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Reflex Silver TDi Progress
« on: January 28, 2015, 01:15:00 pm »
Alright people!!

I am totally new to all of this so this will not be the quickest progress page you'll see at all. But its a means for me to be able to see what gets done slowly.

I welcome any comment or suggestions to a newbie, any tips or advice would be great.

But firstly here she is, totally bog standard. :)




« Last Edit: February 22, 2015, 08:25:11 pm by lewisako »

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 02:55:30 pm »
Plans for the car are to:

1) New set of wheels and lower
2) New front and rear lights
3) Front bumper conversion to GTi or GTD

And for now that is it. Unsure on what wheels as of yet, interested in the monza 2s but not sure really where to buy from, bit skeptical buying from ebay.

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2015, 03:01:23 pm »
Looks like a good base to start with and the plans sound good

My brother bought wheels from www.bmautosport.co.uk a couple of times and have always been spot on so if suggest taking a look on there

If you want new headlights I'd suggest getting the projector headlights instead of the black GTI ones there's plenty on eBay

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2015, 03:59:14 pm »
Cheers Jaffa I'll keep a look out on that website! Just looking around the site at the moment for inspiration!  :happy2:

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2015, 09:36:11 am »
I remember when my car looked like that  :laugh:. Those wheels are cool, only thing I don't like about black wheels is when they get stone chipped/kerbed and silver appears.

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2015, 06:08:10 pm »
I remember when my car looked like that  :laugh:. Those wheels are cool, only thing I don't like about black wheels is when they get stone chipped/kerbed and silver appears.

Haha had a look at your thread and car looks great! Bit of inspiration for sure! What front bumper do you have on yours and where did you source it?

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2015, 07:59:32 pm »
Wheels look good, im just not a huge fan of black wheels they seem to blend in too much and the design disappears

Search for 3sdm 0.01 and it'll give you a idea of how they look on a golf

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2015, 04:22:26 pm »
I remember when my car looked like that  :laugh:. Those wheels are cool, only thing I don't like about black wheels is when they get stone chipped/kerbed and silver appears.

Haha had a look at your thread and car looks great! Bit of inspiration for sure! What front bumper do you have on yours and where did you source it?

Thanks mate. I have a bumper from a GT. Got it from eBay then smoothed the grille, I was lucky to find one in reflex silver for around £300 iirc.

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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2015, 11:08:14 pm »
Few little updates to date, firstly had some interior trim carbon wrapped.



TDi Door inserts.



Team Heko wind deflectors.



Plastidipped rear badges, no end result photo just yet.



Nice little clean before the rain came!




New Arial



Being fitted Monday



And a little photo of a day at work!


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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2015, 12:51:31 am »
Looks like you do a fantastic job for work Lewis, great stuff  :happy2: :drinking:

Is this a 2.0 tdi?
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Re: Lewis' Silver TDi Progress Thread
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2015, 09:05:38 am »
Thanks mate :) na it's the 1.9 tdi unfortunately.


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Re: Reflex Silver TDi Progress
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2015, 07:08:53 pm »
Another little change, looks great IMO so simple but effective:

During


After


Thanks DamoP for the LEDs.

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Re: Reflex Silver TDi Progress
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2015, 07:15:40 pm »
Some nice mods Lewis..

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Re: Reflex Silver TDi Progress
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2015, 07:35:53 pm »
Another little update.. these arrived the other day:





And got them on today, with the springs fitted as well:





Think I now need to referb the break calipers behind the wheels. Also planning on a front bumper change shortly.