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Offline Leroy

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2017, 08:22:30 pm »
Suspension is fitted, full service done, coolant leak sorted, just having the cam belt done tmw and I can pick it up!!! To say I’m excited is an understatement!!!  :jumping:

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2017, 01:58:36 pm »
nice, get a pic once its all done!

so many bits & bats i'm tempted to get for my gti from awesome like some covers to go over my temp controls in silver  :thinking:

they look nice instead of plastic
https://www.awesomegti.com/shop-by-brand/ecs-tuning/ecs-billet-alloy-climatronic-rings-mk5-scirocco/

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2017, 09:08:48 pm »
Jesus! I’m £1300 lighter but the golf feels like a new car. £400 in parts, £400 quid labour and £500 plus postage for the vwr suspension but its a reincarnation. Car sits perfectly a good few mm than standard but the handling is totally transformed.

The joker I bought it off who said it had a full service and cam belt change last year was talking utter bulls**t, the mechanic showed me the everything he replaced and they were all shot to bits I managed to salvage 2 front springs, 2 rear shocks and the ngk plugs were ok but pollen filter, air filter were caked in crap, oil hadn’t been changed for years and there was no way the cambelt is less than 12m old. Anyway, all replaced now, goes like stink and glides around corners like an F1 car (maybe a slight exaggeration) but I’m over the moon and this laser blue gets to fight another day.

After seeing the Mrs’ face when I told her what I’ve spent, the mods will have to wait for now, now time to start the detailing, fit the leds and maybe get a Matt black badge for christmas if I’m lucky!

I’ll get some pics up!

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2017, 09:20:53 pm »
Also treated me and the wife to personalised plates to smooth things over.

Happy wife, happy life....

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2017, 05:20:40 pm »
Put some pics up mate of how the car sits now.

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2017, 02:12:23 pm »
Sorry about the pants iPhone pics in the rain but you can see how much better the car sits on the new VWR suspension. Love it!!!









Just need some decent weather now so I can get cleaning.

I want a Matt black front Vw badge, which size do I need? I read that there are 2 sizes one for gti and one for non gti???

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2017, 02:38:58 pm »
That looks bang on to me  :congrats:

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2017, 02:40:42 pm »
Looking good nice progress

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2017, 08:54:27 pm »
So got to my car the other day and had 2 flat tyres. Limped to the petrol station to whack some air in, one stayed up the other was leaking from the rim. I’d had a few slippy slide moments in the weather so used it as an excuse to replace 3 of them. One was a worn kumho, the other was a land sail and I can’t even remember the other one, it’s clear the previous owner couldn’t give a crap about the car so feels good that I have rescued it, it will want for nothing from now on.

So with 4 new tyres it was grippy again, still another £225 lighter! Drove down to ikea and the temp gauge which sits on halfway in traffic went straight down and wouldn’t come back up until I was stuck in traffic and the smell of fuel was so bad I had to drive with the windows down and defrost the kids when I got home.

Assumed it was the car overfuelling thinking it was cold. New temp sensor was ordered, couldn’t get a genuine one in time so went for a gates version which turned out to be a genuine one with the vw Audi logo scrubbed off, bonus. So now I have much better mpg and a temp sensor that sits halfway. Still ended up costing £172 fitted and a very cranky mechanic as it was such a fiddly job.

The petrol smell is coming from a leak under the back seat where the fuel tank is, mechanic reckons I might need to replace the fuel tank, anyone had this before? I’ve had to replace the temp sensor on every golf I’ve owned but never had a leak from the top of the fuel tank? I’ll just have to make sure I keep the tank half full for now and see if it is that?

Next job is to replace the stereo, I’m swapping the standard one for the same with silver buttons, I forget the code? All these issues with battery drain is something I can do without. I take it the silver button version won’t cause any issues? Also is it easy enough to get the codes for them? I’ve been reading about going to the dealers or getting them off the internet?


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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2017, 08:57:38 pm »
Forgot to mention, I noticed a post about some a4 exhaust tips that slide over the existing ones, £11 of Amazon, slid straight on and neatened up the back end no end, nice job as there was no way I was getting the old ones cleaned up. Whoever took the chance on these well done sir!

I’ll get some pics up in as soon as I have chance and it is light. Still not had chance to clean it properly on the outside but had some success steam cleaning the seats myself at the weekend they were filthy.
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Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2017, 10:42:22 pm »
Great looking motor although I am biased as also have a Laser Blue
« Last Edit: November 12, 2017, 05:23:22 am by Eves »

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #26 on: November 12, 2017, 05:22:29 pm »
Cheers Eves, it was your post that introduced me to the a4 tailpipes, cheers for that.

And laser blue is the best colour!

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #27 on: November 12, 2017, 08:26:40 pm »
Yes the exhaust tips are a good little inexpensive mod.

Yes certainly agree about the colour. You don’t see many






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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2017, 08:27:15 pm »
If I can get a day when it’s not peeing it down with rain, I’m hoping to get a
Finish like that on mine!

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Re: Leroy's 2005 laser blue GTI
« Reply #29 on: November 22, 2017, 02:05:08 pm »
i got my wheels refurbed as previous owner kerbed them, £200 for all 4, my temp was same as yours, had temp sensor changed....nothing so new thermostat, alternator out - £300 job @ specialist