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Offline Daz...

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #30 on: 28 October 2005, 10:57 »
Hmm..not that much done this year..

Smoked crystal headlights
Uprated headlight loom - Thanks Dizzie!!   :cool:
All red rear lights
Wolfsburg number plate surrounds
original black carpet for boot sides
cv joint - and now i need to do another  :angry:
front brake pads
snap off steering boss
steering wheel to go with said boss
black leather gear gaitor with red stitching
metal heater controls
rear strutbrace
remote central locking
richbrook taxdisc holder with vw logo laser etched on back
first middle box of exhaust replaced with straight thru pipe
polished intake pipe
replaced power steering rack and pipe
new original golf gti badge for rear
16v badges for side strips
bonnet lifters
changed oil 4 times

Bits ive got but not put on yet:
VR6 front callipers and carriers with 280mm discs
braided brake lines
drilled and grooved rear discs
front upper & lower strutbraces


I think that's it  :undecided:


oh, i did have the gearbox rebuilt about a year and a half ago  :rolleyes:
08.03.10 - 3, maybe 4 weeks, and I want my golf back on the road!

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #31 on: 28 October 2005, 11:04 »
What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?

Got rid of it

For a stallion baby....... (sorry, have been watching shrek 2 again....)

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #32 on: 28 October 2005, 11:20 »
In the past 12months,
changed from Mk2 Polo to Mk4 Polo.

Planned for next 12months
Wait for other half to pass test, then change for a Mk2 Golf GTI ;) .......... I hope.


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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #33 on: 28 October 2005, 15:29 »
In the past 12 months:

80k mile service
new rear wheel bearings, discs and pads
16" bbs rxII anniversary wheels
4 Toyo poxy tyres - fronts replaced after 4 months and 6k miles!  (lots of grip though)
Wheel alignment check and adjustment!
Set of BBS solitudes while RXIIs get refurbished - sometime before next summer probably. (maybe)
rust spots on rear panel and bottom of front doors sorted grill resprayed to get rid of stone chips.
New wing mirror motor, ignition switch and barrel, new locks all round and new keys (thank god for warranties!)
90k mile service
new rear axle bushes, shock absorbers and bump stops
Air con service
about 60 tanks of petrol!!!!!!!
and i've washed it two or three times this year.


A VR6 isn't a way of life, it's just a car.

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #34 on: 29 October 2005, 20:21 »
Mix - he says "im a stallion baby" tis one of my fave films!!  :rolleyes:

as for my vw, my mum is using it more than me atm and she says its crap!  :angry: i like my car... hee car is crap and don't work, damned hondas!!! she wanted a mk4 golf, but dad won't let her have the diesel!

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #35 on: 30 October 2005, 22:16 »
The diesels are mint, prob better than the petrols (excluding the 1.8 turbo)!!

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #36 on: 30 October 2005, 22:21 »
Pd 150 anybody......ask sleeps about it... :wink:

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #37 on: 31 October 2005, 08:00 »
ok guys, off to a local scrappy today (cos wwe found out the guy has 6 mk golfs, and when my bro went in for a few bits he paid £1 for 3 items including a leather gear gaitor) so im off to see if i can get two rear doors (as mine have a dent in that won't come out from before i had it) and possibly big bumpers... wish me luck...  :cool:

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #38 on: 01 November 2005, 12:10 »
mine is...

MAF
Spark plugs
driver side electric windows reg (twice)
passenger side electric window reg (twice also)
oil breather pipe
front wing repaired because of some chav desides to key it!!!  :angry:
2 Front tyres
smoked hella rear lights
new number plates
thermostat
water pump
cambelt and tensioner
connect my sub n amp
boot neons  :grin:
Xenon sidelight bulbs
front brake pads
4 new tyres
rear brake pads
lowering springs
and blue LED

oh and thousands of litres of oil   :sad:
« Last Edit: 01 November 2005, 17:17 by Sugar »

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Re: What have you done to your vw in the last 12 months ?
« Reply #39 on: 02 November 2005, 10:13 »
Bought it
Cleaned it
Fitted new stereo, speakers, rear shelf ect.
Fitted Crystal front indicators
Fitted crystal smoked repeaters
Fitted rear crystal 16v lights
Dropped it 40mm
Changed head gasket
Gave it a full service including all belts
Fully wax oiled the floor, sills ect.
Wash + waxed it.
Changed 4 tyres
Fitted a new back box.