billinjah 0 Posted December 21, 2005 sunday i washed the polishing compound off and stood with bally admiring the new paint! we went over it with a fine toothe comb to find anyimperfections, found a few very small ones, the painter said i would as its my car and ill notice the smallest of things! i am so so happy with how she looks now! im not going to post any pics up until she is back in one piece with the rs' on. but man she smooth!!! oh and monday i brought a new lip spoiler (yes a 90mm!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A20 LEE 0 Posted December 21, 2005 did more sanding :( bored. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted December 21, 2005 A20 LEE, bored with sanding or sanding because you're bored ? xmas tv always promotes a lot of sanding :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A20 LEE 0 Posted December 24, 2005 A20 LEE, bored with sanding or sanding because you're bored ? xmas tv always promotes a lot of sanding :-) both :lol: Think its time to dig out my favourite christmas DVD. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Neil- 0 Posted December 26, 2005 put the exhaust back on the rear hanger and replaced the wire holding the back box up from hitting the axel. Fitted a 2nd fog light in the passenger side of the tail gate. Found out i've got a big gash(ooooh aye!) in my air intake near the trottle body :( needs to be fixed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted December 31, 2005 wash and shammy ,used some gliptone on my leather seats , seems like good stuff for the money (£9.99 for cleaner and conditioner) and really gives it that leather smell :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom B 0 Posted January 2, 2006 I'm gonna go out and change my oil sump, I think. Oh and I need to get that charger off! I have an uprated headlamp loom too, but I'm thinking I should put it on the Polo instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billinjah 0 Posted January 2, 2006 well i didnt but my other half covered my headlining (dinkus' old one) in beige leather! see piccy. and i picked up another late bonnet cheers robbymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Furkz 0 Posted January 2, 2006 washed it and looked at it and thought how lucky i am then a black RS4 avant parked up next to me BASTID arrrgh had lm's was nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarlett 0 Posted January 2, 2006 oooooooh..... that headlining looks lush.....!!! i wanna do mine in alcantara.... :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trig 0 Posted January 2, 2006 billinjahg60, just made me realise my girlfriends mum used to make her own clothes.. sure she's more than capable of re-upholstering my car for me! :norty: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trig 0 Posted January 6, 2006 Fixed my aerial, finally got radio reception now! Took a lot longer to do than it should have though. Spent ages trying to get the rubber off the amplifier bit only to find I hadn't taken the two screws out. Definately worth it hough & it cost nothing. If you've got bad radio signal then this is a must. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A20 LEE 0 Posted January 14, 2006 started to paint strip the radiator fan cowl. Soooo much easier stripping and polishing brand new parts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Neil- 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Had MOT today, failed on ball joint and hand break cable, Cost for mot £35 Cost for parts £25 Cost for labour £0 Not bad for my First MOT with this car! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iow_corrado_g60 0 Posted January 25, 2006 i de-wipered my C and started to fit chrome door catches done left side one! also fiddled with head unit to see about the dvd out! theres no room behind there what so ever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted January 25, 2006 iow_corrado_g60, its easier to take the passenger parcel shelf out to get some access mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve_16v 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Found a BIG pool of oil under mine this morning :( had a look under the bonnet and found the filler cap sat on the inlet manifold, turns out when I topped up the oil the day before (it was dark) I didn't put the filler cap on properly :oops: Luckily I still had some spare oil (lost 2 ltrs!), but the engine is absolutely covered in it now :evil: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted January 25, 2006 Finally got round to sorting the tiny little rust bubble on the passenger door that I spotted 3 years ago :-) As always, what was a 5mm round bubble on the surface, turned into a 50p sized brown patch once scraped back :-( Ground it down to bare metal and then did a really terrible patch job of it :-) Nevermind, you can't notice it anyway as it's below the side moulding :-) Also felt a nasty grinding on full lock this morning on the pass side. Drove to work assuming it was inner arch rubbing (it had that tread block rubbing on metal feel to it) but no marks on the inner wings. That'll be the outer CV then me thinks...... god I hate doing those. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy T 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Did an oil & filter change (104k and still barely consuming any full synthetic between changes 8) Investigated the rattle coming from underneath the car, turned out to be a broken cat heatshield bracket, love it when its an easy fix! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamU 6 Posted January 25, 2006 billinjahg60, just made me realise my girlfriends mum used to make her own clothes.. sure she's more than capable of re-upholstering my car for me! :norty: My mother in law also used to make clothes, and she's helped me do 1 interior already in cloth, gonna try a leather retrim soon for mine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamU 6 Posted January 25, 2006 Over the past couple of weekends I have Replaced the [list:0f75b]Wishbones Lower joints Track rod ends Drop links Bushes with poly Welded hole in chassis where it meets the floorpan ish. Brakes with G60 cross drilled setup Front and rear springs (now to low at front) Fitted G60 deep front spoiler Now drives sooo much better This weekend will be Change ignition switch Re align front bumper Sort out drivers windscreen washer (which stopped this morning, Passengers is OK) Replace grill with early non broken grill If time weld up hole where rear VW badge should be, maybe smooth it. And I might then wash it [/list:u:0f75b] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dubby 0 Posted January 25, 2006 Today, and in fact all this week so far, I have mostly fed it petrol and driven it to and from work :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timg60 0 Posted January 26, 2006 Expensive day today, But after the drive home so worth it, Fitted new ARB links, Pads and discs all round and a set of coilovers. Might take a bit of fiddling to get the height right. But already drives and looks so much better. Plus I can stop!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mistrall 0 Posted January 26, 2006 got her through the mot!!!!! - taxed - woohoo ! the first place i went to tried charging me 750 quid (computerised) the second ---- wait for it ------------....... 115 quid (computerised) - so bought some 6/9s 2 and blew my amp :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StuartFZR400 0 Posted January 27, 2006 Replaced the main radiator hose which split on me en-route home. Ohhh, nice new rubber hose, exciting stuff. Bargain price of £5.50 from GSF 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
