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Tim_GTi wrote:

3LL1077 wrote:I really want to do this.

I just dont get how

Did you get any pics while you were doing it Howard?

I just cant get my head around what you have to do

It's simple mate,

Look at the above pic that Howard has posted of the exposed metal rod.

Just get some pliers and cut that off, then put the pins back on, done job.

It is a good idea however to measure the length you need to cut though.

I'll pay you £5 if you come up to pboro to do it for me Haha

Its a piece of cake mate. Same as Tim , I just used some pliers, cut away a couple of mm at a time until you get the height you want.

Fitted my HID's this morning. Looking crisp

I'll get some pics up once the weather sorts itself out

lolhoward wrote:Its a piece of cake mate. Same as Tim , I just used some pliers, cut away a couple of mm at a time until you get the height you want.

Fitted my HID's this morning. Looking crisp

I'll get some pics up once the weather sorts itself out

Haha i will have a go tomorrow! If i bugger it then erm. Yea. I bugger it up haha

I wish the weather would clear up, i cant do any spraying

I bet your well chuffed with the HIDs, i have them on in crap weather when its rainin and they look awesome

Yeah they look 10x better. Didn't realise they were so easy to fit. Tempted to do my fogs aswell.

When you do them cut a bit off then screw the door pin back down then test (lock/unlock), then take it off and cut another bit and so on. Well thats how I did it and was able to get them all the same height.

It another one of them tiny touches that makes the car look that little bit better, well when locked!

Dont do your fogs mate. They will melt the casing!!

I already had that idea, but i never use them anyway

Thanks for the advice Tim and Howard. Looking forward to doing it now

Here's a couple of pics of where I fited my ballasts for my HID kit. I mounted them both under the plastic panel in between the front grill and the radiator. I just drilled two small holes and secured them with cable ties. This then gave me a easy way of securing and hiding the cables, from the ballasts to the lights. I also thought this way they should stay quite dry and clean and there away from anything hot and out the way if any work needs to be carried out.

Looks nice and tidy mate. I need to tidy my engine bay up.....along with every other job i havent finished on my car

Don't SE's have engine covers like mine? I thought the Polos with that engine were the spec below mine? Then the 75bhp SE then 100bhp SE then the GTi? Or am i completely mistaken ?

No need to rub it in mate! Yours is a 16V. Mines a weak 8 valver

Wasnt rubbing it in dude

Fookin rain today honestly! It hasnt stopped

I ran out in the wet and done my door pins haha, look SO much better

I was only joking mate! I love my 60Bhp beast!

Thats how I had to do my HID's, running in and out! Took twice as long because of the rain.

I decided to replace my rotten perished aerial base today. Another simple job but one that makes quite a difference. My old one was slowly getting worse and worse and the bits flaking off were affecting the paint around it and quite a bit further up, as you can see in the pics below.






So I removed the old aerial and base and cleaned the area around it, using a small bit of Tcut to get rid of the specs. Then a bit of polish and it was back to new. So I then fitted the new aerial base/seal, with an added bit of silcone grease around the o ring on the inside as the base isn't a seal, tightened the nut and its back to new and looking a lot cleaner.

I've took some quick snaps of my HID's. Nothing special as raining but will do some better photo's soon.

This is one with just the LED sidelights on



Now LED's and fogs



And here's a couple with the HID's on and I think leveled correctly.

Looking good, bet your well glad you got them

You have pm

Yeah def. Such a joy driving at night. Just got in my work van to move it and it felf awful driving with normal bulbs, SO yellow!

Tempted to put in some FK Angel lights now, even though i've just bought new headlamps