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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Teutonic_Tamer on 11 September 2008, 10:00
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Wierd thread subject, but stay with me! :wink:
Isn't someone on here a $ky installer or sommat? :smiley:
Will some of the appropriately trimmed CT100 downlead cable fit in the slots of Gulfs' excellent GTI footrest? Maybe hold it in place with some grip-mat, or carpet tape. Then it would look like the raised rubber profiles of the standard loud and quiet pedals! :undecided:
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Mr Mcavity is your man.
Nick
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Mr Mcavity is your man.
Nick
Thanks, I thought so - just didnae wanna make a tool of myself. :wink:
Come on then Phil, must be about tea brake time. Put the Sun down and get trimming! :grin:
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Well done Horney now when a mile of cable goes missing it wont take miss marple to long to solve it. :wink: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Wierd thread subject, but stay with me! :wink:
Will some of the appropriately trimmed CT100 downlead cable fit in the slots of Gulfs' excellent GTI footrest? Maybe hold it in place with some grip-mat, or carpet tape. Then it would look like the raised rubber profiles of the standard loud and quiet pedals! :undecided:
i have 400 metres of ct100 on my van, will have a go and see if it fits and report soon as.
Isn't someone on here a $ky installer or sommat? :smiley:
Im an engineer not a dish Donkey T_T :wink:
Edit: Tried it T_T, and it looks shocking, slots slightly too big for snug fit. and cutting into shape wont cover up ends well. Crap!
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OK, can we all get free SKY HD please Steve :grin:
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You have to do better then that Lee!! :wink:
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lol.... I'll share my divorce avoidance tips when modding cars? :grin:
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Deal! :laugh:
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Im an engineer not a dish Donkey T_T :wink:
....So the girls don't call you "Donkey Boy" anymore then? :evil:
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No Donkey is know from being hung like one ! lol....... yeah i wish!
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Dish Donkey, LOL :laugh: :laugh:
That a great description of some of the non-technical engineers I've seen recently, also don't get me started on the lovely people I pass when going in to the office (on the same road as Sky in Isleworth).
Obvisously excluding yourself from my little rant Officer Dibble :wink: :kiss:
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oh i love popping in to osterley (isleworth) steveP, always good fun walking around spotting on the celeb at every other door.I dont envy you though working in the area, traffic is a nightmare sometimes
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I spent 4weeks at New Horizon 6.. didn't see a single fecking celeb!
Did see the old Soccer AM wembley arch before they changed it.
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oh i love popping in to osterley (isleworth) steveP, always good fun walking around spotting on the celeb at every other door.I dont envy you though working in the area, traffic is a nightmare sometimes
So far (in 7 months) only seen Sir Alan Sugar in his Rolls waiting to get into Sky.
Get to see more celebs down at my second base in Knightsbridge, so far my spotted list is: -
Amanda Holden
Eddie Jordan (asked me where the toilet was)
Kim Cattrel
Ticco Torres (Drumer from Bon Jovi)
And finally this weeks spotted, Len Goodman from Strictly come dancing :laugh:
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My Training centre is near Soccer AM's office , so see the presenters quite often. Cafe is good as well for talent spotting :wink:
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Wierd thread subject, but stay with me! :wink:
Will some of the appropriately trimmed CT100 downlead cable fit in the slots of Gulfs' excellent GTI footrest? Maybe hold it in place with some grip-mat, or carpet tape. Then it would look like the raised rubber profiles of the standard loud and quiet pedals! :undecided:
i have 400 metres of ct100 on my van, will have a go and see if it fits and report soon as.
Isn't someone on here a $ky installer or sommat? :smiley:
Im an engineer not a dish Donkey T_T :wink:
I'd have thought you would have been proud of being hung like a donkey! :tongue: :grin: :grin:
Edit: Tried it T_T, and it looks shocking, slots slightly too big for snug fit. and cutting into shape wont cover up ends well. Crap!
