StewyL's 6n2 GTI Now With Air

[Ashcroft]

Think RA's are a perfect winter wheel

Look forward to seeing progress and hopefully see it at edition

[slarner]

The next project is to fit this into the boot...



Who knows what it Is!!!

[Moosegirl]

How have I missed this??!!

Car is looking amazing! I love red Polos, I have a red 1.0 which I can't get rid of because I like it too much

Look forward to the progress on this!

[TriggerFish]

Car/computer of some sort?

[slarner]

I've already got a car pc. Just it's massive and sits behind he passenger seat..

So plan is to move it to the boot.

[slarner]

Small Update!

Was dropping misses off at college the other morning after sitting in traffic for a while after a while the traffic cleared and i put my foot down on the dual carageway and this happend!!!

It must be due to that milestone 100,000 miles comming up very soon!!!



what ever the problem was it did infact stop the ABS working!

So out came the VAG-COM lead here was the result!!



Luckily i have cleared the fault and its stayed off and everything is working okay!!

Dont worry that rust is surface ive checked it

Looks like drive sharft has said hello to the chassis a few times

[joe2612]

The issue is an intermittent connection problem caused by poor soldering on the ABS ECU circuit board.

http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... mp#p404985

[slarner]

ABS light has stayed off since clearing the fault luckliy!!

Oh and another Dub to the rescue! Helped me mate out the other day after his EGR valve gave up! Then when RAC got there we had alread VAG-COM'd it and fixed it!!



would you let your wheels get this bad?



We also have a hosepipe ban here. I wish i knew why!! amount of rain we have had. So i took it into my own hands as cleaning my car with a bucket is a joke!!



Thats all for now!!

[P mk4]

Thats a good effort with the cleaning

[Ashcroft]

How'd you fill that up with water??

[neilGTI]

My wheels are very often dirtier than that, and just after a normal week of driving, no matter what brake pads I use, they always seem to churn out a load of crap

Love your wheels so much, totally transform the look of the car

[slarner]

Had my arches rolled today!

Phil from arch enemy came out and done a good job!

Did it without harming the paint in anyway which as brilliant!



But I now have a new problem with scrubbing! Has anyone else had this issue with it scrubbing on the join between the bumper and the arch??




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[t.small]

Hello mate.
Yeah I had that issue on mine when I was running 10mm spacers on the standard RX2s.
When I first lowered it on the coilies it seemed spacers were needed. But then when I changed the front springs, I don't think they were needed anymore but I left them on anyway. Got to a point where every reasonable bump or hump would cause it to rub against that point making a lovely noise!
Tried to check out some of the other GTIs at the VW rally at Stoner Park last year to see if they were having the same problem but I don't think a lot of them were.

Took the spacers off a few weeks ago as my mate needed them back ASAP! Was getting myself prepared to not be able to drive it for a while till I got some new ones but tried it anyway and it was fine. Don't get the issue anymore without the spacers. Have you got any?

[slarner]

Hello mate.
Yeah I had that issue on mine when I was running 10mm spacers on the standard RX2s.
When I first lowered it on the coilies it seemed spacers were needed. But then when I changed the front springs, I don't think they were needed anymore but I left them on anyway. Got to a point where every reasonable bump or hump would cause it to rub against that point making a lovely noise!
Tried to check out some of the other GTIs at the VW rally at Stoner Park last year to see if they were having the same problem but I don't think a lot of them were.

Took the spacers off a few weeks ago as my mate needed them back ASAP! Was getting myself prepared to not be able to drive it for a while till I got some new ones but tried it anyway and it was fine. Don't get the issue anymore without the spacers. Have you got any?

Spacers? No none of them. The wheels are OZ Turbos 2 Peice Wheels. The barrels are 6" Wide + 2" Dishes. This obviously makes them 8" and the offset is ET25. Only thing i can do is modify the bit where its scrubbing!

[slarner]

Anyway Anyone that is interested in this for future referance!

8j's on the front of a 6n2 is not a direct fitment. As even after getting my arches rolled the front where still scrubbing! And it had started taking chunks out the tyres!

So today me and me mate had a good look and found where the issue is! It is of course where the bumper bolts to the arch right on that screw. So out came the screw and that hole was cut away with the metal tag where it bolts to the car. Then we drilled a new hole slightly more towards the front of the arch and bolted it back up. And this has stopped all the issues with the scrubbing!

Here is a pic it might make more sense!





Looks a bit hashed here but im getting some sealer on that naked metal!