rhyso - dirty diesel power!

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lol - cheers JV

obviously got my Dub Rides thread but wanted a place to put everything in a tidy order and also i haven't finished yet 

Bit of story first -

Bought in February 2006 from a guy in Bristol for £8200 with 56K on the clock, full VWSH, and had the cambelt replaced at 50K.  Pretty much fell in love with it when i saw it and put a deposit down there and then

Full spec:

GT TDI 1.9 TDI with 130bhp and 223lbs ft torque
Electric windows all round
Air con etc etc
only real options that were specced where the Montreal II's wheels (big plus!) and a single slot CD player
Having previously been a lease car it was clear that budget was tight lol

Few pics from the advert and what i took when i viewed it:








Returned the following week which happened to be my birthday - got up early to catch the train and arrived in plenty of time.  Arrived to find out the guy had stuck petrol in the tank and the engine just cut out. Fecking great    instead of taking the long way home to enjoy a pub lunch was spent in the middle of Yate trying to kill time whilst the muppet sorted everything out.  He eventually got the car on a low loader, emptied the tank and then refuelled it to the brim

So eventaully left having pretty much ruined my birthday.....except the drive home was a lot of fun! Having previously owned a MKII 1.6 Golf it was obvioulsy a big step up but even i was amazed at how quickly and easily the TDI made progress - it surprised a few unsuspecting fools too 

Thankfully there were no long term problems after having petrol put in the tank though as a precaution i got the fuel filter changed a couple of days later for peace of mind

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so on with the mods

first up was a set of custom mats from Justmatz - the pic shown doesn't show the TDI with red D and I and the only pics i have are out of snyc so this will do 



they have stood over 2 years of abuse so well worth the money.

Next was a Phatnoise MP3 system - same concept as the Kenwood Music Keg system.  Originally designed for the MKV i found that it could be used for the MKIV so a purchase was made.  Initially it was supposed to fit in the CD changer bracket in the cubby hole in the boot but it wouldn't fit so took my tools out of the spare wheel well and hacked at it with a stanley knife - relocated the tools to the cubby hole



still makes it easy to get at the disk quickly for adding more songs 

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started getting into 'detailing' so took some pics





and fitted some stickers

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May 06
Atteneded a rolling road and got 144bhp at the fly (still standard at this point)

June 06 and time to buy a proper mod lol

MKV Rear Aero Wiper

Old


New


September 06

Front disks and pads were past their best so thought it would be rude not to upgrade    Got a full set of Audi TT 312mm brake setup

In the box




Fitted to the car


Good job i got 16's 

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Next up was some front aero wipers - sooooo much better than the old ones





Didn't do anything for about 5 months after fitting those - buying a house and everything associated with that drained my cash 

EDIT - forget i went to another Rolling Road 

140bhp and 233lbs ft torque 




but after Xmas 06 i started again

TT Pedals (you can see my mats in this picture  )


W8 light from a Passat

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Next up was some Bora Vents and Parrot CK3100 car kit







Followed by some German Plates from Ebay

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June 06

Sourced some Octavia VRS rear brakes from a scrappy so had those fitted after some Hammerite treatment!










And on the same day it went in for some major paint correction by Rich (WELSH) on Newport Edition forum

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next up was some stainless steel sills

Rear before:


Rear after:


Front before:


Front after:


Followed by some chrome tacho rings:


Stubby aerial (which was stolen the other week  )


Before:


After:

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next was a Whiteline Adjustable Rear Anti-roll bar which was kindly installed by my good mate Dave who has recently bought a MK4 GTI











which was followed by the installation of the larger DSG air intake parts