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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #210 on: March 15, 2011, 11:53:00 am »
Hi Bruce,
I did think about doing the armrest, or just have a thin strip down the centre of it as the gaitor has been done before, but decided that I liked it too much to not have one myself!

Lovely car.  I've got the same RML rims and love them  :love:

Thanks for the compliments, Though I am gutted as I have not seen any other MK5's with them on, was getting a fair few glances in the que at Ultimate dubs, though they could have been saying 'look at those crappy RML's!' :grin:

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #211 on: March 16, 2011, 11:57:29 am »
Haha - got to confess I was gutted too when I saw this thread! Someone actually ran over to me as I was leaving UD to ask what they were.

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #212 on: April 08, 2011, 11:30:20 am »
 :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda:

The GTI isn't just a machine. It's very much a living, breathing thing.

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #213 on: April 08, 2011, 03:03:22 pm »
:popcornsoda: :popcornsoda: :popcornsoda:

Can show you a pic of the mk6 steering wheel if you want, but that's about it for the time being, oh, and could show you the dashboard that is lit up like a Christmas tree at the moment with all the fault codes! :grin:

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #214 on: April 08, 2011, 05:09:09 pm »
Can I ask where you got the material from wouldnt mind doing my armrest.

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #215 on: April 08, 2011, 05:38:28 pm »
Can I ask where you got the material from wouldnt mind doing my armrest.

Thanks
Sie

I went to MJ interiors in Bradford who had the material in stock and did all the work too, have heard there is not much of it left in the UK.
Failing getting some off Mike at MJ (who will sell you some if you ask nicely) try this guy:
http://vagdrivers.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=58244

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #216 on: April 08, 2011, 06:14:09 pm »
have you got a price for what they charged for the Arm rest and gaitor?

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #217 on: April 08, 2011, 06:40:36 pm »
that's about it for the time being

Are you telling me your car wasn't spotted somewhere else? :P

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #218 on: April 08, 2011, 08:32:44 pm »
have you got a price for what they charged for the Arm rest and gaitor?

£35 for the gaitor, I did not have the arm rest done.

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #219 on: April 09, 2011, 05:15:38 pm »

Are you telling me your car wasn't spotted somewhere else? :P

Moi?  :innocent: :innocent: (think I've been rumbled!)
Ah well, why not show off my latest addition, been to the garage 4 times in 2 years to get different springs, coilovers, etc, and still couldn't quite get the look I wanted, so when I spoke to a few of the people on here in the know, and pestered them with a hundred different PM's, I decided this was the best way to go.
And when you spend on this kind of kit you have to go to the person who everyone recommends, so 100 more PM's to Luke and then this Thursday (a week ahead of my booked in date, I tootled off to Leicester and picked it up: (thought as the car is now so much sexier that it needed better pictures than on the driveway!)
















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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #220 on: April 09, 2011, 05:25:38 pm »
Car looks excellent mate, how much did suspension cost?! Also are those switches under the handbrake for it? If notwhat are they for?!

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #221 on: April 09, 2011, 06:13:41 pm »
Very nice Big Al.  :congrats: not everyone's bag, but i like the slammed look.  :drinking:
And i am only on my work lap top but he picture quality looks to have improved, who took them for you.  :laugh:

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #222 on: April 09, 2011, 06:43:02 pm »
Thats looks crazy Al :congrats:
You complain about it being not low enough now!! :grin:
I got your old coilies fitted today as well :happy2: Will have to update my own build thread :wink:

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #223 on: April 09, 2011, 07:00:10 pm »
Moi?  :innocent: :innocent: (think I've been rumbled!)

 :laugh: I wasn't trying to push you into posting it up, more just letting you know I was aware  :innocent: . Was thinking of posting this but thought it'd give the game away:



But figured you'd show it off next week at the forum meet.  :wink:

Anyway, lovin' the look, especially with those rims.  :happy2:

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Re: Big Al's slippery slope
« Reply #224 on: April 09, 2011, 08:12:35 pm »
I guessed ages ago!!!  :P

Looks really good Al, I've been thinking of getting a GTI and doing the exact same thing  :happy2:

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