had some issues with the car...
http://youtu.be/1IBffZ2sF1gturns out the car needs a new intake manifold. I was quoted £672 by the dealers, so it's going to a VAG specialist in Oldham this wednesday and is covered by the RAC warranty. so hopefully that should see the end of the issue.
I've also had a crack at restoring the headlights, as they were showing signs of light hazing and had some stone chip indents. I used a machine polisher and some Meguiars Plast-RX to take the headlights from this:
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/8449946007_8009a04502_z.jpg)
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8451033120_39a0f98d57_z.jpg)
to this:
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8449947015_b8b94c3549_z.jpg)
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8470/8451034094_527d04b9f1_z.jpg)
much better!
I've also been on the hunt for an OEM dead pedal. turns out VW only make a dead pedal cover for LHD's only! so I had to make do with an aftermarket version from eBay.
I found this which I thought looked the part:
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img268/6978/img74532.jpg)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img849/843/img74572.jpg)
Didn't want to a cover that had the 'GTi' logo on, I wanted to keep it as OEM looking as possible. I think it does the trick.
I've also got some H&R SuperSport springs on order from the US, which I believe will be with me any day now. They will be fitted pretty much straight away to give them time to settle in before it's stanced.
Looking so far so good for UD
![Cheesy :D](https://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/Smileys/modern/cheesy.gif)