Sooooo its been some time since I've updated my thread here.. Ive done the usual mods ready for Stage 2 but i've tried hard to make the car sweet. I'd like to go hybrid soon but im looking to buy a house so all my money is being pumped there and away from my car.. Soo without further delays, heres a lot of pics:
Firstly, i had a twitchy right foot.. managed a good average here!
But well as most have done, I went out and bought the relentless DP and Sports cat and was going to fit it but it didnt seem easy.. Luckily I had a brilliant price from Midland VW which i couldnt resist. He fitted it and told me how much a pain it was, but i was thankful! No pics of the install but pics when i recieved it!
The car seemed to spool quicker and had alot more poke! Also sounds great on the standard exhaust! All i need now is a catback... More on that later but I went onto my next project.. FMIC and catch can.
I had a few boost leaks so i had to eliminate them. First starting with the FMIC. Again no pics during install as it was a right PITA and i would of dropped my phone - as with the catch can but i have a few random pics..
Heres a pic with it installed..
Now with the catch can, it was cold outside and i couldnt be bothered to take pics.. But when i was ripping everything out the car, i found this pipe split!
nasty! But when it was all fitted, I vented it to the rear of the car
Engine bay needs a clean! heres a pic of what I emptied two weeks after:
But now thats all done.. what next? Well my steering rack needed doing, it was failing badly so i had to Give it int Midland VW as i bought a rack from ebay for £80! here was my alignment before the install:
Thats probably what made the tyres go to canvas! I also went to change my Brake fluid whilst jody had the car
good stuff! At this point the car felt very good, pulled well and stopped very well! I havnt taken many pics but I changed my discs and pads which I got from Bill @ Badger 5! Thanks for that bill!
Soo now stage 2 was in sight, i thought i'd get a relentless mani but once i recieved it I felt that it was quite abit of work to install. With mis alignments bill has been seeing I felt it was better to install it once i get the engine rebuilt. That way it could be correctly done. So at the moment its lying in the loft..
Still need to check its alignment with a gasket to see if its any good or if it needs porting..
As many of you all know, i posted a thread that some scum tried to rob my plastic mirrors! I had to get a new pair and whilst at it, I also bought an andymac sub for £60!! Thanks to the boys at COV i have new goodies!!!
I havnt been able to fit the andymac just yet as im changing the HU and all the speakers to Focal's.. More on that when im closer to doing it... I decided to take a break and markey my new film. Many of you may have seen it..
Soon after my fab success, I decided to be a part of the HID group buy on ASN and bought a 55W 6000k Kit including free sidelights and some smoked indicator bulbs. I also bought some new facelift headlights and got stuck into sorting this out..first thing was to sort out all the wiring inside the headlights:
For those who said it was hard to put prefacelift motors into facelight lights, you need to push the motor in deep and pull the inside of the headlight up so it will clip in like this:
But once done, it was time to cut the wings and install the lights
Looks alot better! Defo worth doing as its alot fresher looking!
Now i can see at night
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I also dismantled the old lights to see whats inside. The projectors need to be replaced as they arent very good. S2000 projectors are nice to put in.