BC's 6N2 GTi (WIP Thread)

[bstardchild]

bstardchild! Long time no see! I was quite surprised (and pleased) to see that you've popped back up on uk-polos

Ello chap

Car looks good - just as you've bought your black GTi, I'm about to sell mine

Damn couldn't you have put it up for sale 3 years ago?

[MalakianCigaro]

Are you going to be using standard shocks with your new springs? I need to get mine lowered and I don't really want to spend too much, decent dampers & spring kits seem to start around £300 : has anybody used lowering springs with standard shocks? is it alright? Sorry to kinda hijack dude your thread dude.

[bstardchild]

Are you going to be using standard shocks with your new springs? I need to get mine lowered and I don't really want to spend too much, decent dampers & spring kits seem to start around £300 : has anybody used lowering springs with standard shocks? is it alright? Sorry to kinda hijack dude your thread dude.

Done it on every car I've ever owned and lowered - no probs from my perspective - sure the original dampers aren't matched to the springs but it's the same as when you cut a coil of a std spring to get the car lower - it's no longer matched then

[bstardchild]

Right fuel prices are getting daft so with a fair few jobs to do on the Gti I think I'm going to take it off the road for a while

Lowering springs (need collection and fitting)
RX2's need centres swapping from satin to gloss and a polish up as well as some sticky summer tyres
Cam belt kit
Passenger window doesn't work
Passenger wing mirror took a bashing in a car park recently and need replacement
Nasty buzzing from gearshift area at 60-70 mph neand centre console out

Seems like the best thing to do is do it all at once

There is however a few other drivers

This is my track car - Taken on a trackday in France in Febuary 2011



It's no longer on the road due to some modifications that fall foul of BIVA/IVA (I removed some rather large sections of steel from the bodywork to save some weight)



Effectively I've kinda cut the shell a bit so that's going to get me into a whole heap of hot water from an MOT perspective - but from a track perspective it's a well trodden route (Colin Chapman RIP started this process)

So now unfortunately it requires towing on a trailer to track days now so whilst its still 1250 kgs (more weight to be removed) by the time it's on a trailer the combined weight is going to make it highly iffy to tow it with a Polo

So make perfect sense to put one of my other cars back on the road for towing duties - a nice sensible diesel



I may be joking about the diesel bit as last time I looked it had a 4.4 V8 under the bonnet - I don't own a diesel.........

Awww what the heck might as well burn it while we can still buy it and the alternative plan was to put a towbar on a car with 3.6L and two turbos......

[alexperkins]

Youll be suited like The Transporter next Ian

[joe2612]

The buzzing sound from gear shift area- does it stop when you hold the knob? Mine did this and i just WD-40'd all the gear stick linkages etc and its been dandy ever since.

Love the track slag by the way

[bstardchild]

Youll be suited like The Transporter next Ian

Unlikely - unless at a funeral and I've had my fill of that already this year

The buzzing sound from gear shift area- does it stop when you hold the knob? Mine did this and i just WD-40'd all the gear stick linkages etc and its been dandy ever since.

Yeah I did try that but it doesn't stop when you hold the lever - it's coming from below the climate control area - I figure it's a clip or something lose on one of the cables

Love the track slag by the way

Yeah it's kinda fun for an old barge 3.0 24V straight six breathing thro triple sidedrafts - more induction noise than a BDA

[bstardchild]

I think this one will be up for sale shortly

It has always technically been "her car" and she wants a change after 10 years of Polos - can't justify keeping another car as I have way too many already

So as I've got it off the road for a bit I can transfer off her plate, change the cam belt, fix the passenger window that's stopped working and a few other bits and pieces like the buzzing from the gearshift - put 12 mths MOT on it and stick it on the bay of e unless someone on here is interested

[6N2 GTI 00]

Sorry to hear its going up for sale mate, I hope you get a decent price for her.
eBay seems to be flooded with GTI's at the moment (most of which are not fetching reasonable money).

[bstardchild]

Sorry to hear its going up for sale mate, I hope you get a decent price for her.
eBay seems to be flooded with GTI's at the moment (most of which are not fetching reasonable money).

TBH I haven't looked at prices - but I'll have a look over the weekend

I like the car but I can't find space to store another car that isn't getting used daily - cars don't like being left unused

[6N2 GTI 00]

I know what you mean mate, its always nice to have a few cars but they have to be used.

[bstardchild]

Spent all Monday cleaning it up.....

Now Provisionally Sold - just waiting for DVLA to allocate the original plate back to it