Which type of cable do you use - the one with the flexy foamy insulator thingy, or the more rigid plastic with holes type?
And how about using an additional extra layer of the black outer over the "full" piece - as though you were skinning a snake lengthways, if you get my drift? :undecided:
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I'd have thought you would have been proud of being hung like a donkey! :tongue: :grin: :grin:
....Which begs the question how do you know!?
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T_T, ive tried both, i have some Ct100 which is Known as 5 cell in the trade, and also the Cs100 which is the foam type, both are everyso
slighty too small for the slots and BOTH looked Crap!
Quote from Teutonic tamer..
And how about using an additional extra layer of the black outer over the "full" piece - as though you were skinning a snake lengthways, if you get my drift?
Reply from Phil Mcavity..
Will try and slice the snake and see if thats any better today :smiley:
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I'd have thought you would have been proud of being hung like a donkey! :tongue: :grin: :grin:
....Which begs the question how do you know!?
He errr . . . . he sho . . . .
Feck, youv'e caught us out! :embarassed: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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T_T, ive tried both, i have some Ct100 which is Known as 5 cell in the trade, and also the Cs100 which is the foam type, both are everyso
slighty too small for the slots and BOTH looked Crap!
Ahh, thanks for that. :smiley: Always did get confused over the two different types. :embarassed: Is there any difference in performance? Which one is best? :wink: :smiley:
Quote from Teutonic tamer..
And how about using an additional extra layer of the black outer over the "full" piece - as though you were skinning a snake lengthways, if you get my drift?
Reply from Phil Mcavity..
Will try and slice the snake and see if thats any better today :smiley:
Make sure it aint your trouser snake you skin! :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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update..
started to skin the snake T_T and your theory does work quite nicely, am about half way doing it,but ran outa daylight, so will finish hopefully tommorow and post a pic. I used Black CS100 cable in the end, as its much more plyable and shiny to get better look in the slots of the footrest, and has the curve look like the other pedal inserts . :smiley:
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update..
started to skin the snake T_T and your theory does work quite nicely, am about half way doing it,but ran outa daylight, so will finish hopefully tommorow and post a pic. I used Black CS100 cable in the end, as its much more plyable and shiny to get better look in the slots of the footrest, and has the curve look like the other pedal inserts . :smiley:
Cool. :cool:
So pictures, along with a "how to guide" from you tomorrow then! :wink: :grin:
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update..
started to skin the snake T_T and your theory does work quite nicely, am about half way doing it,but ran outa daylight, so will finish hopefully tommorow and post a pic. I used Black CS100 cable in the end, as its much more plyable and shiny to get better look in the slots of the footrest, and has the curve look like the other pedal inserts . :smiley:
Cool. :cool:
So pictures, along with a "how to guide" from you tomorrow then! :wink: :grin:
jesus what do you think i am , a moderator!!!! :laugh: :laugh:, i expect after this i could have a 2nd income from sales of cs100 to GTi footrest owners!!
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T_T, ive tried both, i have some Ct100 which is Known as 5 cell in the trade, and also the Cs100 which is the foam type, both are everyso
slighty too small for the slots and BOTH looked Crap!
Is there any difference in performance? Which one is best? :wink: :smiley:
Foam is Mate, better conductor then 5 cell. As if you really wanted to know :wink:
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update..
started to skin the snake T_T and your theory does work quite nicely, am about half way doing it,but ran outa daylight, so will finish hopefully tommorow and post a pic. I used Black CS100 cable in the end, as its much more plyable and shiny to get better look in the slots of the footrest, and has the curve look like the other pedal inserts . :smiley:
Cool. :cool:
So pictures, along with a "how to guide" from you tomorrow then! :wink: :grin:
jesus what do you think i am , a moderator!!!!
<gulp>
Are you? :rolleyes:
<gulp>
Only jokin mate! :grin: :grin:
:laugh: :laugh:, i expect after this i could have a 2nd income from sales of cs100 to GTi footrest owners!!
