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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 14 September 2009, 19:57
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Sorry i have not been able to start this build thread, for some reason it has not been working. However i will be writting up my build thread along with uploading lots of pics soon,
thanks dave.
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Ok so I have decided to write up a build thread from when I bought my car to what it is like now…
Here goes,
I bought the car in May 2008. The previous owner had already done quite a few modifications to the car;
EXTERIOR
- genuine r32 front and rear bumper,
- genuine anniversary side skirts
- RS6 alloy wheels
- 35-40mm eibachi springs and koni adjustable shockers
- R32 xeon headlights
- eurospec rear tail lights
INTERIOR
- S3 half leather interior (old shape)
- full R32 dash and trim including door cards
- R32 steering wheel
- R-Line gear nob
ENGINE
- GT2X turbo
- R32 style miltek exhaust with 2.5†dowpipe and megane racing CAT,
- Stage 1 jabba sport custom tuned chip (now for sale)
- FORGE uprated side mounted intercooler
- Bailey recirculating valve
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The guy who sold me the car had just recently put a new turbo on the car but was not quite shure which turbo it was!
When I bought the car I knew that the car was not running as it should be and that it needed a full custom remap to be able to run to its full potential. This is where the long modification list starts………………..
Apart from the remap there was a few little things I wanted to do to the car to make me happy with it, such as lowering it a little bit more, spacing the wheels out etc.
After buying the car I looked into exactly what I would need to make the turbo conversion work correctly. The first thing that came to my attention was that to run the bigger turbo I would need an intercooler that would give sufficient cooling! Although the side mounted intercooler that was on the car would put up with the bigger turbo, I felt like I wanted a FMIC! So the hunt started…..
After speaking with several people about the intercooler I decided to do it myself! rather than buying one from ‘forge’ at an extortionate price of which they offered!
I ended up buying the core of eBay. I sourced all the silicone joiners from PSH and clamps and going to a guy that someone recommended to me for the custom pipework to be done!
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ok so stage 1.
i have bought the intercooler from ebay which is a perfect fit under my r32 bumper for the mk4 golf. the intercooler is
Core Size 550mm x 180mm x 65mm
Overall Size 700 x 180 x 65mm
Inlet Diameter 57mm / Outlet Diameter 57mm
the link to the core that i bought is:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-SMALL-Intercooler-Universal-700mmx180mmx65mm_W0QQitemZ350092226149QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item350092226149&_trkparms=72:12|39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
and only cost 80 odd quid!
ok so the intercooler turned up and it was time to start mounting it to my car.......
firstly i removed the r32 bumper which required taking the grille off. This clipped of which revealed some bolts which held the bumper onto the bumper bar. once these were removed all that was needed was to turn the wheel to one side and remove the torques screws which held the bumper to the arch lining. lastly there are two bolts inside the grilles on each side which held it on. after this the bumper just slides of.
secondly it was time to mount the cooler in the correct position i did this by propping it up with some bricks. by doing this i could see where the cooler would sit
Here is a pic
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the next step was to temporarily put the bumper back on and in place to see if the intercooler was in the correct position. To save hassle i screwed the m8 bolts into the top of the intercooler and tied a piece of string to each side, which went up through the back of the bumper bar and tied them around something in the engine bay...this way the intercooler was like a puppet and i could re position it by pulling the strings to make each side higher or lower. this saved a lot of time as i did not need to keep re taking the intercooler off and on to get the cooler in the correct position
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/DSC02025.jpg)
After playing around with the height of the intercooler i decided that i would need to turn the cooler upside down so that the inlet and outlet were at the top rather than at the bottom. the reason i had to do this was to make the end tanks at the centre of the grilles on my r32 bumper. If I kept it the way up in the picture I would of lost 30% of the surface shown and i would of had to cut the bumper bar up to make it fit behind, and move the rad back.
so after debating which way to do it i decided to turn it upside down, this way the cooler is quite low to the ground but the inlet/outlet are at the right height which means when finished you will be able to see the nice shiny pipes throught the sides of the bumper. also i did not need to move the rad or start cutting at the bumper bar!
here is a pic of me making sure the cooler is perfectly horizontal and making sure that the end tanks are at the right height for the grille cut outs.
