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Trottagti wrote:It's all about the hidden system lol.... Get in....

De cat???

i love it. yeah still decatted

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:Custom Exhaust looks great its the best thing to have for the GTI

thank you they do in all honesty

Godderz23 wrote:Exhaust looks good.

Why the fascination with halloween??

thank you
ummmmm.....i dont really know. its just been my favourite day of the year since i was about 6. i think maybe it was something to do with my love of the Goosebumbs books and tv series lol
i just get all happy when i see halloween stuff lol

Endi_GTI wrote:Exhaust looks good dude. I need to get mine done soon. Would you mind telling me where you got it done?

thank you
i got it done at a local(ish) place called A44 they are down the road from all the main dealers, so they get a lot of work from there, and its how jack knows they do good work. Its a family run business and each member has their own garage, one of which specialises in exhausts and such.

Trottagti wrote:
Be nice to here it in a vid like mine,

Endi_GTI wrote: Also 2nd what craig said, could you do a little video please

yeah i deffinatly can
iphone and bluetack right?? i shall try and get it done some time this week

cheeky photo of my car with my mates new polo gti

Finally compiled a list of what needs/I want doing.
The plan is to have it all done by the 09.01.2012 (GTIs 11th birthday )

Paintwork
• Sort out Stone chip on Bonnet
• Stone chip on Front Bumper
• Marks on Rear Bumper
• Re-spray Washer Jet Cover

Exterior
• Buy New Fog Lights (depending on price- may have to wait until my birthday as im sure these things are pretty pricey )
• Buy New Indicator light housing
• Protection film on the new lights (the same as what I put on my headlights)
• Buy New Rear Wiper Arm
• MkV Golf GTI Grill Badge

Interior
• Stop any Dash/Door rattles (Using the Black Tac from VW)
• Buy New Door Rubbers (those little bits that are in the bend of the door)
• Buy Door Stop
• Buy New Door Card Clips & Foam
• Buy Looms for New Window Switches
• Buy Sun visor Vanity Lights (Depending on Price, may have to be a Birthday present to me)
• Buy Sun visor Vanity Light looms (" ")
• Buy Rear Interior Light looms (will get if I get the Vanity Lights as Ill do it all at once)
• Buy Passat Chrome Light Switch

Engine Bay
• New Engine Cover
• Polish Manifold Cover
• Strip Rocker Cover Paint
• Re Paint Rocker Cover
• Buy New Engine Blanket
• Buy New Nuts and Bolts (I want some funky coloured one a mate has in his honda track car)
• Buy New Engine Bay Stickers
• Buy Plastic cover that goes over the VIN

Brakes
• Unsieze Calipers (when I reverse and brake my car sounds like its trying to communicate with a wale!)
• Strip and Re Paint Calipers

Suspension
• Coilovers
• Wheel Bearings
• CV Joint End
• Anti-Roll Bar Bushes
• Track Rod Ends
• Lower Arm Bushes

Clutch
• New Clutch

Wheels & Tires
• Tires

Bulbs
• Silver Indicator Bulbs
• Silver Repeater Bulbs
• New Side Light Bulbs
• Fog light Bulbs

Detail
• The Full works (http://www.distinctdetailing.co.uk )

£100 quid will nearly half that list with bulbs n clips etc. Although it's a big list lol.......
And why is there no carbon bonnet on that list

Looks very nice Verity!!
You've got a very keen eye for detailing
It's a lovely car!

That's a big list but i'm sure if you get most of that done it will look awesome

Be nice to see how you get on with the rocker cover, something I always wanted to put right on my GTI but never got round to actually doing it.

Wow big list. But a good day and about £100 would clear a large percentage of it.

