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Re: G135EPB 8v GTI

Reply #165 – March 19, 2023, 05:08:48 PM

I've had a nasty bout of manflu so I've had no energy for anything. Frustrating as I keep planning time for fit my coilovers. It will happen eventually!

A few things have happened none the less. I collected my wheels from powder coaters. Went for plain and boring silver which is a bit of a shame as I keep looking back at the photos of them black and thinking how nice they looked (from 10 yards).

You might notice the lack of tyres that I dropped off and the fact the photos look like advert photos. Which is exactly what they were 😅 someone got in touch and offered me some BBS RCs that I have always loved, these were always a second best as I had resigned myself to never owning a set of 16 inch rcs as they don't come up for sale too often and are normally massively over priced

Went for a a quick test drive and noticed I have a blow which is coming from the joint between 2 flanges on back box. So I need to have a look this.

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Reply #166 – March 25, 2023, 07:29:22 PM

After buying these at Christmas, it's finally happened! My BC racing coilovers have been fitted! I took round to a friends as I have never fitted coilovers before 😳
I'm glad I did, 2 pairs of hands made life easier. To be honest not many photos were taken. I need to tweak the height up maybe 15-20mm otherwise I will be losing my splitter or sump 😆 also need to play with the dampening adjustment as ran out of time. An obviously alignment too. I went for a quick drive and found them to be equally as comfortable as the Bilstein/Eibach setup but when pushed it definitely feels more stable. Very happy, I can see why they seem to be so popular.

I had bought some coilover socks to try and protect but turns out they are a bit too small 🤦‍♂️ these are only 30cm but to cover everything need to be more like 40cm.

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Reply #167 – April 05, 2023, 10:56:55 PM

Here is a photo of th BBS RC321 wheels I collected, I was so happy to get a set as they are so difficult to find. I trail fitted them and somehow wasn't quite how I remembered them. I saw them on a car in PVW magazine around 2000-2001 and swore I'd own a set one day. I was a bit disappointed, I think maybe they look a bit too modern?

2 of them had a bit of kerbing so it seemed sensible to send these off for a refurb. If i keep them they'll need it but if I move them on, I'm sure they will be easier to sell in perfect condition

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Reply #168 – April 05, 2023, 11:09:34 PM

Came across these in a bag with the coilovers, after some research it appears they sit before the spring cap on the fronts- if using mk3 topmounts. Without them the spring caps has play between the strut which can't be good 😳

You can see better in this photo that my explaining. Without:

After fitting

I feel quite stupid as it seem so obvious but I don't recall seeing them in the fitting instructions.
Finally got my tyres on my other wheels

I gave them a clean down and ceramic coat. My mate Joe is a detailer and kindly gave me this stuff to apply

I had to wait for my tapered wheel bolts/lockers to arrive before I could fit them but I'm really pleased 😁

I've got some 10mm stub axel spacers for the rear but I will save this until my rear brakes are finished and do the polo gti conversion and mk4 calipers etc at the same time.
I've booked alignment for the end of the week and then off for a cruise down south with some friends at the weekend

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Reply #169 – May 02, 2023, 11:15:01 PM

I've covered a fair few miles this past month in the golf about 1000 miles of which nearly 500 were in 2 journeys. Really pleased with my suspension especially, and the car hasn't given me any issues. I've tired to do a few more little things that either needed looking or have been bothering me.

My Miltek manifold has been occasionally hitting the steering rack which really isn't that bad but I've focused quite alot of time into working out why. I've spoken to so many people checking and double checking. I've definitely used the correct engine mounts and brackets so seems strange that the manifold- which is made specifically for abf mk2 would catch. And then after chatting to @Barn.mk2 at London Cartel meet he mentioned something that I had missed. I bought my Vibratechnics rear mount off a mate ages ago 2nd hand. What I didn't know was this has had the top face machined down 10-15mm. This wasn't an issue when I had the oe downpipe fitted but now I've swapped to a Miltek I really need that little bit of material back 😅

