slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Been offline for a while with working away from home and having Crimbo. But the GOOD news is, with the extra cash I have had from working on site.... I have bought a "shed" ..... Quite a bit of work to do to it. 2.5 T4 SWB What do you think? Quote
rabbitstew Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice. My mate has a blue one, which he had remapped... Got some serous power out of it. Quote
slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice. My mate has a blue one, which he had remapped... Got some serous power out of it. Nice.... This is the Ex-AA model 'Top of the range' .... 102 PS (75 kW; 101 bhp) @ 3,500 250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,900 BUT ... it has just had '150 bhp' injectors put on it... and will be getting a re-map as soon as I get hold if it. Can't WAIT to get it..... also means I will be able to properly SORN the Zed over next winter and only tax it for 6 months Quote
slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice ......and very yellow Cheers... The colour is more yellow than the pics show, I didn't take the photo's. but it is closer to the yellow in the darker image than the others, if not MORE yellow. Quote
rabbitstew Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice. My mate has a blue one, which he had remapped... Got some serous power out of it. Nice.... This is the Ex-AA model 'Top of the range' .... 102 PS (75 kW; 101 bhp) @ 3,500 250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,900 BUT ... it has just had '150 bhp' injectors put on it... and will be getting a re-map as soon as I get hold if it. Can't WAIT to get it..... also means I will be able to properly SORN the Zed over next winter and only tax it for 6 months He also retro fitted cruise control to it... which if your`s is the right sort of year is easy to do as they are drive by wire anyway. Quote
slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice. My mate has a blue one, which he had remapped... Got some serous power out of it. Nice.... This is the Ex-AA model 'Top of the range' .... 102 PS (75 kW; 101 bhp) @ 3,500 250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,900 BUT ... it has just had '150 bhp' injectors put on it... and will be getting a re-map as soon as I get hold if it. Can't WAIT to get it..... also means I will be able to properly SORN the Zed over next winter and only tax it for 6 months He also retro fitted cruise control to it... which if your`s is the right sort of year is easy to do as they are drive by wire anyway. Yes, no CC on it at the moment. but I think, as you say, it is pretty easy. about £60 for the stalk as all the electrics are all ready there. Have LOADS of other stuff to do to it first. Like take the height back up, as it is PROPERLY slammed to the deck. lowered 110mm! Won't go over any speed bumps like that. Then there is a little rust in the sliding door shut which I need to sort. Insurance is weird, need to put a working sink and a 'cooking appliance' into it within 6 months, as part of my agreement. but we were planning on doing that anyway... Quote
rabbitstew Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Very nice. My mate has a blue one, which he had remapped... Got some serous power out of it. Nice.... This is the Ex-AA model 'Top of the range' .... 102 PS (75 kW; 101 bhp) @ 3,500 250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,900 BUT ... it has just had '150 bhp' injectors put on it... and will be getting a re-map as soon as I get hold if it. Can't WAIT to get it..... also means I will be able to properly SORN the Zed over next winter and only tax it for 6 months He also retro fitted cruise control to it... which if your`s is the right sort of year is easy to do as they are drive by wire anyway. Yes, no CC on it at the moment. but I think, as you say, it is pretty easy. about £60 for the stalk as all the electrics are all ready there. Yep, I did it on my mk4 golf and its pretty easy. Just need the stalk and a small bit of loom. One bit of loom goes to ECU, the other to the fuse box. Then you have to enable it using the OBD2 socket - can use vag.com to do it. Quote
Wasso Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Nice Jim, great for chucking the gig gear in the back and arrive in style. I'm sure it'll be used for festivals too eh! Quote
slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 Vanborgini yellow! very Yeah, it's an Ex-AA (obviously) but has gone a few shades lighter for that certain "pop" Hoping for a nice sunny day after the weekend so I can get some decent photo's of it with my decent camera. Fetching it from Exmouth on Saturday... can't wait! Nice Jim, great for chucking the gig gear in the back and arrive in style. I'm sure it'll be used for festivals too eh! Yeah, we have lots of plans for it bud.... Gonna have to get a quote for you to clay bar it, gonna take you a week? Quote
slimjim Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 You can clay THAT one Will have to get my old man to do it Quote
Wasso Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 You can clay THAT one Will have to get my old man to do it I could be convinced Quote
leonk Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Looks We have a T4 and a T5 as works vans, brilliant vehicles!! I use the T4 as my 'shed' and love it. In fact thinking about it, it's been to more Krispy Kreme meets than the Zed Quote
LRF4N Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Now that's a proper shed! Can even fit a lawnmower, couple if bikes and a watering can in there And when u get bored of the yellow u can paint in black with a red stripe, red spoiler and drive around with a cigar between ur teeth chasing bad guys Quote
Ricey Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Hmmmmm I'm not convinced this meets the true 'shed' credentials here. Its a bit too cool for true shedding Quote
LRF4N Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 My definition of a shed would be the coolest car (or van) u can find for under a grand that meets ur requirements Quote
bronzee Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 That must surely be the most practical of all the sheds on here. Quote
rabbitstew Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Only thing which would make me think twice is that presumably your`d have to get commercial vehicle insurance on it which when I checked last seemed to be more expensive than car insurance? Quote
Andy75 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 My definition of a shed would be the coolest car (or van) u can find for under a grand that meets ur requirements My old Dodge Ram B250 cost me £880 to buy - 5.9 litre V8. Is that cool enough? Sold off to some chaps going to leMans last year unfortunately - don't know if they made it or not! Could fit my 16 foot Apache Canadian canoe in it front to back no probs Quote
Andy75 Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Also, sounds like you're going for "motorcaravan" status when you say about the table and the cooker. it's a bit more involved than just those two unfortunately - have a look at http://sbmcc.co.uk/forum/ for the full skinny on what's needed for the DVLA to re-classify. Quote
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