Minstral's GTI- Porsche wheels painted 25/7/10
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:11 pm
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.
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
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
the old air filter, so oily
Finished without the cover put back on, mainly so it doesnt take so long when i do the plugs
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
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
Next on the list is brakes. also purchased some wheels yesterday so wach out for updates
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.
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
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
the old air filter, so oily
Finished without the cover put back on, mainly so it doesnt take so long when i do the plugs
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
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
Next on the list is brakes. also purchased some wheels yesterday so wach out for updates
