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liking the smooth dash, might have a go at doing mine black

i think i fitted mine on the inside

dodgy fuelpump on g40 = recipe for disaster

Get it checked by a decent auto electrician before buying!

are they not just painted steelies with a trim ring?

if so trim ring in chrome is 1H0 601 157 A V7L - £62.04 inc vat for 4

An you need to collect some wheelbolts

In my experience they're easy to remove. just trace where the wires for the immobiliser are joined into the loom and cut them out (usually covered with about 25 layers of black electrical tape) You can usually tell which ends to join back up.

Firstly,welcome to the forum! I always try and avoid breaking cars if its at all possible. while you may be able to make a bit more cash selling individual parts off, it takes a lot more time and effort, and ultimately lowers the numbers of cars available to buy. I am interested in buying the whole ...

papercut7 wrote:smaller mirrors...enlighten me someone please!

small race spec mirrors instead of the large factory ones

JoeG07 wrote: when i took all the alloys off to put on my black car this mechanic managed to whip off all of the locking wheels nuts in about 5 seconds with an air gun - really theif proof!

its just a threaded socket with a reversed thread inside it. bites into the nut as it undoes it!

i wouldn't say CMS are particularly cheap, and anyway, all your doing is buying a second hand part as they're vw breakers!

i only buy genuine stuff, as you know its going to do the job right first time. I find GSf are good for cheap things like oil and oilfilters.

no problem.

if theres anything specific you want to know, just ask and i'll do my best to help.

sounds to me like someone knows whats inside your car

I made a mk3 buying guide below that may be of use:

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... php?t=7852

i would never go back to 15's.

75bhp standard.

i think you're looking at about 100bhp with chip,panel filter,de-cat/system and a mild cam?