MK1 Golf GTI 2.0 TFSI Edition 30 p12 (was 2008cc R1 bike carbs)

Great combination    

Style said

Great combination    

Thanks. I now need to match your ride height  

Hairyarse said

Very nice  

Thanks Andy. This is my very FIRST set of aftermarket wheels I've EVER bought  

All other have always been OEM.

With the weather being a bit unsettled, I though I'd start the oil and filter change. Below is the picture of a genuine VW oil filter bought from the main VW dealers LAST WEEK. Apparently they only sell 2-3 of these a year. You'd never guess, would you? 

Lhasa2008 said

Hairyarse said

Very nice  

Thanks Andy. This is my very FIRST set of aftermarket wheels I've EVER bought  

All other have always been OEM.

Lets see a far out shot of the car riding on them then!  

Hairyarse said

Lets see a far out shot of the car riding on them then!  

I'm on it! Weather is looking good today.
It was Cats and Dog's last Sat/Sun  

Couple of pics from today

..and a respray..  

Looking good     respray is for the dark months ,first enjoy driving here  

Dropped it a little bit  

Style said

Looking good     respray is for the dark months ,first enjoy driving here  

Too right!! I love the car, it looks great and the wheels are spot-on, colour of them too  

Style said

Dropped it a little bit  

Awesome!  

Approx 50mm drop?

Hairyarse said

 I love the car, it looks great and the wheels are spot-on, colour of them too  

Thanks. I'm glad I went for the Graphite colour wheels.

Such a difficult decision when both WHITE and GOLD wheels were also available!!  

agree with the wheel colour choice, looks spot on  

matt

Lhasa2008 said

Style said

Dropped it a little bit  

Awesome!  

Approx 50mm drop?

Yes 40 / 50mm love the stance  

pazwaa said

agree with the wheel colour choice, looks spot on  

matt

Thanks matt. I'm keeping an eye on your thread. It's looking fantastic  

Style said

Yes 40 / 50mm love the stance  

Yep, that's definitely spot on!

Finally after a long time of doing nothing, I've finally sorted some new bits to add to the car.  It's something I'm be meaning to do for a couple of years now. So it was great to see it get delivered today.









The foot plates are a good 1-2mm thicker than the existing panels/shell!




Just need to find some time now to get the work started  

Just to mention that at the last MOT the engine was running a bit leaner than it needed to be (1.49%), the max for an MOT pass is 4.5%.

So I took her for a quick tune up last week. Changes made were:

1.9mm main jets installed.
Needles dropped down +1
Ignition timing advanced to 30 Deg.  

Previously you could feel the power starting to tail off at 5000 rpm. Now it just keeps pulling to the limiter, with an approximate air-fuel ratio of 11 rather than 14.

It now sounds and feels so much better.  

OK it's strip-down time!

The plan is to remove the interior, fit the cage and then retrofit the original interior back in.

Mindful that most the interior has never been removed since it left the VW factory back in 1983, the approach was the be very, very careful with removing the trim, clips and panels etc.




All interior door-cards to be stored out the way. Not sure where though!



I didn't know that - seats belt made in Austria!


And were made in November 1982!



Carpets are to be removed too.




 

Trial fitting of the main hoop. The headlining will remain in the car, so good to see it will fit snuggly below this.



But a bit of re-thinking will be needed for the seat belts mounting points!