My diamond black GTI....now with Ramair CAI

[K1NGY14]

This is a lovely example mate, I'm looking at this as inspiration for mine

[JimmyC92]

Mint example mate! Trying to get my paintwork to that standard 

[LowProfile]

Loving the little touches you've made mate! Cant wait to see it on the coilovers, where did you get the carbon mirrors from?

[jaye2992]

Looks great and very clean! Where did you get the number plates from? Look good!

[M9xxr]

very very very tidy looking car! I've been looking at those badges on eBay, are they good quality? i broke my standard one swapping grills and these are a lot cheaper! you keeping it oem as possible?

[BarberVW]

Do you mind sharing where you bought the red GTI letter sticker mate?

Hi Numec, got them from a seller on eBay called vcstickers a few weeks back, he doesn't seem to have anything for sale now, might be worth a pm?

This is a lovely example mate, I'm looking at this as inspiration for mine

Thank you

Mint example mate! Trying to get my paintwork to that standard 

Cheers mate, it's a pain in the ar*e but well worth it.

Loving the little touches you've made mate! Cant wait to see it on the coilovers, where did you get the carbon mirrors from?

Thanks, I need to pull my finger out and get them installed, most likely early 2015 when the weather shows signs of improvement. I got the mirrors off someone on here a while back, no idea of there origins sorry!

Looks great and very clean! Where did you get the number plates from? Look good!

Thanks Jaye, unfortunately it's not always this clean  number plates are eBay item 321413552350 great quality.

very very very tidy looking car! I've been looking at those badges on eBay, are they good quality? i broke my standard one swapping grills and these are a lot cheaper! you keeping it oem as possible?

Thank you very much, they are 'so far so good', fairly scratch resistant (I tested them  ) and as you say a fair price which is what made me try them. Still not sure if I like them tbh but it's no trouble to swap them back if you don't like them really, just extra expense. I'm still tidying it up and funds have been tied up getting it mechanically sound, 2015 should be the year of some proper mods.

[jaye2992]

I know the feeling mine is filthy :( haha. Cheers I will take a look

[numec]

I cant seem to find vcsticker in ebay anymore 
Bought some from them last year but need another for my other car..
Thanks for sharing bud..

[Lucas_Pirelli]

Ive noticed a lot of posts lately about people taking their cars into vw with rust problems, is there a lifetime warranty on paint that i dont know about? my car is almost immaculate apart from the smallest bit of rust just in the small gap underneath the rear side window.... could this be sorted?

Car looks great by the way, my pirelli is hibernating in the garage till summer, cant wait to get it back out after seeing yours 

[BarberVW]

Clean car pic to get started:


Now, there's been a bit of interest recently surrounding the ramair cold air intake due to it being a bit of a bargain buy on sale at £155. Well I went and bought one!



The kit comes with 70mm diameter black hard piping, good quality black silicone hoses and black anodized jubilee clips. Not to mention a foam filter bigger than my head. It also has a black bracket which I can't figure out where the heck it goes but it's all fairly solid so not to worried. It also comes with a heat shield which I thought made this kit excellent value, it does however come perilously close to one of my coolant pipe: I've had to add some rubber edging to it to minimise the risk of the metal edges chafing through and causing me a headache.

Pic fitted:


It makes some decent sounds:

I have nothing to compare this to other than the stock airbox, so can't say how it compares to other aftermarket solutions, but I have no grumbles whatsoever for the price. It has affected the old mpg negatively, but I put that down to the car needing to be mapped to match the new hardware, which is coming soon.

The butt dyno tells me there is some loss of torque low down but it's dwarfed by its new capabilities towards the top, it span the wheels in the dry in 3rd the other day which has never happened before.

If anyone had any questions or comments fire away, hopefully have more updates soon.

Thanks for looking!

[BarberVW]

Added a gloss black front badge and had a play with a photo app for my phone:

[Dave(tm)]

Looks good, and a lot like mine (except cleaner and with less doors).

Do you have a link to the video? Can't seem to get it to launch from the thumbnail...

Dave

[th3_f15t]

I'd be interested to see how the MPG is effected after a re-map, and how you get on with the RamAir CAI after a few thousand miles.

[BarberVW]

Looks good, and a lot like mine (except cleaner and with less doors).

Do you have a link to the video? Can't seem to get it to launch from the thumbnail...

Dave

Hi Dave, this should do it

I'd be interested to see how the MPG is effected after a re-map, and how you get on with the RamAir CAI after a few thousand miles.

I'll keep my eye on it and post findings as and when. Do you know something I don't? What happens in a few thousand miles 

[AndyBrown]

What app did use for the photos? Looks awesome!