Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #135 – July 20, 2022, 02:08:00 PM How many miles were you covering in 6 months!?
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #136 – July 20, 2022, 02:38:09 PM About 8000.They were bloody soft, but absolutely amazing grip! 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #137 – July 20, 2022, 10:28:48 PM Got the call to say the exhaust joint was complete and the car was ready to collect this morning! I was getting nervous I would be let down and ruin my plans this weekend.I was due in a meeting at work but made an excuse and grabbed a lift over to collect mk2 🤣 delighted the exhaust doesn't knock at all and is sitting back in it natural position again. The old joint was kicking the exhaust out of alignment due to the miltek manifold ending in lower position than the oe abf manifold.Just need to give it a bloody good clean and load the car up with food and spares for national meet 😁 Last Edit: July 20, 2022, 10:31:10 PM by ianmac86 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #138 – July 21, 2022, 02:21:57 PM A tiny update. I had a walk round the car yesterday afternoon and noticed the wiper arms were looking 32 years old! They have lots of, I guess stone chips? So i spoke nicely to the guys that did the paint earlier in the year and they agreed to paint them for me. Really pleased, I do like the little touches 😀 2 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #139 – August 01, 2022, 10:29:47 PM Before the exhaust was tweaked I bought some Powerflex exhaust rubbers, the old ones were perishing badly. Having spoke to a few people afterwards it seems that the ones from C&R with bike chain inside would've been a better option, but oh well. I couldn't get one of them on the mid box hanger, they're seem a bit too chunky so went for a new oe style rubber there. I've also heard the Powerlex are meant to melt quickly so I'm not holding my breath! I put jubilee clips over them whether this will help I'm not too sure. Time will tell I guessI went to the national meet at Curbourgh the other week, such a great weekend. Camped over with the family, went on track Saturday and show n shine Sunday. I met loads of good people and can't wait for next year already! The photos are all over Facebook but here are a few of mineA quite beer Friday Ready for track Saturday Family arrived Saturday morning Track photos courtesy of Ben WinchA lap with the gopro- best lap was 31.05https://youtu.be/AUFg0mHRz_wShow n shine photos from SundayI think the best place I can spend money would be one quality set of adjustable coilovers. I really like my bilstein eibach setup but they are slightly too soft for track maybe. My eldest daughter wanted to help swap the wheels over back to road tyres. It was nice to have some help and I hope it builds her interest for the future 😊 Back on the ra's Last Edit: August 01, 2022, 10:38:41 PM by ianmac86 2 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #140 – August 02, 2022, 09:14:02 AM Was good to meet you. Looking back at your pics and seeing your car I now recognise it from Caffeine and Machine night, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. But I remember admiring the Sebrings, one of my favourite stock wheels. 31'05 seems like a good time, for comparison my best in a stock 8v was 32'49. I wonder how that compares with Baz, he's running an ABF. Last Edit: August 02, 2022, 09:16:21 AM by Eddypeck 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #141 – August 02, 2022, 01:21:52 PM Good meet you and chat. I've PMd you about your paint person, hoping they might be able to help with my dodgy doors and sunroof panel.Enjoyed your track video too! 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #142 – August 02, 2022, 07:42:02 PM Quote from: Eddypeck on August 02, 2022, 09:14:02 AMWas good to meet you. Looking back at your pics and seeing your car I now recognise it from Caffeine and Machine night, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. But I remember admiring the Sebrings, one of my favourite stock wheels. 31'05 seems like a good time, for comparison my best in a stock 8v was 32'49. I wonder how that compares with Baz, he's running an ABF.Good to meet you too! Thanks I do like the sebrings. I regret not putting more practical road tyres on them so I could use them more regularly.Baz did a 30.79 this year so he was quicker than me by 0.26 of a second! I'm happy with that as he's a great driver. Mine was a standard 8 valve in 2019 and my best was 32.63, so I'm 0.14 slower than your winning time this year. So you have both beat me in a way!Quote from: Martin109 on August 02, 2022, 01:21:52 PMGood meet you and chat. I've PMd you about your paint person, hoping they might be able to help with my dodgy doors and sunroof panel.Enjoyed your track video too!Great to meet you too Martin! I'll send you a message back now with my painters info 👍🏻 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #143 – August 05, 2022, 01:01:19 PM Great to meet you the other weekend, still catchup up after the trip.Loving the huge rear wheel pickup you had! 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #144 – August 14, 2022, 07:57:25 PM Yeah really good to meet you too Monkey. Really pleased with with photos from Ben especially that one.
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #145 – August 14, 2022, 09:01:16 PM I'm trying to make the mk2 as user friendly to Laura as possible so she can use it when needed, hence the power steering the other month. Remote locking seems like a sensible upgrade especially with young kids.I went for a cheap Rclick kit for about £20. I wanted to keep the existing vacuum system as I have a 5 door, it would of needed 6 actuators to completely change the lot as the fuel flap also lockable. That would have been alot of faffing!This is what comes in the boxGuard dog watching meDrilled the template in the only place I could seem to find that didn't foul the window when wound downConnected the rods, I replaced the plastic part that had gone brittle and snappedFitted into place. I had to bend the rod around the one for the internal latch Chopped the old harness leaving some slack on the old plug incase this goes wrong or I ever need to reconnect itFor now I have used crimped bullet connectors for ease of swapping wires round incase I get this wrong. I will more than likley solder and heatshrink when I'm happy that it functions properly Bit of insulation tape to stop them hanging too close to the window mechanismFound a spare live in the back of fusebox and connected the earth onto the clawAnd it was that easy! I faffed over a few evenings but I think I could do it again in few hours. So far it works really well. It would be nice to see if I can connect it to the hazards to flash when it's locking/unlocking. I guess I'd need a relay for this? 🤔 Last Edit: August 16, 2022, 09:40:44 PM by ianmac86
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #146 – August 14, 2022, 09:14:05 PM Completely stolen off Copes thread but it looked like such a clever but simple idea for a phone mountThe mount kind of slides and clamps the phone into place reasonably central so perfect for sat navigation duties 1 Likes
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #147 – August 19, 2022, 10:43:20 PM I’ve looked at the rclick kit before and consideredDoing it. If I didn’t have factory c/l I would for sure. But having factory air c/l I wasn’t sure how best to integrate it.Good to see you solving this, perhaps I’ll take another look.Did you get a flip out key?
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #148 – August 20, 2022, 03:57:14 PM Quote from: Eddypeck on August 19, 2022, 10:43:20 PMI’ve looked at the rclick kit before and consideredDoing it. If I didn’t have factory c/l I would for sure. But having factory air c/l I wasn’t sure how best to integrate it.Good to see you solving this, perhaps I’ll take another look.Did you get a flip out key?I didn't go for the flip key, to be honest I didn't notice that it was an option. It would confuse me with the van keys so probably just as well 😅I looked into teeing off a vacuum pipe etc into drivers side door and fitting just a remote switch into boot by the pump but that seemed way more complicated for my simple mind to overcome.So far the only teething problem I've had was the window catching and snapping the wires when I wound it down so I've tucked them right out of the way
Re: G135EPB 8v GTI Reply #149 – August 22, 2022, 08:18:44 AM To be honest, you're better off without the flip key.I had one about 5 golfs ago, the key starts to wear the flip mechanism quickly, it was very wobbly by the time I came to sell it. 1 Likes
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