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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 gallery => Topic started by: topher on 04 August 2009, 20:26
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Just so I don't get accused of being a mk4 elitist i'll stick it in this section :grin:
picked this up 4 weeks ago.. this is how it arrived
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/rarrrr.JPG)
Finally got the coilovers on today so took some more shots - this was literally as it was rolled out of the workshop, so it'll settle a bit. I'll give it a few days and bring it down a little more then get the tracking checked.
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/lowered1.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/lowered2.jpg)
and a blurry one :grin: (still trying to figure out the camera on my new phone..)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/lowered3.jpg)
The rears are on the highest setting and the fronts are about half way down.
Big thanks to Nick, Matt, Rob and Ben at R-Tech for use of the workshop to keep me dry while i scrambled about on the floor.. and for the help with the stubborn front shock :laugh:
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looking good mate, :afro:
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tidy :cool:
whats it go like now you've mapped it?
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It was pulling around 195bhp and 220lbft on the dyno.. we couldnt figure out why it was tailing off a little bit at top end. Today i realised the bumper grill was completely blocking flow to the intercooler :lipsrsealed: so i removed it for the drive home.. goes a lot better.
We had a sales rep turn up today selling a bit of kit to test for boost leaks, so we whacked it on mine and found a slight leak from one of the secondary air pump lines (smoke and ultraviolet light, nifty stuff!) which might also be contributing. So i'll remove all that at some point.. and either drill the bumper grill or bite the bullet and whack a FMIC on it.
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It was pulling around 195bhp and 220lbft on the dyno.. we couldnt figure out why it was tailing off a little bit at top end. Today i realised the bumper grill was completely blocking flow to the intercooler :lipsrsealed: so i removed it for the drive home.. goes a lot better.
We had a sales rep turn up today selling a bit of kit to test for boost leaks, so we whacked it on mine and found a slight leak from one of the secondary air pump lines (smoke and ultraviolet light, nifty stuff!) which might also be contributing. So i'll remove all that at some point.. and either drill the bumper grill or bite the bullet and whack a FMIC on it.
doh lol
hmm did you buy the boost leak kit?? could be useful as i think i'm leaking boost from somewehere :undecided:
Is Nick's FMIC setup ready yet then or is he still testing it?
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looking very good pal coming a long fast.
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hmm did you buy the boost leak kit?? could be useful as i think i'm leaking boost from somewehere :undecided:
Is Nick's FMIC setup ready yet then or is he still testing it?
I think the rtech fmic is next task, now that the new dyno software is up and running and pretty much calibrated spot on.. thanks to my super brainy inertia calculations :grin:
I won't be buying the leak tester.. Nick is thinking about it though :afro:
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do they do a " discrete " spoiler for an estate tailgate, just needs that " something " at the rear :huh: :undecided:
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gonna attack the rear lights with some tinting spray.. since the only option for replacement ones is lexus style :sick:
apart from that i haven't really thought about doing much to the rear
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hmm did you buy the boost leak kit?? could be useful as i think i'm leaking boost from somewehere :undecided:
Is Nick's FMIC setup ready yet then or is he still testing it?
I think the rtech fmic is next task, now that the new dyno software is up and running and pretty much calibrated spot on.. thanks to my super brainy inertia calculations :grin:
I won't be buying the leak tester.. Nick is thinking about it though :afro:
cool! Good work :afro:
hmmm i'll have to talk to Nick and try to convince him that he needs it lol
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gonna attack the rear lights with some tinting spray.. since the only option for replacement ones is lexus style :sick:
apart from that i haven't really thought about doing much to the rear
get lexus light, just for edition 38 :grin: :laugh:
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Looks very nice.
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cool! Good work :afro:
hmmm i'll have to talk to Nick and try to convince him that he needs it lol
yes you do!!!!!!!!!!!! might find some on mine :lipsrsealed:
Looks good Toph, needs to come down another inch :cool: :cool:
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Liking the look of it Toph :cool:
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Looks good Toph, needs to come down another inch :cool: :cool:
lets see how it settles first :cool:
did you have any issues when fitting yours steve? the nut on the spring cap on the weitecs was 22mm rather than OE 21mm.. and I had to really hammer the new bearing on to get it to fit.
