C4 VTS 180 Blog

[Captain Slow]

Hi all

As you may know I purchased a C4 on Friday night, and I bloody love it!

Here it is, although the picture is pretty bad, and its hardly stopped raining since!



Its a C4 VTS 180 with 71k and is an 05 reg, but it has a private plate.It has a few little issues.

What's wrong with it you ask?

The directional headlights don't work and the boot thinks its open when you hit a bump. There is water in the rear and the blower sometimes doesn't work.....apart from that, not much. Apart from that its a really good car. It's a nice place to be, sounds great and goes fairly well.

Its possibly my best purchase yet.

[Captain Slow]

On Sunday I did my first jobs.

Firstly I ripped out the excellent ICE install



My second job was to replace the rear boot lock. The constant warning that the boot was open was driving me insane. It was in a bad way.





What you can't see is that someone had fabricated a small plastic plate to hold it together. Christ knows why, the part was 30 quid and took about 15 mins to change.

No more annoying beep when I hit a bump in the road

[Captain Slow]

Today has been an excellent day. The car is going in to Citroen on Friday to have the rear wiring harness replaced. This was a recall item, and my car was never done. I expected Citroen to say no, but they surprised me with a yes!

This is what happens



This causes the tailgate and brake lights to stop working. Mine is all working but the wires are starting to fray, and have been covered with insulation tape.



This bodge job is also causing water to cascade into the boot with the recent rain under this grommet.



It's all being fixed on Friday, for free. I'm quite chuffed

[Citroening]

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Looks an excellent purchase that, I bet you are pleased!

[KP]

Jammy sod!!

Bet it doesn't half go when you get above 3k revs

Just watch the wheels as i've yet to see a set that aren't curbed once it leaves a showroom...

[Captain Slow]

It's more like 4.5k, and the rev counter goes red when it gets too high

[Captain Slow]

Finally I drove the car in the day time, so I took a few pictures. I still have not had a chance to give it a good clean yet tho.













As mentioned before, its the 2ltr Petrol VTS with 180bhp. I neglected to mention that it's Tax till end of March and has MOT till July.

[Citroening]

Not sure if you've seen this Simon but I'd be very tempted if I was you to buy JonM's GSR Induction kit...

http://c4owners.org/plugins/forum/forum ... php?176011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

These are fairly dear new (don't even think you can get them now) so you might be able to get it cheap...

If mine was a VTS, I would instantly go for it...

[Captain Slow]

Thanks for that. Have messaged him.

Little update on the car. The wiring at the rear has been fixed by Citroen. Excellent service. I have also done the all important job of fitting a new air freshener. Vanilla if you wish to know

[Captain Slow]

Not much to report on the VTS. Still enjoying it immensely.

Had a bit of time to apply some hd wax today. It looks better clean!

[Citroening]

Looking very smart Simon - Black is best...!

Did you have any luck with the Induction Kit from Jon?

These C4s are definitely underrated - shame Citroen didn't continue this engine to the later cars or the Loeb (only about half a dozen Loeb VTS 180 in pre-facelift form!). In facelift form they do the 155 THP, but still fairly rare.

[Captain Slow]

I did send him a message, but he wants a hundred quid. Although probably good value, I'd be castrated if I spend that only a few weeks away from mini me arriving!

[CitroJim]

Bit of a devil car that one Simon! Look at the number plate

[Captain Slow]

I'm, not fond of the plate, but I really can't be bothered with all the faffing involved in changing it! I wouldn't have a clue how to do it!

[CitroJim]

It's easy Simon. Find a plate you like of same age or older on a car with tax and MOT, fill out a form and pay DVLA £80 to transfer it - that's if it's transferrable. Some aren't but most are.

Else buy a plate on a retention certificate from a dealer, fill a form and pay the DVLA £80.

Have new plates made and job's a good 'un...

There, how easy is that.

Note that your '666' plate will be non-transferrable if you private plate your car as it will be needed if you decide to transfer the private plate to another car.