Joycey gti, NEW UPDATE BEEN A WHILE

[Joycey]

I'll start by saying hello to every one, my name is ben and ive owned my 6n2 gti in reflex silver for about 18 months now, ive been on here for a little bit and just havent had the time to start a thread.
so here goes.
i'll get a couple of pics up now and the rest up tomorrow


this is pretty much how she stood when i first got her minus the bonnet bra looks a fair bit different now though, more pics to follow

[Ashcroft]

Looks very different now

Need to get those pics up man!!

[Joycey]

right then here we go, i'll upload each picture seperatley to get my posts up lol.

I started by sorting out a couple of things with car that bugged me a bit starting with the yellow headlights.
before

i started with 600 wet dry paper with soapy water and worked my way up to 2000 changing direction each time i changed grade and finished them off with some t-cut scratch remover and some marine finishing compound on a machine polisher from someone i know that works on yachts, it came out better than i expected.
after

[red6n2]

Awesome restoration of the headlights !.

[Joycey]

next i decided to upgrade my bulbs from the standard 6000k to 10000k.
before

after

[Joycey]

Awesome restoration of the headlights !.

Thanks they came out a lot better than i thought they would

[Joycey]

The lip on my rx2's was looking a bit tired so i had a go at polishing them up without splitting the rims this was the outcome


a lot of elbow grease later (note to self split them down next time)


These also came out better than i expected they would

[red6n2]

Looks like you have done a fair bit already any future plans ?!.

[red6n2]

next i decided to upgrade my bulbs from the standard 6000k to 10000k.
before

after

I have 6000k and people tend not
To like them on here lol each to there own

[Joycey]

Unfortunately i didn't manage to get any pics of the wheels back on and i only got two done because of how much of a ball ache it was, but i'd had my eye on some shiny new summer wheels for a while so i went and made a small credit card purchase

[Joycey]

next i decided to upgrade my bulbs from the standard 6000k to 10000k.
before

after

I have 6000k and people tend not
To like them on here lol each to there own

Yeh i know what you mean i dont mind them i just liked that bit more blue lol but like you said each to their own

[Joycey]

I trial fitted the new wheels (in halfords carpark lol)


And loved them

[Joycey]

Now i needed some stretch to keep that tread under the arch so i got straight on the internet and ordered some nankangs
165/50/15 for the 8's on the front


And 185/45/15 for the 9's on the rear

[Joycey]

These were a couple of pics before i went a little lower and fitted camber shims on the rear

[Joycey]

These are after i went a lower and fitted the camber shims