GrahamU's 2.0 TFSI with DSG

[GrahamU 5]

What a great thread this has been to follow.

 

You certainly get stuck in and the work and effort that has been put into this is incredible.

 

Looking forward to seeing more.

 

 

 

Thank you :)

[GrahamU 5]

Oops

 

I may of just bought a K04 turbo, manifold and downpipe

 

:)

[mic_VR 3]

Don't you just hate it when you accidentally buy a turbo!

[STU175 0]

Doors sprayed, not great, I think I need a new, better gun

 

 

 

Think I would be happy if it was a new BMW, finish is about the same :)

 

looking good.

i wasnt very good at the spraying part but got very good at flatting back lol

i know what you mean about the bmw finish its shocking on quite a few new cars.

most new cars would benefit from flatting back/paint correction.

what you got left to do b4 it hits the road then?

[odub 0]

Oops

 

I may of just bought a K04 turbo, manifold and downpipe

 

:)

 

It's about time

[GrahamU 5]

looking good.

i wasnt very good at the spraying part but got very good at flatting back lol

i know what you mean about the bmw finish its shocking on quite a few new cars.

most new cars would benefit from flatting back/paint correction.

what you got left to do b4 it hits the road then?

 

 

 

Doors are now on, need to fit all the wiring into them,

wire the engine bay

spray, flat and fit the front panels

finish of the brakes

get a windscreen and fit it

And then just a few other wiring jobs

 

Not an awful lot really but the wife keeps giving me jobs and want to spend time with me (not in the garage, I have suggested that :) )

 

I still have 10 days holiday to take before the end of november so hoping to crack on then

 

 

It's about time

 

True, and I got it offered at a price I couldn't turn down

[GrahamU 5]

Not been the best week, feel I tok a step forward the 3 back ....... :(

 

First the K04 had cracks so that went back, may just go for a K03s hybrid now.

 

Then had friday off so had a play with the car, noticed the covering I'd put on the roof lining and the C pillar had peeled

 

 

 

 

It would appear the spray glue I used turned to slime and didnt stick it :(

 

I had some felt like material so today I have re covered the roof lining, hopefully it will stay on this time,

 

 

 

tomorrow, if I can get the remains of the goo off, I will try to recover the c pillar but using EVO stick

 

 

On another note, I have started checking the electrics that I've put in and so far so good :)

[GrahamU 5]

Tonights job, Black interior cheapskate style

 

 

Matches the roof, need to do the A and B pillars now

 

:)

[STU175 0]

Tonights job, Black interior cheapskate style

 

 

Matches the roof, need to do the A and B pillars now

 

:)

2nd attempt looks better anyway i think.

Looking good mate.

 

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[GrahamU 5]

2nd attempt looks better anyway i think.

Looking good mate.

 

Thanks, this material is alot easier to shape than the faux leather

[fla 9]

Looks really good. What material did you use?

[GrahamU 5]

Looks really good. What material did you use?

 

This is what I used

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CRAFT-FELT-FABRIC-per-1m-METRE-Material-150cm-Wide-Acrylic/322239988816?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=511141722893&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

 

cheap as chips

[GrahamU 5]

Received my latest purchase

 

 

Audi TT sun visors, so that this weekends project

 

Got the light the is recessed into the headlining coming aswell so hope to have all that in :)

[Jon_vr6 1]

Audi tt sunvisors fit corrado?

 

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[GrahamU 5]

Audi tt sunvisors fit corrado?

 

I'll let you know :)

 

They are approximately the same size but the fixings are different, it has been done to mk3's

[GrahamU 5]

OK, some small mods and the Audi TT sunvisors are in.

 

Start with the easy bit, the inner clip. All the mouldings are there and shaped to accept the screws when the holes are drilled, then I cut down the rear of the clip so it was the same thickness as the original

 

 

 

 

 

So then onto the visors, they are a bit bigger so I needed to make a 13mm hole in the metal to accept the visor. Then cut down the plastic of the visor clip so it would fit through the 13mm hole

 

Although I have now realised I missed taking a couple of pics :( will get them when I take it of again to wire in

 

 

 

The vanity lights came next, just cut a hole in the roof lining

 

 

 

And this is the result

 

 

 

 

 

Not looking to bad :)

[gazvr6 10]

That looks great! It definitely modernises the interior. Cracking idea with the rear interior light aswell

 

 

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[GrahamU 5]

A pillars being covered

 

 

and in

 

 

 

and with some of the spare material I cut into squares to use as the squeak/rattle stopper around the C pillar fixings

 

 

lastly today, a quick pic of the fitted C pillar

 

[GrahamU 5]

I have a week off this week so hoping to get a fair bit finished this week :)

 

As usual though things take alot longer than I hope to get done.

 

This weekend I have Powered the climatronic unit and it works :) while I was doing it, I wired in the radio, running all the rca cables etc, finished wiring the rear interior light

 

Then faffed about for a while running wires for the alarm LEDs, making a tailgate switch suuround and trying to work out why the rear spoiler stopped working (blown fuse, and the bentley manual was no help :( )

 

Now, gone on a bit of a punt and bought this

 

 

I'm hoping I can cut the dash and have the switch next to the spoiler switch, this comes with the switch and wired connector. Will also have to work out how to wire it :)

[fla 9]

some excellent work going on there Graham!

 

You're the master of wiring and harnesses so this switch mod will be a doddle for you.

I bought a Golf 3 headlight switch some years ago as a replacement, but still haven't got round to working out how to fit it in... so i'd be interested in how you graft this one into the dash.

[GrahamU 5]

Thanks Hasan

 

Once I've got it fitted I'll write it up

[dan 0]

Realy cool project there Graham... Keep up the good work!

[GrahamU 5]

Thanks Dan.

 

While waiting for the headlight switch parts to arrive I started on the engine harness

 

Started with this which I was running before but I wasn't really happy with the cable run and decided to hide it away more

 

 

So that got cut up and this is what I am creating

 

 

 

 

 

So that was the start, I still have this birdsnest to wire in at the other end plus a few more sensors like N75, MAF and O2

 

[GrahamU 5]

Progress seems very slow, the days go and it doesn't appear I have got much done, but a couple of quick pics from today

 

laid out in prep

 

 

Crimped joints

 

 

Crimp covered with heatshrink sleeve and the cable wrapped in kevlar tape ready to be sleeved

 

 

Then this arrived today

 

 

Planning on adding a single touch start :)

[GrahamU 5]

P.S. I can still see the picture so I assume other people can ?

 

Still using photobucket :(