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Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- MOT passed
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:06 pm
by Godderz23
Looks great Joe.
Love the pressed plates. Looks shiney also
I lost one of my bbs bolts last year. luckily i had another set of RXII's so pinched one of there's.
Try messaging these guys.
http://www.justmatz.co.uk/bbs-information.php
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- MOT passed
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:24 pm
by joe2612
nigelelliott394 wrote:Hey Joe... sorry if it's been mentioned already but are you wheels 16"? They look great with the BBS caps
Nice Plates! I really want to get a decent (legal) set for mine.
They're 15s Nigel, love the centre caps also! The plates are great too, i got them done by Dubmeister in somerset. Turn around was 5 or so days and i sent my V5 and an old ban statement for id recorded delivery for a few pence- came to 40 quid thereabouts in all.
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- MOT passed
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:26 pm
by joe2612
Godderz23 wrote:Looks great Joe.
Love the pressed plates. Looks shiney also
I lost one of my bbs bolts last year. luckily i had another set of RXII's so pinched one of there's.
Try messaging these guys.
http://www.justmatz.co.uk/bbs-information.php
Cheers for the link Chris, great find! although sadly you must order a minimum of 10

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:02 am
by joe2612
Down at brooklands again last night and chatting to my mates sprayer who said he'll respray my bumpers next week, hopefully the bodywork side of the car will pretty much be perfect
In other news, i'm looking for a sharkfin aerial that actually gives good reception- anyone recommend?
Still chasing a bbs bolt- has anyone attempted to drill one out before...?
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:37 am
by Verity
Good news about the paintwork

my bumpers are really really letting my car down, but other things just keep popping up so I can never afford to get it done.
There's chap on clublupo who sells sharkfin aerials, which are ment to be really good.
My boyfriend had to drill a bolt out of his g40 engine bay before. That was amusing. Had to buy some stud extractors.
Is the bolt snapped? I took my rxIIs apart th other week to refurb them, luckily only 4 rounded off (were like that before we started) but we managed to get them out easily enough in the end thank god!
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:26 pm
by joe2612
Verity wrote:Good news about the paintwork

my bumpers are really really letting my car down, but other things just keep popping up so I can never afford to get it done.
There's chap on clublupo who sells sharkfin aerials, which are ment to be really good.
My boyfriend had to drill a bolt out of his g40 engine bay before. That was amusing. Had to buy some stud extractors.
Is the bolt snapped? I took my rxIIs apart th other week to refurb them, luckily only 4 rounded off (were like that before we started) but we managed to get them out easily enough in the end thank god!
Bolt isen't snapped, just rounded. Hand slipped whilst torquing them up and that was that
How did you get them out Verity?
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:14 pm
by Verity
Excuse my lame explanation, I'm not great with explanations, specially with tools.... but basically you know the thingy you put in the end of the racket (the star shaped thing...torque maybe?!) well you basically get a different shaped one, I think the number was T30 or T35, one that basically has less star pionts on it.
Grab a hammer and just give it a few taps, just so it kind of lodges in the top of the bolt,
And then you can just unscrew it with the rachet like normal. Sounds a bit dodgey, but worked perfectly on all 4 rounded bolts.
.....if that makes no sence let me know and I'll try and find out some proper tool names for you lol
Also before undoing all the bolts I also sprayed them with duck oil first and gave them all a tap with a hammer, and left it all to soak for a day or so. Sounds odd but they all came out easier then the first two bolts I originally tried to undo.
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:58 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Looks amazing Joe

Black FTW!
If you ever get bored of detailing the GTI then your welcome to come and do my Type R, it would really appreciate it

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:43 pm
by joe2612
Got the jist of it verity

however i fear mine are too mangled and ideally i need a 9mm spline piece...
I also tried to straighten my camber up today as i thought maybe that's whats causing my shocks to bang over small bumps ( a problem i've had since fitting the spax in March )- guess what... Didn't work
Think i'm just going to have to accept being out of pocket and by another pair.
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Bumpers to be sprayed!
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:33 pm
by joe2612
Managed to bag myself these beauty's for a tidy £108:)
They had previously been in storage for 5 years, so needless to say required a major clean!
Rears before:
Rears after:
Also stripped the rear out for some sound deadening

:
I like this shot
Also had the tracking and camber done- opted for 0.05º toe in and 0.5º negative camber. Handling is noticeably much better!! especially couples with the lower strut brace..
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:54 pm
by neilGTI
Nice

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:58 pm
by Godderz23

no way!! Why do i never find any bargains. They look great dude, nice OEM upgrade

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:15 pm
by Trottagti
That sir is amazing and at that price everyone should approve.....
Color concept mk3 golf seats????!
Those dimples in the leather just storage marks I take it?
Is your parcel shelf still grey mate??? If it is a rattle can of Matt black will tidy that up nice hehe...
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:23 am
by nigelelliott394
Love the last pic Joe

Stance is perfect!
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:10 am
by Verity
Wow! What a great price for those seats!! They look bang tidy! And cleaned up really nicely!