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[flamingcorsa]

Bought a cat d vx220 back in April time, cat d due to head gasket failure and sounded poorly :-( body work was also tatty and just needed some tlc So I swapped engine for a 45k mile engine did cambelt, water pump and general service on it, fitted a sports cat for mot purposes, improved venting for the mmg intercooler, panted parts of engine bay. Bodywork was just generally tatty and marks and few cracks all over so gave the car a Respray, fitted new splitter, Interior again was tatty so fitted dab head unit, got rid of badly carbon wrapped parts and painted Matt black, repaired seat bolster, re dyed the leather seats. And after passing mot this week it's on the road on this weekend :-) looking forward to having vx220 again, just hope weather improves to get the roof off :-) Does anyone know the car or its history?

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[Nev]

... got rid of badly carbon wrapped parts and painted Matt black, repaired seat bolster, re dyed the leather seats.  

 

I respect you just for doing this (and for a major VX overhaul )  

['Buchos']

That's excellent, hope the summer weather holds up to enjoy it..... and you have a holy grail Steinmetz grill on there!

[Steve.i.am]

http://www.vx220.org...london-cw54bbv/

 

Probably doesn't help much 

[flamingcorsa]

That's excellent, hope the summer weather holds up to enjoy it..... and you have a holy grail Steinmetz grill on there!

Not sure if it's genuine steinmetz but looks quite nice. :-) Will try upload some more pics somewhere and post them up here

['Buchos']

cat d due to head gasket failure

Doubt if that's right unless it blew the rear clam off when the gasket went, but cat-D is nothing to worry about imho anyway

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Edited by flamingcorsa, 30 July 2015 - 08:52 PM.

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cat d due to head gasket failure

Doubt if that's right unless it blew the rear clam off when the gasket went, but cat-D is nothing to worry about imho anyway

I thought the same but car check showed insurance cat d in January or February and lad I got it off had it soon after that so all seems to add up,mi have never known a car written off for head gasket gone, the water pipe to turbo looked like it had gone and lost water so killed engine, Fitted new alloy radiator just for good measure also while clams were off seemed to make sense,

[turboluca]

Longtime no see mate , how's things you still painting ?? What happened to Edwards ? Did you buy it from co part ?

[flamingcorsa]

I am good cheers, ad is still going strong, busier than ever, I got the car from him and he got it from co part or place Like that.

[mbes2]

Is that astravxr's vx??

[sford]

Is that astravxr's vx??

I thought that too, wasn't he stage 4 ish?

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Is that astravxr's vx??

I thought that too, wasn't he stage 4 ish?

 

 

Cant find his number plate, but if it was his it would explain why he never had any power for a MMG stage 4 

 

Looks like its now in great hands with much love it needed