Here is how my manifold sits

Here's is my rear mount

Here is how they look new

So the plan is to play around with some washers to get the desired height back and Barney has offered to me a plate to suit which is absolutely fantastic 😁
Before I knew this I've been clicking buy now on various oe bits to to try and help.
This is a g60 front mount bracket which is supposed to tilt the engine forward slightly. I thought this may help

...but it didn't and has actually made it far worse 🤦‍♂️

I've also bought a Corrado vr6 crossmember and an abf front bracket which is meant to help too but if nothing else is a definite upgrade on the mk2 front mounts
Photos borrowed of a mate. Corrado crossmember is the cleaner one

The plan is to cut the rubber off the mount and use ice hockey pucks I there place. I'm reliably informed this is a decent way of improving it further and allow me to trim the pucks to suit and help tilt the engine

This is going to be a job for next Friday hopefully along with polo stubs and mk4 rear calipers.
I've also replaced my backbox from a comfort 2.25 trackslag to a performance one as I prefer the noise they make..I noticed the diameter of the tailpipes has visibly reduced so looks a bit more subtle maybe

Whilst the front bracket was out I thought it was a good time to change the oil and filter. First time I've seen a cardboard box of oil 🤣

Also managed a clean recently, it's been over a year since paint and it's hurts to see the odd stone chip 😫 bit still.clean up nicely.

I also sold my bbs rcs, which I feel quite sad about but this has freed some funds up for other stuff.
I went to the Cartel cruise the other evening, ther was so really nice cars there and good people. I'd recommend that if anyone hasn't done it before.

Re: G135EPB 8v GTI

Reply #170 – May 03, 2023, 09:37:34 AM

I use those cubes of oil too!
So much cheaper than the other stuff and just as good.

The wheels you have now look so much better than the RCs anyway, good choice.

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Reply #171 – May 03, 2023, 12:52:55 PM

Was a funny feeling tipping a cardboard box of oil into the engine! But yeah makes sense to use as its cheaper.

Thanks, i would like some Compomotive's like yours but these will do for now. Haven't seen any updates on yours, how are you getting on?

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Reply #172 – May 03, 2023, 02:12:03 PM

Not bad thanks, I did actually fit a headliner to it the other week.
But generally speaking, all I'm doing is giving it a bloody good hammering!

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Reply #173 – May 12, 2023, 11:34:27 PM

I booked today off work to do a few jobs to the golf, the first one being a polo gti stub axel conversion. This turned out to be the only job and took the whole day! I has planned on fitting my corrado crossmember, resealing my rocker cover too but these will have to wait.

I didn't take many photos as I was in my mates workshop and time was precious. It was quite stressful as everything was seized on. Where the carrier bolts to the stub axel were Allen heads which 2 out 4 rounded off on the car. Interestingly the same 2 rounded on the polo stubs too 🤔 only 1 of 8 bolts snapped that hold the stub axels on and luckily there was enough left on it once everything was off to extract.
I bought some Sayner Works 10mm stub axel spacers with longer high tensile bolts to help pull the wheels out in the arches better.

Cheeky Mexican burger for lunch

Fitted some new mk4 calipers with Hel conversion hoses and new copper lines. I tried to buy reasonable brands where I can Ferrodo pads etc

Might have let the brake fluid run abit low when doing the rears pipes/hoses. Ran out of time amd brake fluid so need to go round and re-bleed everything.

My mate said after what have you actually gained? And I guess the answer is nothing, maybe future proofed 🤷‍♂️

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Reply #174 – May 13, 2023, 06:18:40 PM

Nice pic of the burger but what do the rear wheels look like in the arches

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Reply #175 – May 14, 2023, 07:52:39 AM

Quote from: AndyBa on May 13, 2023, 06:18:40 PM

Nice pic of the burger but what do the rear wheels look like in the arches

The Burger was amazing!

