Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Leaky

[Lloydiexx]

Car looks great Joe shame its taken you a while to sort the knocking noise.
Not good reading you post about the gearbox being a pain in the A** to put back in as my dad has just taken mine out as its knackered
Looking forward to reading more and seeing some more pics x

[joe2612]

Thanks Michaela, tell me about it! think i refitted the front coilies 8 times in total.

I saw your post about your gearbox, touch wood i've been very lucky with my 3 previous gtis as none of the gearbox's have failed. What's the plan of action with yours? it's been off the road for a while now hasen't it ?

Once you get the technique right its not toooooo bad to get in, i'd recommend removing the front end for ease of access if you haven't already!

[Lloydiexx]

Hiya Its been off the road since the 22nd of feb well my gearbox is being taken to a local specialists tomorrow, (not sure if you looked at the pics on my update on the gearbox thread)
As the bearing has worn down the inside of the box so we are taking it down to have a look and then hopefully decide whether to have mine rebuilt or buy a recon box.
My Dad managed to get the box out without taking the front of the car off but it maybe wise to do so when putting it back together.
Have you got much more planned for your car?

[joe2612]

Ah i see, hope all goes well and the purse doesn't get too much of a beating.

Plans go something like this:

Full service
Wheel centre refurb,
Bumper respray
Scirocco steering wheel
Audi TT front seats
New interior carpet
Further sound deadening
Rear ARB
TT rear view mirror
Spray a few interior bits gloss black

[Lloydiexx]

Nice one well hopefully shouldnt be too much denting in the bank lol! kool that sounds great iv been going a lil mad with ebay purchases this weekend haha! id quite like to gloss my dash etc but it looks too fiddly lol. have you always had polos apart fromt he leon?

[joe2612]

Painting dash bits isen't hard- all in the prep

Pretty much clio, polo, polo, leon, polo how original

[Ashcroft]

Plans are sounding good joe!
I love the scirocco steering wheel, seen someone fit it in there T5 and looks awesome.

Will be looking nice in the polo with your TT parts

[joe2612]

Cheers Ash! im a bit worried about the airbag situ with the new wheel though, obviously i'd wire it in correctly but i've heard rumours of the newer steering wheels requiring different ignitor voltages... so we'll see!


ANYWAY, look what i fitted yesterday...




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[rafcoppa]

What is the rear anti-roll bar from and where did you get it????????????

[TriggerFish]

Very interested in what you think of this! I was planning on getting one off a mm 2 golf once my brakes were sorted.

[Trottagti]

Oi oi oi, what's all this rarb...!

TELL ME NOW LOL!

[joe2612]

Haha, it's from an Ibiza MK3, unfortunately its my mates and we'll be putting it on his car in a few weeks time, i just wanted to try it out lol.

First impressions was the difference in 'feel' round the corners, the front end seems more response than before, although hard to have a good test with all the crappy rain!

oh and for reference it s H&R 28mm .

[nigelelliott394]

Excellent! Was it a direct fit?

[joe2612]

Yep! took about 30 mins!

[TriggerFish]

Really? I thought they needed an l shaped bracket thing?