What did you and your MKV do today?

[johnhol78]

Well, removed all the wiring for the old phone kit that was left behind...meant removing the glovebox.

Then once all interior back together moved onto the engine bay.

Removed the engine cover and then pipercross panel filter. Washed with warm water and soap. Rinsed, gently squeezed out the water and left to dry outside. Hadn't been done for almost 20k 

Will refit tomorrow 

[nathangallo]

Finally had Eibachs fitted, so the car is sitting a lot better now.

Will get some pictures up later on 

[Bignod00]

Had a nice spirited drive back along the empty roads this morning after dropping family at East Midlands Airport! Gotta love early morning on a bank holiday as everyone is in bed hungover!:D

[stealthwolf]

Gave the car a quick scrub and then for a cruise to kenilworth castle and back.

[Tfsi_Mike]

Hoovered the beast 



50/50 shots of the mess Winston leaves in the boot..   

[homesqueeze]

Spent the day wet sanding my knackered corroded headlights. They went from looking like this...



To these beauties...




Looking a million times better. Can't take all the credit though, my amazing wife did one headlight whilst I did the other. I'm a lucky man!!   
Also fitted my new Philips X-Treme vision H7 bulbs. Well chuffed!   

[MC71]

^^^^ nice one, they look excellent, like new, not surprised your chuffed. Must do mine. Did you machine polish the finish? Know exactly what response I'd get if I asked my wifey to help with this.

[rich83]

Great work on the headlights! 

[Saintsteve]

Great work on the headlights! 

X2 

[stealthwolf]

Love the headlight finish.

[ROH ECHT]

Running too much boost turned out to be disappointing at the track with race fuel. With pump fuel it ran great last year, but with race fuel and remap it simply chugged down the track never beating my pump fuel et's. So today I adjusted the w/g actuator to decrease the boost about 5 psi down to 21 to 22 psi peak and 17 to 18 psi to red-line. I had race fuel in it still so I went out for a couple of pulls and it is much stronger than it was at the track. I'm going to get some boost and timing data with vcds both with pump and race fuels to make sure the adjustments are working well and then leaving the w/g actuator alone for good ;]

[homesqueeze]

^^^^ nice one, they look excellent, like new, not surprised your chuffed. Must do mine. Did you machine polish the finish? Know exactly what response I'd get if I asked my wifey to help with this.

Cheers. I'm glad I finally got round to it, they look so much better! To finish, I used Meguiars headlight restoration kit. This is the PlastX polish and a buffing pad with an attachment which fits into a drill. You can buy PlastX separately but I didn't have a machine polisher, so the kit was my best solution. It worked very well, much easier than doing it by hand!  Afterwards I sealed the lights with Collinite 476 wax. Hopefully this will protect the finish nicely!

[homesqueeze]

Great work on the headlights! 

X2 

Thanks guys! It takes a lot of effort, but it's well worth it! 

[Lone_Par]

The missus has my car today as I needed her Kuga to shift stuff to the tip. Didn't stop me doing something for the MK5 though - OEM R32 rear tail lights bought today. Hopefully getting them tomorrow. Also booked the car in to get Sportlines fitted and the calipers powder coated. 

[Horatio]

Went for a drive car hunting with the other half...and found this 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3930368.htm



Took us both out for a drive, and well.....to say it was fast was an understatement. 

57k miles, FSH with receipts, uprated Ko4 turbo from VW Racing, VW Racing LSD, VW Racing injectors, Superchips custom map by VW Racing, KW Variant Coilovers front and KW dampers and springs rear, DS2500 pads, new rear discs with Ds2500 pads, Dot 5.1 brake fluid, braided hoses, AP CP 5200 calipers with floating 350mm discs and Ferodod DS2500 pads, Neuspeed Torque arm conversion kit, Carbonio Air intake, Full Milltek exhaust, NEUspeed Hiflo Intercooler pipe, Forge Vacuum valave and Hi Flow Turbo Discharge Kit, All invoices to support above totalling over 10k !! Genuine 300 BHP