Dylan8's Vento

[dylan8]

Awesome thread. Spent the last hour going through it. I am currently building a 2 door VR here in New Zealand

Cheers! glad to see someone still gets a kick out of a long winded thread.
Unfortunately I'm back studying this year and have neglected the poor Vento. Spending what time and money I have on the wagon

originally a 2 door VR?

[LouieP]

Yes, it is a full spec OBD2 2 door vr manual from factory. There was a lot over here initially but majority went to the scrappy. Estimate around 10 left in the country and still on the road

[dylan8]

thats sick.
wish there was high end spec ones in AUS

[dylan8]

Something new, something red?

[HaydEn]

Going to dye them or run as is?


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[dylan8]

Going to dye them or run as is?


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Run them as is to start with.

Long term goal is to fit the factory vento rears in again (arm rest, tilt lock, factory no headrests) and have everything trimmed to match. Ideally sporty/lighter front seats.

If I keep these fronts maybe black leather with dark grey cloth inserts or something? long way off regardless.

Little bit of progress.
Bottom had just been attacked with Apc and wiped to remove bulk.
Top has been Apc, shampooed twice. Conditioner once and wiped, second coat left to sit and soak in. Sooooo much softer.

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[phaeton]

Falling for the Vento again after reading this thread!!!

One of the first modern VWs I noticed as a kid

[dylan8]

Falling for the Vento again after reading this thread!!!

One of the first modern VWs I noticed as a kid

I'm glad they dont get enough love.

TBH I dont know if I saw any on the road before getting mine. Dont know if thats because I didnt notice them or there is so little of them

I've been struggling to find track/light weight wheels
Battling and failing getting one set of wheels repaired, I moved onto getting a second set PCD converted to 5x100, only to find no one wants to do the big jobs anymore
Locked in some Oz Superleggeras

16x7et35 5x100 and apparently weighing in at only 6.4kg (will confirm)
Have some 205/45/16 RE003 stashed away. Will probably change to 215/45 up front when they are done
fingers crossed they clear the new brakes!

[dylan8]

Slapped the CC seats in the front and the vento stocks in the rear.
I'll do some driving on the CC seats to see if I like them, the upright hugs me nicely. The base is a bit loose for my liking so far.
If they grow on me I'll get the whole lot trimmed to match

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[dylan8]

Anyone interested in my VVR666 plates?
Will be putting them up for sale shortly

[dylan8]

Sold the plates [emoji22]
Jake hooked me up with stock wheels and tyres, Cheers!
Was hoping my oz would arrive in time but they took a little longer than expected.
Lifted it up for 100mm, slapped the resonator back in. Back on the road.

Haven't driven the vento for 6 months other than to get roadworthy certificate.
Keen to get it set up right again, aligned and some wheels on.

Got my new (no hail damage) boot out, US tub and smoked tails ready to go

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[dylan8]

Finally got to drive the car again!!

New boot on, US spec tub, smoked tails went back in. Clear indicators front and dude, plus shades to replaced the full orange front.

Ever since I put the vr6 beam in the car I have had trouble taking the rear wheels off, seems the centre bore on the hub is like 1mm too big.
Saturday I finally had enough and couldn't get one of the TT wheels off no matter what I tried.

Ended up taking the whole stub axle off just to get the wheel off the car so I could belt the rotor rather than the wheel.
I had some 280mm rears hanging (thanks Alex!) so these went on to solve the clearance issue.

Wasn't prepared for this and had limited tools on me (was only planning on lowering the car) so likely will be pulling it all apart again soon for new bearings, new pads and new brake lines. Plus I want to play with the brake bias

Coils wound back down. I want to bring the front back down a touch more next time the wheels come off.

Little bit of a throw back to when oem+ was everything

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[LouieP]

Looks great dude! If you dont mind me asking...what exhaust setup are you running? I have a borla muffler and want to have a system custom built with a single resonator in the middle. Just unsure whether to go with 2.5" or 2.25 pipe. Car is stock apart from airbox mod

[dylan8]

Cheers!
It's been through a few stages. All free/stock parts except for the rear muffler which I had to get as both the stock ones I had orginally ended up with holes.
I'll do a nicer kit later. Will need to go up a size I think as it'll be moving more air in the future

Orginally I had stock 2l (2.25"?)

Then removed the resonator

Then deleted the suit case and swapped the rear muffler for some generic straight through muffler.

Then guttered the cat (only to try and resolve oil temp issues)

Now it has a factory resonator back in. From memory all stock size (2.25"?) except for the twin exits.

It sounds pretty gross down low. But few people have said it sounded alright at full noise before I put the res back in

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[LouieP]

Nice! Throw a vid up once you get the new setup on. You can never hear enough of the noise haha