Group buy, group buy! :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
And have you finished it yet - waiting for some of Kodaks finests! :wink: :smiley:
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ok finished, but wanna re-do a couple but here goes.. CS100 satelite approved cable.
Ok what you need is
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/100_1287.jpg)
Use sharp stanley knife to slice cable outer and remove Guts of the cable.
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/100_1288.jpg)
end result, looks better then before......
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/footrest003.jpg)
after...
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/philmcavity/100_1286.jpg)
i found by using selotape sticky pads to adhesive the footrest to the floor, leaves it slightly raised to give enough gap so the cable slides into
slots and holds into place by itself. also fit and cut when the temperature is warm, as the rubber is easier to bend and work with and goes harder the
cooler the temperature.
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lookin :cool:
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That has really worked out very nice. Thanks for your patience Steve. :cool:
Do I get any extra Smarties for coming up with the idea? :smug: :grin:
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....Sorry, guys but look more closely at the ends of the new inserts - Most are crimped, some show open ends, and they are extremely likely to trap debris, dirt etc and look even worse as foot pressure is applied over time.
This is no refelection at all on Phil's galliant efforts or craftsmanship but I think it's just the nature of the material.
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....Sorry, guys but look more closely at the ends of the new inserts - Most are crimped, some show open ends, and they are extremely likely to trap debris, dirt etc and look even worse as foot pressure is applied over time.
This is no refelection at all on Phil's galliant efforts or craftsmanship but I think it's just the nature of the material.
You're being a little pedantic there, Robin! :shocked:
I think we would all accept they have the potential to catch a bit of crud, but then the standard GTI stop and go pedals also accumulate muck. At the end of the day, I only raised the suggestion to add a potential "finishing touch" to Gulf's very well-made addition. I think most agree that Gulfs footrest really finishes off the footwell area - but, if you don't like them, don't fit them, or don't add the co-ax cable. As the old saying goes, ETTO. :smiley: :smiley:
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....Of course ETTO :smiley: - I'm just pointing out that even without usage and debris etc, even as they are now, the co-ax cable ends are making the job look a bit home-made.
Look at the righthand ends from the bottom: 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, and above 'GTI' 2nd and 3rd - and that's just the righthand side.
The question isn't whether I would personally buy it or not but how well someone can apply raised black rubber 'treads' to the slots. I would suggest that such a mod needs to look as if it was professionally manufactured otherwise it just looks homemade and tacky. I'm hoping, for everyone who wants this mod, that a 'professional' finish can be achieved and if I happened to be able to contribute an idea or something, I would, irrespective of whether I would fit one or not in my car.
:smiley:
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those top ones robin, were the ones im gonna replace because those were done in the dark!!!. if the footrest is gonna be used as a foot rest
every day, then dirt may collect etc, but like myself or anyone else who doesnt actually place their foot on the rest and tucks their left leg
behind my driving one, especially DSG owners, then i reckon it will stand the test of time because the CS Cable is VERY durable after all its
normally nailed to a wall in all weathers and is fine. i know robin you were never a fan of Gulfstreams Footrest .Being that it doesnt have O.S.I.R
stamped on it! :wink:
After all this was only an experiment. :sad:
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i know robin you were never a fan of Gulfstreams Footrest .Being that it doesnt have O.S.I.R
stamped on it!
....Whether I'm a "fan" or not really has nothing to do with it.
The design process involved in the design of anything is to continually take an objective and critical look at each and every stage, improve it and continue that process until you feel you can improve it no more, and then finally assess whether it's up to a standard high enough to offer for sale.
In my opinion as a design professional, it's not good enough yet but quite capable of being made so, even if you have to go as far as finding another rubber/plastic material. Perhaps putting a solid core inside the co-ax skin may solve it.
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that was my 1st thought, but unfortunatly the slots are too wide to put solid peice.
