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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #690 on: December 08, 2011, 07:16:09 pm »
That's different. Others have said Pro's were stiffer than the Sport's. Like H&R's Race versus supersports. You had wider wheels or spacers on with the sportlines? I had them before, and only rubbed with 8mm spacers on.

Hmmm, the Pro's def seem comfier than the Sportline's and just the same amount of roll/stiffness as them - very little.  :happy2: I had BBS CH reps on before my current wheels. they were 18 x 8 ET 45 so got nice anf friendly with my passengerside arch, never the drivers side tho.  :stupid: I had done the screw arch mod too. Now that I'm up a few more MM's I'm so tempted by the BBS VZ's in gunmetal. Pity Christmas has raided my piggy bank first.  :confused:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #691 on: December 08, 2011, 07:21:01 pm »
Give it a good coat of wax ready for the winter




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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #692 on: December 08, 2011, 07:32:17 pm »
Give it a good coat of wax ready for the winter





Hubba Hubba, that is on stunning car. Very OEM+(ish) Just goes to show that gunmetal/anthracite wheels look good on virtually every colour of car. T'will be the colour I go for when my wheels get refurbed over winter.

Top notch.  :happy2:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #693 on: December 09, 2011, 09:53:13 am »
Discovered 2 things:

1) My car definitely feels more 'whooshy'  on Tesco Momentum 99 than it does on V-Power  :surprised:
2) VW Twickenham cannot set tyre pressures properly as I found mine were out (only did them last week)

Correcting the pressures and with the better fuel has resulted in more  :driver:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #694 on: December 09, 2011, 12:27:33 pm »
That's different. Others have said Pro's were stiffer than the Sport's. Like H&R's Race versus supersports. You had wider wheels or spacers on with the sportlines? I had them before, and only rubbed with 8mm spacers on.

Hmmm, the Pro's def seem comfier than the Sportline's and just the same amount of roll/stiffness as them - very little.  :happy2: I had BBS CH reps on before my current wheels. they were 18 x 8 ET 45 so got nice anf friendly with my passengerside arch, never the drivers side tho.  :stupid: I had done the screw arch mod too. Now that I'm up a few more MM's I'm so tempted by the BBS VZ's in gunmetal. Pity Christmas has raided my piggy bank first.  :confused:

You know, I've heard the same a couple of times now that you mention it. Strange and similar that one side would rub. Here's something I had forgotten to think about considering ride comfort, differing dampers and their condition...right?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #695 on: December 09, 2011, 12:32:37 pm »
Finally got my mkv to the body shop today. It spent way too much time having all of the mechanics and suspension sorted along with waiting for the wheels to come in. Kind of excited now. Thinking of having the center portion of the bonnet/hood painted satin black and maybe the top too.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #696 on: December 09, 2011, 10:21:56 pm »

Drove from Germany for the last time.  England is rubbish  :sick:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #697 on: December 10, 2011, 08:23:48 am »
So...glad to be going back?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #698 on: December 10, 2011, 08:27:48 am »
Serviced mine and had 2 new pilot sport 3 tyres fitted

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #699 on: December 10, 2011, 08:48:04 am »

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #700 on: December 10, 2011, 10:57:16 am »
Germany sounds like a really nice spot. I loved Italy. Didn't want to leave. I couldn't understand why some people we talked with wanted to be here in the US. Would be happy to trade places with them.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #701 on: December 10, 2011, 05:34:16 pm »
Gave the exhaust tips a clean.

Also cleaned up the wiper blades too.

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #702 on: December 10, 2011, 06:10:44 pm »
Gave the Candy ED30 a good wash (meguiars NXT shampoo and microfibre wash mitt), followed by Iron-X sprayed on metal panels, then rinsed off and washed again.
Then it was clayed with Meguairs clay and Dodo Juice Born Slippy lube, then dried off and treated to a coat of Collinite 476s, buffed off by hand then rotary polished, then another coat of 476s, buffed again and then finished off with rotary polisher.

I Skipped the Dodo Juice Lime Prime paint cleaner before polishing as I really could not be bothered today  :P

Applied 2 coats of Poorboys to the wheels and stood back and admired my 4 hours work, then took a trip to town to get some Xmas shopping done and came back and car was filthy again  :ashamed:

It was only when i got home I thought I could take some pictures but as it was dirty again I did not bother  :grin:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #703 on: December 10, 2011, 09:00:18 pm »
Went up to the dealers to order an armrest etc. Sweet lord I didn't know there were that many parts involved! Bet I've ordered the wrong bit anyway, or too many!  If anyone's got a fitting guide or similar, I would be hugely grateful if you would send it to me. We also drooled over an R32 which sounded the absolute nuts. Oh and showed an octavia vrs a clean pair of heels on the way home :happy2:


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #704 on: December 10, 2011, 09:05:17 pm »
today i sorted my non working temp gauge, it is the sensor in the head, funny as soon as id called TPS to send it out monday morning it started working again :scared:

if anyone wants a how to on fitting a centre arm rest i can email you a PDF file
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