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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Golf mk3 gallery => Topic started by: CJA321 on 07 May 2012, 20:39
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So been on here a while and thought it would be time to start a project thread instead of uploading different threads and clogging shiz up :cool:
Bought her for the handsome sum of £300, 121K On the clock, Needed a gearbox, Classic DFQ noisy gearbox. Was a homer the boy didnt want to fix, so guess i thought id see some potential :rolleyes:
When i got her
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Decent enough RS6's, but had stupid 225/45/17 tyres on, and standard springs. Apart from that, had near full service history and was bog standard apart from stereo and ipod dock :smug:
Even had one of the sales receipts for when it swapped hands at 2 years old, was originally a lease car to start with
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£10925 Mk3's were worth money at some point then :smug:
So anyway... when i bought it, the gearbox was already removed, by myself on the homer, even charged him for my time removing it... :evil: :evil: :evil: so that was a boost. Decided that if the box was out, taking the engine out would be a doddle.
So out she came for a spruce-up, at this point i didn't realise how poor the 8v was :embarassed:
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Sourced a new gearbox and gave it a tidyup
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Engine tidyed up, didnt go to town on it, as no leaks etc and gonna sound bad, but couldnt really be bothered at the time :grin: :grin:
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New timing belt etc and the engine and gearbox went back in, didnt get any pics of this unfortunatly :cry:
Got a badge-less the grill and stuck it on the road
Pic beside my friends VR at college
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Waaaaaaay to high, and feck knows what i was thinking with a white badge and huge tyres :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :grin: Looked total gash next to mates slammed VR
Got some 205/40/17 tyres and whacked them on, In Inverness there's a seriously dodjey Albanian guy who sells second hand tyres from his "Workshop" So got 2 toyo T1-S's near enough new and two budget tyres for £60 and sold my 225's on for £80 :cool: :cool:
So went and bought some coileys and whacked them on. Hot Tuning bad boys, rides awful but gets rid of the archgap
Also were I was staying when i was at college, the B+B owner turned out to be a total DubNut... Turned out his daughters boyfriend was doing up a MK3 also, but unfortunatly he had died in a motorbike accident before it was finished. So he had loads of stuff he wanted rid of, for nothing.... Even offered money but he wouldnt take it, gave me a set of Goodridge brake hoses and a genuine set of Hela Quads, was delighted!!
All fitted
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Then MOT time came around, Car was rotten underneath, Both front jack points, inner sills where the bungs go and both rear and front floors, again were the bungs go :cry:
Cant weld very well, so called in a homer and got it all done for £100
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Seam sealed and undersealed the whole lot :cool:
Things took a slowdown for a while due to work commitments... was in dire need of a new toolbox...
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Stupid Snap-On salesman... Got £250 for my old box though, which i still have... More than i paid in the first place :cool:
So just did little bits and pieces. Bought a new badge and painted my grill and got direct cold air feed kit
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Got a seccond had Magnex backbox off fleabay, and had a straight throughcat back middle pipe made up at local Custom Craft
And just over the year iv owned the car rust had started to seep in even more....
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So decided id get a seccond hand tailgate and paint it myself, as paintshop prices around here are stuuuuuupidly high for some reason :undecided:
Filled and welded a plate in for the wiper, looks okay to me, but far from perfect. And the paint is a slightly differant shade.... Cheers Halfrauds :grin:
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Then got sick of my wheels, id curbed them loadsa times :sick: Was looking at some differant wheels but couldnt really afford them. So back down to halfrauds... Got 2tins Antracite paint, 2Primers, 2PU Laquer for £35 with my friends staff discount card as im 2nd cardholder!!
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Test trying one of them, still wasnt to sure if it would look better or not
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Was pritty delighted with the finnish tbh, especially with it being just outa a can!
Time had come time finally do something about my fogs also, Tinting spray was £12 a can??!? Thought nuts to that, went upto MorayTints and got some off cuts of some headlight linting film, just works like a sticker. Got it for nothing and was pritty impressed at it.
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Fitted the tyres, Was pooping myself fitting the tyres on with fresh paint and re-painted the calipers and fitted new pads all round
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And then thats about as far as iv got for now. Short of re-painting the whole car and an engine conversion theres not alot left to do IMO.
Need a lether interior, if anyone is selling one and willing to ship it up north? :nerd: :smug:
And then after a good clean today, wheels sealed with Autoglym wheel sealant and T-Cutted and then fully polished :smiley:
I KNOW i'm going to get hate for that Bra... But i personally quite like it with everything dark on the car :tongue:
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So thats it for now, comment and advice welcome. Haters gonna hate :tongue:
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Apart from the bra a very nice mk3 :afro:, looks loads better on the darker wheels.
