The GTI! - Alex's Thread - Leather :D

[alexperkins]

Hi mate

16" BBS RX2's (inch larger than the standards ) Its lowered about 45mmish on H&R cup kit suspension which I must say is superb...soo comfy and responsive on the corners!

No spacers at all - all OEM

cheers

[Bradley]

Ah thankyou for the quick reply.Mines pretty standard but im huge fan of the origional look so want to keep the 15" as ive just had them refurbed.Im looking into lowering mine and what suspension to get.I like the height yours is sitting at so i'll consider 45mm for the future.Thanks again

Brad

[alexperkins]

Well my Megs G220 is on order with an array of pads and compounds, so that should be fun for next week.

Gonna spend a few days getting it tip top for the winter, and if I get a chance, I may refurb my colour concept wheels so I have something to put on the GTI for the winter (though they need new tyres!). Hopefully my choice of colour will go as planned!

[alexperkins]

DA Polisher Ordered bring on tomorrow!

[tegwin]

Polisher? WTF... dont you know that kitchen scouring pads are much better!!!

[alexperkins]

lol gotta fund the revolution somehow

[Trottagti]

DA Polisher Ordered bring on tomorrow!

What u go for in the end, mop wise??

D.A As in dual action???

Does it double up as a d.a sander then?

[alexperkins]

Ye dual action polisher, and yes it doubles up as a DA sander.

Mops - i presume your referring to the pads

got a load of sonus and menzerna ones, which seem to work well

[alexperkins]

Some teaser pics of the finish:







Im quite pleased . Theres a few quite deep scratches though, which wont come out too easily (and as Im still learning, i don't want to damage the finish)

[Tim_GTi]

Good job dude!!

[Trottagti]

Mop in the trade is a non d.a Polishing mop, thats what they are called just mops! Well in the trade neways, looking good mate,

was lookingthru ur posts like build thread and am proper confused, is ur car an original gti or have u made it into a gti or a car u had before u was making into a gti, i couldnt figure it out lol!

[alexperkins]

Its an 100% original GTI. I was contemplating getting the previous converted, but in the end, bit the bullet and bought one of the highest spec GTIs ever manufactured in this series lol

Some more pics of the finish so far:









And my favourite:

[emma_88]

Woahhh.. Timbo you have some competition now dude!

Awesomeness Alex. No split panel shots? Before and after?

[Tim_GTi]

Have you got any proper pics dude of before and after swirl correction?

[alexperkins]

I havent done the other side, the bumpers or the boot yet, so ill get some on them as they are the worst affected areas

Gotta say the bit im most pleased about is my stone chip repairs - they look perfect

Ill try and get some tomorrow timo - im not going in too hard as the finish is quite soft, but ill see what I can muster for you