Tim's GTI. update thread, FOR SALE. NEW WINTERS PG 51

[emma_88]

Has this thing ever been dirty?

Lol, Tim's not one to take dirty pictures...

Cool plates Tim. I'm still toying with the idea on getting a set.. Where did you get those from?

[Tim_GTi]

Yeh, you'd be appalled by the state I let it get in sometimes haha! If you lived by me you'd see.

I always take pride in a good clean though. i try to get it done once a week.

I got them from Dubmeister Emma, just sent off a copy of my documents and had them posted.

[6N2 GTI 00]

Looks Immense Tim

[RS_GT]

cant believe how clean it looks on that front end shot, it looks photoshopped lol! I defo need to get some pressed plates! I heard people had problems with the feds even with the Dubmiester ones

[Tim_GTi]

I always use photoshop for my pics. If the car's dirty or hasn't been glazed it won't come out as nice though.

I wouldn't be surprised if a cop tried to kick up a fuss still. I'd reason with them though, there's nothing illegal about them.

Although my first take was that the 'W' is a little undistinguishable. But I've checked loads of number plates since, and apparently the letter 'W' sucks on every English plate.

[Si_GTi]

Tim, the 'W' on my own UK-legal pressed metal plates (I have a 'W'-reg Polo) is exactly the same. Still, as the plates are produced to the road-legal standards what can you do eh? At least you won't get pulled for them now!

[Tim_GTi]

Yeh it's a blobby mess the W.

I know I can drive a lot more relaxed now

Opinions guys - Do I do I refurb my ATS Cups in dark graphite, get new 165/50 bridgestones and ride those as winters like banded steels?

Or Do I sell them and buy some G60 Steels, saving myself potentially £200?

[6N2 GTI 00]

Yeh it's a blobby mess the W.

I know I can drive a lot more relaxed now

Opinions guys - Do I do I refurb my ATS Cups in dark graphite, get new 165/50 bridgestones and ride those as winters like banded steels?

Or Do I sell them and buy some G60 Steels, saving myself potentially £200?

In my opinion the ATS Cups would look better, especially in graphite grey but you can't really go wrong with a set of G60's.
The G60's are very low maintenance too and £200 is a decent saving these days, thats a set of tyres

[Tim_GTi]

My mate has fitted the tyres on my winter wheels. Picking them up soon

[6N2 GTI 00]

My mate has fitted the tyres on my winter wheels. Picking them up soon

Good stuff Tim , dont see you on here that often these days
You still selling the GTI or keeping it for now?

[Tim_GTi]

My mate has fitted the tyres on my winter wheels. Picking them up soon

Good stuff Tim , dont see you on here that often these days
You still selling the GTI or keeping it for now?

I know man, the car has taken a massive backseat this summer. I've been super busy with my freelance camera work at the moment, and find myself on camera related forums a lot!

I still want to sell the car, but haven't had the time or funds to look for a new one. So in the mean time I'm getting it ready for winter

[nigelelliott394]

Agh Tim just keep it You know you want to!

[shantybeater]

X2 to that! Don't sell it!

[Tim_GTi]

Haha, I'm test driving my mates vRS this week to see how I get on with them!

Right, time to give a proper update!

The winters are now on. I decided to keep the Cups in the end and refurb them myself.

I had the tyres stripped and accessed them, in short they were f**ked!

The polished lips were something chronic, I came up with all sorts of creative ways into sanding them down, but thought I'd hand sand them first to see how long it would take.

Turns out there was a thick layer of salt or something on them, and it came off really easily!


It only took half hour to sand each one down in the end,


Once prepped I applied primer

First coat:


Second coat:


Sanding with wet 1200 in between:


Did 3-4 coats of primer, then applied paint.
I've always liked dark wheels on a black car, but black on black looks odd to me as soon as the car gets a bit dirty (as the wheels become darker than the paintwork!).
I opted for a dark graphite grey instead, which I think came out great!
Please forgive the poor white balance on the next two images, these are straight from my phone!



Before vs after




I then applied a few coats or laquer, bought two new 165/50 bridgestones, some metal valves, and off to my mates for fitting they went!

The car hadn't been cleaned for longer than I care to admit, so I spent the day sorting it out for winter.

I washed, clayed, washed, polished, glazed, waxed.

I clayed using Sonus Ultra fine clay.
Polished using Poorboy's SSR2, and glazed using Poorboy's Black Hole. I applied both using a finishing pad on my Kestral DA.
For wax I used good old Collinite 476s.
Gave the interior and door hinges a good clean also, and gave the wheels two coats of Poorboy's Wheel Sealant!

Pics:







shine!





Comments (& offers ) welcome!

[Bradley]

Good work Tim,looks superb and the wheels look and work really well.

Good to see the car back to its super clean standard once again,paint still looks in good condition.

Good update dude.