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Offline NixGTI

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£1500.....
« on: 03 July 2007, 20:29 »
Hey all,

I've got a budget of about £1250 to spend on my standard 5dr 8v GTI, excluding wheels.  :grin:

i'm thinking of the following

Headunit
speakers
possibly Sub
polybushes all round,
tints
Exhaust system
strut brace
panel filter
HT leads
chip

bear in mind i'll be getting a shop to fit it (£45\hour)


suggestions?

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #1 on: 03 July 2007, 20:35 »
Hey all,

I've got a budget of about £1250 to spend on my standard 5dr 8v GTI, excluding wheels.  :grin:

i'm thinking of the following

Headunit
speakers
possibly Sub
polybushes all round,
tints - Springs and struts
Exhaust system
strut brace
panel filter
HT leads
chip - cams

bear in mind i'll be getting a shop to fit it (£45\hour)


suggestions?


those are about the only two i would change, as really, well tints are a bit poo, and a chip isn't really worth the investment on an 8v in my opinion.

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #2 on: 03 July 2007, 20:39 »
sorry to hijsck slightly but what are pannel fillers and cams sorry.

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #3 on: 03 July 2007, 20:42 »
panel filter is an uprated air filter.

cams - the cam shaft that controls the opening and closing of the inlet/exhaust valves in the engine head.

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #4 on: 03 July 2007, 20:47 »
cheers m8ty

Offline Mr Blue

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #5 on: 03 July 2007, 20:55 »
Ive got a sub and headunit for sale and possibly some BBS RM's.

In bedfordsh1te too :smiley:


Not sure if HT leads make a big diffrence. Ive always used VAG ones. Others start to fall apart after 1 mile :laugh:
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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #6 on: 03 July 2007, 20:56 »
I thought cams would be too pricey tbh. any ideas on rough prices?


cheers for the suggestions

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #7 on: 03 July 2007, 21:01 »
probably have that all sorted for half that  :wink:
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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #8 on: 03 July 2007, 21:57 »
blue.... eh? where do you shop? the Lidls equiv of a car shop????  :laugh:

might be intrested in the cams....

i'm thinking of some SSW Mesh 17" wheels in hyper black for the wheels, but thats in a seperate budget.


 

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Re: £1500.....
« Reply #9 on: 04 July 2007, 14:42 »
blue.... eh? where do you shop? the Lidls equiv of a car shop????  :laugh:

might be intrested in the cams....

i'm thinking of some SSW Mesh 17" wheels in hyper black for the wheels, but thats in a seperate budget.

Just know the right places and do half the work myself.  :smiley:
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