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most mk3 alternators will fit, so thats an easy one. the water ingress is normally due to one of 3 things 1. leaking through sunroof due to blocked drain holes 2. battery tray rot, which floods driver side footwell, tricky job to fix 3. water can get in through the doors if the plastic membrafe behi...

your cars a mk4! the engine however is pretty much the same as the old polos, so its pretty easy to work on. should be do-able in a day so long as the matting surfaces arent corroded

at least it was a cheap(ish) fix!

g40s can be a bit nasty, they have a lot of power for their size, are you sure its a suitable first car? a lot of people will say they are expensive to maintain. the thing is a lot have been modded and they obviously require more looking after. mine is pretty much stock engine wise and is reliable a...

still for sale! milton under wychwood, oxon is where i am. i'm about on sunday, but not sat as im off on a rally day!

travelling isnt worth my while to sell £55s worth of wheels, sorry

55 is the absolute lowest im willing to sell at. not willing to sell without the tyres either, cos they are of no use to me and i have enough crap in my garden as it is!

gt skirts and arches are easy to come by, cost around 40-60 second hand, though you can get them cheaper from breakers yards. mk2 coupe s and saloons also have arch kits, the advantage of these is that they can be used without the rub strips, whereas gt and g40 ones form part of the side moulding

you should see the roads where i live, some have grass growing up the middle of them! a 40mm drop is un-noticeable, it wont look lowered at all! 60 is the best drop to go for if the roads are a bit rough. my g40 is 40mm on the front and somewhere between 70 and 80 on the back. i didnt want to go low...

ditching it in the summer once i finish my new bumper! might stick it onthe gt though! what bumpers are on your white one? they aftermarcket ones or just smoothed? like the wheels! i used to have a set myself, they werent as shiney though

got bored today and fitted a splitter to my gt, made it from the bottom of an old polo front bumper!


and heres my g40 with a passat front splitter fitted

just want these gone now, so i'll take 60 for them, which is what i had them up at before i painted them

ive got a set for sale! £35 posted, pm me if you want them

now diy refurbed



£75