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Love that colour I had an 8v many moons ago the same,is it called dusty mauve? Car looks really clean and at first wasnt keen on the RS6s on a mk3 but soon as youve changed the colour they look really good nice work :wink:
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Nice...wheels look loads better mate, good job!!!! :smiley:
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Thanks, i love the colour also. Not seen another with it tbh, think because its more a mk4 colour? Its called Blue Anthracite pearl iirc. Looks a differant colour in every light :smiley:
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I quite like the bonnet bra.
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That must be the right name for the colour and ive got it wrong :grin: its a lovely colour anyway :wink:
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Liking those wheels but not the center caps and get rid of your bra!!
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Liking those wheels but not the center caps and get rid of your bra!!
Yeah centre caps came the wrong colour off ebay. My Bra hides my stonechips :drool:
why do people hate them so much? :grin:
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Because they look sh*t!!!!! (in my opinion....)
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Soooo bit of an update :smiley:
Decided to join the 20VT crew :cool: :cool: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Found an AGU lump i couldn't say no too. 95k, Emisions report, New timing belt, waterpump, guides and tensioners, with bill for £300 to do the work. All for £450 :smiley:
Came with everything for the conversion from the doner car, including bits i dont need and can sell on to recoup some money back :wink:
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Have gearbox, driveshafts, AC pump, hubs + starter all for sale for next to nothing, so if you want just ask :smiley:
Seeing as its had a new belt etc, and emissons report was bang on, not going to strip the head atm.
Sat to work, stripped the rest of the engine to bits ready for cleaning and paint, everything is in pritty decent nic, apart from a bit of burnt oil in the rocker, all the cams and tappets look good, no visible wear or any of the lobes worn.
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Everything all labled and ready for cleaning
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Only bad thing i found was this.....
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Turbo cracked all the way through to the wastegate, so ready for the bin.... But after a grumpy phonecall to the seller he refunded me £50 for the turbo... So cant complain in all fairness.
Pritty much all the parts sourced now, Big thanks to Brad who helped a hell of alot!! New wings and possibly vento front going on at the same time also, then going to paint. Decided to go the whole hog, you only live once :grin:
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Great news with the engine :cool:
:undecided: on the Vento front however
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Great news with the engine :cool:
:undecided: on the Vento front however
Just toying with the possibility of vento front for now :drool:
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Great news with the engine :cool:
:undecided: on the Vento front however
Just toying with the possibility of vento front for now :drool:
It is your choice but way too common these days.
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Great news with the engine :cool:
:undecided: on the Vento front however
Just toying with the possibility of vento front for now :drool:
It is your choice but way too common these days.
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You going for a different turbo or keeping to the standard?
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Glad to have been help matey
will have those bits ready for you in a couple off weeks at the most soon as i receive my new gearbox back from rebuild :wink: :smiley:
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This looks wicked mate. Not a fan of bras but it works well. Looking forward to seeing the engine in.
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Great news with the engine :cool:
:undecided: on the Vento front however
Just toying with the possibility of vento front for now :drool:
It is your choice but way too common these days.
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You going for a different turbo or keeping to the standard?
Thanks for the coments. Well id like to go for a differant turbo tbh, its just the ko3 on this lump i think. Was kinda unsure of just bolt on options however.
Gonna have to speed this conversion up a wee bit also as a hole the size of my hand just appeared in my gearbox off my 8v :grin:
Thats great brad cheers!
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Well gearbox blew up on the 8v side of things, not fussed to be fair as getting replaced anyway
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Prepped afew parts
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Cleaned up on side of the engine ready to paint, still some more to come off, just used GUNK, stinking stuff!!
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Trying to go with a clean more subtle kinda look, not too OTT. Kinda same colour as my wheels, thought it might tie in quite nicly
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Big order coming from my local VAG dealer tomorow with all gaskets etc, but wont be able to do anymore for wee while as going afew music festivals :cool: :drool:
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:cool: good work so far, look forward to seeing the finished car
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Looking great matey
my new gearbox is built and will be shipped back to me next week, i will have this parts ready for u not long after that mate
Regarding the Turbo manifold crack, you can get the repaired or replaced quite cheep if its the K03 ??
or you could upgrade to K03 S turbo (direct swap and no other mods needed)
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Looking great matey
my new gearbox is built and will be shipped back to me next week, i will have this parts ready for u not long after that mate
Regarding the Turbo manifold crack, you can get the repaired or replaced quite cheep if its the K03 ??
or you could upgrade to K03 S turbo (direct swap and no other mods needed)
Sounds good to me! The turbo is nackered, but can get a ko3 from breaker for 50 inc vat.
