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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:35 pm
by hedgehogharvey
how did the rolling road go mate 8)

Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:18 pm
by DelG40
Haven't done another yet. Was workin'

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:13 pm
by hedgehogharvey
any update mate, sorry love this thread.

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:35 pm
by DelG40
Started polishing up my rocker cover today (yesterday)

Called it a day as I need more coarse paper to get rid of the fooking black dotted pitting n that before I can go up a grade. All the raised parts along the top will be polished (VW badge and bars) along with the boost return collars and then everything else will be gloss black. Then I'll get a bodyshop to 2K lacquer it all for me

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Will update again when I'm done!

Not many more expensive stuff will be happening this year as I need money for NYC at New Years with my mates! No complaints to be honest



UPDATE (today):

Nearly there!

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And before I give the top another good polish and get a bodyshop to lacquer it up for me

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This is my first polishing job and I'm pretty chuffed at how it's come out!

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:44 pm
by SpikeyG40
that looks spot on may! look forward to seeing what it looks like in the bay! :wink:

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:54 pm
by DanDiesel
yep that does look good Del!! alot of people just leave the bay as it is and it just makes the car untidy in general!!
keep up the good work, as me bro said, can't wait to see it in the bay itself!!

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:13 pm
by DelG40
Finished and back in the engine bay!

I ended up not getting it lacquered and will just have to put some metal polish on it and wax it everytime I clean the car. No biggy!

Came out pretty well. Got some other stuff needing tidied up too, namely TB, exhaust manifold etc

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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:25 pm
by Mk2Adam
looks good still mark 8)

looks more del-like each time i see it, tis true that the little things count most :wink:

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:35 am
by DelG40
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:20 pm
by robz
loving the 1st pics Mark! 8)

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:32 pm
by DanDiesel
looking spot on in those pics Mark well done!!
engine looks great aswell!!

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:16 pm
by SpikeyG40
fantastic pics mate! :wink:

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:26 pm
by DelG40
Sorry about the quality of pictures, my normal camera is fooked..

OE bonnet insulation:

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FINALLY got another arch (it's not coming off this time!):

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New pedal rubbers:

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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:59 pm
by Mk2Adam
does bonnet insulation work, just because i was thinking about doing this, heard you can just get some from any car with it and just cut and stick to the polo.

mite help reduce the put put noise of my lil 1 litre lol :oops:

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:54 am
by DelG40
Not really.. or not that I have noticed to be honest. Helps keep the engine nice and warm when it's colder though, and for me it's another OEM tick!