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Offline johnhol78

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1515 on: June 02, 2012, 03:49:38 pm »
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  :ashamed:

Will refit tomorrow  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1516 on: June 02, 2012, 05:53:51 pm »
Finally had Eibachs fitted, so the car is sitting a lot better now. :jumpmove:

Will get some pictures up later on  :laugh:
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Re: Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1517 on: June 04, 2012, 12:19:44 pm »
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
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1518 on: June 04, 2012, 12:44:47 pm »
Gave the car a quick scrub and then for a cruise to kenilworth castle and back.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1519 on: June 04, 2012, 04:55:01 pm »

Hoovered the beast  :grin:



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





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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1520 on: June 04, 2012, 06:23:27 pm »
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!!   :smiley:
Also fitted my new Philips X-Treme vision H7 bulbs. Well chuffed!    :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1521 on: June 04, 2012, 08:24:33 pm »
^^^^ 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.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1522 on: June 04, 2012, 08:26:21 pm »
Great work on the headlights!  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1523 on: June 04, 2012, 08:28:42 pm »
Quote from: richwig83 on June 04, 2012, 08:26:21 pm
Great work on the headlights!  :happy2:

X2  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1524 on: June 04, 2012, 10:07:28 pm »
Love the headlight finish.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1525 on: June 05, 2012, 07:03:39 am »
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 ;]

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1526 on: June 05, 2012, 04:16:15 pm »
Quote from: MC71 on June 04, 2012, 08:24:33 pm
^^^^ 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.
 :happy2:

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!
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1527 on: June 05, 2012, 04:19:37 pm »
Quote from: Saintsteve on June 04, 2012, 08:28:42 pm
Quote from: richwig83 on June 04, 2012, 08:26:21 pm
Great work on the headlights!  :happy2:

X2  :happy2:

Thanks guys! It takes a lot of effort, but it's well worth it!  :smiley:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1528 on: June 05, 2012, 04:34:32 pm »
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.  :drool:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1529 on: June 05, 2012, 05:33:16 pm »
Went for a drive car hunting with the other half...and found this  :driver:

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



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

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