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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #240 on: 06 February 2012, 20:51 »
The reason I ask is I encountered an Alpine at work recently with two signal wires. One which stayed on even with the radio off. Might be worth a look

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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #241 on: 06 February 2012, 21:06 »
The reason I ask is I encountered an Alpine at work recently with two signal wires. One which stayed on even with the radio off. Might be worth a look

ok mate....well I'm not cleaning many windows this week so I'l remove the HU and have a look, I'm not worried about the missus car as the kill switch is doing the job, but I'd like to try and do mine right!
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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #242 on: 07 February 2012, 17:57 »
So I discovered I made another amateur mistake by wrapping the RCA leads and the Amp remote wire with the live wire....so Today I removed the RCA and Amp remote wire so now the live wire is laying on its own...just need to trim it as there is a bit to much excess.

So that's one thing off the list, I then found the Amp remote was going to a red wire, don't ask why, but I'l find out which one its suppose to go to when I re-fit the RCA leads and Remote wire, going to run these wires down the drivers side as the live wire is down the passengers side.

I've found some thickish speaker wire so I'm going to be using that between the Amp and the 6x9's that have replaced the standard speakers in the rear door cards.

Here's a idea of how its going to be wired up, I want to solder the wires this time so any tips on that would be great.

From the Head unit I'l have:

Standard wire and speakers in the top of the dash.
Standard wire and speakers in front door cards.
Standard wire and tweeters in the rear door cards.

From the Amp:
Decent wire and 6x9's in rear door cards.

if anyone can suggest otherwise with out spending then I'm all ears  :smiley:


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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #243 on: 10 February 2012, 21:43 »
Ok so the long and short of it is that I am going to continue with the set up I've got now, with the addition of decent wire and permanently mount the 6x9s in the door cards (as they were only temperately fitted).

Turns out I only have enough decent wire to wire in the 6x9s so the rest will have to stay stock for now.

But in removing door cards etc etc I've noticed how grubby the car is, so I think a deep clean coming up.

Questions regarding central locking to follow  :undecided:
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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #244 on: 10 February 2012, 22:25 »
Ok so a while ago I had a problem with central locking motor continuing to run after the car was locked and un-locked, resulting in a flat battery.

So the short term fix was to unplug it, which I did, but its getting on my tits now that I have to lean over to passenger door and all this soding about with door cards and kick panels I've seen where the air pipes go...so I have 2 options...

1> find out the cause of the running motor maybe split hose?

2> rip the central locking system out and fit dead locks that I've got laying about in the shed.

What do you all think? I like the laziness of central locking but also love the simplicity of dead locks...

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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #245 on: 22 February 2012, 08:27 »
Thought its about time I did a list, not a wish list but a job list...all the things I need to do before I think of any vanity jobs:


Engine
Oil and Oil Filter
Air Filter
Cabin Filter
Plugs
HT leads
Dizzy and rotor arm
Coil
Earth Strap
All new exhaust gaskets and fittings
Replace the some of the gear linkages
Gearbox Oil change
Outer CV Joints
Front Disks and Pads
Steering Rack set up right :cry:
2 tyres

Interior
New Bolts to hold the bottom of the rear seats in.
Re-fit Speakers and wires
Fix Central Locking
Fix Electric Window (before the summer)

Exterior
Paint Boot Lid
Re-fit Rear Wiper
Fit New Horn

I am going to try and replace all the above with genuine parts or uprated  :smiley:
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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #246 on: 22 February 2012, 15:14 »
Just reading your comments about your amp staying on Stow.  Usually the signal wire for the amp is a blue one out of the back of the head unit.  The amp should only power on when your head unit powers up.

I would chase up the problem with the central locking pump to start off with, just because like you I am lazy and hate having to lean across/back and unlock doors!

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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #247 on: 22 February 2012, 19:49 »
Just reading your comments about your amp staying on Stow.  Usually the signal wire for the amp is a blue one out of the back of the head unit.  The amp should only power on when your head unit powers up.

I would chase up the problem with the central locking pump to start off with, just because like you I am lazy and hate having to lean across/back and unlock doors!

Thanks mate, will be getting those two jobs sorted asap...as for unlocking doors, I only have to unlock 1  :laugh:
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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #248 on: 22 February 2012, 19:57 »
Well the good thing about having a 'job' list it keeps me focused on what I need to be doing, instead of drifting off into dream land...

My current tyre set up is:

Front: Uniroyal's Rain tyre 195/50R15

Rear: Budgets sh*t 205/50R15 which one has got a slow puncture

So I've got a pair of Toyo Proxes T1-R 195/50R15's available to collect on the 17th March for a fair price, so am thinking putting the Toyo's on the front and Uniroyal's on the rear.

Comments suggestions?
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Re: Golf Gti Mk3 - Work Horse
« Reply #249 on: 22 February 2012, 20:02 »
T1r's are a good choice.

Recently put some on my fronts. Can now pull away from wet roundabouts without a tonne of wheelspin!