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ChrisGT's Black 5 door GT TDI 170
ChrisGT:
Horrible massive old aerial:
Nice new stubby aerial:
May replace it with a shark fin one at some point but this will do for now.
Chris
ChrisGT:
Had some time off and a gorgeous day here today so took the time to do a few bits on the golf.
First up was clean the exhaust tips as they were filthy! I used Tcut with a microfiber cloth to remove most of it then used 00 grade fine wire wool with Tcut to get off the stubborn stuff that was left. Then went over them with Mothers mag&Ali polish, wiped down with Gtechniq panel wipe and coated with Gtechniq C1 to make them super easy to keep clean. There's a bit of pitting on the surface but other than that they came up pretty good. Couple of before/during/after photos:
Chris
ChrisGT:
Replaced the old rusty boot struts. They looked terrible, only cost something like £12 for the new pair and took two minutes to change. Boot opens so easily now so the old ones were definitely not working right.
Some before and after pictures:
Once I had changed them I removed the old garage sticker from the back window, it left the usual sticky edge so used a little Auto finesse obliTARate to remove it then gave the glass a clean:
Removed Tax disc holder, same procedure with tar/glue remover to remove the residue then cleaned the glass:
Then thought the rear number plate was looking pretty bad so gave it a wipe over with the tar remover while I had a rag with some on and it came up pretty good too:
Boot liner was delivered today too, not sure I'm 100% happy with it fit wise but hopefully it'll settle out now it's not wrapped up in the packaging:
Much better. Glad to get lots of little bits done today, hopefully get some more interesting updates soon =)
Cheers,
Chris
ChrisGT:
Changed over indicators for smoked ones which I think look much neater.
Before:
After:
I think it looks much neater now, they were a bit fiddly but fairly easy to change, was quite dirty inside so was a good chance to clean out the insides.
On the lookout for some genuine GTI headlights with the black inserts too. Not sure about the replica style ones on ebay if they'd be any good so think I'll hold out for some genuine ones. There were a pair for sale on here about a week ago but I didn't have enough posts to post on the thread or PM the seller and they're sold so will keep my eyes peeled.
Chris
Pesky jones:
Looks good mate, how did you do it? Did you buy smoked ones or DIY, hard to swap?
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