Ok well I bought the 406 a few months ago with the intention of fixing it up and selling it on, but after driving it, I’ve decided to keep her and modify it in a similar way to my current one. It’s a 1997 2.0 16v glx, so has all the extras, except the leather interior (that comes in the executive models), and it is also in better condition than the d-turbo, so I feel better putting the money into it.
Anyways I have been taking pics along the way with the intention of posting up a project thread, but only getting round to doing it now lol :doh: So instead of putting all the photos up in one go ill start with a few and update it over the next few days, that way its a better read and it means I am not sitting here for hours waiting for them to upload.
So first of all this is the car when I got it, minus the wing mirror as it had been hit and was hanging off.
That was the first fix, in order to save £25 replacing it, I took it apart and discovered the pivot bit inside was the same as a standard one, so I simply switched them over.
The next job was to figure out why all the brake lights came on when I indicated right and at the same time they flashed on and off very fast. This didn’t take long to sus out. Under deeper inspection I opened the boot in daylight and I found the wheel well full of water. So knowing there was a leak some where I took the right rear cluster off and found it full of water, causing it to short. The lens seals, where they sit up against the bodywork have a tendency to let water in as it runs down the channels and behind the cluster. The board and connector were badly rusted so need to be replaced.
With the lens out I figured id give it a wee clean.
I then rewired a new board in and before putting the lens back in I went round the seal with a bead of silicone. With the silicone gun out I also took off the boot seal and silicone it back on just to be sure there is no more water getting in anywhere.
Job number 3 was to sort out the knocking coming from the rear passenger side. After having a look it turned out the anti-roll bar ‘D’ bush had perished so I had to replace it.
Ignore the wrench, I was short of daylight and nearly forgot to take a before pic, so was a snap n go job lol
After
New and old
IL leave it with that for now, watch this space, plenty of fiber-glass and isopon work to come ;)
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If you look at your bumper you'll more or less see the line to take. Should be getting it sprayed this week so will be a few moer updates!
il bare it in mind when i get the next 406! it was spent later on that day in the chippy. The free 1s taste so much better.
) - money, tools, a credit card, lighters (nice Ronson I had for years 'til I lost it...) golf balls 
, extra parts from when the car was assembled. I've also got miles of spare wire from dodgily fitted alarms and hi-(ha!)-fis. I got a mess of electronics out of my mate's Pussat here which turned out to be from an lpg conversion 
