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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:28 am
2nd Post ever here, so hey all my names Craig! Making this subject to see what the other owners of the community have done to their viva's. I'm a freshie and have only had mine about 3 weeks? So far I've swapped out the ancient BOSCH plugs for some NGK ones (much stronger spark), new leads, new dizzy cap, new coil rated 25% stronger which is a great bonus as in this summer heat my coil has overheated several times and cut the spark. I've re-adjusted the bootlid bolts to make it fit closer to flush, installed an aftermarket stereo as my model didn't come with one, and installed some closed unit 10cm speakers which I've hidden behind the dash, took me a good few hours to wire up. Lastly I've picked up a set of 5 Rostyle steels (for £50 and 3 have new tyres, what a steal!) which I intent to have banded to 6.5 or maybe 7 inches wide (as they are my 2nd set, first set being original wheels, I wanted to be a little outrageous) then fit some 205 60 r13 tyres (nice and grippy). Future plans are to experiment with springs that may or may not fit the viva, I've been eyeing up some VW Bora and BMW E46 springs which look VERY similarly designed to the vivas rear springs and I think when Eurocarparts have a big sale on springs I will pick up a pair for under £30 and see where it gets me. To install the 'Facet'(?) UPTO 4psi self regulating fuel pump OR a NON RETURN fuel filter to help deal with fuel evapouration and/or hot starts(?) and lastly the most universal electric radiator fan I've seen is that with just 4 mounting holes from a citroen c4, very basic and very easy to wire up to a switch, I will be installing this so that the viva may possibly be able to stand in traffic, maybe? We will see! I'm very interested in modifying without destroying the originality of the car i.e no mods which will see me cutting out oem metal etc, though that will be happening with a couple of new arch sections at some point! Let me know what you've all done, share with me your stories, mod failures and mod successes, even life stories featuring (you guessed it) your viva! I'd love to get to know a bunch of you and possibly see you at shows! Thanks for reading, also drop your pics! - Craig!