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Matt's Steel Grey 5door GTI
FrameSet:
Just a quick video showing the grill after one coat of autoglym bumper and trim gel.
Note: this was post snowfoam and pre wash so ignore the poor beading/ sheeting on the paintwork!
And after its wash yesterday, this was the state of it this morning:
Knew I shouldn't have gone to the pub in the rain!
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FrameSet:
Another update on the gti,
I got the windscreen sealed with the Gtechniq kit a couple of months ago; what a difference! Don't need to use wipers above 50mph in the rain!
Noticed one of my fogs has cracked
And I've changed the pcv valve. Old one was caked in oily crap!
However this has not muffled the 'derv tickover' so a new camchain and tensioner will have to go in.
Got a quote from VWAuiditec for £404 inc vat and labour.
I've also bought some magnets for the front plate so will try and get that done soon!
Other than that it's due a service in 2k miles and is in need of a polish and wax... But it keeps raining!
What oil do guys recommend?
And what plugs as they must be due a change?
Thanks for looking!
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Pesky jones:
Great price on the cam chain tensioner, and VWauditec are good guys. Looks good, although your new PCV will be just as oily in a day or two :)
FrameSet:
Thought I'd try out a magnetic front plate after seeing marka87uk's thread.
Fairly straight forward, the hardest part was removing the old plate from the plinth!
Started by cleaning both the front and backside of the grill and wiping over where the magnets would sit with some white spirit.
Here's everything I used:
Ignore the plate surround, I just put the magnets on there to stop them sticking together!
Next I roughly measured the gaps and glued the magnets onto the plate. (With araldite)
Then covered with gaffer tape (hopefully this will last :confused: )
And once the araldite had dried I simply held the plate up agasint the grill and let the remaining magnets fall (quite quickly) onto the back of the grill.
Next was to individually remove each magnet and stick back on. Some more tape, and we were there!
I'm not sure how long it will last or what speeds it will endure but it's something I wanted to try!
In hindsight I would've put the end magnets closer to the end of the plate to curve it round the grill a bit more.
Here's the link to Mark's thread: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24323.15.html
You may have also noticed I wrapped the front badge (badly).. Let's just say it looks good from a distance!
Cheers!
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FrameSet:
Well guys and gals,
Just picked the car up from VWAudiTec after having the cam chain and tensioner changed. It was in for two days rather than one as the car put up a bit of a fight and broke their locking tool :confused:
Anyway, what a difference! Was sat at a set of traffic lights on the way home and had to check the car was actually running! It's so quiet now! No more derv sounding tickover :laugh: :laugh:
Again, very good service from VWAudiTec. Now I need to scrape some cash together for a service!
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