My GTi Progress Thread - Ring Trip

[middlo82]

i think they look quite cool. i love the diamond cut wheels as standard though.

[liver]

very impressed with the car, it really is a great all rounder, a mate had bought some carbon goodies for his turbo'd civic type r, so i said id take him for them as it was easier to take them off prior to the trip

so went over with 2 front doors and a rear boot, he was picking the same up but in carbon, some epic bargains for him

heres the car pilled up




was pleasently surprised and so was the lad

[liver]

got the new cam follower, set about fitting it following the guide etc all goin swimminly till i looked down to see the following





so stripped the car down and got the part ordered, here 2mora and allr eady to be built back up, i changed the cam follower and tbh wasnt much wear especially as this cars been mapped for 1year 10months and about 5 of those at stage 2

[liver]

new fuel rail to go back on the car tonight



new ipod adaptor for my phone so i can listen to my music, hopefully also fitted tonight



i will do anything to avoid uni coursework

[liver]

she lives



didnt get chance to fit the ipod connection

[liver]

gave the car a clean on sat morning, i say clean but really it was just, full engine bay, all glass internally ready for winter, full interior clean and the just the wheels

not touching the paint work till i get myself another jet wash thn it will be cleaned and waxed for winter and not washed again till the better weather comes around again, it might get the odd snow foaming but nothing else

felt abit sad cleaning certain parts of the engine bay with cotton wool buds lol but got it all done




wheels



then nipped out and once again tyre pressure sensor came on so nipped to check the pressure and front passengers only had 20psi in so home and wipped it off to find a nice big nail in it



so this is how the car looks at the minute lols


hopefully get my toher one fixed today

[liver]

got the other tyre repaired and refitted on monday, had both front wheels off to clean inside and out and cleaned the arches and sealed them.

Car had its MOT today, it failed, my rear brake light in the spoiler has broken so ordered a new one, pick that up tomorrow and will fit it this weekend.

Car will be re-tested on monday

theres always something lol

[liver]

MOT passed on friday

new light was fitted, as seen below it clearly had water in it so thats why is wasnt working





booked a couple of days off this week, first dry day and the car will be getting a day spent on it, full winter protection, wheels off etc again then sealed and body work sorted, once ive done this and got a couple of layers of wax on i will not touch it over the winter

[liver]

finished pics from my detailing day, see detailing section for write up

















Engine bay



a few beading pics too from this morning

[liver]

photbucket will be back up next month, pretty annoying as i havnt add any new pics, its just from the detail still

a few pics from a recent meet on sunday


   

[keano]

Looks great. You can't beat rolling road pics.

Have you taken your seat out and sat on the floor?

[liver]

Looks great. You can't beat rolling road pics.

Have you taken your seat out and sat on the floor?

these were the first rolling shots with the wheels in this colour, i was really happy with them and im still loving the wheels, thought id have fallen out with them by now to be honest.

yeah i had left the seat at home haha alot of people do make similar comments

[liver]

had the car on the rollers today, its fair to say my current map is fugged

car peaks at 4k with 261bhp, then drops down to 200bhp straight away, car then progresses back upto 251bhp at the end of the rev range

it is deffo a mapping issue as the car is spot on mechanically apparently.

The map seems to either be requesting too much or not enough of either boost or fuel thus causing the massive drop when the car can't produce it

the car has a very limited power range and is very similar to a diesel like a power band

will be constructing a detailed email to bluefin over the weekend to send on monday first thing with my complaints, graphs and im also going to log the car at the weekend to help also.

i think im gonna aim to try and get the bluefin handset reset for free by them so i can sell it, to regain some money towards revo software

gutted is an understatement, just want a map thats right and will let the car perform how it should

[liver]

winter wheels on

just to save the red ones gettin fecked in the ****e weather

winter/summer


winter



wheels cleaned quickly and bagged, will be propperly cleaned during week or when im free and re-sealed rready for next year


think most people will prefer the winter wheels but personally i still love the others more

[OLLIE_JETTA_MK5]

Never get why people change there wheels for winter when there is no polished areas , dish , splits . Your red wheels are monoblocks and the weather won't do anything to them? Just my 2ps worth