Right.. Been a busy boy on the GTI sorting out all the little niggles.
First things first, as some of you may know one of my mates drank too much, got a little over excited and jumped on my car causing £200 of damage! Luckily he manned up and paid for the repair which was done by DentvanishLTD in Leeds, I highly recommend these guys, they came and fixed it within 48hrs of contact, two guys came out and spent a good few hours going over the car.. the pictures speak for themselves how well they sorted the repair..
I also have a hazy nearside headlight...
Tried tackling this with farecla g3 and Displex...
Looking better but I'm still not happy with the outcome.. Think I'm going to try and source new headlight lenses and swap them over.. Watch this space...
Then decided to get myself down to my local VW dealership to get some headlight protectors as I didn't want to cause any more damage to the headlight (since headlights are about £400 a piece from VW, and that's just for the casing!)
Oh and I know the with/without is the wrong way round.. Can't be bother to change it
Then proceeded to repair my aerial gasket as mine had just disappeared... At the same time I put on a VW Sharon stubby aerial:
At the same time as buying the headlight protectors I also bought the plastic runner which sits in between the HT leads as mine was missing (thanks alexpekins for the part number
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Also bought a BMC CDA to replace the above Pipercross induction kit as I've read many good reports... Absolutely love it, it's not as loud or throaty as the Pipercross, but sounds more sporty and genuine. Thanks to MouseGTI for his superb guide on how to fit the induction hose
Had an issue with rubbing on the engine cover so glued some old car carpet to the suspect area's.. It's been cleaned up loads, I'll update the picture soon..
Finally fitted a new Alpine stereo. It's a great head unit, but not to my taste, a little overkill for my needs so it's getting sold and will be replaced with a good spec Alpine unit without the touch screen!
Fitted a 25th Anniversary GTI badge to the rear (so it matches the one on the front which was fitted by the last owner)
Fitted a new red band around the grill as the old one was faded badly:
New:
And that's it so far...
I have a few plans and a to do list, mainly:
Fix the accelerator pedal as it seems to sit too low and according to VAGCOM it's only opening 78 degrees! Not good... I have all the necessary parts on order from VW, which are on back order so I'm guessing I'm not the only one with this issue..
Give it a oil change as the service lights just come on, I will give it a mini service at the same time (plugs, filters etc)
Fit new HT leads as ones split, it's got electrical tape at the moment and it works fine so it's in now rush..
Change the fuel filter as it's the original one according to the service history!
Fit new interior door handles and electric window switches as the drivers side passenger window switches one touch feature is temperamental.
Paint the rocker cover again as it's looking tired along with tidying the entire bay as it's filth
Paint the callipers red as they have faded loads
Got loads more to do but all these are on top of the list...
