar drop links while I was lowering it and that stopped the knocking noise coming from the front too! :D Also replaced the drivers side track rod end so that's both sides now done. Also replaced the front brake pads as the low level light started to come on.

Also got 4 wheel alignment done, car now drives much better although the steering wheel is slightly to the left. I took it back twice to get them to correct this and it got slightly better each time, so it's not too bad so I may just live with it, or I may disconnect the airbag, remove the wheel and move it one spline round to get it right. That's the suspension now all sorted, time to move onto the brakes...
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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what did u do with the old 206 rims mate?
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They're sat in the garden. Tempted to keep them in case I feel the need to go OEM+ on the 309.
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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ok mate its just i have a 206 on steels at moment because i havnt had time to refurb the 17s yet
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Now done the black mask mod and some late spec wing mirrors (still all electric so everything still works). As a bonus the external temp guage seems to read slightly more accurate now. Took some pics with the eyebrows and some with the protectors. Currently got the protectors fitted as I'd quite like to not have to keep replacing the lenses. I've also got the lit vanity sun visors to fit, but need to lengthen the wiring as the person I got them off has chopped them about 3" from the visors.

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Current Spec:

Interior:
Full Executive spec with climate control, heated electric memory mirrors, electric windows, electric sunroof, air-con, full electric heated memory black leather interior, etc, etc
Colour coded dash and door trim
Renault Laguna auto dimming rear view mirror
Momo Race Air Leather gearknob
Momo leather gearstick gaiter
D9 airvents
D9 black leather doorcards
D9 handbrake button
Lit vanity mirrors/sunvisors

Exterior:
Renault Laguna front splitter
Crystal black side repeaters
Black front Peugeot logo
Debadged rear
Genuine Peugeot 406 headlight protectors
Genuine Peugeot 406 foglight protectors
Wind deflectors on front windows
Removed black decals between side windows
D9/Late D8 wing mirrors
Black Mask Headlights
French style pressed metal number plates

Chassis:
17" ACE 112 alloys (currently running 225/45/17 on front and 235/45/17 on rear)
Lowered approx 40mm on OMP springs
406 coupe strut brace
Replaced front drop links, front anti-roll bar bushes, rear anti-roll bar bushes, rear top links

Brakes:
Bog Standard

Engine:
K&N Panel Filter
Powerflow stainless steel modified dual exit exhuast system

ICE:
Kenwood MP3 headunit
Uprated speakers
12" sub and cheap amp

Future Mods:
TV headunit awaiting fitment
Fit the 2 10" Infinity Subs into custom box and use better amp
Get it remapped
Blank out exhaust cutout on rear bumper
Black mask foglights
Possibly fit the clear rear lenses I've made up. May lightly smoke them or may tint them red yet
Crystal rear light mod
Delock the boot
Fit the debadged grill and bumper I made up
Fit the rear spoiler I've got
Get some subtle sideskirts to fit (possibly BMW E46)
V6 Brembo calipers and 305mm discs and pads
D9 or 306 leather steering wheel
V6 speedo rings
406 coupe stainless/chrome interior door handles
607 front splitter
Senator lower rear lip
Fit the GreenStuff brake pads and get some drilled discs front & rear

Other things to fix:
The rust patch on the bottom of the front passenger door
Get new rear brake backing plates and sort the handbrake
Get parking dents sorted by DentDevil or similar
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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The light masks turned out well. I really like the way the indicator part looks. I mite have to get the white painted out soon. :lol:
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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nice work bro :) protector for head lamps looks good. But i prefered my Cleen Look in my Car :)
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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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I do a 40mile commute each way to work and back, and end up behind quarry wagons all the time so headlight protectors are a must, plus the fact that I've also hit 3 birds in the past week, and had to avoid a deer and a few rabbits and weasels too. They're pretty much a necessity around here as I've already had one broken foglight and only had the car 10 months.
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Right then, been a bit of a while since I updated so here's what else I've done over the last few months.

Got the D9 doorcards fitted, along with the 3 passenger electric window switches. I couldn't do the drivers one as the cards came without a drivers switch set. Anyway, been calling into the local scrappers every month since I got the cards, but they never had any 4 switch controls left. Dropped in yesterday and they had one, and it only cost me £10. Bonus! Went to another local scrappers and they had 2 coupe's in. Got the black dash bits on the drivers side and the glovebox and surround for £15 + Vat. Spent yesterday afternoon fitting the drivers side bits and the glovebox surround, and spent yesterday evening taking the gloveboxes apart and swapping the lock barrel over so I am still able to lock this new glovebox with my key. Also fitted some D9 vents with the silver knobs, and also fitted a D9 metal handbrake button.

I have also covered the A, B and C pillar trims in black leatherette vinyl, and other than needing to redo the B pillars, they look pretty damn good! Need to get the stainless exhaust on pretty soon, as the back end of my mid pipe is starting to look pretty bad.

I have also changed the headunit to a better model Kenwood MP3 unit, and also replaced the front speakers and tweeters with some Fusion jobbies, cheap from Halfords in the sale. Rear brakes will need a complete overhaul soon, and still on the hunt fdor some cheap Brembo's for the front. Also replaced the passenger side droplink on Tuesday as the previous one only lasted 5-6months.

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Re: My 98 2.1TD Executive

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I've somehow managed to miss the WHOLE of this thread :? :?

I like what you've done - particularly the silver/grey trim bits inside.
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