My bargain Peugeot 106 GTI

[Darkslider]

Bought this slightly cosmetically challenged 106 GTI for half a bag of sand earlier on in the year. With another £200 odd spending on it I've managed to get it looking from this:





To this:



Really pleased with the car, it goes well, handles even better and is great fun to drive. Bargain hot hatch motoring at it's best really

[okgo]

Without being rude the only difference from the before and after seems to be the £40 bonnet

Other than that you got it for a bargain price, and as you say they are great fun to drive quickly

[carter711]

That's a good looking little car, not my cup of tea but i can see the appeal.

[MikeyVXR]

had a gti for my 1st car, loved it.

till i wrote it of

[Darkslider]

okgo said:

Without being rude the only difference from the before and after seems to be the £40 bonnet

Other than that you got it for a bargain price, and as you say they are great fun to drive quickly

It's actually had bonnet, slam panel, two headlights, a new clutch and an MOT test which thankfully it passed. The panels were off a white 106 so I sprayed them with rattle cans from Halfords which ended up costing me £20 as well

[Ron Burgundy]

Darkslider said:

okgo said:

Without being rude the only difference from the before and after seems to be the £40 bonnet

Other than that you got it for a bargain price, and as you say they are great fun to drive quickly

It's actually had bonnet, slam panel, two headlights, a new clutch and an MOT test which thankfully it passed. The panels were off a white 106 so I sprayed them with rattle cans from Halfords which ended up costing me £20 as well

Pistonheads: cheap matters

[Baffled Spoon]

Darkslider said:

It's actually had bonnet, slam panel, two headlights, a new clutch and an MOT test which thankfully it passed. The panels were off a white 106 so I sprayed them with rattle cans from Halfords which ended up costing me £20 as well

Nice one What's the paint quality like on the new panels though? Must have been quite hard to get a good finish with only halfords rattle cans.

[mark_mcd]

Nice project! What's the mileage on it?

[Darkslider]

Baffled Spoon said:

Darkslider said:

It's actually had bonnet, slam panel, two headlights, a new clutch and an MOT test which thankfully it passed. The panels were off a white 106 so I sprayed them with rattle cans from Halfords which ended up costing me £20 as well

Nice one What's the paint quality like on the new panels though? Must have been quite hard to get a good finish with only halfords rattle cans.

I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out to be honest, you can see in the picture it is a pretty close match although the whole car is wet. The bonnet is very slightly darker than the wing tops either side, but I think that's more due to the wings having faded to a lighter colour than anything else. I sanded the bonnet down with an airline powered DA and fine wet and dry pads, then applied a couple of coats of halfords red primer lightly sanding with 800 grit in between. Soaked the bonnet after the last coat and got all the dust off with an old wiper blade, then sprayed two coats of diablo red paint, 2 or 3 coats of lacquer and machine buffed and polished with 1200 grit W&D and polishing compound until it looked about right.

You're definitely right though cheaper is better, the car's highish mileage at 120k but has a big folder of service history with it so it seems to have been mostly looked after well

[paul26982]

fter reading this thread very curious to how much the car was and what you spent on it

[UpTheIron]

EFA

paul26982 said:

I'm too lazy to read this thread, very curious to how much the car was and what you spent on it

Er, read the first post again!

[Hollywood Wheels]

paul26982 said:

fter reading this thread very curious to how much the car was and what you spent on it

There's NINE short posts!

Love these cars, still considering one as the cheap daily drive next year....

[Killer2005]

That is nice

[Adz The Rat]

Nice, I had one same color a few years back. Loved it. Til I broke it.

[OlberJ]

Get the rattle cans back out and do the black bumpers body coloured then leave it completely alone cosmetically.

Great fun little cars, jus hope it stays reliable for you.

[randomman]

I like.

I have a soft spot for the 106 GTi, the better looking little sister of the VTS IMO.

And lets face it, well all prefer the better looking little sister!

[Darkslider]

Not going to be doing any more to it cosmetically, wanna keep it standard and tidy so it's worth more when I come to sell or swap it on.

Just need to wait for someone with a decent Impreza Turbo who wants to downsize

[paul26982]

UpTheIron said:

EFA

paul26982 said:

I'm too lazy to read this thread, very curious to how much the car was and what you spent on it

Er, read the first post again!

yes but dont understand the bag of sand!

[Save Ferris]

Bag of Sand = A grand , so half a bag is £500 (or a monkey!)

[Darkslider]

Save Ferris said:

Bag of Sand = A grand , so half a bag is £500 (or a monkey!)