Sierra GLS 2.9i 4x4

[saving80s]

Hi all.

I've been lurking on here for a while but had no reason to post as I didn't have anything worthy of these pages.  Hopefully that will change.



So here it is - MOT expired and no interior. Bodywork is..... ok.  The rust on the doors is easily repaired, but will then need repainting - something I have not had a great deal of success with over the years.



The debate I have is with the wheels - they need a refurb or replacing. Opinions pls?

[ada7]

Looks in good condition. I used to have one of these years ago. Wasn't a gls though. Red and standard apart from lowering shocks.
I think the wheels look good on it. Give it a more up to date loom but still being of the time (if that makes sense)

Adam

[dude]

Aw yes, nice 90's look. You should get tsw venoms or momo arrows for it in 17" flavour to complete the look. Or something three spoke.

You should also lower it a bit in the front, or lift it in the rear to get it level, or a slight front rake, instead of the ass-heavy look

[v8]

Nice to see another one saved

If it were mine I'd lose the body kit and wheels, weld up the aerial hole and find a set of RS 7 spokes.

[SmokeEm]

OZ Volcano's, cool! I had the 1st set imported into the UK many moons ago on my E30.

Will watch this thread with interest

[saving80s]

Thanks for the positive comments. Thanks SmokeEm for identifying the wheels. I don't remember seeing them before. I am thinking of giving them a budget refurb. A good clean and rub down then paint black I think is in order. I don't think they are worth a professional refurb.

The carpet has been out - it looks like the previous owner has welded the inner and outer sills so nothing urgent required there.

Carpet has been jet washed and wet vac'd and looks and smells so much better, and is back in.

As the Sapphire cosworth leather interior that came with it has a missing seat rail and the sapphire rear seats don't fit, I have 'borrowed' the interior from my other longer term project (early mk2 2.8 xr4x4) but I'm missing the torx bolts for the back seats which is annoying. So far the list for MOT worthiness is as follows;

seat bolts (or just remove the rear seats completely)
headlights not working
backbox insecure
re-seal exhaust downpipes
two tyres
hit n miss rear clusters (disco fantastic dude!)

Other urgent but not necessarily MOT requirements
door locks/ central locking
speedo not working
no oil pressure light
rev counter not working (general instrument cluster problems i think!)
clean headlining (only noticed it yesterday and nearly puked with the mould..)

Non-urgent
fit a stereo and possibly replace speakers
rust holes on all doors
lower edge or rh rear wheelarch
rust on the roof
general paintwork may justify a blow over.
re-fit the side skirts. (badly re-fitted after sills were replaced)
rust protect

I'm not a huge fan of the RS bodykit, but it appears to be very original so it's staying.

I'll get some more pics as I do more, although a house move is on the cards in the next few months and I have lots to do, so it may not hit the road as quickly as originally hoped.

[Robinxr4i]

Looks really smart, even like the 17's the little bit of dish works nicely. Good to see more Sierras on here