Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Leaky

[alexperkins]

Looking good Joe.

Must say the seats are quite impressive - the fabrication looked pretty detailed

[joe2612]

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 ...

[joe2612]

Who can guess whats' new?




Pretty obvious, I colour coded my splitter.

[Endi_GTI]

Nice Joe

[joe2612]

Ty Matt

Few more updates on their way!

[6N2 GTI 00]

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

[joe2612]

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..

[Trottagti]

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..

Don't do what I did and drill through the door loom, costs £500 to fix after lol.

Cc splitter looks soooo much better on gti's.

[joe2612]

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 .

[joe2612]

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.

[joe2612]

P.s if anyone is interested in doing this I'll write a guide !

[Trottagti]

At a guess inthink the marks in the gears itself could be for oil to pass through and live the gear?

[joe2612]

That's what I reckon Craig.

[alexperkins]

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

[joe2612]

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

Of course, I'll be taking it apart Christmas time to have a look myself so will have to come have a look then.