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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2013, 02:28:53 pm »
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2013, 08:52:28 pm »
Hey buddy.
Nice progress so far, good you've done the cam follower and yourself as well, what a lad. Get the coilies on and it'll be banging.  :congrats:
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2013, 09:51:38 pm »
Quote from: xjay1337 on April 18, 2013, 08:52:28 pm
Hey buddy.
Nice progress so far, good you've done the cam follower and yourself as well, what a lad. Get the coilies on and it'll be banging.  :congrats:

Cheers Jay.

Kit is missing rear shocks so am saving up for those first, plus rear top mounts. Anything else you recommend changing when doing the coilovers?
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2013, 08:46:42 am »
I'd fit new drop links for the £35 or so it costs. To be honest I would just do the front mounts if they are old, I've not done the rear ever.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #34 on: April 19, 2013, 09:10:09 am »
Quote from: xjay1337 on April 19, 2013, 08:46:42 am
I'd fit new drop links for the £35 or so it costs. To be honest I would just do the front mounts if they are old, I've not done the rear ever.

OEM droplinks? Or are shorter ones needed?

Sorry still in mk4 mode, getting used to this mk5 stuff tho  :happy2:
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2013, 09:22:06 am »
Standard ones are fine bud for APs height. . Only shorter ones I've found are from FK's kits and you can't buy them separately.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2013, 10:31:18 am »
Quote from: xjay1337 on April 19, 2013, 09:22:06 am
Standard ones are fine bud for APs height. . Only shorter ones I've found are from FK's kits and you can't buy them separately.

Cool, cheers.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2013, 02:55:57 pm »
Got a new blue tint front screen fitted today as old one have a few big chips and lots of marks etc.

Clive at All Glass Winscreens fitted, top guy and great fitting skills, does all VW main dealer glass. If need any glass fitting give him a call on: 07885968551





Very pleased with the results, nothing beat fresh clean smear/crack free glass!

Also my silicon red fob cover arrived:



Nice match for the TR paintwork:

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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #38 on: May 02, 2013, 03:50:36 pm »
So started to refurb the Monzas.

Condition was ok, just the usual whiteworm and a few curb marks.

Jacked the car up and removed the wheels:





Gave them a quick wash:





Started off by rubbing them down with a power sander to get the worst off:











Picked up some new VW centre caps:



After sanding:



Then sanded by hand with 600, 400, 240. Paints I am using:



Started to mask the wheels up:



First coats of primer and filler primer:









How they stand at the moment:





Letting them drive for 24hrs, will then wet sand tonight and see if need anymore filler primer before top coat and then clear.

Will up date later.

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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #39 on: May 03, 2013, 09:33:38 am »
Got some coats of the Simoniz Tough coat Gloss black on:













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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2013, 04:05:32 pm »
Some great work on the car Simon.

Keep the updates coming please; I can't wait to see how the wheels turn out. Have you done a refurb before? I need one of my pescara's doing but never though of doing it myself- might give it a go now.

Cheers.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2013, 11:10:59 pm »
Cheers mate.

Refurbed a few of my wheels over the years. Never get as good results as professional powedercoating process, but only spent £20 on paints. Like with everything, preperation is the key. Morre time spent rubbing down and primer the better the outcome. In all spent a few evenings on these. Masking tyres up took a long time too.

Results, as wheels where off, freshened the calipers up with some hammerite gloss red paint:












And the wheels:












Sorry about the phone pics, need to get out, clean the car and take some decent shot asap.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #42 on: May 05, 2013, 10:46:52 pm »
Removed the rear wiper and fitted the glass rear blank today.



Left it to soak in WD40 to help remove the arm:






Then removed the inner panel:






Then undid the 10mm nuts holding the wiper moter in:




Glass blank:




Held in place while silicon dried:




All done:




Inner trim panel was missing a clip, luckily had one in my parts department  :happy2::












Very pleased, much cleaner look. If anyone one wants the wiper arm and blade or the wiper motor PM me as both for sale.
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #43 on: May 06, 2013, 07:37:49 am »
Great work, the wheels look much better  :happy2:
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Re: Tornado Red Mk5 GTi
« Reply #44 on: May 06, 2013, 07:52:59 am »
good work...but have to say....Why??

Surely your reducing your rear visability ,especially in the wet?
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