If i can go a bigger turbo without any other mods ill go for that. What engine codes is the S off?
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K03s is fitted to some 150bhp plus the 180's (AUQ)
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K03s came on the AUQ and AUM
Something for u to upgrade to later date, may have one for u at some point in future off my mates engine
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K03s came on the AUQ and AUM
Something for u to upgrade to later date, may have one for u at some point in future off my mates engine
Yeah sounds good, ill get this lump in and think about other things later :smug:
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Yeah sounds good, ill get this lump in and think about other things later :smug:
Much easier to fit a Ko3s now whilst the engine is out.
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Been busy (ish) Was at Rockness festival over last weekend, so didnt get much done. Saw some great music and drank far too much, now have a cold from sleeping in a tent over the weekend, but well worth it!
Anyway, finnished cleaning, on rebuild now.
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Rocker cover gasket, new thermostat coming tomorow, so will get all that back together tomorow. Means can get manifold etc on, and thats it done for this sideof engine more or less :smiley:
Gonna go for a ko3 s turbo also, as seems alot less hastle fitting while its out etc. As long as it will run on standard managemant with no other mods?
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Getting there :smiley:
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Engine coming out of my mk3 this weekend also, then cleaning under bonnet while everything is out :smiley:
After an ABF flywheel if anyone has? :wink:
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Very nice! And good to see your getting it done sharpish too :cool:
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Few wee updates, have finnished the boring stripping part now more or less, engine out now just preping bay for paint :smiley:
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Removed wings at same time, just rotten!! Arch plastics arnt going back on either :smiley:
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And just some prepwork, should have grinding down finnished tomorow and if weather stay nice fingers crossed get it primed :smiley:
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Ow and another reason not to buy cheap coilies, maybe just the weather and all the salt on the roads up north but 8 Months old and the look like this? Pritty crappy
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Looking good mate....love seeing a job done right!!
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Looking sweet as a nut mate
what colour we decided on for the bay then ?
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looking gd mate keep up the gd work :wink:
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Thanks guys, going Black Brad :wink:
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good choice mate
let me know the box arrives safe too matey
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Will do bud, im looking foreward to it getting here :smiley: Big thanks again, saved a lotta hastle!!
Got a link for that front mount? :cool:
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PM on its way matey
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Cracking work so far buddy! :cool:
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Busy busy busy :smiley:
Part of build now iv gotta fork out some mega pennies..... Intercooler, Clutch/Flywheel, Downpipe, Jetex exhaust etc etc :tongue:
Anyway, bay done and painted inner wings wile i was at it :smiley:
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And in clearcoat
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Goodies arriving :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Big thanks to Brad, whole Trans setup. Biiiig Thanks again!! :cool:
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:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
glad to have helped and see my old box go to a good home.... :smiley:
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seriously inspiring reading through this thread :grin: if i knew a sh!t lot more about cars i would do the same :) will be good to see the finnished outcome mate. :sick:
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Engine bay looks really good :smiley:
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Ordered all my parts more or less.
Engine going in shortly, once clutch and flywheel's here. Phoned up Jetex and manged to get them to beat the ebay price for the exhaust so a bonus with that!
About it for the moment
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Got engine into today, also got my ECU back with remap and imob defeat on it for £100. FXS Remaps, rights his own software and is a master tuner. If anyone is up North I would seriously recommend him, says he's smoothed alot of things low down and says gonna be looking at 190/200 ish figures with around 1.4 bar boost. Will see though, not that doubt him at all.
Also got my exhaust, bought direct from jetex and got them to beat ebay price. Ordered Monday, Arrieved Tuesday all the way up here and free delivery!!! :cool:
Have my Magnex 8v backbox + custom mid pipe that deletes centre box if anyone is interested, photos in classifieds under exhaust :smiley:
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subframe, rack etc re-furbished
Couple shots of it going in
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Not gonna lie, im nackered.... Snapped my slave cylinder clutch pipe, being rough when i was tired.. Bloody stupid haha!
Hope can just get a double ended female flexi and make up my own.
Even being tired, looking from this :-
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To this... Keeps me going haha!
