got the car brakes all working over the weekend, got two new bolts and a new caliper arrive, not bothered fitting the new caliper at the moment, will leave it for when i do the master cylinder and servo...
not too much of an update this week because ive been at work in london,
got two parcels i need to pick up today not quite sure what they are, heres the list of bits im still waiting on in the post or have to go collect, its getting ****ing huge now!!!
Magnex Full SS System
New Wishbones
New Balljoints
New Sunroof Seal
New Lower Strut Brace
New VAG steering column to rack rubber sleeve
Upgraded Engine/Box Mounts
Single Wiper Conversion
Debadged Grille w/ Mk5 Polo GTI Badge
Polished Fuel Filler Cap that actually flush
Power Rohr
Carbon Door Cards with Speaker Pods
Infiniti 5.25" Components with Tweeters & Crossovers
K&N Cone Filter
MissingLinks Short Shift Kit Complete Bushing & Adjustable linkage set
2 Braided Rear Hoses for Disc Conversion
Tyres - 195/45/15
2 x 100 mm driveshafts - 1 spare 1 for my mars red GTI.
I'm sure there is more but i can't remember!!!
When i get back from Holiday i will be taking a week out, got get AHA 839Y to the mot station and spend the week fixing what she needs, once thats done ill be sticking her up on ebay with a full 12 month ticket and 6 months tax!
During this week, ill send my engine over to my mate to get rebuilt, and when AHA is back on the road, it means i can take OTF to the bodyshop to get the painting done.
anyway this is me done for the next week or so, see you all on the 3rd at NW:VAG meet...
Sunday - Fitted Carbon Door Cards & Speaker Pods, Fitted 5.25" Component Speakers... sounds absolutely amazing.
Need to do a couple more jobs before im happy with it all tho.
remount the door pods a bit more securely
install and wire up the crossovers
surface mount the tweeters onto the door cards.
get some double-sided sticky foam to stop cards rattling slightly
Up and coming jobs this week -
Change Coil
Change alternator to 90Amp Jobbie
Engine Oil Flush & Filter
Smoke Tint rear lights
Fit two new balljoints
Tighten up & loctite d/s bolts and all steering rack column
Fit Full Missinglinks short shift kit
Change Gearbox oil
Hopefully the gb oil should sort out my 2nd gear crunch or i will seriously be considering a new box
Ordered a couple of new things -
Set of wheel arches
new boot seal
new rear bumper clips
update:
today and yesterday i was battling it out in the rain and ive got some bits and pieces done in the quest to fix my 2nd gear crunch and intermittant engine cutting out and the loss of wipers... hmm not much then!
Well,
Fitted a
MissingLinkz Full Short Shift kit, consisting of 2 adjustable metal selector rods, weighted shift rod, new relay shaft bearings, new shift road bearing and reduced the gearthrow by about 30 percent. would be 50 but the short shift adapator is too long
and was fouling the engine or gearbox, either way it was a no go.
changed the gearbox oil which has ailed that fabled 2nd gear crunch, need to take it on a good drive and let it all warm up to see if im still having any other problems as the syncros might be worn...
changed engine oil, filter and ignition coil, retarded ignition timing by a coupla degrees and she seems alot perkier now
my new tyres came yesterday too, so they are going on my lorber deep dish wheels tomorrow, (took them down today but the boss was about at the garage so my mate told me to come back in the morning
)
mmm 195/45 eagle f1's
and the wheels
got my tinting spray too so going to do my rears when the rain gives up for a day, put the oem ones back on and im thinking all reds would look good... but then again ive just gone an ordered some mk5 style citigolf lights from south africa, they are the MUTTS NUTTS
also spent a good hour working out what every relay does in my spare parts box and what each relay did on my fusebox, then i noticed that nearly all of them were the wrong relays in there, so switched them all round and im almost set...
got the wipers, fuel pump relay, indicators, brake lights etc working. next mission is to tackle the fan blower and find out why that isnt working!
heres the fusebox before its more here for a reference point
woo productive day i think so wooo
my other engine is also meeting its maker, thanks for jezza in the white passion wagon
respect, so wont be too long before thats all ready to get dropped in.