Jay's Jolf "GTI"... with a 1.9.. and 221bhp.

[xjay1337]

Is it the little vw touch up kit? Iv got some stone chips to sort out on mine, any tips?

No mate it was a halfords one.. I had ordered the VW one but my buddy had the Halfords one in the car. I'll try the VW one as well and then give it to my friend.

Different people have different ways of doing it..
For me I took a piece of kitchen towel, and applied very thinly using the brush in the kit, which was actually very good.. very very thin at the end.

I'd then wipe it off with the kitchen towel.. and repeat.. and repeat.. It sort of seems odd but you want to basically bring the touch up out to as even as possible with the existing surface on a microscopic level.
And then of course with the lacquer. Same process again, I found the laquer was better to use as the colour match was not perfect from the touch up kit..

It's better to put too little on than too much. Don't forget if you do apply too much can use a wet fingernail to scrape the paint/laquer off the surface before it sets.. might want to keep a clar bar handy as well.

Wow! You've done some amount to this car. Credit to u for it.

Don't mean to pick but is that rust on ur sills where the wings meets? Might be worth trying to get it done under warranty from vw.

Thank you buddy much appreciated.
And yes it is, when I had the wing repaired I brought it up but was told as it's not from the "inside out" (I did argue but they weren't having any of it) it wasn't covered... I'm lucky I had the wing done!!

I'm considering having it sorted properly, just a bit awkward as the door and wing would need to come off to do it properly. Might just blow over it myself with a rattle can.

[rf860]

I think it's pretty common across the vag range tbh.

Wonder if u rattle canned it then used waxoyl in the gap it would stop it coming back.

[xjay1337]

Yeah that would probably work buddy, but I'm not really looking to bodge it, if I'm going to do it, I'd make sure it's done properly. Remove the rust, prime it and repaint it would be fine for years to come. :)

Anyway today was the day, some very good friends popped down to make it a bit of a car related day at my house.. No rush to get anything done but still made good time.. good laughs.






Driving again. Filled the replacement gearbox with fresh gearbox oil.
Everything seems much tighter, awesome job.

Dissembled the old gearbox for fun since it was scrap and found out what the problem was..



For fun we also got the car about 10mm lower by changing a bracket on the coilover strut at the front.. nothing bodgey or dangerous. But now got me sitting where I want it at the front, well happy all round.

[Andy]

Dam i would of come to help just for the pizza

[xjay1337]

The Pizza was good Andy!

No updates now, other than it was sold for £6750 on Saturday.

2 1/2 years of ownership, moving on.. 

[MightyMullet]

The Pizza was good Andy!

No updates now, other than it was sold for £6750 on Saturday.

2 1/2 years of ownership, moving on.. 

wheres the motor then?

[Andy]

just found a gti near me full spec going cheap...Wish i had sold mine now

[rich83]

just found a gti near me full spec going cheap...Wish i had sold mine now

Youve been selling your car and getting a GTI/R32 for about 2 years..... get on with it! 

[Andy]

i know Rich but every time i do i just cant do it

[aikawax12]

i know Rich but every time i do i just cant do it

I know how you feel. Got my mk5 I wanna do so much to it but i can't.

[xjay1337]

just found a gti near me full spec going cheap...Wish i had sold mine now

Haha, bad times.

Link?

Found me one with Xenons and winter pack, dsg with paddles, 78k for 5500. Spoke to the guy and unless I get there and it has major problems, it's mine.
Problem is picking it up, will need to try to shuffle some things around.

[sandypark1993]

Sorry to bring up old topic. How did you install your boost gauge where did you tap into and if so do you have any pics ?

[lewisako]

Sorry to bring up old topic. How did you install your boost gauge where did you tap into and if so do you have any pics ?

more than likely an erg delete then the boost gauge can go directly into that.

[xjay1337]

Tapped into a boost hose a self sealing take off from merlin motorsport