Raz 1.4 TDI Progress thread

vw55raz · Post by **vw55raz** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:46 pm

Welcome to my progress thread.

This is what my car looked like when i bought it.

first thing i did was change the grill to a gti grill

After the grill I got the red GTI piping done. Done this by taking the grill off and sticking the piping on by using a hot glue gun

I then got the honeycomb GTI bumper grills to match the top grill

The next thing i bought was the gti splitter. I bought this from a guy breaking his gti for 30 quid. Although it was VERY scratched up as he had a 60mm drop and the splitter probably got scraped badly on the floor.

So i got some sanding paper from halfords, got sanding for sooo long and this is what i ended up with

Got the primer cans out and started the primering. This was a first time ever attempt and i was so pleased with the output

after the primering did 2 coats of indigo blue and then lacquer

Fitted the GTI splitter

I then purchased some BBS rx" GTi Alloys which were in a bad state. 2 of the rims had bad kerb marks. So the refurbishing started. Called over a few guys to help out

This is what they looked like when i bought them

The Refurbishing Process

You can see the massive kerb at the bottom left of this rim

After a whole lot of sanding and filing and polishing this is how the rims turned out

For the centres, i have given them to a company yesterday called BJV engineering, he is going to get them blasted and powder coated, should have them on saturday!

ozzi25 · Post by **ozzi25** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:06 pm

well done raz! That car looks ever so familiar

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:58 pm

Wheels look awesome mate, alot of effort has gone into them should look awesome. I'm not overly fussed on the red piping though, just doesn't go right with the car colour IMO Saying that may just be the pics, and may work well in the flesh.

adam_0612 · Post by **adam_0612** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:58 pm

nice work

s-l-i-x · Post by **s-l-i-x** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:24 pm

Now get it slammed

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:16 pm

Ticked all the right boxes so far mate, nice one.

vw55raz · Post by **vw55raz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:29 pm

s-l-i-x wrote:Now get it slammed

thinking of doing a 35mm drop at front and 30 at the back, but its really hard to find the 30 springs.

Might just do 40 drop all around as a plan B

vw55raz · Post by **vw55raz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:30 pm

Biddle wrote:Wheels look awesome mate, alot of effort has gone into them should look awesome. I'm not overly fussed on the red piping though, just doesn't go right with the car colour IMO Saying that may just be the pics, and may work well in the flesh.

I did photoshop the red line before i bought it. It didnt look all that, but when you see it in person its not that bad. only thing is, its permanently fixed to the grill now lol

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:46 pm

Yeah thats the thing with pictures, sounds stupid but they dont always give a true representation of what something looks like in the flesh. The red piping looks good on the new gtis in that colour so im assuming it prob looks good in the flesh.

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:42 am

Good job

Looking sweet mate, cant wait to see what other plans you have for it

vw55raz · Post by **vw55raz** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:58 pm

neilGTI wrote:Good job

Looking sweet mate, cant wait to see what other plans you have for it

thinking of changing the front lights to maybe some HID's

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:27 pm

it's going to look nice dropped and with them wheels on, i'm also liking the two tone garden chair

vw55raz · Post by **vw55raz** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:46 am

Mike wrote: i'm also liking the two tone garden chair

lol nice one mate!

big_k · Post by **big_k** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:52 pm

Nice car, blue centres on the bbs would look good! oh and a healthy drop!!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:24 pm

vw55raz wrote:
thinking of doing a 35mm drop at front and 30 at the back, but its really hard to find the 30 springs.

Might just do 40 drop all around as a plan B

Personally I'd go more, if your going for looks that is.

HIDs sound like a plan mate. don't buy cheap eBay kits though, get these:

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/store/product.p ... =16&page=1