Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Leaky
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Update: S3 Recaros
Looking good Joe.
Must say the seats are quite impressive - the fabrication looked pretty detailed
Must say the seats are quite impressive - the fabrication looked pretty detailed
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Update: S3 Recaros
Thanks matey, the fronts really weren't as hard as i'd imagined. Don't think these seats have been put in a polo before which is pretty cool
Heated bits next! Car is handling amazing at the moment. So responsive but fear this is down to the negative camber which is a little on the extreme side let's say ...
Heated bits next! Car is handling amazing at the moment. So responsive but fear this is down to the negative camber which is a little on the extreme side let's say ...
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Ty Matt
Few more updates on their way!
Few more updates on their way!
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Looks Good Joe makes the world of difference to the front end
Loved it when I got mine done, you will be hawkeye for low kerbs now
Loved it when I got mine done, you will be hawkeye for low kerbs now
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Luckily I'm not that low so hopefully won't need to worry to much... I did put some helicopter tape on the leading edge to protect it but it looks gash to be honest!
Just installing speaker wiring at the mo..
Just installing speaker wiring at the mo..
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Don't do what I did and drill through the door loom, costs £500 to fix after lol.joe2612 wrote:Luckily I'm not that low so hopefully won't need to worry to much... I did put some helicopter tape on the leading edge to protect it but it looks gash to be honest!
Just installing speaker wiring at the mo..
Cc splitter looks soooo much better on gti's.
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Haha in my first gti i actually drilled the door . This time i used a dremel to drill i speaker cable sized hole into the loom plug and there was just enough space to run it through there .
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
So after being covered in Gearbox oil, rain , more rain and gravel I've done my 5th gear swap. The actual process was a doddle as i'd practised on a spare box before hand.
Old gears - notice the notches in the teeth? Have no idea what this is....
Gear coming off
New one on.
Took a bit of fine tuning get the selector adjusted right so it didn't crunch but it's there now. First impressions are as expected lower revs Does about 2800 at 70 which is great for cruising. Obviously theres a little jump between 4th and 5th but I never race through the entire box anyway so staying in 4th a bit longer doesn't bother me. I'll report back any differences in MPG.
Old gears - notice the notches in the teeth? Have no idea what this is....
Gear coming off
New one on.
Took a bit of fine tuning get the selector adjusted right so it didn't crunch but it's there now. First impressions are as expected lower revs Does about 2800 at 70 which is great for cruising. Obviously theres a little jump between 4th and 5th but I never race through the entire box anyway so staying in 4th a bit longer doesn't bother me. I'll report back any differences in MPG.
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
P.s if anyone is interested in doing this I'll write a guide !
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
At a guess inthink the marks in the gears itself could be for oil to pass through and live the gear?
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
That's what I reckon Craig.
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Ill have to swing by and have a nosy inside that spare box at some point Joe. Keen to see what the faulty bearing looks like that destroys these boxes
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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Of course, I'll be taking it apart Christmas time to have a look myself so will have to come have a look then.alexperkins wrote:Ill have to swing by and have a nosy inside that spare box at some point Joe. Keen to see what the faulty bearing looks like that destroys these boxes