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StuF presents Candy White 3 Door GTI
StuF:
No tips really buddy, I just cleaned my wheels, covered the tyres and cracked on in the garage. I would jack your car up and do two wheels one day, let them dry over night and do the other two the day after.
Honestly it's easy stuff to use and very forgiving - wish I was brave enough to go for a more lairy colour scheme!
lukemk5gti:
--- Quote from: StuF on December 04, 2014, 06:17:56 pm ---No tips really buddy, I just cleaned my wheels, covered the tyres and cracked on in the garage. I would jack your car up and do two wheels one day, let them dry over night and do the other two the day after.
Honestly it's easy stuff to use and very forgiving - wish I was brave enough to go for a more lairy colour scheme!
--- End quote ---
A new plastidip shop opened near me so I went in to get some smoke spray to do my rear lights and got chatting to the owner.
He told me a girl called in with a beat up old clio with steel wheels and bought neon green and neon pink spray.
She sprayed her steel wheels neon pink and the hub caps neon green and went on her merry way :driver:
He did actually have one useful tip. He told me the guys doing the Cannonball run came in with their flash cars and bought cans of the clear plastidip. They sprayed their bonnets to prevent stone chips and when they finished they just peeled it off. Good idea!
StuF:
Small update - today I decided to finish fitting the upgraded xenon bulbs
I bought a pair of Osram D2S Xenarc 4300k from eBay to replace the standard Philips items.
The drivers side bulb was replaced no bother however I couldn't get the passenger side unit to unclip so I read up and decided to remove the whole light unit.
Was pretty straightforward and all sorted now. Hoping for an improved light output now.
Here are a couple of pics
All washed and clean now! Winter is not the best time to have a white car.
marticroft:
Hi Stuf,
Think the gti is looking the dogs m8. Had you fitted the eibach sport line springs when you posted the photos under the list of mods? I have recently bought a 56 reg black gti but needs dropping and thought the drop on yours looked the exact look I was after. Are the springs fitted to standard shocks and would you say the ride height is good for everyday use ... Including speed bumps and petrol four court gulleys? Is the ride bearable or too crashy?
Cheers for any advice in advance
Marticroft :happy2:
StuF:
Hi buddy,
Thanks for the kind words - the pics on page 3 show the golf after the Eibach springs were fitted, the ones on the first page show the car on the standard springs
After around 2k miles on the springs which are fitted to the standard shocks the ride is still brilliant - no appreciable difference from stock to be honest, however it handles like its on rails.
Have several speed bumps on my way to work which it takes with ease, its my daily so gets driven in all weathers/conditions and I cant fault the springs.
Will be tipping over to 170,000 miles in the near future and feels tight as a drum!
:happy2:
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