not been drivin for ages and ive finally found a banana 106 gti. its fantastic and i love it. 52k, FPSH, 1 owner, tax and MOT.

heres a couple of pics the old owner took ive been too busy driving it all day to get any up!

looks lovely, you got any plans for it???

Gary, gota say mate, i love ya gti, shame the bloke in the scooby today didnt feel the same way lol. Ye, lovee it mate.

Absolutly lovely car Gary, looks so much better in the flesh! The noise from the induction kit is lovely and it certantly goes some too

DAZ: he was only annoyed cus me and ben perved at his missus lol

aceritz: plans are service etc make sure its all ok, then 306 gti or VTS rims black or anthracite, lower 30-40mm, CAT 1 alarm and poss a tracker, decent headunit aswel

put a pic up of the VTS rims, i'd be interested to see what that looks like!

love the car mate, might got one myself next year
heres a pic with black 306 gti rims

wouldnt bother with vts rims personally, is it 15's your after

look into matrix rims, they do some lovely ones, that i think will suit it

saw your car down in chester before with adams, looks sweet, very nice car mate,

You know what i think about you and adam at the moment! Youre a pair of hot hatch funboys!

Nice car though

lol @ ben, here you go adam mate, banana gti with anthracite VTS rims, and they're 15s anyway best pic i could get at the mo



or 306 cyclones

mm. banananananananananananaananananan yullow. v nice. glad ur sorted in the end yellow n vts rims. doo it. nice n stylish. will luv the small vs big battle when i get mine runnin. yet again annother small fuel effiecint car that will kick my bms ass 2 60. doh

Cyclones mate definetly they looks fantastic

love it man, i would one of them. would still go back to the old 106 any day if a gti was offered

here you lot go, VTS rims on a gti




now which ones do i got gor???

Mmm, I say VTS rims painted anthracite, or the cyclones left silver.

Cyclones

Your car suited being on the beach yesterday, think it had something to do with the yellow lol

vts!

~Nice car Gary. Lovely colour too. The only problem with the colour is the local plod. I had the same problem when I had a yellow car. Take it easy or you'll soon be pin pointed out as a 'known car'.
Looking forward to seeing your mods. I'll also see you at the next meet.

my car is officially broke. was driving it all day today and then started it up after a good clean and its all jerky and judery and not as quick as it was!

took it to a garage and they said it could just be a spark plug thats broke or a coil pack and its only firing on 3 cylinders! i duno what im looking for to do it myself so ive gota take it to a garage, im well and truly pi33ed off!

Sounds like water in the spark plugs mate, have you cleaned or steam cleaned your engine?

Give it time to dry an it'll be fine

yeah i have cleaned it you c0ck but it cant be that can it?
wouldnt the heat off the engine dry em out pretty quikly?

Nah, i think its gotta evaporate or something. If it doesnt work in the morning i'll be very suprised!

I agree with Ad. Itll clear in a while. I had a mate hu got a GTi and in his first week it broke very similarly. Its like they dont like bein ragged. Check the electrical connections to the sensors and plugs. He had a torn connection to somethin forcin 1 cylinder not to fire resulting in a backfire so violent it blew the bolts from the manifold/cat joint

It's water in the electrics (Spark or ignition). I did the same on my first Lotus and it didn't dried out for about two days. That was the winter though. In the end I sprayed everything in WD40 and it did the trick

He took the engine cover off before to have a look at the plugs. 2nd one looks a bit knackered, so hopefully itll be okay once theyre all replaced

yeah coil pack aswel is bust i think so ill be geting one of them,. the guy down the road is fixing it for me, he's a mechanic from home so itll be in safe hands plus i dont have to walk miles to get home and pick it up!

Sweet mate, glad you sorted it..

The system is the same set up as my VTR, i had to replace the coil pack on mine...

I also had a loose connecter on 3rd injecter causing engine management faults, but with that and the new coil pack job was a good one...

buy the way not sure how much coil packs are but i paid £330 inc labour for mine...

yeah its fappin expensive! worst thing is it wernt even me who snapped the ****in thing! not even fixed yet im seriuosly anoyed

Despite the small setback Gary this is gonna be a sweet motor. I was seriously lookin at gettin one before my civic. The initial ideas you have for it sound great too.
I'm jealous of the speed you've got with this!When its back & runnin properly maybe take me for a little spin!!??

the juddery jolty thing i got in mine when me n jim cleaned my engine, ended up bein water in the dizzy, wiped and dried it out and it worked fine

back to the subject tho, car looks sweet mate, great choice!

yeah i will do mate (as soon as its fixed)

Seen 140mph yet mate? i hear they can do that? down a hill?

lol i wont even go over 110 at the mo, i wana get used to the car and i dont think id go that fast anyway tbh, i like to keep my licence!

couple of newish pics i took after i cleaned it but before i broke it!

apparently off the clock is possible on these well the vts anyway!!! a good friend told me!!! he said he done on the m53 on the downhill by the upton exit going wallasey way!!!

