Edition 30

[Dan648v]

No probs fella 

[Andy]

Hello Dan..have  you got normal lights with your hid kit -tried them in mine but there was no beam pattern and dazzling every body

[JoeDarKa]

Good job on the LMs

[Dan648v]

Evening Andy! How's you?

Yeah I've got std Gti lights, the hid kit has H7r bulbs which have a special strip around the element which helps with beam pattern and anti glare. I got them off eBay if I remember rightly?

And cheers Joe 

[Andy]

Cheers for the info-i will have a look at them bulbs

[Andy]

what bulbs did you put in!thing i will try the 4300k

[Dan648v]

I've got 6k in mine Andy, but 4300k is meant to be very close to the light output of std xenons! 

[Carson_A]

Nice car dude!

[Dan648v]

Cheers 

[Dan648v]

I managed to find a few spare hours on mothers day so dragged my dad outside and got a hand fitting my Seibon Carbon boot!

Where to start?! got all the boot plastics off to be left with alot of loom and bolts! took the lights out and boot handle and stripped the loom back and fed it back out of the boot, popped the struts off and hinges and it was free!! and bloody hell was it heavy! i forgot to weigh it as it was freezing but it was a 2 man job carrying it!

We reversed all the jobs and the Seibon unit was on!

Few things to note:
-the boot lock needs nuts and bolts as there are no captive threads in the Seibon boot
-the holes for the boot badge dont line up (2 of 3 did) and some material needs filing away to let it fit on the inside (no damage to the carbon)
-its now very light so be careful letting it open as it will now smack you in the chin!!!

Apart from that alls good!! No pics of fitment but will get some when the weather allows (you'll see the problem im having below!) Weight wise the Seibon unit must easily be less than half the weight of the standard unit, the difference was crazy!

I now am sourcing a new GTI spoiler to fit to it and a top brakelight to fill the hole. Pictures below, enjoy 









When the suns out ill give her a clean and youll see how the weave pops in the sun just like the front wings!!

[Dan648v]

I had a spare Sunday and the weather was better so thought id get outside and fit my THS upper engine mounts that ive had in a box since September last year 

so i set off by ripping the engine bay apart to get to all the bolts, pretty easily done! 



didnt take any progress pics but you can see the shiny new mount hiding down there



not long back i bought some mis-ordered 42dd shifter bushes off a forum member and modded the selector so i could get a split pin through the side-side bar to hold the bush nice and tight. First impressions- awesome!! for the money probs the best mod ive done to date! such a better more precise shift.



and waiting on my latest purchase off the forum, Forge DV return pipe and also some new front rubber from Camskill for the summer wheels!  went for some 215 40 18 Falken FK452 to match my rears on the LM's

[danishmkvgti]

Considering how small the 42DD bushes are they do make quite a difference right 
I also like the feel after getting them fitted, now i need my AKS tuning bushes for the gearcable mount fitted to make it perfect 

[Dan648v]

For the cost and the size it's a really good mod! I got a deal on mine but would of been happy to buy new for this difference!

I've seen the AKS bushes, not entirely sure what they do? Although now after doing the 42dd's I do know where they go 

Have you got yours fitted yet Danish?

[Cupra R]

Blue DV hose will look great on their Dan 

[Dan648v]

Thanks again for that Rich, sound guy, got it fitted and pics but ill have to upload it later when I'm back on the laptop. Looks good tho 

Nice start to getting some colour in there