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by tegwin
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:22 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR THIS CAR???
Replies: 4
Views: 913

Good god thats low!!!

Yeah, chuck us the spec dude...unless its some kind of guessing game?!?!?!
by tegwin
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:04 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: She is all mine....Loving it!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 1093

Photos as promised...

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by tegwin
Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:00 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Headlight washers....
Replies: 11
Views: 1148

Hahaaa....That was a simple solution....Its now full and good god those headlight washers are powerfull!!!!

Chears dude! :P
by tegwin
Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:47 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Headlight washers....
Replies: 11
Views: 1148

Interesting thought....will fill it right up and have a nother go...
by tegwin
Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:39 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Headlight washers....
Replies: 11
Views: 1148

Headlight washers....

Im guessing this is a common problem.... With my engine running and the headlights switched on...if I opperate the windscreen wash function the headlight washers try and pop up but dont get very far and they deffinately dont spray anything... Is there an easy way of taking them appart to give them a...
by tegwin
Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:26 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: She is all mine....Loving it!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 1093

Its a three door in red...one of the rarer ones IMHO :-)

It was a 103 mile journey back from picking it up, and then 30 miles or so messing about once I got home showing the car off...
by tegwin
Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:20 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: She is all mine....Loving it!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 1093

She is all mine....Loving it!!!

After several months of hunting for the perfect GTI I think I found it... Test drove it on Thursday...picked it up today... Done 130 miles in it so far and cant wipe the smile off my face! Think it was a good deal as well....51 plate with 45,300 miles, 1 lady owner from new (I have the origional sal...
by tegwin
Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:45 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Stone chips on a GTI....is it normal?
Replies: 6
Views: 877

Stone chips on a GTI....is it normal?

Im still looking at buying a shiny red GTI...however there are quite a few small stone chips up the front of the car and at the bottom of the bonnet.....is the GTI renowned for picking up chips? All of the chips appear to have gone through to a whiteish coloured layer...is this normal? How much do p...
by tegwin
Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:39 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Changing springs....how hard is it?
Replies: 6
Views: 1395

Changing springs....how hard is it?

Im looking at buying a GTI thats been lowered, however I cant actually get insured on a lowered car so im going to have to refit the origional springs:evil:... How hard is it to swap the springs over? Will changing the springs effect the current camber and tracking?.... (will I have to get it retrac...
by tegwin
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:58 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: VIN plate and haynes?!?!?
Replies: 1
Views: 451

VIN plate and haynes?!?!?

Ok..so im thinking about buying a GTI...Want to check that the numbers match...so can anyone point me in the direction of the relevent data plates on the car please?

And...

Is there a haynes manual that covers the 1.6 16valve in the polo GTI?
by tegwin
Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:31 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Testdrove a GTI....have a couple of questions...
Replies: 3
Views: 670

Testdrove a GTI....have a couple of questions...

Testdrove a GTI for the second time today (two different cars)...I was mainly impressed although there are a few niggly little things that are putting me off This is one of them: When looking from the front of the car the gap between the headlight and the bonnet lip was greater on the passenger side...
by tegwin
Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:46 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: what im doing 2moro!!
Replies: 3
Views: 650

I imagine its pretty much the same as all of ther 6N polos...


Its not that hard atall to be honest...

I recon it took me about an hour to do mine...
by tegwin
Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:32 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: GTI Gearbox parts and preventative maintinance?
Replies: 14
Views: 1491

I have spoken to a few people and it appears there are two common faults with this box... The first is that the bearings disintegrate as descussed.. The second, is the rivets that hold the diff together sheer off causing bits of rivet to get fired off into the gears causing them to tear appart and c...
by tegwin
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:56 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: Lost sound..
Replies: 4
Views: 634

If its just stopped working its quite possible that its a loose wire rather than a duff tweeter...

Can you check the continuity between the headunit and the speaker?
by tegwin
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:38 pm
Forum: MK5 (6N2) Polo GTi - Years 1999-2001
Topic: GTI Gearbox parts and preventative maintinance?
Replies: 14
Views: 1491

GTI Gearbox parts and preventative maintinance?

I am thinking about buying a GTI in the next couple of months as an upgrade for my M reg 1.6 8v (the thought of getting a 50% power increase in an already nippy car makes me get all excited :roll:) However...my main concern is the gearbox issue... I have three questions: 0. What perscentage of GTIs ...