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I got mine fitted by a garage :rolleyes: they never said of any problems, unlike the whiteline ARB
Mine never settled that much, how you finding the ride?
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looks stonking. Nice to meet you today too :smiley:
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Well i dont fall out of the windows when i go round corners now :grin: but the ride isn't harsh at all, really impressed.
I would guess then that your garage reused the old bearings and just took the nut off the old setup... which I considered doing but solidered on because i bought new top mounts and bearings and was determined not to use spring compressors :grin:
Nice to meet you too Lee.. your car is bloody quick for a stage 1!
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Good stuff :cool: :cool:
They changed the top mount and bearings, well they charged me for them
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Now you just need a mk3, and you have the lot....
Looking good :D
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i couldn't own a mk3.. the hat doesn't suit me
(http://syl112002.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/captain_birdseye2.jpg)
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i couldn't own a mk3.. the hat doesn't suit me
(http://syl112002.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/captain_birdseye2.jpg)
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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looks good Toph :afro: plenty of room for the wife, kids and dog in that! :grin:
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Hahahahhaaa
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yeah this 1.8t of tophers looks sweet now i can vouch for that,makes me want to sell my golf and buy a psassat estate
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wagons are the way ahead :cool:
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wagons are the way ahead :cool:
I saw one like yours, stock though, same colour and some HUGE Rastafarian bloke got out and went into the bakers hair went up then down in dredlocks down past his arse and he was well tall.
Scared me sh!tless. :grin:
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Nice to meet you too Lee.. your car is bloody quick for a stage 1!
do you think? Doesn;t really feel that quick anymore to me, think i'm just used to it :undecided:
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yeah it gets like that after a while :grin: .. but as you can imagine i get to drive quite a few remapped 1.8Ts and yours is a good'un :afro:
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I got some tint spray that would suit that car nicely!
Blue of course! :wink: :laugh:
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Put tights over the lights :P Seems to be the 'Scene' way of doing it? :grin:
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Nice Toph. What's the spec on the wheels? Width, ET, any spacers?
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18x8 et35.. with 215/40/18. No spacers yet but i might chuck some 10mm on the back once i've finished playing with the ride height. Plenty of room in those arches!
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wheel trims looked way better.
:grin: :afro:
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your turn now jv. Wagons R us :grin:
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to bring this up to date..
fmic went on and front got leveled out
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC00037.JPG)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/front.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/side.jpg)
milltek on (downpipe soon)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/zorstunder.jpg)
seats that dont twist my spine anymore
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/seats.jpg)
the welsh diesel fanboys came along just for a group shout
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/groupshot.jpg)
cheers for the help today lads, most appreciated :afro:
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Thats looking sweet now toph :cool:
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That's the coolest mk4 wagon I've ever seen :cool: Awesome job!
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the welsh diesel fanboys came along just for a group shout
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/groupshot.jpg)
cheers for the help today lads, most appreciated :afro:
The thanks goes to You, Nick and Ben :afro: :wink:
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Tasty interior :smiley:
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Sweet looking car, love the interior.
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the welsh diesel fanboys came along just for a group shout
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/groupshot.jpg)
cheers for the help today lads, most appreciated :afro:
The thanks goes to You, Nick and Ben :afro: :wink:
+1 :afro:
hopefully next time they'll be more playing rather than fixing Steve's car :lipsrsealed: :laugh: :laugh:
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Toph is that cream leather with black dash, carpets etc? Be interetsed to see how that loks tomo!
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Toph is that cream leather with black dash, carpets etc? Be interetsed to see how that loks tomo!
it is indeed cream leather. I think it looks :cool: :cool: and not OTT as he doesn't have the rest of the dashboard etc in cream :smiley:
he needs to clean them though :tongue: :grin: :grin:
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Ah this is a plan I had with cream leather and the rest black, looks good Toph, be good to see it in person tomo!
