Minstral's GTI- Porsche wheels painted 25/7/10

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Minstral's GTI- Porsche wheels painted 25/7/10

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copied from another froum.

plans are in no particular order:
Green Stuff pads all round
Coilovers, so its on the floor
some nice euro alloys
also re-furb the standards
exhuast of some sort
polybush all round
replace rear speakers as 1 has blown
replace headunit as its rubbish
smooth the front bumper taking out the bump strip but leaving the headlight washers
move the plate to the grill
de-badge the rear and de-wiper
new plates
and some various interior upgrades.

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the first thing i went to vw and bought was a set of mats as mine didnt have any and i hate driving without mats. after about 2 weeks they are finally here special delivery from Germany. They no longer do the GTI mats with the red lip but im not bothered.
in the car
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22/2/10 now up to date
Since ive had the car one of the things i wanted to sooner rather than later was to service it. the service light was on and i had no receipts for a last service within the last few years. Didnt do a full service of the car just:
Oil Filter
Oil Change
Air Filter
Spark Plugs (Not yet in but will be asap)
Cabin Filter (Will take it out and hoover it tomorrow)
So glad ive done it now as the oil came out black and who knows when it was last done. Will also turn off the service light tomorrow if i remember. Runs a lot quieter now as well.
Didnt get many pics
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the old air filter, so oily
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Finished without the cover put back on, mainly so it doesnt take so long when i do the plugs
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Also picked up my *free* mirror cover as well during the week so fitted that once Henry had gone and it has briefly stopped raining
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Pic of the old one which got cracked when the car hit me, replaced because a VW parts mn thought he broke it when he was fiddling with my mirror :Q
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Next on the list is brakes. also purchased some wheels yesterday so wach out for updates
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Sounds good mate,sorry i didn't get to chat to you much the other night.If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for your mats?.
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Cost me £30 exactly Brad, are nice probably prefer them to a red trim
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As said on clubpolo, I love the mats too! A very nice alternative to the red piping ones.
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Black Ht leads... interesting! Looking forward to seeing your wheels!
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Plans sound good dude!
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joe2612 wrote:Black Ht leads... interesting! Looking forward to seeing your wheels!
i noticed that as well the other day, obviously been replaced at some point
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Re: Minstral's 6n2 GTI- teaser of wheels 12/3

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ive finished cleaning them up for the moment ill probably come back to them and do more but all ive done is cleaned and g3'd them to get any scratches out and tuff dirt. need to wax them as well. some have been home refurbed and it shows but only if your looking closely so ill get them re done at some point.

but anyway here they are......... keskin kt3's 15" and apprently quite rare as they are 8J all round. and wrapped in virtually new toyo t1r's with slight stretch :D
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ill have some pictures of them on the car this weekend hopefully

what do yo think?
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I'm pleasantly surprised how well the Toyos have fitted on those Keskins, espcially when they are a 195/50 profile! Looking forward to seeing them on the car. What is the ET on them? :)
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Si_GTi wrote:I'm pleasantly surprised how well the Toyos have fitted on those Keskins, espcially when they are a 195/50 profile! Looking forward to seeing them on the car. What is the ET on them? :)
no idea mate may have to check that out lol

what is the usual et fo vw's?
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Re: Minstral's GTI- wheels on 22/3

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well finally got the wheels on this weekend some pics my friend took
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it shows it needs lowering big time now, but i think when its lowerd it will scrub far to much so they may go back up for sale
so if anyones interested get yr dibs in now

also sorted a new sunv visor as when i bought min it the glass was cracked
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Not a fan of the wheels sorry mate.

What's the spec of them?
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Have to agree with tim on this one. It needs to be lower for them to look better tbh
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I'm the same, I'm not a big fan really. Maybe will look better when it's lowered.
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Re: Minstral's GTI- wheels on 22/3

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yh i no i didnt want to put the wheels on until i had it lowered but the 2 of my gti alloys had buldge in the tyres so was forced to
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