This is before the spacers

This is an after photo with the spacers. It's a minor difference but they were a tiny bit too far tucked in for my liking

Also i have swapped the gearstick badge as the old one span and the plastic cracked which was drive mental

Re: G135EPB 8v GTI

Reply #176 – May 15, 2023, 08:55:36 AM

Looking great mate!
Where did you get the new badge from?
Looks like a mk3 anni one?

Re: G135EPB 8v GTI

Reply #177 – May 15, 2023, 04:02:24 PM

Thanks Monkey!

Badge is from oem car stickers in France. It was the closest they did to original, that i could find.

I'm tempted by a coolerworx bottom mount shifters longer term.

Re: G135EPB 8v GTI

Reply #178 – May 16, 2023, 09:05:29 AM

Thanks! I'm tempted to get one for stock.

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Reply #179 – May 29, 2023, 12:09:35 AM

I've been doing a few bits to the car before I take it to France with some mates at the end of the week. Probably not time to be tampering!
I've had ago at making a cold air feed to my airbox. Probably not worth the effort but ah well.

If anyone can give me a reason that this is a bad idea I'll happily rip it out ?🤣

I'm not massively into loud music but on the odd occasion I've turned it up the components begin to distort so I've decided to amplify them and see what happens from there. I really don't know alot about car audio so if it looks wrong... it probably is 😅
I cut a piece of ply and self tapped behind where the first aid kit would have been. It's half black just to disguise where the house in the carpet are

Alpine 4 channel amp, wiring and rcas ready to go in

Amp mounted. I couldn't think of a better place for it, I initially planned to go beneath the passenger seat bit there isn't much room under there and thibk my kids would kick it if it was there.

I was planning to run the front 3.5 inch and tweeters in parallel amd the rear 6x4's on the other side. I wouldnhave liked some 6x9s but can't bring myself to cut my parcel shelf or try and make a shelf.
Not sure if these are acceptable for the speaker cable?

I've got JBL speakers all round at the moment, I'll see how these sound after but I may well upgrade to some else if I'm not satisfied

I really can't face getting the seats and carpets up to get all the wiring in so this will happen when I can build some motivation!
Not sure if mentioned but I've bought a Corrado vr6 front crossmember. The front mounts are supposed to be alot stronger than the mk2 ones as the sit within the crossmember.
I was going to fit it as it is but decided I really should tidy it up a bit

I got a wire wheel on it and some rust converter

Applied to some black paint to try and smarten it up. Don't zoom in it's really not the best! Also did the anf bracket.

I had been considering using hockey pucks on the front mount to help stiffen things up but I was concerned with the vibration at idle so might get another mount so I can reverse it if I don't like it. Sounds like a bodge but the feedback I've had is very positive.

Also fitted this diagnostic port that has been in my car since it was converted a few years back. I went to my mates for some help as I felt uncertain but in hindsight it was an easy job. A live, earth and k line soldered and heatshrinked, that was it. We scanned it on Dan's laptop of thankfully no fault codes were showing. I was keen to get this fitted before France as I've booked in for a run on my local rolling road- Stealth Racing the week after.
Literally no photos other than this

I've got it fed through my centre console behind my Fischer cassette so well hidden but easily accessible when I need it.
Back to the crossmember, honestly thought I'd have this fitted in an hour but it was alot harder than I though to balance it and fix it in place on my own 😳
Old one out

Comparison, corrado vr6 at the top and mk2 golf at the bottom

I really made hard work of this but got there in the end. I slackened the rear engine bracket off the mount to help me line the front bracket. When I tightened the rear up I managed to strip the the threads on the Vibratechnics ally 😔 I really didn't want to go back to my oe mount as I was worried the extra engine movement would shorten the life of my Miltek manifold
Luckily more help from mates saved the day? I took the car over to Henry and he helicoiled the fixing holes for me. I had ago at one and absolutely fluffed it but fortunately he managed to rescue me again 🤦‍♂️ whilst we were there we made some 4mm plates to help space the mount up for extra manifold clearance against my steering rack. Sadly no photos as there wasn't much spare time. But I now have everything back in one piece ready for VW Days in France 😁