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are they genuine CH's or the reps? They look really good!
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are they genuine CH's or the reps? They look really good!
reps :smiley:
for an estate its a cool looking car
interior needs a clean mind :lipsrsealed: found loads of random stuff when fitting his seats :laugh: :laugh:
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looks good Toph! :cool:
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are they genuine CH 's or the reps? They look really good!
reps :smiley:
for an estate its a cool looking car
interior needs a clean mind :lipsrsealed: found loads of random stuff when fitting his seats :laugh: :laugh:
steady smokey - all wagons of team grumpy are :cool:
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We had some visitors from the North last week, and one of them had a flashy camera... far better than the cameraphone sh!te i've posted so far. Cheers Pat! :afro:
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC_6891.JPG)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC_6902.JPG)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC_6904.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC_6909.JPG)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/DSC_6912.jpg)
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looks good toph :afro:
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Stunning
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cheers chaps.
clutch, decat and some more map tweaking this week :evil:
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Looks smart. Needs spacers on the rear ;) oh and ask Nick to check his PM's when he gets a second. :smiley:
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Looking gooooood Mr!
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this car is f**king cool, makes me wish they made an R32 front for a passat!
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saw a lush b3 for sale the other day joe GT one, did think of posting you the link :grin:
oh and toph, no more additions yet :tongue:
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Needs spacers on the rear ;) oh and ask Nick to check his PM's when he gets a second. :smiley:
agreed on the spacers.. and just ring the workshop mate, easier!
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No chance Chuff, much as I love the B3 I dont need another one! Actually been thinking about knocking up a simple mk2... but dont need that either!
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this car is f**king cool
wait till you see my colour coded trolley jack and axle stands :nerd:
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No chance Chuff, much as I love the B3 I dont need another one! Actually been thinking about knocking up a simple mk2... but dont need that either!
Ha ha, mk2's are addictive.. :grin:
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No chance Chuff, much as I love the B3 I dont need another one! Actually been thinking about knocking up a simple mk2... but dont need that either!
Ha ha, mk2's are addictive.. :grin:
mine isnt :grin:
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this car is f**king cool
wait till you see my colour coded trolley jack and axle stands :nerd:
nerd
No chance Chuff, much as I love the B3 I dont need another one! Actually been thinking about knocking up a simple mk2... but dont need that either!
Ha ha, mk2's are addictive.. :grin:
true indeed!
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looking good chris, see youv sorted your reg out now :smiley:
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Looks brilliant mate, never really been that keen on Golf Estates but this one rocks. My mate has also just bought a metallic black 53 plate one with all the toys. THere are more and more of these 1.8T wagons coming out of the wood work.
nick
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So mate,holding 21 psi,do tell :wink:
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1.44 bar! managed to hold the overboost spike longer with the gen4 map
although i think i broke something because it wasn't getting that high on the way home tonight, but it was holding 18psi to near redline in 4th!
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How the hell did you manage that,you using the std actuator?
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that's one for nick to explain, something to do with the throttle in the mapping so not sure it's possible on an agu :undecided:
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Its hard to explain in words but I will give it a try and confuse hell out of myself and you.
The me7.5 ecus in the AUM are load based what ever the requested load is for the ecu will do its best to produce it that why AUMs always make good power stock.
The engine torque is regulated via throttle position the ecu will make the power the best way it can taking in to account all the envirometal conditions, so you could have your foot hard to the floor but the throttle valve would only be open 80% when on boost, or in other words throttle valve position is not a driect relation to the pedel position.
So by allowing AUM car to run WOT when you foot is to the floor with the boost PIDs controlling the boost via the n75 duty cycle we can make the most of the boost to get some strong power at the top end.
We have been playing with these 4 maps for over the last 3 months to get it right and now its about 100% spot on I I can under stand the relation between all the map so I can make the power where we want, then you get Chris watching over me making sure every map is as smooth as it can be.. :evil:
But saying that and getting this far with gen4 we have come up with another new aproach for the AUM mapping to flat line the boost PIDs / maps to work the same as you would with a electronic boost controller, so the boost will get straight to requested peak and hold there and using the load maps to control the power via the throttle valve.
