Hi All,
I used to post many moons ago under a different forum name (Silver_Turbo or something like that IIRC) and have more recently re-joined under my current username of OSR, partly to draw a line in the sand and party because I couldn't remember my old login details!
Anyhow, I've been mainly lurking for several months popping on and having a read every now and then but thought I'd put up a project thread as the Golf is not my daily driver and I can finally get on top of all the stuff I've been meaning to do for years but either never had the change or always had to make sure the car's not in bits for more than a Saturday afternoon!
I've had my 1.8T since 2008 and have never spared a penny to keep it maintained and functional. Oil change every year regardless of miles, cambelt services every 3 years regardless of mileage etc. With the mechanical stuff I'd rather spend the money ahead of time and know it's been done so I may seem a bit over zealous at times!
In short my car is a 1.8T AUM running Revo Stage 2 all running fault code free and happy
As I said the car is no longer a daily driver, and I now finally have a garage, so I'm hoping once all the post-move s**t is shifted out of there I can store the car over the winter months, especially as I now live in Scotland where the winters tend to be fairly harsh at the best of times!
One thing I've always drooled over in car magazines and at car shows is the ridiculously clean, gleaming show car look and I'm hoping to start on a journey to deep clean the car and get rid of the last 8 years of hidden grime. In addition to this I have a few maintenance jobs stacked up, mainly;
New clutch/flywheel
New oil catch can and pipework
Timing belt/water pump change
Oil & Filter change
With regards to the cleaning mission, I have dipped my toe in the water and spent 2 hours clay bar-ing and polishing the bonnet last weekend. First time using a clay bar and I'm impressed with the results and just how "rough" the surface was before versus the glassy smooth surface after. I'm probably looking at a good few weeks to get all of the metal panels sorted, then I'll be looking to have both front and rear bumpers resprayed, with potentially a JOM R32 front to replace the standard bumper but the jury's still out
I'll leave it there for now but hopefully get some pictures up over the next week or so and try to keep up to date with my progress.
Thanks for reading!