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/DSC02032.jpg)
to mount the intercooler to the bumper bar i used some L shaped door hinges from a DIY shop that cost me best part of £2.80 inc VAT what a bargain, so i bought three of them incase one went wrong. I then bought 6 m8 bolts whih fitted into the intercooler mounting points (baring in mind you cant have them to long or it wont be tight) so i bought small 2 small m8 bolts and some washers incase i needed to pack it out a bit to allow it to tighten up properly against the clamp.
the next stage was marking out the points at which the L shaped hinges would need to bolt onto the bumper bar i did this by lining them up and drawling a guide line.
once i had the correct position i un did the bumper bar from the car and started to cut the inner lip of to allow the hinge to sit flush against the bar...
the final stage was bending the L shaped hinge in the right place to meet up with the intercooler meaning it will sit in the same place as the strings but bolted on! (not hung) here is a pi of the hinges bolted onto the intercooler in the correct place....
to make sure the interooler was pushed back against the rad as best as it could be, I bent the hinge that went onto the bumper bar upwards meaning as you bolted it down it would naturally cause the intercooler to have pressure leaning back. finally i put two bolts either side to make sure it did not move from side to side once in place.
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/DSC02026.jpg)
(you can see a full guide to the fmic at http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/217225.aspx)
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Stage 2 - CHARGE PIPES
Now that the FMIC was on my car I needed to get the custom pipework fitted, this was harder than it sounds. My friend recommended me to go and see this guy who specialises in stainless steel pipe work……
To cut a long story short it took over 2 months for this to be completed, obliviously the results were well worth the time and effort as my car now had nice 2.5†stainless steel charge pipes all custom bent to suit my engine bay :D
Here are some pics of the final product!
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/DSC02581.jpg)
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After the FMIC was complete I then started ringing all the tuning companies to see what my best option would be. In the end I chose to go to ADS in preston (revo) for the stage 3 map! It was then that I found out how much more things I would actually need before this project was going to be completed!
This included,
- 3†MAF
- INJECTORS
- Exhaust with 3†DP
- Induction kit
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Stage 3 - EXHAUST
So time to spend some more money, before the remap I was told that to get the potential out of the car I would need a more ‘free flowing’ exhaust! Dave at ADS recommended me to go to a guy from pipeworx, which lucky was near to me.
After a long conversation on the phone to Miltek asking about how much my current exhaust can cope with, they confirmed that it was only good for around 220bhp. So I decided to give pipeworx a ring and book my car in
I went to see him and we discussed exactly what I wanted to be done. We agreed to have a 3†down pipe leading to a 2.5†middle section split into an r32 style exit (that was not restrictive)
I took my car to pipeworx and left it there for a day. Excited to pick my car up I booked the afternoon of work!
I paid the money and off we went.......
My god the car sounded amazing! every time I changed gear I would get a nice ‘pop’ and it very often spat a few flames from the tips (my dad said on the way home, following in his van!)
Here are some pics of the exhaust system that was fitted! As you can see the build quality was excellent!
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Inbetween all the engine modifications I decided I wanted the car lower on the back end. So I spoke to ‘venom motorsport’ which again is not to far from where I live. They agreed to split me a set of FK highsport coilovers, so I could just have the rear ones.
I also bought some spacers 15mm hubcentric for back of the car and 5mm for the front, this made the car sit so much nicer IMO. Here are some pics of me fitting my new coilovers and also the new spacers!
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and the spacers....
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this is how it then sat....
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After seeing a few cars this year at the shows I decided I wanted to buy the window deflectors which I think set the car off really nicely!
The next mod which I decided to do was to lower the front end of the car.
Lucky when I went to a one of the shows a lad was selling a set of front coilovers for the 1.8t golf. To my look these were the exact same match for my rear ones so for £40 I snapped them up…what a bargain!!!!
Before I could put them on I needed to get the threads re done, but with knowing someone who works for BNFL (engineering) it wasn’t so hard to achieve!
So I was now a lot happier with how my car looked!
later on in they year I decided to get some brand new 19†rs6 replica alloy wheels with new tyres, I was going to go for the BBS LM’s but with so many people having them I decided against it, presides I think mine really suit the car, especially with the new drop and spacers!
