Thanks for the kind comments so far!
06/07/17
Few more updates to the GTI recently.
Took the car on a bit of a road trip to Yorkshire and County Durham in early May. The car was faultless and found some lovely roads!
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Most of them were twisties but this straight was fun!
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Then last month I tried on some 20mm spacers on the rear from my friends Jetta to see what improvement they'd have on the stance.
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I think a set of 15's would be perfect and 10 in the front!
Next up was one piece of bad news. Although all good at the same time (i got a fresh windscreen)!
Some of or local back roads have been stone chipped recently (hate that stuff!) and an oncoming car flicked a stone up at the windscreen. 100 yards down the road a chip turned into a 12" crack. Booked up through Autoglass Sunday evening and had a new one in early afternoon on Monday! Can't fault them!
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Sunday 02/07/17 I gave the car an oil and filter change, filled up with the finest Castrol Edge.
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Just a note of the mileage for myself!
Otherwise it's just been maintenance washes and tidying up little bits. I'm hoping to have a go at a 2 stage DA polish soon to bring some depth back to the paintwork and remove the swirls.
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Sometimes I forget I'm not driving a tractor!
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Today I gave the drivers side brake/hubs a quick paint. Had some Reflex silver from my old TDI so used that. It probably won't stand the heat but it'l be interesting to see. I need to do the edge of the discs too now.. and the calipers... and the stone shields... it never ends!
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What do you guys think to the tyre pen? I feel it's a bit too racecar for an almost stock gti but we'll see!
Thanks for looking,
Matt.
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