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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1995 on: September 18, 2012, 11:03:40 pm »
Sorry about the heavy breathing  :ashamed:

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Looks awesome dude!!!!

What magnets did you use?


I used neodymium earth magnets  :wink:

3mm on the plate and 6mm ones behind the grill.  :happy2:

^^^^ nice!

 Magnets seem bloody strong matey. Did you buy the plate that size or cut it down?  :happy2:

I cut it down myself Martin. I just used the electric chop/mitre saw. Made a nice job of the bevel  :happy2:



…..posted the video on my iPhone, but now I'm on the Macbook Air I can't see the video.  :confused:

Can everyone else see the video???

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1996 on: September 18, 2012, 11:10:33 pm »
Yes can see the video fine :happy2:

Looks brilliant. Would like to do the same.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1997 on: September 19, 2012, 07:35:21 am »
I can't see the video  :sad1:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1998 on: September 19, 2012, 07:46:41 am »

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #1999 on: September 19, 2012, 09:15:37 am »
I can't see the video  :sad1:

Yeah, I don't know why??? I can see it on the iPhone, but not on the Macbook???

Ill try again  :ashamed:




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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2000 on: September 19, 2012, 10:05:12 am »
Loving your work Carlo!  :congrats:

Now there's a man who loves his GTI!  :notworthy:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2001 on: September 19, 2012, 11:02:25 am »
The video here in all it's glory as I couldn't see it either.


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2002 on: September 19, 2012, 12:06:21 pm »
Carlo what did you use to stick the magnets on?

Also what what width magnets did you use? 12/18mm?

And have you stuck some felt like cloth on the back of the plate?
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2003 on: September 19, 2012, 01:18:45 pm »
Loving your work Carlo!  :congrats:

Now there's a man who loves his GTI!  :notworthy:

Your not wrong, Monte does some fantastic mods which he clearly put alot of thought into before doing.  Attention to detail is superb.  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2004 on: September 19, 2012, 03:48:11 pm »
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Very well considered and with great attention to detail, Carlo  :notworthy: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2005 on: September 19, 2012, 03:54:20 pm »
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Today I had a nice drive to and from the airport for my daughter to fly to Italy for a week. I would have loved to have driven her all the way as I did a couple of years ago but she's only there for a week.

Nice day for a drive: Very bright and sunny, so good visibility. And chilled air temperatures, so turbo very happy.


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2006 on: September 19, 2012, 06:45:32 pm »
Thanks for all the great comments Everyone  :ashamed: :ashamed: :ashamed:
All the inspiration has come from this forum in one way or another.  :notworthy:

When I first got the Ed30 I was very naive about car care, and I even remember telling people that all I planned to do mod wise was lower it.  :ashamed:

After seeing some amazing cars, it didn't take long before the modding bug set in.

I REALLY wish I'd have started a build thread years ago.  :sad1:

Anyway.....

Carlo what did you use to stick the magnets on?

Also what what width magnets did you use? 12/18mm?

And have you stuck some felt like cloth on the back of the plate?

Poundland is your friend when doing this mod, I can tell you  :happy2:

All these items were...guess what??? Yep £1 each  :jumpmove:



I used the Araldite Epoxy to stick the magnets to the plate and the back of the grill.





All the magnets were 18mm wide  :happy2:


The felt I used was the white self adhesive felt that comes in the Poundland pack of Surface Protector Pads  :wink:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2007 on: September 19, 2012, 06:48:59 pm »

I won't tell anyone where the pouch that's perfect for your sps+ device is from Carlo  :ashamed:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2008 on: September 19, 2012, 07:59:24 pm »
Yeah I'll have to have a look for those next time I go  :wink:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #2009 on: September 20, 2012, 05:10:06 pm »
Ok, so my car has had some love over the last few weeks which has kept me busy and poor.  :sad1:

But now the gti is looking better than ever and i think its time to let you guys see how its getting on. :happy2:

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