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Vish8895:
Another busy day today!

I replaced the diverter valve and the cam follower and also fitted an auxillary input to allow me to use my Bluetooth streaming device :).

The diverter valve fitted was a rev C and looked fairly new, it was in perfect working order but as I had a brand new rev G DV it made sense to fit it.

The cam follower looked like it needed replacing in my opinion, there was a sizeable dent in it and for the sake of £50 and 30 minutes time it makes sense to change. The o-ring on the HPFP also looked like it had seen better days so was a good job I ordered the full kit from AwesomeGTI.

Vish8895:
Although I don't think anyone is reading this/gives a sh*t its nice to have a ongoing progress thread to look back on so heres another update.

I knew the tyres were low when I got the car so didn't give them more than a glance when I inspected it, but after having it in the air the other week I realised they were bordering dangerous. I was also getting some serious whining from the rear at speeds over 50mph which I put down to wheel bearings failing. Take a look at the worst offender  its completely bald on the inside and even bent/skewed out of shape, it goes to show what bad tracking can do to tyres... such a waste:





Anyway I needed new tyres urgently and budgeted around £400. Problem is I wanted new wheels so would of been spending £1K plus for new wheels and new tyres. Plus the suspension needs refreshing and the tracking needs doing so I'd of had to drop another £7-800 in for that too. So it was looking like a near £2k expenditure which just wasn't viable as we are looking to complete our house purchase in the next few weeks.

Instead I found these genuine Pescaras on eBay with nearly new (budget) tyres. I got them for a decent price and it now buys me some time until I can sort the suspension. I think it makes the car look much more modern and cleaner than the grey on grey seen above. Also the rear whining has gone so I suspect that was due to the difference in tyre wear and the noticeable "lip" it had caused.

The first few pics are before I got chance to soak the wheels in tyre dressing. The last pic shows them with nice glossy black tyres:

Shamm:
Looks better with them new alloys

Vish8895:

--- Quote from: Shamm on March 26, 2017, 08:39:27 pm ---Looks better with them new alloys

--- End quote ---

Thanks! The fronts looks bang on but I think the rear would benefit from some 10-15mm hubcentric spacers   :jumpmove:

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