Dom's Tornado Red Gti - A bit of detailing

[Deano45]

great build thread buddy...

a quick one reference..your R32 milltek. you had a milltek jet system on the car before you changed it. I take it the centre pipe is the same on both systems ....

[dom069]

Lovely looking torando red Gti dom. Quick question what's the spec of your bbs ch ? Are they genuine or reps ? What did you set you back if you don't mind me asking

Thanks

Mark

They're reps They are 18x8 all round.

this im my 32 with your old wheels as requested pal ,love the updates on your mk5 btw

Looking good

Love your build!
 

Cheers

great build thread buddy...

a quick one reference..your R32 milltek. you had a milltek jet system on the car before you changed it. I take it the centre pipe is the same on both systems ....

Yeah, the centre pipes are the same.

[kikichvng]

Lovely looking torando red Gti dom. Quick question what's the spec of your bbs ch ? Are they genuine or reps ? What did you set you back if you don't mind me asking

Thanks

Mark

Car looks great, whats the offset of your BBS CHs?  Thanks

Found some more rust...





Went to Performance Direct in Barnsley this morning:



Think the sump plug on the new sump is leaking:



Anyway, car came back with new shoes:







Put another short plate on:



Took a few more snaps:

[Ollieeee]

Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!

[Ollieeee]

Looks great on the new wheels btw!

[dom069]

Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!

The grills are just standard plastic treated with Aerospace 303 @Ollieeee

[dom069]

Bit of a mammoth update...

I've had some droning and vibration through the car at motorway speeds for a while, I was pretty sure that it was down to the tyres wearing unevenly but wanted to try some other wheels to make sure. My brother has an ED30 and some winter wheels so I decided to try his R32 winters on...





Went for a drive, still had vibration and a lot of noise. I put this down to the balancing of the wheels and the fact they are winter tyres in 20 degree heat.

Next was swapping his ED30 wheels on to mine:





I love the darker colour of them so will get my CH's refurbed darker sometime. Anyway, no more noise or vibration which confirms the problem is wheel/tyre related, I had the wheels on a balancer a couple of weeks ago and they looked straight which means it must be the tyres.

Part 2 coming in a sec...

[dom069]

On to today then, this morning I decided that I would spend the day giving it a detail.

I started with a wash and then clay, following that I gave it a machine polish using a couple of different compounds of Menzerna polish on a couple of different pads. The whole car was waxed with Collinite 476s, glass cleaned with Autoglym glass polish, exhaust with Autosol and trims were treated with Aerospace 303.

After the initial wash:



Here you can see some swirling/defects in the paint:



After claying:





Again you can see defects in the paint in direct sunlight:



Most of the front grills were removed for cleaning:



Peek-a-boo:



After the first pass:









I also tackled the headlights which were covered in white spots when the lights are on. Much better now:



Some finished snaps:























A lot of pictures, but this is my personal favourite:

[ChrisGT]

WOW!! 

Tornado red looks so good when it's all done up.

Great job,

Chris

[Martk19871]

Some really nice photos in there mate, have you got a decent camera?

[Ollieeee]

Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!

The grills are just standard plastic treated with Aerospace 303 @Ollieeee

Ah ok, i've got some 303 so might have to give it a try!

[dom069]

WOW!! 

Tornado red looks so good when it's all done up.

Great job,

Chris

Cheers 

Some really nice photos in there mate, have you got a decent camera?

Thanks, I was staying with my mum and dad so borrowed his Nikon D40. Only an old entry level SLR but still capable of some nice pictures.

Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!

The grills are just standard plastic treated with Aerospace 303 @Ollieeee

Ah ok, i've got some 303 so might have to give it a try!

Definitely worth a try 

[prp74]

Truly stunning 

[Pacman]

Looking amazing mate 

[Tmparry01]

Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.

Tom

On to today then, this morning I decided that I would spend the day giving it a detail.

I started with a wash and then clay, following that I gave it a machine polish using a couple of different compounds of Menzerna polish on a couple of different pads. The whole car was waxed with Collinite 476s, glass cleaned with Autoglym glass polish, exhaust with Autosol and trims were treated with Aerospace 303.

After the initial wash:



Here you can see some swirling/defects in the paint:



After claying:





Again you can see defects in the paint in direct sunlight:



Most of the front grills were removed for cleaning:



Peek-a-boo:



After the first pass:









I also tackled the headlights which were covered in white spots when the lights are on. Much better now:



Some finished snaps:























A lot of pictures, but this is my personal favourite:

Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.