Matto's Shadow Blue GT Sport 210 *Updated 12.2.16 - Mods Complete*

[Eddie-NL]

Looking good

just the sort of things I would add

[gtlee]

Nice car there Matto same car as mine except I don't have the roof and mines being a LA7T (Grey)

I'm feeling obliged to show off my car as I've been on here awhile!

[JoeDarKa]

Looks great, who fitted your wheel? When i changed mine over, i think we have done the bolt up to tightly as everything is lined up but it catch's on the plastic behind the wheel and its doing my head in!!

[Matto]

Looking good

just the sort of things I would add

Haha...you could have done if you hadn't sold them to me  

Nice car there Matto same car as mine except I don't have the roof and mines being a LA7T (Grey)

I'm feeling obliged to show off my car as I've been on here awhile!

I think you should. Don't think I've seen yours. Get a members ride thread going if you haven't already.

Looks great, who fitted your wheel? When i changed mine over, i think we have done the bolt up to tightly as everything is lined up but it catch's on the plastic behind the wheel and its doing my head in!!

Cheers mate. I fitted the wheel myself. Been on and off a couple of times now. Didn't have and problems with mine. Shouldnt matter how tight the bolt is. The wheel will only go on so far ie upto the shoulder on the shaft. Only thing I didn't do was torque it properly. The threads are very fine and it felt like it was going to strip them so just tightened it to how it felt when removing.

[JoeDarKa]

Cheers, i think I will take it off again and have another look. I wonder if the plastic cowling behind the steering wheel isnt in the correct position

[Matto]

For what it takes to get the cowels off I would.

[OldSpeckledBen]

Love the car matey 
I wanted the 18" charleston alloys on mine but were hard to find 
Shadow blue changes so much in different lighting 
Xenon's are brill, could never go back to normal lights now.

Keep up the progress

Cheers,
Ben

[Matto]

Cheers mate. Yeah they do seem a rare breed. TBH all I was looking for was dual zone climate as the idea of twisty knobs was a step backwards. I like to press buttons and it do it for me  This one came up on Autotader and I was like, that's the one.

Yeah the colour looks fantastic in the sun when its clean. Mine currently in desperate need of a wash. Xenon's are on the to do list along with a few others. But in the next month or so it will be to have my highline clocks fitted plus remap and de-dpf'd. 

[OldSpeckledBen]

Cheers mate. Yeah they do seem a rare breed. TBH all I was looking for was dual zone climate as the idea of twisty knobs was a step backwards. I like to press buttons and it do it for me  This one came up on Autotader and I was like, that's the one.

Yeah the colour looks fantastic in the sun when its clean. Mine currently in desperate need of a wash. Xenon's are on the to do list along with a few others. But in the next month or so it will be to have my highline clocks fitted plus remap and de-dpf'd. 

I do like the dual zone I must admit, it does look cool at night as well, if you've got the fan's on full 
The colour pretty much sold it for me, I think its one of if not the best blues out there 

Xenon's are well worth it and the difference is massive compared to the normal ones.
I would have thought 170bhp would be quick enough  as mine is only the 140 and I find that pretty nippy but I suppose if you get used to the power you just want more.

Cheers,
Ben

[Matto]

Just a little update. Got round to fitting my Darkside EGR delete today in preparation for Shark stage 2 on Monday. Abit awkward to do but managed ok. It seems it been a little over-active for my liking. My car only has 20k on it and it was caked in crap. TBH I think the inlet wants cleaning but that's a job for another time.

Delete pipe


EGR


ASV

[dodds-gttdi]

Hey, good to see the EGR Valve definitely needs removing!!  Did you simply replace it with the Delete pipe or did you go the whole hog and remove the cooler and associated pipework?

Does it make any difference to the way the car drives/revs? Any more soot out the exhaust?

[Matto]

Tell me about it. A lot worse than I was expecting given the mileage. My old Mk4 PD150 with 100k on it wasn't much worse than this.

For now I just fitted the delete pipe. From what I believe its easier to remove the other bits and pieces from underneath but I don't have access to a ramp so will have to stay as it is for now.

Not really had chance to drive it properly yet but will do tomorrow morning to work. EML is on which I was expecting but will be mapped out on Monday. Only difference I can tell so for is abit more turbo noise, which for me is nice as it was virtually silent before.

[gtlee]

Nice progress Matto,eager to hear the results of the stage 2 remap and power delivery.

[OldSpeckledBen]

I'm looking forward to seeing the results after the remap 

Keep up the progress 

Cheers

[vRS_Pagey]

Lovely looking motor mate, I was a hare's breath from getting that blue, but the deal feel through.  Lucky to get ED30 front and rear bumpers you just need to add the skirts to finish the look.  The wheels are excellent, I the think the Charleston is one of the best looking OE wheels available. 

I fitted an EGR delet pipe to swmbo's and to be honest there isn't much difference, mine was more caked than your's as well.