Slim's G60 Turbo

[Slimg60 0]

Very nice mate, got rid of your 4motion then dude?

 

It's freezin here too, at least I'm not working on a cold line anymore :wink:

[Slimg60 0]

Get into the car last night and notice the carpet on the drivers side is a bit wet, think my windscreen might have a leak and drive home.

Get home and find the carget VERY wet now and smells like coolant :(

Further investigation finds this very nice split in my heater matrix.

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Guess what I'm doing this weekend........?

[waynos 0]

my god, must be the time of year mate quite a few people having problems with the heating! me included - good luck!!! are you going to take the dash out to do it

[Slimg60 0]

my god, must be the time of year mate quite a few people having problems with the heating! me included - good luck!!! are you going to take the dash out to do it

 

I left the dash in to do it, bit fiddley but managed to remove the air box in a couple of hours, just missing some skin on my hands now.

[Stan 24v 0]

my god, must be the time of year mate quite a few people having problems with the heating! me included - good luck!!! are you going to take the dash out to do it

 

I left the dash in to do it, bit fiddley but managed to remove the air box in a couple of hours, just missing some skin on my hands now.

 

Just like working on the mighty Cat mate ;)

[Slimg60 0]

my god, must be the time of year mate quite a few people having problems with the heating! me included - good luck!!! are you going to take the dash out to do it

 

I left the dash in to do it, bit fiddley but managed to remove the air box in a couple of hours, just missing some skin on my hands now.

 

Just like working on the mighty Cat mate ;)

 

Yer, the good old days :salute:

Here's a pic for you

[Slimg60 0]

Been a while since I've updated here.

Not much has changed really accept the TT seats have been sold to make way for some cloth Recaro's :dance:

Thanks again Baz (bristolbaron), the seats are awesome and good luck with whichever direction you take with your new interior.

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Other than that I just gave her a good wash and polish this morning

 

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Bodyworks starting to look tired now so be getting hold of some new panels and bumpers then getting it alll resprayed 8)

[Slimg60 0]

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[Philuk 0]

looking good mate :D love the look with borbets on so much hehe

[Slimg60 0]

Yer I like the Borbets too, wouldn't mind getting some 9's for the rear but as I use her daily for work I need to factor in practicality now too :(

Still, not buying wider wheels will mean I have more money to spend in other places :D

[Slimg60 0]

Well I think I've lost the love for her. I dont seem to have the same passion as i used to, plus I'm commuting further now and it costing a fortune in petrol.

I'm really gutted that this time has come but i'd much rather she went to someone who'll enjoy her more.

i'm going to get a couple of bit s of bodywork sorted and then start writing the for sale add. :(

[polog40racer 0]

Shame mate, surely you can just buy a cheapo diesel runabout and use the Home to Duty to your advantage. Looks really nice now, I remember seeing it when you were still on 6 when it was pretty stock. Made me miss my rado even more, grrr... lol.

[Slimg60 0]

Did you have the polo whilst I was at Coningsby? I cant remember seeing you around? Was I talking to you on the gate when you were on guard?

I've thought about getting a cheap deisel, but dont really have the room for 3 cars, maybe if I could get a bay in the motor club I might try keep her.

[polog40racer 0]

Had the black racer kept in the motorsports club at woodhall whilst doing a full rebuild and up spec, til I mothballed it to buy a house. Had a green wide arch caged up green mk2 polo g40 on base though (the one in pvw mag polo shootout), and ran around in Richie k's old white G40 for a while, when he had his toy-yawn-ota. I was on crash gate 5 when I saw you, cant remember when though. Think you'd not had it long though. Im on 41sqn.

 

I use a sh@tbox astra diesel (the thunderbus i call it) i got for £400, still using it 3years later and ive put 75,000 miles on it, lol (75mile round trip a day). My next corrado project will be a 2l 16v turbo track day car so my sacrifice is not having a decent daily car.

 

Really good to see what its like now, proper transformation! Really nice g60. Im sure you'll find the love again, just go have a drive! Good luck on whatever you decide.

 

Do you know Jim Bucanen-Smith then at the AWC, he got his tapes and went there from our place about 2- 2 1/2years ago.

[Slimg60 0]

Yer I know Jim. He works in a different office but I see him around. Do you know Ian Hurst?

Richie's polo was crazy, I keep kicking myself for not buying that off of him. At least he saw sense and sold the gt4 for another dub.

I'm really undecided as to what to do, I really dont want to sell it. I'm half tempted to put a smaller intercooler on to get some of the punch back as it has lost some of it's kick since fitting the td5 one.

I went out yesterday down to Norwich and when I wasnt stuck behind traffic on the A17 it was fun.

[Yandards 0]

Slim if you do get rid (not that should we all go through these phases) then 1st dips on the interior :)

[Slimg60 0]

Slim if you do get rid (not that should we all go through these phases) then 1st dips on the interior :)

 

 

Yer i'm sure we can work something out.

I'll know more next week as to weather I have this posting to Cottesmore, if not and I have to stay at waddo then she'll probably be staying.

[bristolbaron 10]

Slim if you do get rid (not that should we all go through these phases) then 1st dips on the interior :)

 

I'm sure I offered a 'money back if you decide you have lost the love for your car within the next 12 months warranty' on the Recaros!!

[Slimg60 0]

Baz have you not found a replacement yet? I feel quite bad now knowing your cars sat there seatless.

Well Yanards asked first, but baz need seats, there's only one way to solve this........FIGHT :D

[Yandards 0]

Baz have you not found a replacement yet? I feel quite bad now knowing your cars sat there seatless.

Well Yanards asked first, but baz need seats, there's only one way to solve this........FIGHT :D

 

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[Slimg60 0]

I think she's staying, I took her out today and found a lovely flowing road, first time I've had fun in her for a while.

I think that having just driven to work and back I'd forgotten how much fun it could be and how great that noise is with the windows down :D

Decided to spend more money on her too :norty:

 

Stopped off at a place to ask about intercoolers too, he's going to change my td5 one for a smaller unit, mounted higher up, just behind the grill.

He said he will be fabricating a Rallye style u bend, and that if it is successful on my car would be interested in doing a group buy on them.

[bristolbaron 10]

Baz have you not found a replacement yet? I feel quite bad now knowing your cars sat there seatless.

Well Yanards asked first, but baz need seats, there's only one way to solve this........FIGHT :D

 

haha.. Yan wouldn't know what to do back down here.. his lungs would fill up with toxins again before he got to Birmingham!

 

the cars in a garage now so can sit patiently.. it'll be on the road by next March. Possibly. :lol:

[Yandards 0]

Baz have you not found a replacement yet? I feel quite bad now knowing your cars sat there seatless.

Well Yanards asked first, but baz need seats, there's only one way to solve this........FIGHT :D

 

haha.. Yan wouldn't know what to do back down here.. his lungs would fill up with toxins again before he got to Birmingham!

 

the cars in a garage now so can sit patiently.. it'll be on the road by next March. Possibly. :lol:

 

Damn it Baz, you are probably right :epicfail:

 

Glad you have found the lurve again Slim.

[Slimg60 0]

Cheers Yan, me too. I made a deliberate point of coming the long way home tonight, just to drive it a little more and on different roads.

I think I'd just grown into the habit of getting into it, driving to work, having a :censored: day then driving home, and not driving anywhere else.

[Cheapmods 0]

I felt the same way a few times about my R6. It's an awesome machine and i feel great after a good spirited ride, but when you use it for commuter duty even that gets old.

 

Glad you found the :luvlove: