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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - Big Update
« Reply #50 on: 26 March 2016, 16:25 »
Been busy dom. sh!t look on the sump. Did the same on a4. Unforrunately the turbo diddnt like the lack of oil thougj

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - Big Update
« Reply #51 on: 31 March 2016, 20:49 »
Been busy dom. sh!t look on the sump. Did the same on a4. Unforrunately the turbo diddnt like the lack of oil thougj

Yeah, I did about 30 miles without realising it had smashed :rolleyes:

Found some more rust...





Went to Performance Direct in Barnsley this morning:



Think the sump plug on the new sump is leaking:



Anyway, car came back with new shoes:







Put another short plate on:



Took a few more snaps:










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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #52 on: 01 April 2016, 09:10 »
Looking good dom. Shame about the rust though

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #53 on: 06 April 2016, 10:27 »
Looks great Dom! We have both come a long way since the MK4 days  :laugh:

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #54 on: 22 April 2016, 13:56 »
looks so nice on the ch

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #55 on: 01 June 2016, 17:36 »
Bit of a mammoth update...

I've had some droning and vibration through the car at motorway speeds for a while, I was pretty sure that it was down to the tyres wearing unevenly but wanted to try some other wheels to make sure. My brother has an ED30 and some winter wheels so I decided to try his R32 winters on...





Went for a drive, still had vibration and a lot of noise. I put this down to the balancing of the wheels and the fact they are winter tyres in 20 degree heat.

Next was swapping his ED30 wheels on to mine:





I love the darker colour of them so will get my CH's refurbed darker sometime. Anyway, no more noise or vibration which confirms the problem is wheel/tyre related, I had the wheels on a balancer a couple of weeks ago and they looked straight which means it must be the tyres.

Part 2 coming in a sec...

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #56 on: 01 June 2016, 17:36 »
On to today then, this morning I decided that I would spend the day giving it a detail.

I started with a wash and then clay, following that I gave it a machine polish using a couple of different compounds of Menzerna polish on a couple of different pads. The whole car was waxed with Collinite 476s, glass cleaned with Autoglym glass polish, exhaust with Autosol and trims were treated with Aerospace 303.

After the initial wash:



Here you can see some swirling/defects in the paint:



After claying:





Again you can see defects in the paint in direct sunlight:



Most of the front grills were removed for cleaning:



Peek-a-boo:



After the first pass:









I also tackled the headlights which were covered in white spots when the lights are on. Much better now:



Some finished snaps:























A lot of pictures, but this is my personal favourite:


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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #57 on: 02 June 2016, 10:52 »
Looks superb Dom - R32 rear makes such a difference
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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #58 on: 02 June 2016, 11:14 »
Looks superb Dom - R32 rear makes such a difference

This, I keep telling my mate to do it

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Re: Dom's MK5 Gti - New Wheels
« Reply #59 on: 05 June 2016, 22:24 »
Looks superb Dom - R32 rear makes such a difference

Cheers, I'm pretty happy with it now :cool:
Looks superb Dom - R32 rear makes such a difference

This, I keep telling my mate to do it

It makes such a difference!