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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *new hellas*
« Reply #80 on: 15 August 2011, 20:54 »
Quote from: dom069 on 15 August 2011, 20:32
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 12 August 2011, 09:17
If the black was red making them all completely red, i think they would look sweet!!  :cool:

My thoughts exactly!

Not a fan of them as they are...sorry!
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Quote from: The Doc on 12 August 2011, 09:06
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Sorry.

Agreed, sorry they are horrid.

woah woah woah, bullies! :grin:  :wink:

don't know whats happening with the car, let alone the lights...

might have a break from dubs for a while? my dad is getting a new car in sept and might use mine as a part ex and give me he old 59 plate corsa cdti for a good price. i might run that for a while then maybe go for mk4 or 5 next year?  :undecided:

i just want something comfy, economical, reliable, cheap to run lol so basically the moon on stick!

another option is to keep the corsa as a daily and get a toy, maybe a lambretta or vespa, or maybe a mk1 or 2 but i really dont think i can afford to run 2 vehicles?

either way i wont be running the mk3 for much longer, shes not got much life left in her and i'm not spunking anymore money at it.

just gonna see what happens...
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *new hellas*
« Reply #81 on: 26 August 2011, 19:16 »
well bugger me, got some rx2's of jonny polish and started splitting them yesterday for a refurb....

snapped 3 bolts and rounded one off... well that little fecker would not budge, took all day, 3 people, 8 or 9 drill bits, a step drill bit, a grinding bit, various chizels, 2 red roosters and a monster!.... finally got it out and started to get rid of the corrosion.

what colour sould i go for on my red mk3 for them? was thinking silver lips with white inners, or maybe cream inners?

on a side note, had a piper back box fitted and its quiter than standard and hangs too low so i've got that to tackle as well now!
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *new hellas*
« Reply #82 on: 26 August 2011, 20:15 »
Cream!
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *new hellas*
« Reply #83 on: 26 August 2011, 21:04 »
Cream wheels ftw!
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *new hellas*
« Reply #84 on: 27 August 2011, 09:21 »
couple of pics of the new exhaust, i dont like how it fits, it hangs too low but there is nit much room for it to go higher, but that will be looked into today.

just about to go down to the bodyshop and do a bit more work on my wheels, will try to get some progress up later...



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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*
« Reply #85 on: 27 August 2011, 15:31 »
.... a few snaps of the work in progress on the rx2's

split down...


pics of the corrosion, this was the better one  :huh:  poor quality phone pics




wire brush, fibre wheel, 80 grit, 180 grit, 240 grit and about a days hard work and i've got 2 lips to this stage, decided to paint the lips rather than polish them as they are gonna need a skim of filler. the faces are then gonna be blasted and painted in a colour still to be decided...





giving my arms a rest tomorrow then gonna crack on again on monday  :laugh: hopefully end up with a good set of rims  :smiley:

might have the 195/45/16's up for sale soon as i think i'll need 40's so let me know if your interested in them.
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*
« Reply #86 on: 27 August 2011, 16:20 »
alrite mate could be interested in the tyres, if you do change to put on my rx2's 2when i finally get them refurbed lol,what did you use to get the spline bolts out mine are stuck in and aint budging lol
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*
« Reply #87 on: 27 August 2011, 16:44 »
Quote from: gti novice on 27 August 2011, 16:20
alrite mate could be interested in the tyres, if you do change to put on my rx2's 2when i finally get them refurbed lol,what did you use to get the spline bolts out mine are stuck in and aint budging lol

yeah sure mate, i'll give you a shout if i get rid because i'm not sure if they will clear my suspension cups.

just used a spline tool from my pals body shop with a socket and breaker bar. snapped one or two and rounded one off, was pretty lucky at how easy the rest came out to be honest.

maybe try soaking them in wd40 and give them all a gentle tap to loosen them. take your time though because if you round them off your pretty much fooked. it took a load of tools sweat and swearing to get one out of mine....

this will be the first and last set i split and refurb  :laugh:
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*
« Reply #88 on: 27 August 2011, 17:49 »
ye i rounded one ,well say i lol, been on nights not paying much attention and went to undo one that must have been slightly rounded already ,grrr 1st one aswell put me off after that lol
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Re: Mellow Yellows mk3 more door 8v gti *rx2 w.i.p.*
« Reply #89 on: 03 September 2011, 20:59 »
 :sad:  got the car back from the garage today, new wheel bearing and hub assembly and new rear pads and 270 sheets lighter!  :sick: wasn't expecting to have to shell out that much so progress on the rx2's might have to be put on hold coz i also have other important things to pay for this month like rent and a new tattoo  :evil:

got some new cleaning goodies coming as well so gonna give her a good clean inside and out to make me feel better  :smiley:
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