Nigel's GTI - The tale of the jumpy throttle continues...

[Bepe]

9times out of 10 Vw's parts are the same and available from gsf unless it is a pattern part most Bosch stuff etc from gsf is what Vw use anyway. Vw just like to rape you

[alexperkins]

GSF switches and senders are no longer made by the people who make VWs - they use cheaper manufacturers such as topran for their parts rathern than ELTH

I agree with trunkz - if its a switch or a sender, always get genuine VW from TPS. Its a few quid more, but well worth it.

[nigelelliott394]

Hasn't happened again since. It was raining heavily at the time, if that makes any difference?

[joe2612]

How you getting along with this Nigel?

[nigelelliott394]

The oil pressure light has only come on once since I last mentioned it... The car had been sitting for a few days not doing anything and I redlined it in first gear pretty much instantly (yep, not a good idea at all). The light came on and beeped at me, eased off and It hasn't happened since and that was maybe 200 miles ago now.

With regards to the whole car, I have a couple of small updates coming soon that I'll get posted up here as soon as I can. Still in the lowering dilemma and seriously considering Eibach Sportline Springs.

Hope to get the wheels off for winter and some G60's on in a couple of months and get the RXII's refurbed up over winter. Unfortunately they're starting to bubble and corrode a little again I blame my lack of care for them during last winter.

An upgrade on the brakes is yet to come, whether it be drilled and grooved discs or an upgrade to G60 discs. Topped off with a BMC and a few minor interior parts and I should be done and I hope to just enjoy the car then

[nigelelliott394]

A couple of weeks ago I bought a MK5 Golf GTI badge for the rear with the intention of putting it on the front. After removing the lettering from my old badge I realised the new badge had letters that were a little bit bigger.

Squashing them all on to the smaller badge wasn't enough... I wanted OEM letter spacing... cause i'm a geek

So I ordered up a badge and when It arrived I dremelled the prongs off of the back of it, sanded it down and glued them together. I'll let the pictures do the talking and if there's any questions afterwards feel free to ask








Generally smoothed out and sanded (using the dremel) to key it up a little




The general idea...

...Out comes the Araldite.






To be honest this step probably isn't necessary but I went with it anyway just to be safe. If you DO end up using pegs, be careful the araldite doesn't leak out and on to the peg... thus gluing the peg to the badge.



I'll get some pictures up of the badge on the car tomorrow (hopefully the back too) but it's too dark right now.

[neilGTI]

Nice mod

[Godderz23]

Classy.

[nigelelliott394]

My TT Pedals arrived today... the accelerator doesn't fit (I bought the RHD one) so I'm going to have to buy the LHD one. Clutch and Brake fit perfect though and look great as they are though

[joe2612]

I believe none of the accelerator pedals are a straight fit Nigel, Everyone i know who has fitted them has had to put a bit of glue/ silicone to hold if down correctly.

[nigelelliott394]

The RHD one is just way too small though... I can't see any way I could get it to fit.

[neilGTI]

Have you managed to get the new GTI badge on the grille yet ? Looking forward to seeing how it looks

[Verity]

Have you managed to get the new GTI badge on the grille yet ? Looking forward to seeing how it looks

x2!!!

Great job with the badge!! I knew they wernt a straight swap but I never thought about how much work goes into changing them!

[Godderz23]

The RHD one is just way too small though... I can't see any way I could get it to fit.

Yeah I was told to get the LHD one. Which is slightly bigger. Those pedal were such a b***h to get on. I even maybe shed a tear.

I put a little bit of silicone adhesive behind my accelerator pedal to keep it in place.

[alexperkins]

The RHD one fits snugly if you trim the back rubber carefully!