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Dom's Tornado Red Gti - A bit of detailing
dom069:
--- Quote from: BarberVW on July 27, 2015, 04:37:15 pm ---Looks brilliant Dom. Where did you get the gloss black rear badge? Been looking for ages...
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This is the badge that I bought:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gloss-Black-VW-Rear-Trunk-Lid-Badge-Emblem-Replacement-fit-for-Golf-MK6-09-12-/191136148878?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&fits=Model%3AGolf%7CPlat_Gen%3AMK+VI&hash=item2c809a2d8e
I had to trim some tabs off the back and glue it in place as it's a MK6 one (although I was told the car had a Mk6 handled fitted).
--- Quote from: teo_parvu on July 27, 2015, 06:21:19 pm ---This car looks as it has just left the factory! Awesome! :laugh:
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Cheers, it's pretty clean! Not perfect, but close!
dom069:
Time for another update!
I popped into Only Charged Dubs for a service on Tuesday afternoon:
While I was there I decided that a set of coilovers was needed. Matt happened to have a set of BC Racing coilovers on the shelf, they were specced as 'extra low' when ordered so have the potential for a massive drop should I want it.
I arranged to go back on Friday to get them fitted. When I arrived Joe was finishing building them up:
We decided to set a small amount of negative camber (as yet unknown exactly how much - I'll go for alignment this week).
With the wheels off I gave the rear arches a check over and found two small areas of rust bubbling on the seam. I sanded it back to clean metal and treated it with a 'rust converter' to try and stop the spread. I'm going to tiger seal over the top to try and seal it all in.
Joe got cracking at removed the old suspension:
The car gave up a bit of a fight, one of the ball joint bolts snapped and then the driveshaft popped out inside the outer CV boot. They were all sorted pretty easily though.
We wound the coilovers all the way down to see what it would look like:
It was sat on the tyres and wouldn't get off the ramp :laugh:
I set a provisional ride height and headed home happy!
Sat morning I popped round to a mate's garage to get the brakes skimmed:
Like new:
I got the car home and cleaned it up ready for FittedUK on Sunday:
The eagled eyed amongst you will have also spotted a smooth grill and I ditched the yellow tint on the fogs.
This week I need 2 new tyres and full alignment, then I'll be skint for a while :signLOL:
wilmott1980:
So glad to see it went to a good home. Well done fella. Coming along nicely.
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dom069:
Wow, not updates this in ages! Hopefully this will be in the right order.
I needed 2 tyres and was getting a lot of scrubbing so ordered 2x215/35/18 Goodyear Eagle F1s, fitted them and ESP was having a fit due to mismatching tyres front/rear. I ordered a pair of 215/35/18 Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas and got them fitted. A bit of playing with VCDS and the speedo was reading correctly again.
Literally 2 weeks later I went to collect a new car for the other half and spotted this:
Yup, in a 2 week old tyre! Tried to repair it but the patch wouldn't seal:
Another tyre ordered :scared:
Picture of it with said new car:
Fitted some nice chrome tipped switches:
Hit a massive section of road that had sunk causing this:
Luckily the sump didn't crack, a new CV boot was all that was needed.
Took it to Only Charged Dubs so Matt could chop my car up :confused:
Then went and got the alignment sorted:
It flew through it's MOT earlier:
Finally I've got a cam follower to fit and I'm collecting the parts for a boost gauge:
Took lots of random pictures:
dom069:
Also needed a new battery and had to have the rear arm bushes chopped out when the alignment was done, decided to have Powerflex bushes fitted. Haven't got any pictures of those though.
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