Harz's GTI R-Tech stage 2, Recaros and Audi FB steering wheel.

[Harz]

Painted bits make the car so much better! and the rear lights!! Love ll the other mods too like dead pedal!

Cheers 

[Broomy]

Looks well mate, what was done to your skirts, rear valance etc to prep them for painting? Did they have to smooth them?

[LeightonJ]

Just read through this whole thread... Very nice job 
I'm loving those Porsche reps

[Harz]

Looks well mate, what was done to your skirts, rear valance etc to prep them for painting? Did they have to smooth them?

Sorry for late reply. Yeah they had to be smoothed/prepped before they were painted.

[Harz]

Just read through this whole thread... Very nice job 
I'm loving those Porsche reps

Cheers. Still got the LM Reps on it at the mo. There's about 6 sets of wheels I'm trying to decide on... Will hopefully come to a decision and make the change after Xmas.

[Harz]

Time for a bit of an update.

Fitted the Milltek down pipe and Sports cat. 
Comparison of stock and Milltek.




Fitted the THS Intercooler 
Removing stock Intercooler





Comparison of THS and stock Intercooler 





THS Intercooler in place 






My brother was doing his down pipe


Not a mod, but I like it. Picked this up at Players Show 2014 

[Harz]

As the weather is starting to turn worse I thought I'd give the car a bit of a clean and a coat of wax.

Snow foamed with Auto Rae-chem Cherry snow foam








Washed with two bucket method and Britemax Cleanmax shampoo







Then gave a coat of Collinite 845


The finished result










And then 10 minutes after waxing the car it decided to chuck it down with rain

[Harz]

Took the car up to R-Tech



Unfortunately on the drive up to R-Tech my radiator somehow worked loose and the back of the fan rubbed on a coolant pipe and wore a hole in it causing a leak.
The guys at R-Tech managed to wedge a bit of wood to hold the rad in place and despite the coolant leak they were able to do the remap



Had a Stage 2 remap and achieved 270HP and 355ftlbs of torque

"Before" dyno run.


"After" dyno run.


"Comparison" dyno


Peak results


It was then on to the test drive and man did I have an ear to ear grin on my face.
Unfortunately the coolant was leaking pretty bad. It was looking like I wasn't going to be able to make the drive back to London. The lads at R-Tech tried their best to get me the parts and would've done the repair to get me home, but were unable to get the parts.


Luckily the RAC mechanic was able to fix the coolant pipe.



The drive home was amazing :D

Just waiting for parts on order from VW now to sort out rad/coolant pipe.

[Dan_FR]

Saw this on Niki's FB yesterday - great result

How did the rad get loose? Did you use new/correct thread bolts to hold it to the intercooler? There's not a lot of clearance from the fans once you have the new intercooler in place.

[Harz]

Saw this on Niki's FB yesterday - great result

How did the rad get loose? Did you use new/correct thread bolts to hold it to the intercooler? There's not a lot of clearance from the fans once you have the new intercooler in place.

Cheers the whole rad/intercooler/aircon assembly has come loose. I'm not sure why. Changed the intercooler about 6 weeks ago and I've not had any problems with it, but it somehow worked loose on the drive up to R-Tech. I've not had chance to take the front end off yet to check. I've ordered new rad mountings and screws from VW in case they're damaged. Just waiting for the parts to come and I'll check it out. Got a bit of wood holding it in place at the mo. Not ideal, but at least the car is drivable.

[Harz]

Just a small update... Been a quiet couple months. Ordered New mounts/screws from vw for my rad assembly, but haven't had time to take the front end off. Hoping to have it done before Xmas.
Car is also booked in at AKS tuning for end of January for Helix clutch kit and a LSD 

[Harz]

A couple weeks back I finally got around to taking the front end off to find out why my rad/Intercooler assembly had come loose. The screws had completely come loose and were gone. Checking the new mounts the holes aren't prethreaded, so the first time you put the screws in they create the thread, the only thing I can think of that happened is when I put the screws back into the old mounts I must have messed the thread up somehow and the screws worked loose. Anyway the new mounts are in, the rad/Intercooler assembly is solid and there is adequate clearance between the rad fan and coolant pipes. Glad it's sorted and no longer have a block of wood holding my rad in place

[cupra.al]

where did you get the Collinite 845 applicator or does 845 come like that as ive used 476s in the past and it doesnt come in a liquid form and is a nightmare to use.

[Harz]

where did you get the Collinite 845 applicator or does 845 come like that as ive used 476s in the past and it doesnt come in a liquid form and is a nightmare to use.

845 is liquid. And I just used generic applicator sponge.

[cupra.al]

oh i was thinking the applicator was attached to the bottle