Ir say they are 15's by the way its siting, tyre in the arch etc.

Bag of sand or two in the boot and you'll be fine ollie!

Not sure if either 205 or 309 were sold in canada??

Si, check www.frenchcarforum.co.uk many xantia guys there,
bristol 2cv's are rumoured to be very good for pipes,

Big roomyi motors them! Looking forward to pics.
Could always go the $50 paint job route with rustoleum!

Am pretty sure that the 16v box is for that model only, most places will try and sell youu a td one which will do the job,
the gebuine 16v back box had a chrome trim on the tail pipe, rare find now,
possibly worth if you an, get a system made in stainless from downpipe back as per original

Haha! Thank youfortidying the duplicate posts up mr mod sir!

Kept getting server timeouts on the tablet so gave up haha! Hence the 40hundred thousand posts!

Have been playing with the alliminium tape on the trims, looks alright on the sides but the curved bits from the rear looks awful, so thinking that a crack with some plastikote chrome silver will be better! At least is only a fiver for the tape :wink: Not started with machine polishing yet, just not...

Have been playing with the alliminium tape on the trims, looks alright on the sides but the curved bits from the rear looks awful, so thinking that a crack with some plastikote chrome silver will be better! At least is only a fiver for the tape :wink: Not started with machine polishing yet, just not...

There is a chap who has converted quite a few activa's to v6, would make a truely awsome car then! The suspension makes it amazing as it is, but with the V6 in wouuld be unbeatable!
There are a couple forsale on french car forum, std lump though,

Thats a bummer, but often parts do wear outquicker when not used! I'm with kitch though, could be months waitibg wheb yourlocalplace could make them there and then! Could always do the above and get the original sent anyways incase you want it all on original parts, but drive and enjoy in the mean t...

The closst i found was the diagram on 13.50- all models from 87 with the descriptons on page 13.56
mentions jetronic in box 142 and has the ignition module no.75
(Blue haynes btw.)

Cool, remind me in the morning and i'll have a look in the manual!

Have you checked the downloads on the home page? Sure there wasawiring diagram or two in there??
If not i'll check the haynes for one dreckly and if so scan it in!

hahah! thats a very good point fella!
tell you one thing though, being so long out of driving a ball'd car on the road is Such a Joy to get back in one!
although after cruising aorund in the DS, the Xant feels hellishly firm hahah!

if you want to fully machine polish one, assuming is washed and ready to go, you;ll be looking 3-4 hours, it'll need a quick clay then tape up any non painted trims (not looked at a C5 for such job so not sure on quantity of non painted bits) and window rubbers, machine polish with coarser compound,...