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Couple days off, and back to it. Need to order up my front mount intercooler and a heap of pipes, wiring getting sent away because i just KNOW id piss that up, and then spend ages chasing around wires etc.
Hubs, driveshafts etc to go on, need to order an alternator + starter motor too.
Getting there though :smiley:
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schweeeeet :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Looking fresh!
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ah another guy who works on a stone driveway, dropping tools and other various bits and pieces is always fun
looking good mate :)
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ah another guy who works on a stone driveway, dropping tools and other various bits and pieces is always fun
looking good mate :)
Haha you feel my pain! See trying to push that engine crane on those stones? :sick:
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Looking sweet :cool: Can really appreciate that hard work, keep it up!
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This is coming along really nice mate.
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Thanks for all the comments guys :smiley:
Got my custom downpipe and my 2.5" Jetex exhaust fitted
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As said before, broke my clutch pipe being a tool, wanted £80 from the stealers, made myself one up outa double ended female flexi for £10 and some brake pipe from work. Have no idea if this will work yet, functionally it should, unsure if it will leak or what the pedal will be like though as noticed the pipe on the standard one is slightly thicker, will have to see :laugh:
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Got my looms sent away, didnt want to mess around with wiring. Once there in, induction + cooling systems and then should be *Fingers Crossed* all systems go. Sure there will be teething problems, but it wouldnt be fun without :laugh: :lipsrsealed:
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Should work a treat mate.. Where you get double ended female ?? peddle should feel no different as the feel is in the cylinders..
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Good work so far mate, how long do you reckon before this is back on the road?
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Long time since last update, been abroad and took sometime off bloody cars and enjoyed some sun!!
Been busy since been back though!!
Should work a treat mate.. Where you get double ended female ?? peddle should feel no different as the feel is in the cylinders..
Got the flexi from local trade parts place called dingbro, was a delphi hose. Probably have the box and part number somwere if you need it.
Good work so far mate, how long do you reckon before this is back on the road?
Hopefully in about 2/3 weeks. Hopefully less haha!!
So, got the FMIC fitted, made up some brackets from some old gate brackets
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Plumbed the whole lot in, new vacuum pipes and new silicon TIP, aloy hard charge pipes and silicone hoses from ASH.COM
Few bits need adjusted, But pritty happy with result so far
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Might get some stick for going blue, but i think it works pritty well tbh.
Got all this stuff in, pritty chuffed tbh :smiley:
Went to start it the other day, starts and runs!!!!!!! Delighted!!! Only problem, was idling for 2/3 secs then dying... Checked all earths, sensors, plugs, fuses. But looked to me to be an imobiliser fault, which is pritty annoying seeing as the ECU was supposed to be unlocked.... Borrowed the scanner from work to have a look
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Other faults are from me messing around with plugs and all cleared fine. Bit annoying iv now gotta send ECU away again... Gonna get the imob chip removed completally rather than just reflashed.
Should get it back next week, then just need to touch up afew bit in the bay and then get the interior back together, new wings and sort out the hoses for the servo then put it to paintshop. Also some new clips for the hoses
Whats people experiance with after market body panels? Not sure what to go for
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looking nice. good to know your doing it right!!!
i noticed that on the exhaust theres a dent by the tail pipes?
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looking nice. good to know your doing it right!!!
i noticed that on the exhaust theres a dent by the tail pipes?
Thanks, hard work but worth it. Yeah i noticed that too, supposed to be there though apparently :smiley:
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She's RUNNNNNNNNING !!!!!!!!!!!!! Got my ECU back yesterday, absolutally over the moon :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Glad to hear its running dude! Video?............. :D
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okay so been busy busy finnishing this off now. Had a list as long my arm of small niggles etc that needed sorted :smiley:
Was having a problem getting coolant to circulate properly, found my pipes for heater matrix were kinked where whoever removed the engine had put clamps on the hoses and had stayed on the hoses too long making them mis shaped.
Also the long metal coolant pipe that gos around the block sprung a pin hole leak... VW wanted £120 for the pipe!!! Trip to scrapyard and got new matrix pipes, the metal pipe and loadsa other crap for £15 off a sorry looking A3 :sad:
Pipe didnt look much better than mine, smothered it in chemical metal as its hidden by the manifold plumbed it all in and coolant now circulating perfectly :smiley:
Was frustrating taking it all to bits again however....
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Battery wasnt charging, pritty easy fix. Found a broken wire in the harness to the battery
Speedo's not working, swapped in a new sensor now alll good
Fan wasn't cutting in, found a mangled pin in the plug so again not too bad.