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Stage 4 - INJECTORS
Originally I thought the turbo that was in the car was the GT28rs eliminator, for that turbo you need to run the big injectors revo recommend the genesis 550cc ……after looking everywhere for a set of these I had to bite the bullet and buy some brand new ones with adaptors from ‘Backdraft motorsport‘. These cost me £365 at the time inc P+P
Later on did I find out that my turbo was not the gt28rs but it was the GT2X. This meant that the injectors were incorrect for the turbo that was on my car!
To cut a long story short again I sold the genesis 550cc ones and bought some 390 bosch ones from the 225 leon cupra r! these were now the right injectors for my turbo!
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Stage 5 - 3†MAF
Next I bought the 3†MAF sensor, I managed to source this second hand from one of the forum members.
The only thing left to do now was the induction kit and then I could finally go and get the car mapped.
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Stage 6 - FORGE INDUCTION KIT
I sourced myself a forge induction kit
finally the map is comin...
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TIME FOR THE MAP.
As it had been a long time since I spoke with ADS (revo) id been speaking to a few various people at shows and a guy called Wayne Schoffiled kept coming up. He is very well known for tuning some of the fastest Porsche cars and specialises in custom mapping. So I decided before I take my car back to ADS I will look into it a little bit more.
I rang Wayne at chip wizards in Rochdale, and spoke to him about what he could do. It was quite obvious following the conversation that he knew exactly what he was on about and I decided to go for a ‘custom map’ not a ‘generic map’ which is what I would of got from ADS!
Before the map, I decided I have spent so much money on the car I would rather take the turbo off and get it re conditioned so I know it is perfectly up to the job and it wont give up on me a week after having the map!
I knew a few people on the seatcupra forum and one of the lads had done the exact same conversion that I was doing. He recommended me to go to CR turbos and see what they could do for me.
After the phone call to CR turbos I decided for the extra £150 I was going to hybrid the turbo!!!!! :D:D
So I had a month until the car was due for the custom mapping session with Wayne and I had to get my turbo of recondition it and get it hybrid’d!!!!
First thing was cleaning out our old garage which was full of gardening equipment and all sorts of rubbish that was no longer needed. And turned it into my ‘Golf workshop’ !!!
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Stage 7 - GT2X hybrid
First thing first was getting the old turbo off the car! This was a task in itself but after a lot of hard work the turbo was off!
Whilst taking the turbo off, I could see that who had ever put it on in the past had not done a very good job at all, all the hose clamps were loose the TIP was not securely fastened to the inlet of the turbo itself. And there was a few boost leaks around the fittings.
I boxed the turbo up and off it went to CR turbos. They told me it will be back to me within 3 days.
Came home from work and there it was in a box with ‘CR turbo’ stamped all over it!!!
The guy on the phone said that the turbo come from ATP and they don’t design or make it very well! He told me that he has now reconditioned it to a garrett turbo and it is much better,
The work he did on the turbo was;
- 360 thrust bearings
- polish internal housing
- New improved compressor wheel
-New internals
-New seals
-Uprated actuator arm
Whilst the turbo was off I got recommended to buy a new manifold that was a lot more free flowing that the original one! So I unbolted the original and got an ATP one on order! (my god that was hard to fit required bent spanners, a mirror, and a lot of time!!!
I then spent that night getting the tutbo all bolted on! Obviously I bought new gaskets, bolts, studs etc which was needed and some new oil for the engine!
Primed the turbo up and went for a drive I covered at least 250 miles before taking the car to be mapped
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some pics of the vw garage, manifold and turbo bfore it got sent in!..
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here are also some pictures of when i got my 'hybrid gt2x' back! :laugh:
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FIRST SESSION - CUSTOM MAP
I arrived at chip wizards with my car all ready to go…or should I say what I thought was ready to go!
I asked wayne to do a power run before mapping it so I could see what it was running! The car reached 284bhp which I was very surprised with! But was running very lean towards the top end and rich in the middle!
When the previous owner chipped my car they used a chip instead of just mapping the ECU this meant that it was anti tamper proof and Wayne could not get into the ECU to write over it! He said he had to do it the old fashioned way which meant splitting the taking the chip out and doing it that way!
So off he went into the backroom to start modifying a few base files to run with the larger injectors and 3†MAF once he did that he was then able to start the power runs and start adjusting the parameters!
