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Hi, I'm working on an engine and gearbox swap into my estate. I have aquired a donor auto v6 coupe (early 1998 D8), (my manual estate is also early 1998 D8). I've removed the engine and box from the coupe (with the engine wiring), but unfortunately my estate does not have the automatic wiring in the...

Hi, I have a pretty much immaculate grey/black leather interior that I'd like to change to the beige colour, problem is I'm struggling to find any trim pieces! Does anyone have any good condition beige interior trim components? I'd happily swap good beige leather seats for my black leather seats. Th...

Hi, I’ve recently purchased a 2.0 turbo petrol estate (1997) and would like to put an es9j4 v6 into it with an automatic gearbox. As I’m sure many of you know, the v6 estates are very rare now! My plan is to find a v6 auto saloon or coupe in poor condition that I can extract the engine and gearbox e...

Hi, After regretting selling my old manual V6 estate, I recently won a green V6 auto estate (D8) on eBay for £700 - MoT until December. It’s turned out quite nice after a bit of a clean! :cheesy: Anyway.. the auto is a little bit slower than the manual, but not by a huge amount. I’d still like to ma...

I have spent the last few months fighting myself over this. But realistically I really do have to sell. I have too many cars and I can't afford to keep them all! :cry: So Here it is: For Sale 1998 GLX estate 3.0 V6 Manual(D8) 123900 Miles on the clock 12 months MOT Mechanically the car is really qui...

So I purchased some 40mm Cobra lowering springs and have fitted the rear, already it looks so much better as it’s slightly more level!
I’m not looking forward to doing the front as from what I gather it’s a bit of a ball ache!

Well I had it parked outside for a while without being driven and noticed one day that the front was ridiculously low... I guess I have to get lowering springs now as the original has snapped! Seems to happen with all my bloody cars! this and the Delorean within a couple of weeks of each other!!

You can always pick up a complete lock set from a similar aged 406, I believe all the locks are the same across the whole range except the boot locks, as they are model dependent. You'll need to double check the year of the donor part is suitable for your car :oops: Ignition barrel, door locks, pet...

Ah! :o That would explain. And of course you never received the other key(s), for the doors... :frown: Should have been given to you by the seller. Yeah would've been good if he did! Said he had the car for 4 years without any issues. I think I'll look for a replacement lock set altogether. There's...

Does anyone know the weight of the es9j4 engine? and does anyone happen to know the weight distribution of the D8 V6 estate? All I've have found is that the car weights 1505kg! For anyone wondering why I want to know....Basically I'm trying to decide whether or not to keep the car, it needs a fair a...

Rather worryingly, I took the lock out of the glove box and put the key in, the pins are completely wrong
So I guess the key isn't worn, but rather the wrong key altogether! it works in the ignition and that's it, ignition must've been replaced at some point...god knows why

*Update* Although I haven't got round to finishing the paint just yet. I ended up putting the bonnet back on to move the car and prevent more water ingress. May have been too late, or just a coincidence but the bloody thing has started misfiring almost constantly. Sounds like it's running on either...

Are there any left?

dirtydirtydiesel wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:14 pm Yep Pi on mine.
Apex were cheep sh*t anyway

Are they any good? is how has the ride and handling been affected?

Ok,
Looking at lowering springs, it seems Apex springs are no longer available? these seemed to be the common choice.
Has anyone got PI lowering springs on their car? are they any good?
I'm Looking at Spax as well but they're more expensive and don't clearly list the estate