Second hand ABF starter i got from Bay advertised as in perfect working condition was noisey from the very first time i turned it over... Died a death yesterday and started crunching etc also...
Took it to bits
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Maybe not too clear but in middle is one of the magnets that sits on the inside of the casing, had decided it didnt like it there anymore and was rumbling around in the rotor. Cleaned out the solenoid on the starter and freed it off, then got the 20vt starter and robbed bits off that. Luckily the casing is the same size/dimensions/no. of magnets. So built a decent starter thats not noisey at all now outa two of them :smiley:
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New wing
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Had no dash lights at all, milage and MFA were working, but as soon as you turned ign on whole lot turned off and didnt want to work. Checked all my engine earths etc, all okay. Found that pins 3 + 5 are earths for the clocks to the fuseboard, for some reason they had become disturbed somehow. Pulled the wires out of the chocolate blocks that go to fusebox and earthed the wires to the steering column. All good, clocks working a treat :smiley:
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Flushed the oil, new filter and decent oil and new fuel filter also :smiley:
Last problem iv got, maybe someone could shine some light on it if possibly? :kiss: The N75 valve is noisey, after about 30 sec idling starts chapping and sounds almost tappety. Gets steadily louder and faster. Give it a bit of throttle then it goes away but comes back again after 20/30secs.
Video
http://s1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/CJA321/?action=view¤t=20120907_191404.mp4
There is a fault for N75 last time i checked codes, but i assumed that was just due to unplugging etc when had imob fault. Boost pipes are on the correct way, and iv tried another N75 with the same part no. and end code letter C on both of them but both seem to do the same thing. Any ideas would be great cheers
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Sorted most of my problems now :smiley: Just afew wee niggles.....
Got her back on the ramp and waxoiled it to death!!! :rolleyes: :evil:
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No rust, and solid underneath. Hopefully keep it that way for a bit!!
Power steering pipe burst today though, was a risk as new they looked bad when had engine out. But hey-ho, nevermid....
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/CJA321/20120917_173819.jpg)
Thats the old ones, VW wanted as near £400 for them both... So gonna take them to local hydraulic place and see if can cut the rot out and make me a high pressure pipe with hose and the old connectors!
Cars booked into paint this friday, getting full re-spray. Pritty giddy about it, not gonna lie haha!!!!
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Dropped off at paintshop about 30mins ago, stripped her outside.
All colour coded, leaving black trim on splitter, spoiler, rear valance and sill trims however.
Few cheeky shots of her going in
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He's gonna give me a shout when its in primer :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: So more photos to come shortly
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wow this is looking great!! i like the rs6's its the first time ive seem them on a mk3 and wasnt sure to start with but with the color change they look right at home! this is going to turn out to be one impressive car bud keep up the good work!
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Got her back from paintshop today. Delighted with the results. Anyway, here she is 30mins after picking her up.
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My favourite, really need to see it in the flesh :cool:
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Interior next
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Looks :cool: :cool:
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Went to Aberdeen today to visit Girlfriend who lives in halls at uni.. Was interesting to say the least being in a house with 8 girls on a Saturday night... Anyway, took advantage of Girlfriends fancy camera :smiley:
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Need to centre intercooler a bit better, not to fussed though
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Car looks awesome :cool:, my gf lives with 8 girls too at Cardiff uni, they get annoying very quickly lol
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looks really good mate
is that intercooler to the right tho ?
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Intercoolers not enter :undecided:
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looks really good mate
is that intercooler to the right tho ?
Yeah says above the pic that its not centre, once id taken off the bumper found that its had a front end bump at some point and the slam panel is bent over on the lefthand side very slightly so not everything fits in square, not that fussed though tbh as at time just wanted it together haha!!
Intercoolers not enter :undecided:
As above, does say that above the pic :smiley:
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The cars looking great bud! The paintwork looks amazing :)
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ahh missed where you put that about the IC pal
looks sweet as a nut anyhow :cool:
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The cars looking great bud! The paintwork looks amazing :)
ahh missed where you put that about the IC pal
looks sweet as a nut anyhow :cool:
Cheers guys :smiley: :smiley:
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small update for today. Needed a new radiator, was pishing out and had left it to long.
So got stuck in.
