Joe's Gti Progress Thread- Leaky

[Endi_GTI]

I thought you liked me

When my Manifold is on I may polish my cover up just to see how well it will come up, but wont be able to fit it

[joe2612]

aww babe. Matt love hasen't reached the 6 hours of sanding and polishing level yet.. but fear no you're not far off

When is you mani going on?

[Endi_GTI]

hahaha. You back at home for good now mate? Well till the end of summer?

I want it on now but still have rent to pay and haven't worked for a while, but moving home next month and going back to the garage for a bit to fund more toys for the car. Top of my list though

[joe2612]

Yep back for good now ! well until Sept..

So as of today the weeks work on car is pretty much finished:

Engine bay detail
Remove broken wheel stud
Fit new battery
Fit new sidelight bulbs
Refit clutch cable ( no longer creaks and is much smoother)
Degrease calipers and coilovers
Grease seized coilover helper spring ( so it doesn't ping when turning)
Lower the front by about 10mm




All that awaits is wheels!!

[Endi_GTI]

Looks very nice mate. Look forward to your return next year

[Godderz23]

Joe, did you colour code your engine bits in your old gti...?

Also what wheels are you getting?

[6N2 GTI 00]

Nice work Joe that heatshield looks ace

[joe2612]

Joe, did you colour code your engine bits in your old gti...?

Also what wheels are you getting?

Yeah Chris i colour coded them in the old GTI, decided to go OEM with this one. I'll replace the screen wash and coolant tank soon enough. And wheels wise... it's a surprise, hopefully should only have to wait a few more days

[joe2612]

Grr so i called today and was greeted by the fact that they didn't know my wheels had arrived yet Luckily im going away for a few days so train it is!

Some progress pictures of my grab handles rattle can spraying to keep you busy...









Pretty happy with the finish thus far, few more days of sanding back and polishing and they'll be perfect.

[joe2612]

Here's part of the mirror switch which is 90% finished. Orange peel free Ignore the specs of dust...

[6N2 GTI 00]

Nice work Joe its the little touches that make all the difference

[Ashcroft]

Grab handles looking nice n shiny joe! Will look nice when there back in

[nigelelliott394]

Looks well Joe! Did you ever look anymore into the jumpy throttle?

[Verity]

Fantastic work!! Looking amazing!

[joe2612]

Cheers Guys, they've taken a while thats for sure ! and Nigel, im 90% sure its DIS module related, i haven't had it since we had that really bad rain spell so haven't sorted it out yet. It would make sense that slight corrosion in the connections could lead to problems with high humidity..