I will be playing with this idea over the next few weeks. If I can find a victims car to play with..lol
Nick
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I may know a man who'd like to see what you can do with his aum.
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Some quick messing around:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/T_J_G/photo-19.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/T_J_G/photo-17.jpg)
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Some quick messing around:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/T_J_G/photo-19.jpg)
you missed the front window :rolleyes:
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Yeah, I couldn't get it to look right with the tints. I'll try again later.
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no real updates other than spacers on the rear, and legal front numberplate positioning after being tugged for it.. but any excuse for picwhoring. Special guest appearance from r-tech ben's new barge
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/pst/wagons1.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/pst/wagons2.jpg)
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/pst/wagons3.jpg)
soon to be...
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dv8r/golf/estate/pst/droppppped.jpg)
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they look good Toph, tints suit the green well :afro:
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damn those look good :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Looking good. :cool:
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Loving Bens new car!
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Dogging buddies!!! :grin:
With 4 wheels that all point in the same direction.... :embarassed:
Nick
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Wagons look mint :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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This thing is amazingly quick as well as looking good :cool:
Dogging buddies!!! :grin:
With 4 wheels that all point in the same direction.... :embarassed:
Nick
When are you getting a dub then nick?
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This thing is amazingly quick as well as looking good :cool:
Dogging buddies!!! :grin:
With 4 wheels that all point in the same direction.... :embarassed:
Nick
When are you getting a dub then nick?
he has got one, but i think it may be broken :huh:
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he has got one, but i think it may be broken :huh:
has he got a mk4 :lipsrsealed: :grin: :grin:
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I got a GTI.. :grin: Mk2 1800cc 8v.
Its the first car I have brought and NOT going to go mad on giving it big bhp (well not yet) New cam and gas flowed head, just speaking to a company now about what mods I should do without going over the top.
I have my Calibra 4x4 turbo for straight line speed (160mph+). The Mk2 is being set up to handle and go around bends, Me and the wife are going to do the Rally of the Midlands next year in the mk2.. :laugh:
Just ask Chris how is goes around bends.. :evil:
Nick
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thats not the red one you have at your workshop?
also you got a pm :wink:
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thats not the red one you have at your workshop?
also you got a pm :wink:
That a customers mk1 gti 1.8t with ko3s hybrid we are setting up, should be 240bhp=260lbft
I got a tatty black mk2 with nasty oil leak.. Some pic in the mk2 section me thinks
Nick
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I can vouch for that mk2......A real go-kart :laugh: :laugh:
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for those who were wondering what happened to this.. i sold it to my mate, who put a new interior and wheels on and just finished fitting the air-ride. Sick as fook!
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/577512_432598700099278_332494263443056_1582033_1789623797_n.jpg)
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Pics like that make me want a wagon real bad.
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That looks awesome :cool: :cool:
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Tidy :cool:
You didn't keep the number plate then? :huh:
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nope, have a couple of similar/better ones on retention, plus they carried on making the mk4 estate in to 2006 so it kinda makes it look like a 55 reg :grin:
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nope, have a couple of similar/better ones on retention, plus they carried on making the mk4 estate in to 2006 so it kinda makes it look like a 55 reg :grin:
Cool
Weirdly I saw an 04 plate MK4 yesterday......and I know need a new car for my missus. I joked to her about buying back my old MK4 and she wasn't unhappy about the idea :shocked:
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Damn that's got to hurt toph. Or, er, I mean, the replacement better be good :tongue: :grin:
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current replacement has an additional 1100cc and makes a much better noise :grin:
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Damn that's got to hurt toph. Or, er, I mean, the replacement better be good :tongue: :grin:
nah, someone doing the mk4 pick up using his piccy has to hurt :grin: :laugh:
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Looks awesome. Shame bout that backbox though. :undecided:
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Those rims are wicked.