good news and bad news lol.....

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:14 am

Its been one of those weeks, what with finally after waiting nearly 2 months for a single wiper to arrive, and a slight incident involving a tree
luckily the scratches aren't as bad as i first thought

anyway i got bored this morning so heres a few pictures......

After a much needed wash!

The wiper which wasn't as easy as you think to fit

The 1.0 lump in all its glory

new airbrushed speaker grilles

I blame Esure for this crack!

@ tax disk holder only temporary though!

regards
-Ben-

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:45 pm

Looking good mate, i like the single wiper.

Considering getting one of those for mine.

So how difficult was it to fit, did it take long?

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:11 pm

well it wasn't that difficult, just made things abit more interesting fitting it in gale-force winds, the only problem was getting my head round how to park the wiper sucessfully, i wanted it just over towards the passenger side slightly, otherwise its a tad off-putting!
it took about 2hrs to fit
-Ben-

Del_GTi · Post by **Del_GTi** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:47 pm

Cool, yeah it's just a tad wild out there.

I'd like it to park right over at the passenger side as far out of the way as possible.

tom_mk5 · Post by **tom_mk5** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:52 pm

Looking good mate, did you airbrush your speaker grills yourself?

Tom

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:11 pm

Tom..
I bought them off ebay! lol
from a german bloke who also sold me some other bits, yet to be fitted in that same colour-scheme
he does a good job to say the least!
-Ben-

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:14 pm

Del_GTi wrote:I'd like it to park right over at the passenger side as far out of the way as possible.

I'd agree with that - even canted slightly to the right it will affect your vision and in the event of the unthinkable - I didn't see the lorry cos my wiper was in the way might not cut it with the insurance company

Sexypolo · Post by **Sexypolo** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:23 am

Mmmm, looking good!!

niks · Post by **niks** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:32 pm

hey punk... ill say it again what a sweet ride well like the grille speakers, just a question how u finding the wiper works as good as the origional or you finding problems with it, just that a mate got one but it was rubbish ...
anyway take care may see at the meet

know any other mk5 rolling up there????

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:54 pm

Well the tax disk holder has the number for autoglass on it.... I really like the colour of your car, dont see many in dark grey.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:32 pm

very nice, sure it wasnt the wiper that caused u to crash?

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:17 pm

funny you should say that aaron! it happened the day after i fitted it! ....
the wiper is quite good actually, 2 problems i have with it is...
1. The smooth cover that i've got on it rattles so its going to need something a little more than just the cable ties that were supplied to fit it properly!

2. because i have the wiper set near the middle when it wipes it goes once over drivers side then all the way back to the passenger side so the whole window is clean...BUT and this is a big BUT, it has to return to its original position near the centre thus the blade screeches across the already wiped glass! a nasty niggle i know, might just put it in the usual position methinks

Thanks for the comments
-Ben-

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:17 pm

looking good mate! can't wait to see it at the south eastern meet! coming up a bit short on 6n2! anyone else fancy coming?