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so here it is, finally the longly awaited and promised update thread, been aaaaaages since i posted up and in fairness, not all that much has changed really, firstly are the wheels, all polished up and are now on the car coupled with more lows and only minimal brake clearence, 312mm's up front, 256 mm vented conversion at the rear and then the new larger than life JR filter from badger 5, rated to 320 bhp, so enough for now

so the boost whore has has some more love shown, in the way of a detail and car is now runnning with new shortened mondeo droplinks as the old mondeo ones had become worn

had a vacuum leak which was causing surging, which is now sorted too

then on to the 11 hour detail yesterday

jetwashed fully
snowfoamed with valetpro ph neutral snow foam
rinsed off using 30ppm water filter
wash with megs hyperwash
rinsed off using 30ppm water filter
clayed with sonus green extra fine clay
hosed down using 0ppm water filter then dried using sonus ultra drying towel with a light coating of meguiars last touch detailer

machined using the megs da g220 with a meguiars black soft buff finishing pad and dodo juice lime prime
followed by a coating of chemical guys xxx hardcore paste wax on meguiars foam pads
spritz'd over with meguiars last touch and buffed by hand

wheels off, arches cleaned and in and out of wheels all cleaned and waxed with rimwax
tyres dressed with zymol vinyl

engine bay cleaned treated and hoovered

inside recieved a full hoovering, which included the interior being removed and refitted
megs interior quick detailer on the door rubbers and rubber vw original mats
leather recieved gliptone leather cleaner then zymol leather treatment


im still not perfectly satisfied yet, theres a bit more to do on the paint but its a near perfect example again, just a few marks ill sort being seriously ocd with the car, will be following over the full car next week with menzerna power finish on the same pad, anyway heres a couple of quick phone pics









what do we all think
as it stands now is pretty much as it will be staying, as i have just bought myself a house, a 3 bedroom semi with big front and rear gardens and a detatched brick garage, so mods will be few and far between for a bit yet

now then stranger nice to see you your still here! lol

cars still looking sweet mate, we still need to do that flipping photoshoot!

days are getting longer now so we'll sort something out!

about your surging! where did you find the leak? cos ive got surging now but cant find the leak for s**t lol

there is a tiny air vacuum pipe under the dv, that runs laterally across the engine bay, i found my engine cover/apr r1 has rubbed against it and split the pipe,

cost me 1.20 to replace the full pipe with a piece of diesel spill off pipe, runs sweet as a nut now again

got 38.6 mpg yesterday, and thats a 9 mile town driving commute, i was made up with that, i have used just over 1/2 a tank so far now and its on 180 miles, im still on track for getting 280+ mileds from this tankfull, which has been all town driving, no long runs

photoshoot is a must, just need an awesome location

looking very nice Jeff and super clean as always the brakes look masive with those wheels on!

Had the same problem with my vacuum pipe, noticed it had split to with the dump valve being so close, but just cut it down and stuck it back on, but must admit its just a tad to short now.

Keep up the good work Jeff

=0 that's one clean car!
Are those standard wheels that have been polished or 17" reps?

They are original gti wheels which are polished

No copies here

Looking very nice.

Jeff did you get your retrim done at MJ Interiors? Looking at getting mine retrimed, how much did you pay? PM if you prefer.

Cheers Joe.

jeff how much power does your beast have

Power is 231 bhp and 277 ft/lb

Interior was done by premier car trim in warrington

jeff is gearlever from a m4 golf anny or is it edt 30

its from an audi a3 s line 5 speed mate, its exacty the same fitment as the polo, but comes with the brushed ally shaft and its perforated and plack gloss on top

Looks stunning Jeff.

Couple of questions, was it pretty easy taking the front seats out?

Also, where did you get the arm rest from?

armrest is from armster uk, just google it and it will coome up

seats were p*** easy, just 4 round headed bolts and the wiring to undo and presto, they're out

niiice, hey what turbo do these run? cant be a k03 with them figures can it? im new-ish to the polo scene so sorry if its a silly question, or if youve stated that youve uprated it and i missed it
anyway nice car and mods