Ollie's 1.0E (the new look)

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:00 pm

With the onset of winter, having no rear wiper is a bad idea. So, instead of using the old, useless wiper, I decided to buy an aero wiper from a 9N polo. It fits very nicely, but needed a bit of cutting down, as it hit the rear high level brake light.

Unfortunately, I've lost the rear wash function, as it now pisses washer fluid all over my exhaust pipes

I also took off my valve caps, before haloween (y'know just in case any of the local scrotes took a fancy to them

). And I haven't bothered to take the RXII's yet or got around to cleaning the steelies. I know I'm lazy

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:56 pm

I had a 9n aero wiper on the back of my GTi at one point. A superb upgrade, once cut down to size. It performed far better than my standard rear wiper arm/blade combo!

I sold mine and went back to standard, only because I changed from aeros back to standard on the front and wanted front and rear wipers to match up (I can be a bit odd like that)

The only thing to look out for is the wiper arm cap popping up after use, it doesn't quite sit flush without a little tweaking and certainly on my GTi was prone to popping off every now and again. Wiper still worked, it just looked silly

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:07 am

i've got a Golf mk5 rear aero wiper on mine and it looks great, a little more chunky than the 9n one, plus it needed cutting down to stop it hitting my rear spoiler!

-Ben-

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:39 pm

is there an aero that actually fits without modding??

looks tidy oli, nice lil mod!

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:52 pm

Dee-vub wrote:is there an aero that actually fits without modding??

looks tidy oli, nice lil mod!

I doubt it, unfortunately. It isn't that hard to cut it down to size, but I still prefer the look of my car with the wiper off, and the grommet in place of it, but I'd rather not be wiping the water off my rear window in the cold.

Oh yes, I also saw a polo GTI in silver today. They look amazing on the move, and I'm still considering one to be honest.

loud · Post by **loud** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:46 am

has anyone tried one off of a lupo?

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:10 pm

Ooh, another update. From over a month of not washing the polo, it has accumulated a lot of dirt. I decided to give it a good old clean today. It took me quite a lot of time and effort, but I'm happy with the shine, which should last me a good time.

I washed it with Zymol shampoo, with the two bucket method, and dried it with a Meguiars water magnet drying towel, and then gave it a quick QD, then I used Poorboys polish to bring it up lovely and shiny, and finished it off with some Meguiars tech wax. I cleaned the wheels with zymol shampoo, using the two-bucket method, of course and dressed the bumpers and tyres with some Turtle Wax "extreme" stuff.

Now, for the pictures. I decided that I'd do some night shots, as all of my photos of the car were taken during the day.

I really like this one

This one's cool, the surroundings are really grimey, and makes my car look aggressive. And the black and white helps, it always makes pictures look classier

That's it for the moment. It'll probably be the last time you'll see my RXII's , unless you're coming to Bluewater on Tuesday. After that, it'll be on boring steelies until it's Spring, then I'll have a lovely polished lip on the RXII's, well hopefully once I'll get up off my bottom, and go to work on them

For higher-res pics, go to http://flickr.com/photos/ollieryan/

Arnoldo · Post by **Arnoldo** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:08 pm

Lovely m8. Real credit to ya.

way_z · Post by **way_z** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:05 am

blingin mate.. absolutely blingin, good stuff! loving the wheels too

this just reminds me i need to refurb mine! by the way, whats the 2 bucket method?!

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:34 am

way_z wrote:blingin mate.. absolutely blingin, good stuff! loving the wheels too this just reminds me i need to refurb mine! by the way, whats the 2 bucket method?!

I believe the two bucket method involves having a bucket of (diluted) shampoo as normal, and a bucket of cold water alongside. Every time you clean a panel you rinse the sponge (or mitt depending on what you use) in the clean water in order to remove any contaminants or material (such as stones) picked up from the previously dirty panel you just washed. Clean the whole car, starting with the roof and working down, panel at a time, like this.

way_z · Post by **way_z** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:43 am

whoa seems like a lotta work.. might have to try it next time tho! cheers for that Si.. i washed and waxed my car on friday, thinkin i should have a go at amateur photography with some scenic shots like ollie here!

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:26 am

Yep, Si described it better than I could

I've got to get around to cleaning the interior this morning. It's an utter state, and it's full of drinks bottles, leaves, mud, and I still have a fajita packet from E38 still lying around the boot somewhere

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:39 am

great pics ollie!! loving the black and white one!! will hopefully try and make it to bluewater for the next meet!!

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:46 am

DanDiesel wrote:great pics ollie!! loving the black and white one!! will hopefully try and make it to bluewater for the next meet!!

Yeah, I'm really happy with them

It was the first time I used a tripod to take photos of the car. I think I should use a lower ISO number next time, however, as there's quite a lot of lens flare in the photos. They still look good, though, even if I did take them with a lowly 3.2 megapixel Casio camera.