Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Leaky

nigelelliott394 · Post by **nigelelliott394** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:47 am

MK5 GTI seats are beautiful... Would the 9n3 GTI seats fit? They're kind of similar right? May be easier fitted assuming they're a little smaller maybe?

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:49 pm

Right! the Gti is now back on the road after 3 months of sleeping...

First to report is the cause of the dreadful knocking-over-large-bumps i'd been experiencing...

Yup, the ARB was knocking against the chassis all along. I only picked up on it because i could see evidence of metal to metal contact on the arb whilst i was adjusting the coilover height. This has only taken me a year to figure out

reason i didn't think it was this at first was due to my old gtis being lower than this one, however they had much harder coilovers so the suspension didn't travel as much hence no arb to body contact

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Gave it a good wash and dodo wax today, (in between rain showers...)

Current stance ( raised slightly )

Rainshowers looming...

leads to...

I've always wanted to do something with the windscreen/wiper trim, as the dull , aged grey always bothered me...

So:

carbon vinled it gloss black, was only my second attempt at vinling and was pretty pleased with the result..

more to follow , Joe

Verity · Post by **Verity** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:04 pm

Polos looking utterly beautiful!
And really love the Scuttle panel! Looks 100x better!

Endi_GTI · Post by **Endi_GTI** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:31 pm

Nice work mate. I have given mine the works the past 2 days as well. When will the beauty be visiting me in P town?

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:57 pm

Endi_GTI wrote:Nice work mate. I have given mine the works the past 2 days as well. When will the beauty be visiting me in P town?

Yeah love the headlining! lots of TLC for the GTIs at the mo haha, ooooo hopefully soon!

Ashcroft · Post by **Ashcroft** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:11 pm

Looks nice n shiny :-p
I just love how well the black gti's come out after a good clean!

Scuttle panel looks sweet too, I've always wanted to do summin to mine but don't know what lol

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:17 pm

Cheers man, yep they really do! Highly rate Dodo Purple Haze wax for dark cars.

I considered spraying it, but had some vinyl lying around so thought i'd go for that instead, wasen't too difficult as long as you you cut it out correctly.

Ashcroft · Post by **Ashcroft** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:24 pm

I was considering spraying it but your vinyl looks so sweet and I think the gloss will look sweet against my silver

Endi_GTI · Post by **Endi_GTI** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:30 pm

Thanks man

Need to get all the local GTI's up on the moors for a picture sesh when your down. Sure Luke will be game?

Ashcroft · Post by **Ashcroft** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:45 pm

I'm game for anythin mate

There's a big meet gettin arranged for 27th of may for big BBQ n allsorts that would be a good time

if Godderz old gti's runnin by then we could try get micheala up for it aswell

Godderz23 · Post by **Godderz23** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:51 pm

If mine isn't running by then I'll be off crying somewhere..!!

Meet and pictures at some point soon sounds amazing.

Ashcroft · Post by **Ashcroft** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:57 pm

We should sort out a gti meet soon then and chris your mk1 should come too I'm sure we're all desperate to see it :-p

menocal · Post by **menocal** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:57 am

Really beautiful your Polo,
how did you remove and replace the windscreen/wipers?

Thank you!

joe2612 · Post by **joe2612** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:40 pm

Thanks mate, the windscreen wipers didn't need to be removed in order to get the trim off, they just needed lifting up.

Godderz23 · Post by **Godderz23** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:16 am

Forget to say, your polo's looking great Joe, black 3 doors always look the best when there shining

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