Jimmy's Black GT TSI - DV change done!

[Dave7692]

Looks awesome, I've got mine to fit this weekend.

[JimmyC92]

GTI Side Skirts

Before...



After...



Much better! Dead chuffed with these! 

Have you got any more pics of these showing the whole car, i am thinking of getting some for mine ? Also did you use genuine ones and genuine fixings or eBay ones ?

There you go, they are genuine ones from trade parts specialists. About £40 per side for the black textures plastic as seen here :)

[Ellisimo]

looks much better with the sideskirts mate! 

making me want some for mine now! 

[JimmyC92]

looks much better with the sideskirts mate! 

making me want some for mine now! 

Cheers mate! Do it! TPS are only in Eastleigh and they are dead easy to fit!

[DamoP]

Headlight resto

Being fed up with the swirls on my lights but being too nervous to take any wet and dry to them, I decided to try this Maguiars kit. I'm quite impressed, it takes a few passes to notice improvement, I stopped tonight as I had to dash off, but I will be giving it another go tomorrow.

did you use a mains drill or cordless? any good?

[JimmyC92]

Headlight resto

Being fed up with the swirls on my lights but being too nervous to take any wet and dry to them, I decided to try this Maguiars kit. I'm quite impressed, it takes a few passes to notice improvement, I stopped tonight as I had to dash off, but I will be giving it another go tomorrow.

did you use a mains drill or cordless? any good?

I used a cordless drill, seems to struggle a little bit however my lights might be a bit far gone! I still need to give it another go since this last post...I'll put some more pictures up as soon as i've done it.

[DamoP]

Headlight resto

Being fed up with the swirls on my lights but being too nervous to take any wet and dry to them, I decided to try this Maguiars kit. I'm quite impressed, it takes a few passes to notice improvement, I stopped tonight as I had to dash off, but I will be giving it another go tomorrow.

did you use a mains drill or cordless? any good?

I used a cordless drill, seems to struggle a little bit however my lights might be a bit far gone! I still need to give it another go since this last post...I'll put some more pictures up as soon as i've done it.

thought that maybe the case. as i only have a cordless

[JimmyC92]

A little known fact about these is they come with imploding mirrors upon impact...

Driving home from work after a 12 hour night shift I was very very tired and perhaps on the verge of nodding off, I took the motorway home with the window open thinking it would help, the road works narrowed the road down to a single lane of which I mis judged the distance between me and the cones at which point I clipped one with the front quarter and my wing mirror internally combusted next to my face...





May not be as bad as you expected but I'm both livid with myself and devastated...plans have been put on hold for a while until I can get this sorted! Thankfully TPS have the bits in stock so I just need to find somewhere that can fit and spray the bits...

Take note guys and gals - never EVER drive tired, no matter how competent at driving you are, its very easy for mistakes to happen! I was just lucky there wasn't anyone around or big machinery to hit...

In the mean time...this is me...

[Eniqmatic]

Nice car, really unfortunate about what just happened however! Keep it up hope you don't loose the motivation for it!

Quick tip for when I saw you putting wax on previously, straight lines not circles!  You maybe know this by now already just thought I'd say as you did ask for tips! Good work though!

[JimmyC92]

Nice car, really unfortunate about what just happened however! Keep it up hope you don't loose the motivation for it!

Quick tip for when I saw you putting wax on previously, straight lines not circles!  You maybe know this by now already just thought I'd say as you did ask for tips! Good work though!

Thanks mate! I got the door mirror sorted today, thankfully I have a friend who works in a body shop and was able to spray and fit the mirror over night and is sorting the wing and bumper next week. I have a track day on Sunday at Brands Hatch so I didn't want to do the journey with no wing mirror!

Thanks for the tip, it was polish not wax I was applying, I'll bear it in mind for wax but is polishing circular motions mainly? Also how many passes should I give each panel for best results?

Thanks again dude :)

[Eniqmatic]

Nice car, really unfortunate about what just happened however! Keep it up hope you don't loose the motivation for it!

Quick tip for when I saw you putting wax on previously, straight lines not circles!  You maybe know this by now already just thought I'd say as you did ask for tips! Good work though!

Thanks mate! I got the door mirror sorted today, thankfully I have a friend who works in a body shop and was able to spray and fit the mirror over night and is sorting the wing and bumper next week. I have a track day on Sunday at Brands Hatch so I didn't want to do the journey with no wing mirror!

Thanks for the tip, it was polish not wax I was applying, I'll bear it in mind for wax but is polishing circular motions mainly? Also how many passes should I give each panel for best results?

Thanks again dude :)

Great news, not too long then which is always good! Hopefully not to much sting to the bank balance either I hope!

I personally wouldn't use circle motions for anything to be honest, but I would perhaps save your money for other detailing items as I wouldn't hand polish either! I don't find you can really get much done with the hand, in my personally opinion! Save up for a nice DA maybe? 

Anyways, glad to hear you got your mirror sorted! 

[JimmyC92]

Not one to be put down...

Despite my little indiscretion with some cones on the motorway the other day I managed to get the parts together to replace the wing mirror, and get it sprayed dead chuffed with the outcome! The rest of the body work is going in next week.

I love the car too much to loose interest, however having to watch funds for obvious reasons, I saw a few people having done the seat inserts on their models and thought I could stretch to those to show the girl I still care...yes @Eniqmatic this is your fault 





I went for the red to match a few other little bits...red and black, original I know! But still, they do add a little something to the interior.

[paulw123]

Are your wheels OEM classix 17" ?
What colour did you get them painted? as they look great.
Did the centre plastic cover paint up ok?
Are you going to replace the vw logo? think it would look better, couldn't they mask them?

[JimmyC92]

Are your wheels OEM classix 17" ?
What colour did you get them painted? as they look great.
Did the centre plastic cover paint up ok?
Are you going to replace the vw logo? think it would look better, couldn't they mask them?

Hi mate yeah they are the OEM classix 17", they are painted in metallic gunmetal grey, I'm just waiting for the new centre caps to come in the post! Little did I realise when I ordered them that they where coming from Bulgaria!

[Andy]

Looking good so far,Think the gti black lights will set the front of nicely