The GTI! - Alex's Thread - Leather :D

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:32 pm

OEM Perfection

loving the progress mate

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:44 pm

Fresh! Nice one

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:02 pm

Oh, and before i forget....

I sent the reverse sensor kit back. It looked absolutely ghastly. Protruded 2.7cm from the surface of the bumper..yuck!

Ill just be careful

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:24 pm

Good.

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:25 pm

lol knew ud say that!

Post by **alexperkins** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:50 pm

All the bits get refitted shortly!!

Just had to go out and buy a whole new Megs set of cleaning gear, as autoglym isnt the right stuff for a new coat of paint. Wonderful...more money i dont have!

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:28 pm

money comes and goes...who cares!

i can take the autoglym off your hands!?

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:41 pm

reverse parking sensors are ghay anyway. they beep when your 20 miles away from something. lol, thats what mirrors are for

Post by **alexperkins** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:52 pm

tomo87 wrote:
i can take the autoglym off your hands!?

There is loads of it tom. Alot of it brand new and sealed. We might be able to do a deal perhaps

Post by **alexperkins** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:57 pm

Well the aerial is back on, the door handles are fitted and ive replaced the rear boot panels!

Post by **alexperkins** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:19 pm

Well tonight was eventful.

It took two hours to get the new 4 gauge power cable through the grommet that everyone seems to beleive is the easiest one to use. I for one dont agree, as ive cut hands and arms to prove this!!

Anyhow, thats all in now - so now the car no longer has anything under the dash, or in the center console as its all had to be removed to get to the back of the dash to get the cable down.

It also helps, as tomorrow, once the headlights are refitted (along with the fogs), im going to make a start on the rest of the audio install, which i needed the dash off for anyway.

Today saw the following parts refitted:

Spoiler, new side repeaters, and the amp power cable.

Bring on tomorrow

Ill try get some photos of the WIP so you lot can see the lengths im going to, to get this right!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:45 pm

alexperkins wrote: Just had to go out and buy a whole new Megs set of cleaning gear, as autoglym isnt the right stuff for a new coat of paint. Wonderful...more money i dont have!

Dude you should have gone with the products I advised! The Megs 3 steps take a day and an age to do, and achieve very little compared to other products. Buy some Klasse AIO and trust me, you'll laugh at how much better the results are and how much easier it is to buff off!! Megs is un-necessary hard work, I've used it before.

Can't wait to see it all together though!!

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:57 pm

You cant use it on new paint tim. On a full respray it can make it lift. I know its gonna take an age, but ive only going to be using the polish for now. After 3-4 months ill switch to better stuff

Oh and....its finished!!!! Pics will be in the next post

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:20 pm

First pics of it being finished. For some reason, the colour has come out rather strange...ill reshoot them tomorrow with a different camera methinks!

Anyhow, excuse the mirror being off - it had to wait for the door cards to come off to be changed.

And for a bit of uniqueness, that i know nobody has!

As i say, better pics tomorrow

But it is all finished now. All the parts are refitted, and I have fitted the whole new sound system....all in one day!

Andy1.6 · Post by **Andy1.6** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:23 pm

Looking Awesome! As if it just rolled out of the factory! (Minus the mirror)