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Found a rubbed hose so replaced that and adjusted so wouldnt rub again
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Was annoying me that my intercooler wasnt centre because the slam pannel was bent, needed a bashing with a hammer and got it sorted and centred. Also painted it black, looks alot less noticable and better too imo. Goes well with sleeper look too.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/CJA321/20121103_135105.jpg)
Then got some side vents from scrappy, finnishes off front quite well.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/CJA321/20121103_150551.jpg)
Also treated it to some new bosch platinum plugs and cleaned the bay. :-P
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Looks so much better with te black paint. :afro:
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Looks so much better with te black paint. :afro:
Cheers, i think so too :smiley:
fitted some bonnet lifters tonight
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Would of done it ages ago if id of known how easy it was :lipsrsealed:
Fitted my GTI badge back on the front, not sure it looks better or not. Way i see it though is its insured as a GTI so shame if know-one actually knows that haha!!
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Fitted my GTI badge back on the front, not sure it looks better or not. Way i see it though is its insured as a GTI so shame if know-one actually knows that haha!!
Still technically a gti engine :evil: Keep the badge on
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Test fitted some rear spacers today. I know i need 3mm fronts so thats sorted.
Need opinions on the rears before i go splash out on some hubcentric ones. Want the wheels to sit near flush with the arch.
These are 10mm
Before on NSR
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After with 10mm spacer at OSR
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Sorry for poor pics, spacers were borrowed and was in a rush. 10mm okay? Or go for a 15mm?
10mm seemed pritty flush, wheels arnt my strongpoint so any input is appreciated :smiley:
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Wheels look spot on with the 10mm spacer :afro:
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Wheels look spot on with the 10mm spacer :afro:
Shame about the shoes :lipsrsealed: :grin:
Car has gone under the radar really, awesome build! :cool:
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Wheels look spot on with the 10mm spacer :afro:
Think i'll go with the 10mm ones then :smiley:
Wheels look spot on with the 10mm spacer :afro:
Shame about the shoes :lipsrsealed: :grin:
Car has gone under the radar really, awesome build! :cool:
haha, been a well trusty pair of workboots!!!!
Thanks though bud :smiley:
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looks sweet matey
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nice build, wish i had the time and skills to pull a conversion off and to do it so well. Bet its very satisfying driving around knowing you did it yourself.
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looks sweet matey
Cheers Brad
nice build, wish i had the time and skills to pull a conversion off and to do it so well. Bet its very satisfying driving around knowing you did it yourself.
I love driving it!!! And yeah, the feeling is brilliant!!
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was it hard fittin the air intake pipe on ur front bumper lower drivers side grill ?
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From when it was an 8v? No. But it was sh!t haha.....
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Car is looking stunning mate,i take my hat off to ya,some real nice work done there :wink:
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Long overdue an update...
Car broke down last month at some point. Was doing some crazy electrical problems... Turned out rhe ecu had got damp and was causing it to not run. Got it repaired and all good.
During this time, car was broken into parked outside work and inside was ripped apart. Bit of a downer...
Got a full highline leather interior in now though. And they have prints of the guys who did it, so pritty possitive.
Interior pic
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Waiting on some hubcentric wheel spacers and gonna lower it some more.
Got a k03s turbo on order too. After thats fitted its onto the rollers and a stage 2 map :smiley:
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MOT time..
2x Front CV boots + H/brake cables...
Super interesting pictures :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Pritty sh!tty to think this stuff was all painted about 1200 miles ago... Salty scottish roads!!
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Tucked up at work over weekend
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Got these on a car im breaking and quite tempted.... whats peoples opinions?
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To do
K03s turbo + remap
Refit boost guage the pikeys ripped out
Spacers + lower, polybush lower arms + ARB/Links
Heated seat loom from car im breaking
Powdercoat wheels
Discs + re-paint calipers at some point
Oww and btw, this is my winter hack haha
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J reg 205 painted fully with Gravitex stonechip!! Diesel too :smug: :smug: :smug:
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A really nice mk3 doing good work... :smiley:
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lol salty Scottish roads ,my mrs grew up in a Scottish town called saltcoats lol
dig the pug man looks stealthy :smiley:
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205 would run quite nicely on veg oil. :grin:
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A really nice mk3 doing good work... :smiley:
Thanks Gav :smiley:
lol salty Scottish roads ,my mrs grew up in a Scottish town called saltcoats lol
dig the pug man looks stealthy :smiley:
Fooking love that pug haha... Can honestly run it on anything diesel related... stuff you pull out of modern diesels being too watery or contaminated with petrol, obviously not too badly contaminated though.. No wires, just mechanical :grin:
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205 would run quite nicely on veg oil. :grin:
haha, we were thinking the same thing there!! Aye, dont think you can on this one though, Its got the bosch injection pump and iv read there a bit tempermental with veg stuff... Still keen to try though haha :grin:
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205 would run quite nicely on veg oil. :grin:
haha, we were thinking the same thing there!! Aye, dont think you can on this one though, Its got the bosch injection pump and iv read there a bit tempermental with veg stuff... Still keen to try though haha :grin:
Bosch is the good on mate. Lucas is the give or take one.
