Doug's G40 Progress Thread!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:21 pm
It about time you guys had an update of how my G40 is coming along! don't worry, i haven't forgotten about the girl!
my G40 has had quite a history already. some of you may remember this post from the meetings and events section:
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... be5bf72e02
well, the car has taken on another light, instead of modifying the G, i'm going to go all out stock with her! obviously i can't go as far as "out of the factory" condition as the sunroof is dealer fitted! so i'm going to go for "out of the dealer!"
so here are a few pics of the progress:
Orange indicators back on
Early spec rear lights on
Standard steering wheel back on
as for other internals, i have removed the 6x9's and put in a stock parcel shelf! i also kept the rear speaker pods:
i've re-routed the wiring for the rear speakers so they come up each side correctly!
other progress includes fixing the washer bottle from leaking. the valve on the pump was leaking water over the ignition coil! nice!
so after much sorting out, i ended up getting one from a breakers and all seems well, i did of course have a bit of a clean when the washer bottle goes, so it looks a bit like this:
still plenty to keep me going:
got a new arieal seal kit to fit! also have a boot seal to fit to try and stop the boot leak.
gotta sort out this side strip, its held on by a wisker!
i have also determinded that my siren for the alarm is faulty! it won't make any noise! checked the fuse and still nothing so have left part of the interior out so i can get an engineer out from GAP security to repair it.
but, i have added something to the car to make it that little bit more original!
pull out radio which was fitted to my old blue mk3! as near to the original radio as i can get!
at least the paint still comes up nicely!
comments welcome!
my G40 has had quite a history already. some of you may remember this post from the meetings and events section:
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... be5bf72e02
well, the car has taken on another light, instead of modifying the G, i'm going to go all out stock with her! obviously i can't go as far as "out of the factory" condition as the sunroof is dealer fitted! so i'm going to go for "out of the dealer!"
so here are a few pics of the progress:
Orange indicators back on
Early spec rear lights on
Standard steering wheel back on
as for other internals, i have removed the 6x9's and put in a stock parcel shelf! i also kept the rear speaker pods:
i've re-routed the wiring for the rear speakers so they come up each side correctly!
other progress includes fixing the washer bottle from leaking. the valve on the pump was leaking water over the ignition coil! nice!
so after much sorting out, i ended up getting one from a breakers and all seems well, i did of course have a bit of a clean when the washer bottle goes, so it looks a bit like this:still plenty to keep me going:
got a new arieal seal kit to fit! also have a boot seal to fit to try and stop the boot leak.
gotta sort out this side strip, its held on by a wisker!
i have also determinded that my siren for the alarm is faulty! it won't make any noise! checked the fuse and still nothing so have left part of the interior out so i can get an engineer out from GAP security to repair it.
but, i have added something to the car to make it that little bit more original!
pull out radio which was fitted to my old blue mk3! as near to the original radio as i can get!
at least the paint still comes up nicely!
comments welcome!
