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Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Update: S3 Recaros
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:42 pm
by alexperkins
Looking good Joe.
Must say the seats are quite impressive - the fabrication looked pretty detailed
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Update: S3 Recaros
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:16 pm
by 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 ...
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Update: S3 Recaros
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:34 pm
by joe2612
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:42 pm
by Endi_GTI
Nice Joe
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:34 am
by joe2612
Ty Matt
Few more updates on their way!
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:15 pm
by 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
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:58 pm
by 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..
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:08 pm
by Trottagti
joe2612 wrote: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.
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:35 pm
by 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 .
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Colour Coded Splitter
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:19 pm
by 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.
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:20 pm
by joe2612
P.s if anyone is interested in doing this I'll write a guide !
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:31 pm
by Trottagti
At a guess inthink the marks in the gears itself could be for oil to pass through and live the gear?
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:42 pm
by joe2612
That's what I reckon Craig.
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:38 am
by 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
Re: Joe's Gti Progress Thread- 5th gear swap complete
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:20 pm
by joe2612
alexperkins wrote: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.