Just been pouring neat veg when it's on offer in the MK4 and used stuff run through filters. Mate just gets used veg, pours it through a microfibre then straight into his MK3 1.9TD and it runs fine. Turns over a few times then starts unlike firing into life but the Mk4 has been good in the minus. Just totally flat til warm and does lose a bit of performance.
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205 would run quite nicely on veg oil. :grin:
haha, we were thinking the same thing there!! Aye, dont think you can on this one though, Its got the bosch injection pump and iv read there a bit tempermental with veg stuff... Still keen to try though haha :grin:
Bosch is the good on mate. Lucas is the give or take one.
Just been pouring neat veg when it's on offer in the MK4 and used stuff run through filters. Mate just gets used veg, pours it through a microfibre then straight into his MK3 1.9TD and it runs fine. Turns over a few times then starts unlike firing into life but the Mk4 has been good in the minus. Just totally flat til warm and does lose a bit of performance.
Knew it was one or the other! Im gonna have to double check what pumps on it and might give it a bash. You juat use it neat?
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I do yeah. Maybe chuck a load in when theres about a litre of diesel in. I think I put half a tank of veg in then put a tenner of diesel in it as I went on a motorway journey and the overtaking power is even more lacking.
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I do yeah. Maybe chuck a load in when theres about a litre of diesel in. I think I put half a tank of veg in then put a tenner of diesel in it as I went on a motorway journey and the overtaking power is even more lacking.
Hmmmm fook all power in this from the begining!! Gonna try it thou. Aldi/Lidl tomorow for an industrial sized cooking oil drum :laugh:
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Made a cheeky ebay purchase tonight seeing as my boss is becoming an arsehole and making things harder at work, so decided to cheer myself up :grin:
K03s :smiley:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/01-VW-MK4-GOLF-SEAT-LEON-CUPRA-K03-K03S-TURBOCHARGER-06A145704T-180bhp-/00/s/OTYwWDEyODA=/z/hEoAAOxyaTxRJRa4/$T2eC16J,!)0E9s37FbPbBRJR,4SH)Q~~60_12.JPG)
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Sweeeet ,so that and a remap along with current mods should see you good for 230-240?
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Sweeeet ,so that and a remap along with current mods should see you good for 230-240?
Not checked this in a while, sorry Screech! Prolly closer 200 ish i think, will have to see what rollers say :smiley:
Been busy with afew other mods, got a really good set of coilovers on a car im breaking, so refurbed them and bunged them on
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/CJA321/20130223_150039_zps664b155e.jpg)
How she now sits at the back
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Still needing to get around to buying some spacers for the rear :lipsrsealed:
Sitting quite a bit lower now, which i can afford to do with slightly better coilovers, still feel every bump in the road though!!
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Then refitted my boost gauge that got ripped out by thieves
All credit for this idea goes to RCSAMMY, using this on his diesel mk3, Yup, i copied you! Seems by far the coolest way and pritty practical way of fitting a boost gauge to a mk3, so thanks for your awesome idea :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Just spliced to a permanant ground and ign live plug for the headlight switch, so it lights up with my sidelights etc
Turbo fitting to commence this weekend hopefully... looks a total ball ache haha
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Done a fair amount lately :smiley:
New k03s Turbo in, total barsteward of a job on my driveway!!! sh!t pic, but had lost will to even look at the car at this point!
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Heated seat loom
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In
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Highline centre console
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Covered headlining in black suede, need to paint or find some black grab handles :smiley:
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right tw4t doing turbo change aint it mate haha
not sure on that Boost gauge in a can tho :undecided:
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right tw4t doing turbo change aint it mate haha
not sure on that Boost gauge in a can tho :undecided:
A total sh!ty job! The banjos and oil return nearly had me in tears
It looks better in the flesh bud, alot of people ask about it too which is fun when tell them its a boost gauge haha
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Great build mate. Inspired me to pull my finger out & do mine :smiley:
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Dont talk to me about banjos and bloody oil/water lines :laugh:
caused absolute Swearing with mine when fitting the RS2 set up... non normal parts = even more of a mare
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Great build mate. Inspired me to pull my finger out & do mine :smiley:
Thanks bud :smiley:
Dont talk to me about banjos and bloody oil/water lines :laugh:
caused absolute Swearing with mine when fitting the RS2 set up... non normal parts = even more of a mare
Haha i can imagine, wasnt alot of room for the small turbo let alone a bigger one!
