205 Cti Phase 1

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

My £500 ebay winter project. I dont know what came over me but i really fancied a phase 1 1.6 and ended up buying a haze blue cti.

 

What attracted me to this car is there was no rust, had a new hood, radiator and battery.

 

The 1st think I had to replace especially in a cti was the heater. I wasnt sure whether it was the module or fan motor so picked both up from a 1.1 look in the scrappy.

 

I then did a thorough service,

 

oil change, fuel filter, gear box oil, air filter, reconditioned injectors, bled the brakes and replaced master cyinder, pads, discs rear shoes and cylinders. wipers, ht leads, spark plugs, dizzy cap and rotor arm.

 

The car feels like it drives like new and I cant get enough of it. A well maintained standard 205 gives me more smiles than my mi16.

 

how do I upload a pic now?

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

Edited July 31, 2012 by JRL

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Wonderful I have same phase 1 1.6 cti this was before i got it and someone has changed the front indicators to clear only other thing i notice on yours is your mirrors are different?

Edited July 31, 2012 by Slo

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

Well spotted Andy! mine must have been knocked off at some point but i have pair of phase 1 mirrors to go on i have replaced a few weather strips but its hard finding decent ones. yours looks clean i like the sills on the cti they are thicker from being strengthened. I also like the ride on the cti the thicker tyres and base model front suspension absorb the bumps very well.

[Anthony 1,003]

Good to hear that you're still around James and that you're still enjoying the CTi - certainly looked tidy when I saw it not long after you bought it

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Still looks well James. Such a totally different car to a GTI and once you have had one, you never want to go back to a tin top

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

And the best part is they will probably never rot, worst part is the roofs are like socks - all the pulling up and down means you will eventually poke something through the worn bits

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

Cheers guys! thanks for taking a look.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

I also like the ride on the cti the thicker tyres and base model front suspension absorb the bumps very well.

 

I have bought a gti subframe and all new gti suspension components to replace the base model suspension but for the very reason you mentioned there am reluctant to swap it over as i dont want to turn it into a dog, can anyone reccomend this upgrade?

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

I have bought a gti subframe and all new gti suspension components to replace the base model suspension but for the very reason you mentioned there am reluctant to swap it over as i dont want to turn it into a dog, can anyone reccomend this upgrade?

I really believe in replacing worn parts and keeping it well maintained if its a road car especially if its your daily driver. I think Henry yorke may have done this.

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

 

yesterday I used grey plasticare trim dye on all the trim looks so much better and replaced the driving light metal surounds

Edited August 3, 2012 by JRL

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Im curious what have you done about the rear seats? as the leathers arent a straight swap

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

The rear seats were already fitted. it looks like previous owner had made them fit somehow. They are a bit crumpled up but dont look to bad. I put the driver and passenger seats in as the others were scrap.

[JRL 14 1 Cars]

you will have to let us know how the gti set up compares, if you have all the new parts ready you may as well go for it.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Late reply to this, have just completed a turbo conversion and have now swapped all the front suspension over and I 100% reccomend it its completely transformed the handling it doesn't pit in when cornering anywhere near as much as it used to now

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

The rear seats were already fitted. it looks like previous owner had made them fit somehow. They are a bit crumpled up but dont look to bad. I put the driver and passenger seats in as the others were scrap.

 

The rear seats are chamfered at the corners for when the roof folds down.

I had my half leathers modified by professionally when I had the seats refurbished, wasn't expensive at all.

They'll be in my restoration thread in my sig in the comming months.