Will be perfect when its completed though

Trottagti wrote:£100 quid will nearly half that list with bulbs n clips etc. Although it's a big list lol.......
And why is there no carbon bonnet on that list

Ive brought all the main expensive bits, tyres and suspension, and the clucth in the next few days. thats all costing just over a grand.
so im hoping all the other little bits wont cost to much *fingers crossed* tho it adds up sooo darn quick!

haha no carbon bonnet. I fear the boyfriend would feel im copying him as hes current carbon fibreing the Golf lol

Ashcroft wrote:Looks very nice Verity!!
You've got a very keen eye for detailing
It's a lovely car!

Thank you very much

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:That's a big list but i'm sure if you get most of that done it will look awesome

Be nice to see how you get on with the rocker cover, something I always wanted to put right on my GTI but never got round to actually doing it.

Its been something ive been desprite to do for ages cose mine looks soooo soooo bad!
im in two minds of what to do tho.

the cheaper option would be to nitromorse it and paint it myself - thing is i have a big fear of nitromorse and cant actually see me willing going near the stuff.
or i could get one of the techs to take the rocker cover off for me, get Jack to give it to a powder coater he friends with for me, and pay for the powder coating.
--which whilst the car is off the road for winter would be the perfect time to do it.

Godderz23 wrote:Wow big list. But a good day and about £100 would clear a large percentage of it.

Will be perfect when its completed though

lol i know jack wants it all done in a day so he can get it out the way lol.
i think im taking the car to VW and leaving it there for a few days and let the chaps do work on it when they can (i think itll mainly get done on a saturday tho)

interior stuff like taking the dash apart and sorting the door cards will all get done in a few hours. i think i can do chunks at a time, without overloading the day with stuff

hopefully perfect lol
i actually cant wait for it all to be done

Taking the cover off would also be hard work because you will have to remove the camshafts

Your best bet is painting it whilst its on the engine, remove any parts that are in the way to give you more space and get cracking.
Its probably best to rub it down rather than strip it with Nitromors, harder work but it wont be as messy and you will get better results too

I know the rocker cover is a complete b*gger, I'd get one of the VW techs to take it off, and put it back on. The good thing is a lot of them have the tools to do it outside of work so I can at least have my car at home or at jacks whilst the part getting powder coated. For me that's the easier option as I could just sit back and watch and wait .... but it's slightly more costlier. (what ever it costs for powder coating V some nitro morse and some heat resistant paint)
- I don't mind a bit of elbow grease of course! Put in the time and it's defiantly worth it. I just really hate nitromorse lol and I can't see me getting all the old paint off without using it (there's some Halfords paint over too which is a bit of a b*tch to get off)

Love the hidden exhaust! Can't wait to get mine done so I can drop it!

Great plans too x

You need some pressed plates verity get them added to the list

^^^^^^ this ^^^^^^^

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:You need some pressed plates verity get them added to the list

haha noo dont start adding more to the list! haha
I've always been in two minds about pressed plates, they looked great on the old G40 but i cant decide with my polo. my mates planning on getting some for her gti i belive so ill see how i feel about hers

02.11.2011 - New Mk5 Golf Grill Badge

One of the first things Jack did when he orginally brought the polo was to put a Rear Red Anniversary Badge on



Ive always really liked the font style of the newer badges, but I also really like the red in the 'I'
but have fallen more and more in love with the newer badges after seeing so many of you guys putting them on.

So I finally ended up buying one







I also brought a new Rear Red Badge, its only a cheap copy. But all I wanted was the 'I' to stick onto the new badge



However, they are different sizes. Its somethin that did pop into my head when I was buying them, but thought 'nahhh theyve got to be the same size' - boy was I wrong!



One eBay there are some red grill badges, but by the looks of them the manufactor has stuck the rear badge letters on some plastic and made a universal clip to attach it to any grill. so they still arnt going to be the correct size.

So for now the completly silver badge is on. which im pretty happy with

Before



After










The Golf is off a Revo for a few weeks at the moment. Took it down yesterday (after having to get the rear window fixed, thanks to some prat putting a brick thru it Halloween night ) Revo are using the Edition 30 as a guinea pig to develop new software!! which is rather exciting and means - my polo should get all the attention in the next 2 weeks. so hopefully we should find time to get a lots of work done