I dont do anymore than 90 (kph honest) around the wirral as it is all too closed in. On the m6 and m74 tho traffic flows at around 95 and when its quiet i like to give it a spurt.

engine is fixed, did it myself which was the best thing even though it ended up costin me quite abit!
just orderd a chrome manifold cover from spec R and just bought some engine cleaning stuff so thats my weekend plans!
what colour do i do the engine, cars yellow so what colour would look good in the bay?

chrome, black or yellow

im goin chrome anyway but i need another colour to add to the colour scheme i think

black

red and chrome go for it kid, nice to meet ya the other night at the rock btw

chrome and yellow, if you put blue, red, green, or any other colour in there it'll just look kinda stupid as it wont match anything

when i got my car my engine bay was REALLY filthy so i thought 'best part of a gti so ill clean it'.

heres a before pic that a took a week'ish ago, and it is rotten



then i got some CD2 spray from halfrauds and it works suprisingly well,
spray first can on, that brakes all crap down, then wipe with wet cloth/spray with water, then leave to dry then spray on second can which brightens it all up. i also took apart my induction kit and gave that a good clean aswel as cleaning bonnet and loads of plastic parts. and here are the results after 2ish hours worth of work.



only part letting it down now is the rocker cover which will soon be chromed or powder coated (dont know which one yet), and ive got a Spec R manifold cover in chrome on the way aswel, thanks to adam for helping, and ben (kinda)

very nice m89y!!!!!spray it yelllow same as the car itll look better every1 always cromes id go 4 that in yellow then all ur pipes chrome would be sweet im thinkin of cleanen under my bonnet!!!i already sprayed under the hood and it looks 10x better

cleaned my engine again today and fitted my new mani cover, and i also cleaned the rocker covers as best i could aswwel. results are rather pleasing

get it upto jamsport mate!!! £1700 and it'll be a GENUINE 170 bhp and will be hittin 60 traction allowing in under 6!!!

That looks ace clean like that mate. Is that 106 thing part of an aftermarkert induction kit? Looks pretty smart there.

I say paint ur rocker cover in high temp yellow. Its a pretty easy job (on escorts anyway) and you will be pleased with the results.

Good way to make it all the black plastic shine is spray a fair bit of back to black,mixed with a dab of FRESH engine oil onto a cloth and rub it onto all the plastic.A guy on FF done that to his escort bay and it made me sex wee. It all looks so clean. Im gonna do that to mine some time soon.

gona see how much it is to get chromed or polished, i just want anice shiney bay!

106 part is an enclosed pugsport induction kit, and for the blackness ive got CD2 spray from halfrauds which is well good

towny: what work they do on the engine then, where abouts is it?

Lovin ya chrome mate, remember gary, it getss hot when ur engine has been on. pmsl!!!

Jamsport built P2KKA.

I think theyre in Northamtopshire....somewhere down south anyway.

Lookin CLEAN When you gonna do something to the rocker cover?

very soon mate

Pull your finger out your arse an get it done

very fast, seems even faster when your pissed

Pictures of the car getting lowered at tweaks

Before :



During :



After :



New Brakes Fitted :

Love the 106! looks mint! makes me miss my wee beastie!

Its about time u got it mate, looks really nice.

lucks much bettter it rely does make a huge difference good job

spent all day cleaning my car and spraying my strut brace from red to yellow i thought itd be rude not to show it off. im in love again, never thought id feel the same way about a car like my old QS but after todays efforts this one wipes the floor

picture quality could of been better but was on my phone.

Mmmmmm...... very nice matey

couple more new pics

few more under bonnet trick bits

absolutly lovely, very stylish, 10 out of ten, i love the anti barry boy look

cheers andy

next up either a pugsport exhaust (2" rolled out or 3" rolled in?) more chrome in engine bay or maybe tints.

oh and cambelts gettin done within the next couple of weeks

I vote 3" for the zorst and tints for the next mod,altho i quite like twin pipes on 106's.Like the standard style only shinier. Love ur car gary,best 106 EVER

hmmmmm, im likin the sound of the rolled out one, scoop i think a 3 " would look a little too much, keep it subtle gaz, need i tell u lol

3 inch is subtle, 2" looks standard IMO,put it to a vote lol

the 3" has only just come out so no real pics,

2" looks standard but is uprated for people in the know, sounds sweet as, pop bang pop (adam thinks it will sound barry and like aggy though lol)

I like ya car Gary. Bet it luks well nice in the summer.

I prefer big ones! hehe! cars that is! but i really like the yellow with the black! v nice! xxx

Girls girls girls, im happy with 2 " WHY WOULD YOU WANT 3.

why not?

Great looking car, how much was it lowered by ?

very very nice car gary!

lookin great!

peugeots

lowered 40mm on blistein springs and dampers (sprintline not the cheap streetline set up aswel)

probs go for 2" to be honest, its the original and best i think

does look good in summer tends to stay cleaner then aswel

biggin up da 106 mate luvin the subtle stying...kinda went completely the other way with my 106 gona go subtle style on my 406 though "hail master modder gary!" ^^

Ur vts is really coming on a treat, what ur plans, r u trying to make it look like a 106 gti( please tell me why).

rhys your a gay lol

no more plans really mate, few nice engine chrome bits etc

maybe get some 206 nimrods on there so it looks abit more subtle

were u in the yaught inn on the chester high road the other night? am sure i saw your car in the car park, was a bright yellow Gti with the same graphite coloured wheels? is yours a y reg?

yeah mate that was me, with adam and co.

X reg though mate

though you may want this best be quick, i know how much you love under your bonnet lol

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cheers boyo but ive near on got the same but mine is plain black and a £250 jobby from pugsport

thanks anyway

okey dokey

few new bits and a now clean engine so heres a few pics






black OMP strut brace, spec R - mani cover, 16v cover, oil cap, fuse box cover, ecu cover yellow rockers, pugsport induction kit,

chrome battery cover and sparkplug cover (in between rockers) gettin made as we speak

Sweet mate you could eat your dinner of that (well nearly)

Bling bling,didnt u used to have a red strut brace?

yup was red (original) then i do it yellow (crap) now just got it done properly black

very nice gary very very clean

Look sweet gary, top dg for christmas.