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This looks wicked mate. Keep up the good work.
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This looks wicked mate. Keep up the good work.
Thanks buddy :smiley:
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Bought myself a late 21st presant. 1.9 tdi estate, all round electric windows/mirrors etc, towbar, 4 months tax, 6 month mot £350 needs a wing, which was included in the sale! Might drop it on its arse with some ats cups or something. Prolly not alot though.
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Not best pics, its just a mk3 wagon though
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Nice one , the height difference is immense!
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Nice one , the height difference is immense!
Haha yeah, no more scraping and bouncing for a while! Back to boatyness :whistle: :laugh:
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Welcome to the estate gang :)
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Think I'm deffo guna be pulling my finger out now I've read this top motor mate :grin:
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Welcome to the estate gang :)
Noticed your one! Lot better nick than mine haha!!! Mines just a dog!
Think I'm deffo guna be pulling my finger out now I've read this top motor mate :grin:
Thanks bud :smiley:
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Already making plans :grin: cant wait and F17bad sure ill be pickin ur brains :wink:
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Custom mapping coming tonight, wheels going to powder coater tomorrow. Gonna fit my headling and black ABCs tomorow too. Loosing its show virginity next month too :smiley: :smiley:
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Bit of an update....
Finaly got my rear 12mm spacers on and got the wheels powdercoated.
Some piccys, not alot left to do to this car now! :cry: :cry: :cry:
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And one of me and the car haha....
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Opinions allways welcome :smiley:
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Love it, very subtle and understated :cool:
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Now I normally don't like these wheels, but think they suit your car so well, great work, you should be proud :afro:
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love the cheeky pipework on show, not too much which is good! :laugh:
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Bloody lovely ! very :cool:
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I really do like this, it's tastefully done with some nice mods :cool:
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Agree with all the comments above
Very nicely done :cool:
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Love it, very subtle and understated :cool:
Thanks Wayne
Now I normally don't like these wheels, but think they suit your car so well, great work, you should be proud :afro:
love the cheeky pipework on show, not too much which is good! :laugh:
Yeah, one of my favourite parts of the car too!!
Bloody lovely ! very :cool:
Thanks buddy :cool:
I really do like this, it's tastefully done with some nice mods :cool:
Thanks, yeah didnt want to go too OTT like you see some cars!
Agree with all the comments above
Very nicely done :cool:
Thankyou :smiley:
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Local show I did few weeks ago
Got my suede headlining in too, need to get some pics of that though
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Photographers, awesome guys give them a like :smiley:
https://www.facebook.com/GBlockMedia?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/JohnyCookPhotography?fref=ts
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"Sweet......" :cool:
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Is that tyre smoke or oil in the last pic :grin: lookin truly awesome fella :drool:
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Very nice mate, I like the way its kinda sleeper but still looks sporty .. I know what i mean :whistle: :grin:
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Not been on here for a while properly! So sorry for not replying to your comments, but thankyou.
Another show and quarter mile strip.
Managed 15s Dead and 97.8 MPH. Pritty happy with that. Especially on the crap quarter mile
Seeing as theres not alot to do to the car just gonna pic whore the feck out of it haha.....
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Bra flaping about.... Used it to stop stone chips, caused more harm than good. Binned..
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Beating her younger sibling :tongue:
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Look's pukka mate :smiley:
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Long time no speak! seems most stuff is on facebook now :(
Few updates anyway....
Usual story, pics somewhere. Not sure where!
Stripped back all my red calipers, got them blasted and painted black, alot cleaner and more OEM
New drilled and grooved discs all round
4x New backing plates!
New polybushes and powdercoated wishbones
And a Vento front end :)
Ow and new Schmidts/Weitecs and Headlining
some pics - Mainly of finnished how it stands just now, The rest was just pics of wishbones, brakes and coilies. Which you all have seen 1000s of times anyway :P
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A little before and after for the sake of it.......
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Gonna try and update this a bit more now, even just for my own record haha! cheers :)
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Looks really nice on the Schmidts :afro: