Sierra's and stuff

[Xr4i]

My first Sierra,(after having a Hinda Quintet, an Audi 100, an Opel Ascona, a buick Century a Peugeot 505gti and a Volvo 242) bought as a (cosmetical not mechanical) wreck for just over £200 and repainted,with an IS steering wheel and 6X13 wolfreace wheels with 165r13 in front and 205/50/13 in teh back. Even had a cobra-head shifter and box-speakers on the parcel shelf and a cassette player :)
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)
Didn't look quite as good a year later
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)

[Xr4i]

So I rebuilt teh whole car again next spring, took a complete IS interior from another wreck I bought+new wheels window surrtounds a peugeot 405 wing instead of the old alfa 33 'ducktail' and a proper stereo. Replaced all the beaten up panels and got a cosworth grille too.The red car in teh background was at the time a rusted wreck I traded in for the wreck I took the interior from.
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)
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[Xr4i]

Then after a while I sold it to rebuild that red three-door IS instead. Had it welded up (lots of rust) replaced a door got a real cosworth hood of another wreck, replaced the shocks for gas ones and got a cheap lowering kit (2" all the way round)repainted had an XR4 kit and wing too in the end took aout all the sound insulation and the evrything in the 'baggage compartment(?)) ,didn't look so good after a year that either but drove like a go-kart, best car I've ever had, got 30mpg on holiday with it http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5174/im000181zp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)

[Xr4i]

Then came the Xr4i :) and I was hooked on torque again (have had a buick stationwagon (a wreck btw, what a surprise) earlier so I know how fun real torque can be) lovely piece of machinery. Gots 15mpg drives like a Granada, but that torque makes you feel like God. Never really have to rev it further than 2000rpm when driving normally. Rev it to 3500 and your close to loose your licensa (in most of the gears except first really) Loved it even if it never drove anything like the IS. Wasa Wreck when I bought it, and had it welded for free, so I never spend nothing on it before I t-boned a Primera with it during winter.
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)
then I bought back My old IS (which had went trough hell the year after I sold it as you can see), took tha parts I needed to fix the XR4i, and put the suspension on a low-mile threedoor carb'd rust-free 2,0 I bought.
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)
Also took teh Xr4 kit and wing and put them on my new white car.Pinted all teh bits white, and got bored. Was going to tune it up, bur one of my mates who was supposed to help me OD'd and I lost interest as it was hella'slow...
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec)

[Xr4i]

then I traded it for another black XR4i instead, used the grey one for a while, bought a white station wagon cheap instead of MOT'ing the XR4i, and when spring came I scrapped the grey XR4i (after taking out everything I could use) and the stationwagon, put the black one in the garden, bought a welder and (after my brother's been nagging for years) bought a Honda...
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec) at 2007-05-13

[Xr4i]

All I've done to tha Honda since may, except replacing a door locking mechanism. It's a 2.2 150 bhp, so goes OK
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec) at 2007-06-03
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec) at 2007-06-03

edit; not completely trur, I replaced the 'sport' filter with the stock setup as it makes less of a childish chavvy sound and goes better...

[gonças]

I also love sierras =)

[Magnus]

Do you live in Feitsund?
That second pic looks like that place.

[Xr4i]

Thanks m8s and no, I live in Brattvåg :)(near Ålesund and Molde), thats were all teh pics were taken too, just had a lucky day with the weather.

[Magnus]

Oh xD

[octagonalpaul]

nice collection there:p I like the white sierra most, not sure why though.

[Mattipatti]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2281/00000001vc8.jpg


Hey, thats not bad. Too many doors though! :)

[Xr4i]

LOL, thanks, painted with a roller in my driveway (as were all my cars)I prefer 3-doors too. The white one deffo was cleaner and in better shape than all teh others, but was a 2litre 4-speed, so slow as Fudd, did look good though...

[InFeRnO]

the whiteone is the best
it need some rims and bodykit like PGR4

[Dtur]

why don't you post that sketch you did of all the cars you've had

[Xr4i]

Good Idea Dan, here they are;a few there I forgot to mention....chronologically drawn too, in total 24 cars for around 88000nkr (around £8,5k) of which I'va got about half teh money back too when selling or scrapping them,not including parts paint etc....
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec) at 2007-07-12
Also a pic of the black XR4i, the 'Veyron Slayer'-project
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By zykotec (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/zykotec) at 2007-12-16

[.:ace:.]

i cannot believe you havent had a cosworth yet???

[Xr4i]

i cannot believe you havent had a cosworth yet???

They have always been too expensive,even a bad sapphire costs more than all those cars together in Norway....considering one now that I've got a better job though...

[Lee D]

hehe, you must of seen my m8s old Xr4i then

amazing car :p

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[Xr4i]

hehe, you must of seen my m8s old Xr4i then

amazing car :p

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I did when you posted them and then PM'd you to mail tehm to me and you did, LOL ;)

[Pete]

Ill try and dig up the pictures of my dads XR4i and XR4X4 , the 4i was lost in a head on collision with a (brand new at the time) vauxhall senator, and front end was pulled back out by tying the back to a lorry and the front to a 2.8i capri , which drove off , pulling it straight xD

must admit i am partial to the old school fords (cant you tell xD) and i will own a selection of them one day. 4i/4x4 , series 1 rst , xr2 , cosworth(s) , granada cosworth etc

[427 Kustoms]

Damn you've had a few cars. you must have nearly a whole car in spears!

We never had sierras in oz but they did run in some of the touring car events for a few years. Really showed up the v8s. So they got banned a long with skylines.

cheers

[Xr4i]

Washed the Honda last week, have a slight problem keeping the camera straight though ;) so by the time I could get a nice pic with a sunset reflection the sunset was almost gone :(
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[Pete]

j'adore les magnifique wheeltrims.

[Xr4i]

j'adore les magnifique wheeltrims.

LOO, just had to hide the steelies, and since I'm ghetting closer to 30 I though childish fun would be just the right thing.(they are actually spinner hubcaps)

[hugosilva]

remove the spinners, paint the steelies black

[427 Kustoms]

remove the spinners, paint the steelies black

I agree. IF you can get them get some chrome edges for the wheels, like the ones i have on my 2002.

[Xr4i]

I agree. IF you can get them get some chrome edges for the wheels, like the ones i have on my 2002.

I would if I could, but it's just the winter tires, don't want to spend to much time and money on them. And I kinda lik e being childish, without ruining the car permanently...

[Gera]

lol now u just need to buy a cossy... :P

[Xr4i]

Notice any difference? Three spray cans and 6 hours work, including sanding and masking ;)
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[David]

Surprisinly it suits it. V.Nice :p

[Xr4i]

Thanks :), saved me £300 on new whels, and I think the painted skirts and lips give it some class too. I just hope the paint stays on the wheels for a while ;)

[Pete]

that looks a whole lot better.
look like mondeo Si wheels (the escort cosworth ones on a diet)

[Dtur]

great idea on the wheels. i'll see if i can't do that when i get mine

[Xr4i]

got me a strutbrake and homemade cat-replacer for 30 bucks today, and my Ractive induction kit will get back on soon, as I've fixed the little holes on the underside of the alu-pipe (which is probably why it only made the car noisy and slow I hope) :D

[Xr4i]

Bought me some farm equipment today, hoping for a rough winter now ;) will be a daily driver until teh 'cop car'-ghia is fixed up :P (btw sold the Honda and bought a Sierra with a 2.8 and a automatic FAO all those who didn't know)
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[Pete]

nicee.
that'd look awesome with no suspension.
cut the springs man!

[Xr4i]

would be silly to lower a tractor;) ,it would loose all its outstanding off road ability then :P it's like a saloon-SUV now though (like an X6 maybe :D)

[Pete]

seriously though it'd look gangsteerrr
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa6/raidou-models/Audi/200%2020V/067c2b51.jpg

toy but yeah.

[Stealth_]

I thought you didn't like Audis/German cars? xD


I bet thats fun in the winter!

[Brian]

Stick with it ffs xD
Dad has a 200turbo :)

[Xr4i]

I thought you didn't like Audis/German cars? xD


I bet thats fun in the winter!

I really don't but It's about time I actually try it now that I've said so much bad about them , and at least it's not a FWD or a 80 :D
(One thing though, it feels like i'm just driving a normal car only I've gone deaf? are they really supposed to be that quiet?)

[octagonalpaul]

I hate quiet cars! I actually think they've stalled when you stop at junctions, you just can't hear the engine xD

[Dtur]

i wish my car was more quiet. i can't hear my music at freeway speeds, anymore.

[Xr4i]

I hate quiet cars! I actually think they've stalled when you stop at junctions, you just can't hear the engine xD

LOL, have the same problem myself ;) I even forget to shift to 5th sometimes :P