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OK, mine, with a different take on highlighting the "GTI". I did try my own suggestion, but couldn't really get it to look good, so I gave up - but then I used the snakeskin on top of another snake - so that is where I went wrong. Might have another go another time.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t108/Teutonic_Tamer/Golf%20V/footrest1.jpg)
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t108/Teutonic_Tamer/Golf%20V/footrest2.jpg)
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looks good TT , but you know what that gave me an idea
cut the GTI out behind it , add smoked perspex (to even the light shading) and fit a small LED behind itand that would be :cool:
In fact if VW had done that on the GTI / ED30 stickers on the interior alu trim to have them lit up at night that would have been :laugh:
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Jeez,for one moment there I thought I was on the Tele. :embarassed:
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looks good TT , but you know what that gave me an idea
cut the GTI out behind it , add smoked perspex (to even the light shading) and fit a small LED behind itand that would be :cool:
In fact if VW had done that on the GTI / ED30 stickers on the interior alu trim to have them lit up at night that would have been :laugh:
Might attempt the mod.
How much is a new plastic footrest?
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looks good TT , but you know what that gave me an idea
cut the GTI out behind it , add smoked perspex (to even the light shading) and fit a small LED behind itand that would be :cool:
In fact if VW had done that on the GTI / ED30 stickers on the interior alu trim to have them lit up at night that would have been :laugh:
Might attempt the mod.
How much is a new plastic footrest?
About £4 for the grey plastic bit.
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How about buying a DSG brake pedal rubber and prising the metal casing off, and using the rubber raised bits as they are supposed to be used.
I am sure that Gulf could perhaps make a dead pedal with the appropriate sized slots, you fit the appropriate sized grommet cut from the DSG pedal rubber and then it becomes OEM.
Just a thought.................. :huh:
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Might attempt the mod.
How much is a new plastic footrest?
About £4 for the grey plastic bit.
Sweeet! I've got a soldering iron, some wires. Need a LED and resistor, and some way of powering it up.
BTW about a month after I bought Gulf's footrest, I've finally managed to get round to sticking it on. Looks the dogs danglies!
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How about buying a DSG brake pedal rubber and prising the metal casing off, and using the rubber raised bits as they are supposed to be used.
You can't buy the "rubbers" separately - they are part of, and bonded to the alloy cover.
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the old MK5 R32 (std Gearbox) Set i had were not bonded (i left them on my MK2 Leon FRTDI), just a Rubber with a series of "grommets" if you will, covered by an Alloy plate which sat in the grooves of the Grommets.
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How about using some rubber sheet and then some small wooden dowls cut in half to put under the rubber sheet to raise it up??? :undecided:
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How about using some rubber sheet and then some small wooden dowls cut in half to put under the rubber sheet to raise it up??? :undecided:
Thought about that but the rubber would have to be thin enough to be able to stretch over the dowls and still fit snugly in the gaps of the foot rest. I'm thinking of a thick sheet of rubber and a carpet knife and just cutting out my own blocks of rubber and gluing them down.
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How about using some rubber sheet and then some small wooden dowls cut in half to put under the rubber sheet to raise it up??? :undecided:
Sort of similar to what I suggested with the $ky co-ax cable, and the "snake-skin". Unfortunately, I personally couldn't get it to work properly. But maybe with an old rubber inner tube cut and shaped to fit over the innards of some co-ax - that might work. :wink: :smiley:
Another job for my "to-do" list. :rolleyes:
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Anyone happen to know if Gulf is planning another group buy on the dead pedal covers?
Cheers
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Pm Gulf, I have just bought one from him as a Present. arrived yesterday.
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Will have to get my post count up to ten :) Thanks for the response
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Will have to get my post count up to ten :) Thanks for the response
Why not just use ebay as another group buy is uncertain.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MKV-GTI-GT-R32-RLINE-SKODA-ST-ST-FOOTREST-PEDAL_W0QQitemZ290280418298QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item290280418298&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
out of interest, are you after the gti footrest with or without screw holes as I may be able to help you with the latter.