Whats going on guys! Just realised i havent updated this in a little while, so here goes:-
Following on from the story, i ordered my Tyres from Blackcircles.co.uk and they came through a few days later! The price was a little dear, but thought id get something thats going to last/has a good reputation.. Took them to a friend who managed to it fit them on and dash finally dash them on the car, finally making it look a little something like this :-
excuse the dullness, it was covered in a thin layer of brakedust...! :(
and a cheeky dusk shot on the way to Somerset with a friend!
It looks just as id imagined it to! Got alot of positive vibes from people at traffic lights or petrol stations, until earlier this week when i was dropping my boss home from work when a cyclist came from out of the pub carpark and pulled a wheely into the middle of the road. To avoid knocking him i pulled to the right slightly and mounted onto a small (he says) island, tearing off lower front, and rippling my arch slightly. Not impressed, what made it worse is as i got out the guy shouted "you forgot this mate" whilst laughing. However i found it admirable that his chavvy friends told him to shut the fudge up and asked if my car was drivable. I was so pissed off at that point that i just couldnt be bothered so drove all the way home with a scrapping arch liner. I was ready to just sell the car off as it was if it wasnt for my dad giving me an inspirational talk about how not to buckle just because of a minor set back and all of that jazz, so upon his command i ordered a new Votex front end from VW that night and came through 2 days later. Just a bummer that i have to wait till the 28th to get it fitted and the arch re-done! Ive managed to take some pliars and bend the arch in slightly so it doesnt catch but its only a temp job..! So now my car looks a little something like this:-
minus this:-
equals:-
What makes things worse, is that i bought a set of spiggot rings for my wheels and found out that the highest size was still not big enough! Ordered some 82>57.1 custom spiggots which should be coming this week.... no more wheel wobble (i hope :|) After the knock, i found my steering wheel to be bent to the left to drive in a straight line so this morning i thought id get that sorted:-
(pssttt, i got undercharged hehe :D)
Thanks for reading guys! :D
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 10:14 PM
They had finally arrived!
rather big spiggots i must say but it was a snug fit and completley eliminated the wheel wobble!
Roll on 2 weeks so i can get my splitter on :mellow:
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 07:06 PM
Quick update
I had the front valance replaced and wing repaired... but to make things worse i curbed two wheels in a multistory carpark in Cambridge :mellow: so i ended up £177 out of pocket due to this, but hey whats done is done and nobody died :)
no pics of a before and after of the refurb but a little wheel shot of mine against my friends Jaguar
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 10:19 AM
Update Needed:-
Since having the wheels refurbished, i took a week holiday out in Germany with my sister and took the golf with us! Was an amazing country, so clean and the people were great! I felt like a week wasnt enough so it goes without saying that ill be going again sometime this year (not sure about taking my car this time though only because of how much the tolls were going through France...! :ph34r: ) Parked up at my sisters place in Cambridge and pulled too close to the kerb again and kerbed it!! oh i felt my heart sink, but had to get the wheel refurbished again else it just wouldnt look right! Had it done 2 days later and job was a good'un :) (didnt have any pics unfortunatley because of the quick turn around time)
A few weeks later while we had our sudden burst of sunshine across North West Leicestershire i decided to wash my car and give it a quick wax and it looked a little something like this (did abit of a mobile Photoshop jobbie on it) :-
Shortly after going over the car properly i thought id drive into town to meet some old school friends for a drink. Driving at a good 20mph in a 30 limit i parked up and locked the car. As i was walking away i couldnt help but notice some feathers in the grill, so i decided to take a closer look only to be greated by this:-
Thats right, a dead bird :( God knows how the hell it got in there as i wasnt driving fast enough to kill anything! I can only imagine it decided to fly through the holes in my grill, break its neck against the Radiator and frazzle to death...! So the next morning i had to get my gloves on and get rid of it (not a good job, because i kept trying to grab it by its wing but they tore off like paper!) but eventually managed to get rid of it!
Putting on the hot blowers in the car on the way to work, i noticed a strange smell, at first i thought i wouldve been the remenants of the dead bird however it smelt more like wet dog/soggy feet so i did abit of googling and found it could well be the A/C causing the Mildew smell. I had the car booked in at VW this Monday just gone in hope that they can give me a refresher and AC bomb to clear out that smell...!
On my way walking back to the dealership with a skip in my step i saw my car parked up around the corner from the workshop! :D i couldnt help but notice a small defect on the splitter, so being the impatient flange i am i walk closer to the car and the blemish gets bigger untill im greeted with this :-
Hello Mr Angry :angry: ! I waltz in with my pissed off face on, and after speaking to the service staff they tell me that the damage was caused because one of the staff turned off the ramp too soon?!?!? :blink: They were quick to say it wasnt because the car was lowered because theyve had my car in too many times in the past year whilst its been dropped and stated it was just human error. Anyway, they ordered a brand new front splitter (original this time at least theres some gain B) ) and will have my car in at their bodyshop on Monday...! Whilst im without a car they'll give me a courtesy car fully insured by themselves untill Wednesday which is when they say they'll have the car ready by so i guess we'll just have to wait and see if they mess up again! I guess accidents do happen, its just an inconvenience that when one thing goes wrong, something else will mess up soon after..! Take the rough with the smooth i guess...
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:48 PM
Time for another update! Got the car back from VW last week after getting the splitter replaced with a Genuine Votex splitter (i didnt tell them it was a replica before hehe :D) all sprayed up and fitted (it looks like it fits better aswell, the disadvantage of running a replica eh...!) unfortunatley i dont have any pics of the new splitter but ill take some soon :)
So shortly after VW planted the AC bomb in the car, scenting the air vents with a detol-like smell, there was still that lingering smell of wet dog in the back, which came for 5 seconds and went again...! A little bit of head scratching, a quick trip to the VW Parts counter, a Haynes Manual and a glass of milk and i got to work on replacing a filter. Bare in mind this is the first piece of work ive done on my car without something fliping up. It was a success needless to say, and was left with this as the culprit:-
Pretty bloody stink i must say. just a whiff of it got me wheezing. I'm guessing it got like that whilst driving through Germany as i only had it replaced last year...! Either way, my cars smelling neutral and its all gravy for now :D Took a pic whilst i was at the cashpoint earlier..
Till the next update...
