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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #75 on: September 11, 2011, 03:52:22 pm »
Well with the Mrs at football and with a few hours on my hands i decided to give the daily a clean. The cars done about 1400 miles in the past 3 weeks so it deserved it.

Started by giving it a power wash first to get rid of 3 weeks of daily grime and then gave it a good thick snow foam with elite cherry.



Then rinsed it off and gave it a clean with Auto Glym Bodywork shampoo using the 2 bucket method with my elite grit guard bucket.

Next was a case of drying the car off with a large waffle drying towel. I then used Auto Glym super resin polish to give a nice smooth surface before wax was applied. I put it on all the Jettas panels of the car and then removed using another waffle towel.

Next stage was wax. Lately ive been using the Auto Glym HD wax. And i have to say its absolutely mint. Easy to apply with the moist foam applicators supplied in the kit. I applied a nice thick coat and left it 15-20mins.

While the wax was going off i repolished the 2 rear dishes, and put a nice thick layer of Meguiars Endurance tyre gel on. This stuff smells amazing and is the longest lasting tyre cleaner ive used over the years. The glass was then cleaned with Auto Glym Fast Glass both inside and out.

Next it was time for the wax to be removed. I maybe left it on a little to long but fook me, it gives a nice finish :) Manged to get it for £26 delivered of ebay opposed to the Halfrauds price of £50!!





Finished the car off by doing all the sills and giving the car a good hoover. Then i used Auto Glym bumper care and did all the black areas on the car and then decided to give the engine bay a good clean too. Came up really well :)



Then took a few snaps of the car sat on my drive





Looking good now, but will soon be in winter mode :(

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #76 on: September 11, 2011, 04:01:06 pm »

wish i could spend all morning foaming my car without watching over my shoulder for mardi Germans reporting me  :fighting: :fighting:

A reason to look forward to moving back to Uk  :smiley:

Looking V. nice mate! - Great work!  :congrats:

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #77 on: September 13, 2011, 07:50:11 pm »
Looking through this build thread has given me some great ideas for my jetta top work  :happy2:

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #78 on: September 20, 2011, 10:47:18 pm »
Well today i made my most expensive purchase. Rare isnt the word....



There made from Whale Bone, Rhino Horn and held together by Mother Teresas tears collected from her corpse :D :P



Also me and a few of the other Rollin' Crew lads had a mini shoot so got a few nice snappies :) i promise more building of cars and not fooking around with cameras soon

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #79 on: September 20, 2011, 11:05:08 pm »
have you had a chassis notch dude ? cars low at the front ??


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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #80 on: September 21, 2011, 12:41:16 pm »
yeah man notched :) think i need the passenger side doing now though :(

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #81 on: September 21, 2011, 03:45:48 pm »
very nice, love the wheels

theres a guy on ed38 selling some us spec boots if thats your sort of thing

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #82 on: September 21, 2011, 10:11:37 pm »
Looking good mate,
Will look ace with next mod done  :wink:

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #83 on: September 22, 2011, 06:39:40 am »
yeah man notched :) think i need the passenger side doing now though :(

who did it , how much did it cost  , and what does it allow you to do ? remove the helper spring or summat ?

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #84 on: September 22, 2011, 03:28:10 pm »
yeah man notched :) think i need the passenger side doing now though :(

who did it , how much did it cost  , and what does it allow you to do ? remove the helper spring or summat ?

Cheers pal

Basically, when you get to a certain point lowering a MK5/Jetta your driveshaft begins to rub on your chassis leg. To gain dick head lows, you need to remove the helpers on most coilovers to get it looking right, this is when you chassis needs to be notched.

Think my passenger side is rubbing now though too :(


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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #85 on: September 22, 2011, 04:30:10 pm »
does that not effect anything else by cutting a piece out? ollie are you all the way down o your coil's? with no rubbing?

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #86 on: September 22, 2011, 06:56:30 pm »
yeh ! all the way down ... doesnt rub apart from the poke from them merc wheels when you hit a little bump etc ?

thought mine was low enough till i saw this one haha


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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #87 on: September 23, 2011, 11:33:29 am »
yeh ! all the way down ... doesnt rub apart from the poke from them merc wheels when you hit a little bump etc ?

thought mine was low enough till i saw this one haha

cheers dude, hopefully going to get ti even lower, going to lower the rear a little more next week too :) Think Ive got the offsets nailed pretty well, good balance between tuck and poke, just about right on the arch :) so i can go dick lows

Mitch - I Have 6mm tubed steel welded in so should be even stronger than the chassis legs was before tbh.

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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #88 on: September 23, 2011, 06:46:19 pm »
Which coilovers are you using? How much did they set you back? Cheers


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Re: G14OSE - Mk5 Jetta Project - 25/07/11
« Reply #89 on: September 24, 2011, 08:40:34 pm »
Couple of Q's regarding wheel specs:-

1. Were you scrubbing when the fronts had the 10mm spacer on ? ET49 iirc with an 8.5j rim

2. Whats the current spec on the rears 9.5j ET and spacer ??

Wanting to see if i can tuck a 10j with a high offset  :scared:

Cheers Steve