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stephen8512:
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--- Quote from: stephen8512 on November 09, 2013, 08:57:54 am ---
Hey mate! Yeah no worries more than happy to submit my photos to the calendar. I think I submitted a photo for the 2013 calendar too but I never ended up getting one!
Can someone tell me if my Golf R made the cut? And if so, could you please post it here? I would like to see :signLOL:
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....Yes your car was the month of May - A photo by Rex Abergas.
I'll bring it to Neil's (scopes) attention as he was responsible for despatching.
I'll have to dig out the artwork etc before I can post the image here.
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Ah okay! Please post it up! Looking forward to it! ALso, I'll be willing to take that calendar off your hands so I can have one as a memento. :)
stephen8512:
next (and last bit of mods) to get installed hopefully within 3-6 months. Then hopefully I'll be well and truly finished. (HOPEFULLY!)
- Get new tyres ASAP : Was looking at Michelin Pilot Super Sports, but have heard they are quite a soft compound and will wear quite quick? Might look at the Dunlop Sport Maxx GT's again or Goodyear Assymetric 2's.
- Get a DSG Tune : After a spirited drive this weekend, I think this will compliment the car greatly. It doesnt feel too bad right now as in it's not sluggish or anything of the sort, however, with the DSG tune it'll give it that little bit extra I believe to make it really fun.
- Install my Haldex Gen 4 : Have been sitting around in my house for a while now, and haven't yet installed. Perhaps at next service
- Install Tyrol Sport Rigid Collars : From the group buy. Will probably install this along with the Haldex.
- Install Defi Advance EGT Gauge + Oil Pressure Gauge with the OSIR centre dual pods (gloss black) : Was thinking of the P3 gauge to be honest, however I like the look of the gauges. Oil Temp and Water temp are all on the dash anyways (although might not always be 100% accurate, but at least its there).
- BBK Upgrade : Lots of options out there. Looking at the Brembo 6 pistons with 2 piece slotted rotors. Why Brembo? Personal preference. I like the look of them. It should not affect the brake master cylinder, however will be researching this a bit more. Looking to reduce unsprung weight too with the 2 piece rotors. Some may say overkill for the street, but hey, the car as it stands right now for the streets is probably overkill already.
- Wheels : Yes, yes, lots of people have been asking me when I'm going to get the wheels. I think I may be one of the last Golf R's which has essentially all the bolt on engine mods done, yet still keeping with the stock 19" Talladegas. SSR Professor SP1's 3 piece wheels with some dish, gloss black centres and gold bolts is where my heart is currently, but will also be looking at offerings from BBS, HRE or DPE's if there's anything that I like (which at the moment, there isn't).
Those are the big ticket items left. Everything else is either cosmetic or quite small. Also, I've been thinking a lot of a badgeless front grille with notched bonnet. I think it looks quite clean...but if i want this, I want to notch the bonnet completely by welding it on etc and I dont think I love it THAT much currently to make that commitment .... but again, it does look quite clean and is slowly growing on me and im warming to the idea...
stephen8512:
So gave the car a well earned wash after something like 8 weeks? Due to the rain and me being busy and not having time to drive it as much as I wanted, it was good to finally give the car a scrub
Snowfoam pre wash + 2 bucket + claybar + quarterly interior leather treatment + half yearly nanolex wheel sealant application
Heres a photo of it after it's had its 2 bucket wash
I also decided to do a little DIY. The Chrome "R" Badge on my grille always looked a tad out of place now that I have got rid of the chrome VW Badge front and rear as well as debadging the rear "R" logo too. So I decided to paint it candy white with the leftover can of Candy White spraypaint I had from VG autopaints a while ago. These guys can take any colour you have and give you a rattle can colour matched perfectly to your car.
I was going to keep the background of it black, but there is a very thin chrome border around the background square, which I was also wanting to paint. It required a little bit of patience masking up but in the end it got done.
Masked up :
I sanded it down as much as I could as I needed to have the primer stick to it otherwise it would peel off overtime.
about 2x thin layers of primer and then I sanded off with 600 and 1500 grit sandpaper. Then, another 3x thin layers of candy white paint.
Result (apologies for the out of focus picture. Phone died) :
stephen8512:
So it's been just over 3 years since I've had this car and its come a long way since then. Drove away from the dealerships on my actual birthday (December 1) back in 2010. Heres what the odo read on the 1st December 2013.
15,000kms per year...which I think is about average?
Most likely be doing a lot less kms than that though in 2014...
rex:
I think attention to details is what makes or brakes a car and you are very careful with all the details. So job well done! :congrats:
For the brakes you might consider some APRacing ones (very very good and cheaper than Brembo)
And for wheels I would consider the BBS range, especially the RS-GT ones which I think look great on a VW Golf (a bit expensive though)!
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