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Dann:

--- Quote from: Pudding on December 18, 2021, 04:17:29 pm ---The peeling lacquer is likely the original paint.  It's very thin on the roof.  A respray generally uses a more generous layer than the factory.  Mine is the same colour and also peeling in places.  MK5s weren't the best made of Golfs unfortunately.

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It's definitely not original paint. It's from a respray of some sort.
There's a clear blend line and change in paint colour between the two and you can see a couple of areas where they've masked up the shuts (and lacquer coming away from under lights etc)

Dann:
Had another couple of days without the kids so got through a few more jobs:

Machine Polished
Milltek Non Resonated exhaust fitted
LED bulbs fitted to Front Sidelight, Reverse light and number plate light
Philips Racing Vision Bulbs fitted to Headlights
Grilles Coated with Ceramic Sealant
New front grille bought and Coated with Sealant
Hybrid Racing Gearknob fitted

Started off with the machine polish.
As the car was only driven a handful of miles since the last wash I gave it a quick wipe down with QD prior to polishing.

The paint is generally pretty dull and scratched and the bonnet and roof are a mess with water etching (or failure of the clearcoat)
As I didn't have a lot of time, I opted to go straight in with an Orange hex pad and Menzerna 3in1. I found that took a lot of the defects out and also restored most of the gloss.
Not looking for a full correction, just an enhancement.

Roof Before:









B Pillars:



(that's all I took before)

Afters:

Dann:
That took me about a day.

So the following day I got some more done.

Started off jacking the car up and removing the old exhaust



"New" Milltek on the right







Then I removed the old "Golf Ball" style gearknob as I hate the way it feels.
The square section around the base doesn't fit my fingers and it ruins the experience

The new gearknob is actually for a Honda and came from Hybrid Racing in the US (on a black friday deal). Because it's threaded and the VW one isn't, I had to get an adaptor off Amazon.

The actual knob is machined from stainless and weighs about 450g. So should help with the shifter feel too.

Old Shifter removed



Gaiter removed and cable tied around the adaptor:



Had to adjust the height of the old lever:



And New one fitted:





And finally, got the new grill polished and coated with C4



Hopefully I will get round to fitting the spacers and painting the brakes before the year is over.

RBS:
Realy nice work :happy2:
And a beautiful 5 door Edition 30 :wink:

Octoparrot:
That gearknob is going to be fun in summer.   :wink:

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