Tornado Red Three door GTI Bbs vz on

[Hawk]

Welcome along, liking your pictures of your mk2's. I believe a lot of the guys on here use magnets to hold on their number plates.

Cheers bud,Yeah if I was wanting to remove it for shows etc I'd go the magnet route but I'm not planning on removing it so the sticky tape does me fine.

[Hawk]

that rear bumper make it look like a right fat ass!!!! - Original ill give you that 

Aye you're right there. It wasn't me that done it tho, I bought the car like that and it will be changed 

[Hawk]

I like the carbon mirror covers any more info on those please? Where can I find them and how much are they? Do they fit well ?

Sorry buddy, I've no idea where he got them or the cost, they are a perfect fit tho

[Hawk]

Well I've had this a couple of weeks now and the plans are turning to action.

Firstly the exhaust was a bit too loud for my tastes as it was basically a straight through cat back stainless system with a rear back box so I went to a local exhaust place called pipe dynamics and had them weld me in a centre silencer.

Sorry about the pics in this whole post as they were all taken with my phone.




It's taken the drone away but still has a wee bit of noise to it to keep me happy.

When I got home I gave the car a bath and cleaned up the tailpipes too as they were in dire need of it.



Not finished here but you get the idea


I also removed the yellow laminex from the front fogs but realised after it I quite liked it. I'll possibly smoke them in the future.

Before


After


I also got a few wee trinkets that buy cause you NEED them when you get a new car.

Red silicone key fob cover


Fast mat


And GTI sticker that I put on the passengers side of the dash trim.



Now comes the fun parts. I've bought a set of 18" bbs speedlines that are in a mess cause they were badly rattle can painted before. They're straight and the lips are rash free so they'll come up fine. They're in the powdercoaters split down and ready to refurb in silver.


I've also bought a set of four Vredstein ultrac sessantas in 225 40 18 ready to go on. Allong with (sticker) bbs centres that I'll put on a set of flat centres I've yet to find.


The car also goes into the bodyshop for a couple of days to get rid off all the gloss black parts so by the end of he week the car should be looking a whole lot better.

[MightyMullet]

Nice progress dude, coming along nicely. Them wheels will come up nicely with a paint, you going with polished lips?


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[Ant.W28LKR]

Nice. Looking forward to seeing the new rims done.

[Hawk]

Nice. Looking forward to seeing the new rims done.

Cheers buddy. Hopefully be on by this weekend 

[Simon_2.0t]

Looking good mate, nice progress 

Si

[Hawk]

Looking good mate, nice progress 

Si

Cheers 

 Body shop phoned this morning saying they would ideally like to spray the whole front bumper as there was a bit where the gloss black theme had been carried onto the bumper and the lacquer was lifting. So it's now getting front and rear bumpers fully painted along with the side skirts and front splitter.

The Powdercoaters will hopefully have my wheels ready tomorrow too.

I've also sourced an rcd510 that I'll fit to replace the Alpine single din that's in it just now, I'll order a new can gateway too.

After all that I'll get onto detailing the car.

[Hawk]

Well I got the car back from the bodyshop last night and they've done a cracking job on the colour coding.

I ended up getting front and rear bumpers removed and fully painted along with the side skirts too. The black bits are done in Satin black as I asked and the finish is spot on.

Anyway, here's some pics.









I went to Kinross last night and bought this from Doig90. Cheers bud, hope your rns turns up soon.

 It's an Rcd 510. I've bought an mdi so I'll have full control of my iPod from the headunit, I'll also have to get a new can gateway coded and sent out to prevent battery drain.


Wheels should be ready any day now. Really starting to feel like its my car now. :)

[Luke383]

Lovely touches mate. This is just the start of your modding too! You always get the urge 

[woahnowboys]

Car looks much better now, you won't regret the RCD510!
Also love your previous automobiles.

[Hawk]

Cheers lads  

Oh, I wish the modding was just beginning I've been modding my own cars for nearly 22 years now still every hobby costs money and it's better than sticking a needle in your arm (I'd imagine) 

Looking forward to getting the rcd in and although it won't sound as good as the current Alpine that's in it, I just want an oem headunit.



Was checking the fluid levels today and couldn't bring myself to close the bonnet without having a wee clean as it was thick with fine dust and general grime.

Here's a few wee before and afters.



Mostly dried snow foam here








It's far from perfect as my back couldn't handle any more but a wee brush and wipe with apc has freshened it up.

[Hawk]

Right, next on my hit list was a double din headunit so I purchased and rcd 510 off Doig90


Fitting these to any car older than 2008 causes battery drain so I had to order a new CAN BUS Gateway, I ordered and payed for this yesterday from Eddie NL with the spec of my car and It was delivered along with a plug in and play modified loom for the mdi unit I'd bought to have full control of my iPod through the headunit and it also displays the track playing on my highline display, it's fully functional through my multi function steering wheel too. Must say I'm very impressed with Eddies knowledge and the service he supplied.


Right so onto the fitting. Can bus gateway first.

First step is to remove the windscreen wipers. And here came the first problem. A bolt had obviously been sheared before and replaced with a 10mm threaded part instead of the usual 13mm (I think it had been welded onto the sheared thread) first gentle turn and yup, you guessed it, it snapped.



Can't do anything about that now so, carry on stripping parts. Wipers, wiper motor and a few trim parts.


Which lets you get to the CAN BUS Gateway.


Swap that sucker for the new one and refit parts.


With that out the way, onto the headunit. The one that was in it was a cracking Alpine one but I wanted an oem double din. So, out with this.





And in with this.



Ps I got it sitting flush.

Happy days everything works perfectly except as i was sore and it was raining i rushed it and I forgot to reconnect the wiper motor so I'll have to take the wipers and scuttle off again    :headbang:

[Reezie123]

Thanks for sharing this with me bud!.. where did you get the yellow fogs from? I quite like them LOL