I must say watching you car reach 164mph on the rollers is not a nice thing. Anyway he kept trying to make the turbo come in sooner but for some reason it was not acting as it should he seemed to think it was something to do with the actuator ( if it was opening and closing properly) after a few more runs he managed to get the car running 194bhp with 1.5bar boost! But he said it still isn’t acting how it should. He also seemed to think that the car was not supplying the correct fuel pressure high up in the revs. It was getting late now and we had already been there for hours!
Wayne suggested that we put a fuel pressure gauge and see what was happening to the pressure as he gave it another power run…the results were that my car could not be mapped and I needed to get an uprated fuel pump! Not only that but the something was not right with the turbo!!! I was so angry and disappointed as id been waiting so long for this day and it all went wrong! (what can you do it’s a tuned car !) lol
So I rang the turbo place and explained what had happened, they said if I take the tubro off they will re look at it and make sure everything was right from there end. Obviously it was a pain for me to have to do this…but again to cut a long story short it was time to take the turbo off……..
Took the turbo off and noticed a main thing…..the exhaust wheel was much smaller than the exhaust housing! This would explain the ‘slow spool’
After speaking with CR turbos for the next 2 weeks they were very helpful, fixed the problem and sent me the turbo back with a brand new style actuator, which worked a lot smoother and better , fully reconditioned it again and bored it out putting larger internals in it meaning there was no longer a gap between the housing and the wheel for pressure to excape…now it was an even bigger turbo!!!
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some pics from the session
the morning before the big day!
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NEW FUEL PUMP
Yes more money I had to buy a brand new fuel pump from the leon cupra r (225) this was a 4 bar fuel pump and would supply more pressure! I also bought a 4 bar pressure regulator.
Once again the car was ready to go………
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SECOND SESSION - CUSTOM MAP
Arrived once again at Chip Wizards, this time for the car to be right - hopefully!!!
He managed to get 299.3 bhp and 317 ft/lb torque with limited 1.5 bar boost! from my GT2x hybrid!
After the rebuild the turbo was pushing 1.75 bar boost. this was because the housing had been bored out and bigger internals put in to correct the original problem, so this effectively made it a bigger turbo! when i went the second time to wayne he turned the boost down and it was pushing 317bhp at 1.6 bar boost so god knows what it was pushing with 1.75!!! but wayne been sensible said that i dont want to keep it like that because the turbo would blow up so i agreed and we settled for less power but more reliability!
I have plenty of vids, pics and rolling road print outs of my car on the rollers so when i have time i will upload a few.
its been a long, hard, tiring but rewarding challenge but im now glad its all sorted and im happy with how the car is (until the clutch goes or turbo blows or something along those lines lol!) so time to sit back and enjoy the power!
Hope you enjoyed reading my build thread, it has taken me the best part of 3 hrs to write it all up….and I excuse any bad punctuality or spelling mistakes! Im sure I have missed a few bits so I will try to ‘modify’ it as I remember!
Thanks for reading Dave.
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here are a few random pics of my golf...
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thanks for the positive feedback good to know what people think I've got a few more plans in the near future including a full faux leather re trim for the roof and pillars! its all done just waiting to go back in
thanks, dave.
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hey mate, thanks....i did originally have a 'miltek' system which was the r32 system, however before mapping my car to get the full potential i neeeded a more 'free flowing exhaust' miltek only rated the r32 exhaust they did at 200bhp the reason for this is, where the pipe goes from 1 to 2 (Y) the way it is designed it is very restrictive. basically how the miltek split into two was withing the rear box and went back on itself this caused a lot of trapped gases in the exhaust meaning it was not free flowing enough for the 300bhp! also another reason was the miltek exhaust had started to corrode. i admit it sounded sweet but seriously no where near as nice as the pipeworx system! he really does know his stuff and to be fair to him is good at what he does. in my opinion it is one of the best mods i have bought for my car i will upload some videos of the exhaust sound, i have never heard another mk4 1.8t sound the same tbh.
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after spending a lot of money with the gt2x setup ive not done much recently..however i ahve now just finished my most recent 'mod' and i am really pleased with how it has turned out! i dont think or at least havent heard of anyone doing it yet but i have re trimmed all my roof lining in black leather along with the a.b and c pillars, it really has transformed the interior and has a much better feel to it now. i will get some pics up when i canupload them all :)
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Hiya mate sorry to reply in your thread i know were not suppose to but was just wondering where you got your Wot Box from? And did you install it yourself? Do you think its a worthwile mod?
