Managed to put a nice dent in the sill and front/rear doors, insurance has been contacted and car will be going in soon, might see if I can get the rear bumper blended in while it's there.
In other news this arrived today...
Auto headlight module
Decided on some new calipers rather than try to refurb the old ones
You can just about make out the VW/Audi badges here that have been ground off for whatever reason
and I've just fitted my auto headlights; a quick vid of the headlights turning on and off
I'm still confused about the whole coming/leaving home functions but I'll leave that for another day when it's not belting it down with rain
Really losing patience with the Golf at the mo what with it needing spraying and now one of my TT hubs decides to crack when I was fitting it.
Just nipping up the shock bolt and felt a bang, looked down and saw the dirty great big crack in the metal. So I am now running one TT hub and one Golf hub... Found a replacement but just need to get it to my door, you'd think I lived in Australia with the hassle that comes with delivery over here
In other news it's booked in to have the door and sill sorted on the 10th of Feb, I'm also looking at swapping my Anni skirts for a set of Votex skirts so watch this space
The reason I need the ARB...
Car has been out of the bodyshop for while now and I'm starting to feel a bit more love towards it...
So with that in mind I've started to fix a few things that have been bugging me for a while, namely the material on my pillar pod. So tonight I glued it on again and it now looks spot on again.
I also found a bit of time to fit these
PSI Tuning shifter bracket bushes, made from billet aluminium. Not the hardest thing to fit but a bit fiddly. My rubber bushes weren't in the greatest condition so I'm glad I replaced them.
I've also made some progress on my rear beam, namely painting it.
Amazing what a lick of paint can do
It's up at my parents at the mo so I'll be fitting the rear beam bushes when I go up there again on Friday and maybe the stub axles and bearings.
Other things added to the list are some modded door cards, I'm going to swap the existing material on there with the same stuff I did my roof lining in as they have started to come away and look saggy and horrible
I've also got to finish the front rubstrip, get the skirts painted and fitted, make my air filter heatshield, fit my other TT hub, whiteline ARB, TT rack... There's plenty to keep me busy for now
Started painting the 256mm rear carriers with some caliper paint from Halfords, it's surprisingly good stuff
Also did some more work on the beam today, vRS rear beam bushes are in, made use of my home made bush press
Started with this
a quick blast with the battery ratchet and I had this
added the spacer and another go to get it to pull right in, done
Also fitted the splash guards and stub axle on one side of the beam, didn't fit the bearing as I need to torque the bolts up properly first
Ran into a bit of problem on the other side, the threads in the beam must be a bit ropey as the bolts are getting stuck halfway. I didn't have my taps to hand so I'll have to wait until next week before I can sort that out
I've also got myself some new caliper bleed nipples with red caps for my new calipers...
and here they are
Just need to key them up and give them a good coat of paint then fit it all on
My mate at work made me a quick tool to help get the rear bushes out of my arms
and I've also got some new top mount bearings as the old ones are shot, should have really changed them when I fitted the poly top mounts but I didn't think about that at the time
Bit of progress...
Rear beam is finished, just need some new bolts for the shocks and beam bushes and it's ready to be fitted on. Will probably stick with the smaller rears until I get the Leon calipers finished, then I can bleed the whole system through in one go. Bought some paint to get the skirts done, just need to give them to my mate in the week. Speaking of paint, I've been finishing the carriers and started on the rear calipers...
I've fitted new boots to them and renewed the grease on the slider pins
Rear caliper topside done, just the underneath to do then onto the next one
I've now got a background heater for my shed so will paint a few more bits over the weekend
