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Offline tokemk4gti.t

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k & n with heat shield??
« on: 12 July 2012, 00:17 »
ive seen one on here somewhere anyone any ideas where to get one and how much??
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Offline turbokid23

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #1 on: 12 July 2012, 00:24 »
You try'd awesome gti??
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Offline tedvarrick

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #2 on: 12 July 2012, 01:06 »
Awesome do a pipercross one £147



The filter is enclosed and so it only sucks air in from the front grill, far better and neater than having a metal heat shield in the engine bay...



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Offline Wazzzer

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #3 on: 12 July 2012, 07:05 »
Or just keep your airbox with a decent filter and add the R32 DSG parts  :cool:
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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #4 on: 12 July 2012, 08:03 »
Someone on here had a champagne  bucket as a heat shield and that seemed to work  :laugh:
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Offline Dalo Harkin

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #5 on: 12 July 2012, 08:04 »
Quote from: Hoggy on 12 July 2012, 08:03
Someone on here had a champagne  bucket as a heat shield and that seemed to work  :laugh:

Looked well OEM  :tongue:
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ARZ K03s, Oettinger Side Skirts, R32 front, Carbon stage 2, Forge 007p (yellow spring), Forge Actuator (yellow spring), Pipercross panel filter with DSG parts, N249 and N112 deleted, SAI deleted, Carbon canister deleted, Rear wiper deleted, Long Life turbo back custom exhaust with 200 cell sports cat, VR6/G60 clutch kit, Creation Motorsport TIP, Catch can, 'Wellycooler', K04 charge pipe, S3 ported inlet manifold - looks pretty standard on the outside though :)

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #6 on: 12 July 2012, 09:55 »
but the whole build is a monster and its gonna be one hell of a car  :cool:

take a look
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0
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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #7 on: 12 July 2012, 12:20 »
Quote from: cullygti on 12 July 2012, 09:55
but the whole build is a monster and its gonna be one hell of a car  :cool:

take a look
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0

thats it on the floor in the first pic  :grin:
Great build though, and great work for all the stuff he has done
going to be awesome when finished  :evil:
« Last Edit: 12 July 2012, 12:28 by Dalo Harkin »
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ARZ K03s, Oettinger Side Skirts, R32 front, Carbon stage 2, Forge 007p (yellow spring), Forge Actuator (yellow spring), Pipercross panel filter with DSG parts, N249 and N112 deleted, SAI deleted, Carbon canister deleted, Rear wiper deleted, Long Life turbo back custom exhaust with 200 cell sports cat, VR6/G60 clutch kit, Creation Motorsport TIP, Catch can, 'Wellycooler', K04 charge pipe, S3 ported inlet manifold - looks pretty standard on the outside though :)

Offline tokemk4gti.t

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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #8 on: 12 July 2012, 16:48 »
yer thats the 1 i saw   :laugh: but... i saw another one with wht looked like a custom made plastic sheet on the engine side of the filter with a rubber o-ring in the middle for the pipe to pass through ... dont fancy payin £150 for an air filter though  :laugh: ive alreay spent this week £250 to have a steering rack fitted  :sick: and just ordered new rear lights crystal clear/red .. bora sport cluster overlay and chrome dial rings and some retro fit aero wipers  :grin: being as im keeping the pile o cack now might aswell do what i said i was gonna do ;p anybody wana vinyl wrap my sh** coloured brown fake wood interior??  :smug:
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Re: k & n with heat shield??
« Reply #9 on: 12 July 2012, 17:35 »
Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 12 July 2012, 12:20
Quote from: cullygti on 12 July 2012, 09:55
but the whole build is a monster and its gonna be one hell of a car  :cool:

take a look
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0

thats it on the floor in the first pic  :grin:
Great build though, and great work for all the stuff he has done
going to be awesome when finished  :evil:

Lol, the bucket took alot of building! :grin:

Its been cut down and insulated now but still havent used it properly, its nearly finished hopefully a trip to rtech again soon.

Now for the looks cheers Andrew for the start!  :smiley:
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