Cheers
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hey mate no worries sorry not replied for a while...it depends what you are wanting fromt he WOT BOX the intitial purpose of the device is to stop as much lag between gears with a big turbo... the secondry use fromt he device is called two step which is a form of launch control, down the 1/4 mile you can expect a gain of around 1second which in a 1/4 is a fair bit! also depending on your cars setup it may make a loud bang like mine ;) have you seen the videos from awsome gti r/r day the other month?
going back to my build thread i will be uploading all the pics from my latest mod which was the full roof lining re trim alogn with the pillars!
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thought i would update my build thread as i have not done so in a while and promised to get these pictures put up.....
firstly me and my mate started to strip the car from all the parts which held the roof off, eventually the roof then became free and we were able to remove it..
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/IMAG0333.jpg)
the roof slid out from the back of the car
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here is a picture of the car without the roof lining.
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that was the easy part....
next was re trimming the roof with my chosen leather lining. to make sure the fabric did not sag and fit perfectly like the original i used some high temp spray adhesive (which is used in bathrooms to put up with temperatures and the wet) and bought stretchy fabric.
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before and after pic
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after 30+ hours of custom work...
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the next part to the project was spraying the plastic handles and sun visors....
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re fitting the boost gauge and AFR gauge in the roof lining...
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and finally after a few days hard work time and effort the finished product! :)
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hope everyone likes the new mod i have done to my car. i think it completely transforms the interior and was one of the missing things my car needed!
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sorry about the poor quality photos of the roof project, they were done on a mobile phone and probably whilst i was covered in glue! :grin:
new update - just ordered some camber shims today so should get them on wednesday and i will set to fitting them at the weekend! time to get lower!! :laugh: :smiley:
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thought i would also upload some pictures i have just got from the show in lancaster last year.
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just a quick update, recieved the camber shims today so i will hopefully be fitting them this weekend. i will get some pics up once its all done :)
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Quick update....
Car is booked in at my local bodyshop in a few weeks. It is going to be getting a full front respray including smooth bonnet, bumper and both wings will be rolled. The tailgate is also getting completely smoothed and if i can find a nice boot blend i will get this smoothed in to :laugh: he is also doing a full buff so should look nice and shiny!
I am also re trimming my whole boot in black leather to match my recent mod (leather roof) and building a custom boot build should finish the car of nicely, i will keep this post updated as and when it all gets on the way :)
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had a day off work today so decided to strip the car...
removed all the boot trim along with the rear side panels, seats and door seals. time to do some more re trimming :undecided: :shocked:
should look good once its all done though!...hopefully :tongue: :smiley:
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ok so ive not updated my thread in a while.
The car is currently in the bodyshop having a few alterations done.
I have decided to roll my front wings meaning my car will now be able to sit lower without rubbing and bending my arches :) i also thought whislt im having the front wings rolled i may aswel smooth the indicators off. For a while now i have had my badge removed from my front grille and replaced it with the bonrith smooth grille, but had not got round to smoothing my bonnet to match, so whilst the car is i the body shop i have decided to get this done with a small bonnet extension over the top part of the headlight (subtle but effective IMO) along with a whole front end respray (bumper, bonnet, wings) :tongue:
i have also smoothed the rear tailgate! (both the badge and the handle).
and a full car buff, so when i get it back it should look MINT! :) i will also be re trimming my boot and preparing for my custom install this week.
i will try and post some pics up once i get my camera back from the bodyshop.
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i have not updated this thread in a while as i have just simply been too busy.... I only got my car back from the bodyshop on Thursday and have had to completely re build the inside of my car before ultimate dubs, including lowering all the suspension, fitting rear camber shims, putting all the interior back together (door cards seats boot), build my boot build and basically get the car in show condition.
...cutting a long story short i was up from 8am friday morning until 9.30am the following day (25 1/2 hrs!!!) of none stop work to my car and only then had i just finished it not to mention the next day of cleaning before the show!
I dont know if anyone saw my car today but thought i would upload a few pictures, comments are welcome :) hope you like...
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0274.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0278.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0279.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0286.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0287.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0290.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0308.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0315.jpg)
(http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/buky08/SAM_0322.jpg)