OctyNik
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They'll be made to fit if there's a problem! I'm (my dad is) quite inventive and have a good attention for detail, and I will be putting photos up. I'm going to make some tutorials of the jobs I've done in the past too
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Mine does this twice if I'm 'pressing on' on a regular trip of mine! Southbound at the Buckden roundabout at the A1! ESP on, or off - it always does it, bloody annoying and slightly odd!
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Mine have gone like this over 20ish k.. It's now like driving a Sybian and it's quite annoying as there's plenty of life left in the tyres. It's done it all of its life as the previous owner will attest to.
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thanks guys! nice to see i haven't made a pigs ear of it lol. I specifically kept away from vRS parts, as I wanted to keep its identity as a Laurin & Klement, so now it's more of an L&K R
I see you have the sport John, really like the Sports! I have the front bumper on mine but they never made the rear bumper for the combi! So I put an FL vRS bumper on! I used yellow LaminX film on them, but before that I painted the guts of them in black, which is why they look dark
The number plates have the Czech EU logo on them, I really like them, along with the little plate frames
I'll give panel wipe a try before I fit the Mk5 skirts, which are currently sitting in my room looking sexy, going away this weekend for a friends holiday, but I have the house to myself next week so it's going to be constant car work and fiddling, might break the rotary out again and blackmax it then use some Wolfs Hardbody i've been dying to buy and try!
Once the skirts are on i'm going to go for a proper good photoshoot, so stay tuned
Nik
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mine has this option (2007, MY08 model year) it can be enabled in the maxidot, mine's an L&K
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hey guys, haven't posted for a long while!
been so busy on the car the last few months, not only ironed out some technical problems but some cosmetic mods as well!
basically, since about march the following has been done!
techy bits
- brand new PD injectors (fitted by unit18)
- Motech Active map to replace bluefin!
- new ASV
- new genuine MAF
- new MAP sensor
- powerflex engine mount
- catch can mod
- stainless steel duplex cat back exhaust! RS4 style!
cosmetic bits!
- fl rear bumper
- chrome outlined badgeless grill
- tinted centre section of rear lights
- OEM spoiler
- as mentioned the exhausts!
- removed the white CF wrap inside, and re did it to match the leather colour
- superb gear knob
and now the photos!
tinted rears + exhausts + spoiler + new rear bumper!!
</p>badgeless grill (that's my mate's W8 next to it at Run To The Hills show)
new interior colour
superb gearknob + dock for my HTC One X
also had a nightmare, fitted some superskoda RS+ skirts, which didn't fit very well... and now i've removed them and getting some Mk5 GTI skirts painted, and fitted to cover up the glue mess left by the SS skirts :( gutted, and expensive!
and some other random pics of it
and one with the now removed skirts on...
hope you all like
anyways, here's how it's looking, so happy with it at the moment, like you wouldn't believe!
- brand new PD injectors (fitted by unit18)
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After a leave of abscence! Been so busy living my life for the first time in history and hitting the gym I just haven't had time! I hope this is allowed in here.. Gonna renew my freedophile membership later on and all will be rosy!
Lots of exciting things happening with the L&K before Inters, and for 2013's show season, it'll be getting air ride, a respray and a retrim amongst some other little things. Also got my new injectors fitted and a few polybushes fitted courtesy of Ali @ Unit18 who's always a pleasure to deal with!
Hope all the regulars and the new peeps are doing good!
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nightbreakers on the right, crappy sealed beams on the left!
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If you have Z2 on your paintwork then layering this with the additional Z6, as stated by Hunty278, will give you plenty of durability.
If you feel the need for something else then your missing the best Zaino product in their range in my opinion and that is Zaino Z8, this acts as a quick wipedown top up sealant and is marketed in the USA as 'Bling in a bottle', great smell, nice beading and a personal favourite of mine........
Amen to that. You converted me to it, most fantastic product of ever!
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Ooooooh I love the JDM Mistrals! Mate has a 1995 one with factory navimagation (screen the size of a postage stamp lol) they come with all sorts of funky bits, I want the double din dash from one. I plan on doing the cladding dark grey, or finding a mistral with it and swapping the nicer bumpers and rear lights. Where in Cornwall are you from mate? It's my family and I's second home pretty much!
The old girl has an MOT on Wednesday, and picking up some weller wheels with new Insa Turbos! Old Skool white wellers like a baws!
Also fitted a nice Sony iPod head unit too
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If all you can do is resort to personal insults and still be wrong then if I were you i'd just say "FML".
Handling was very lacklustre, turn in was sharp but it lacked grip even on wide expensive Michelins. It also felt very unstable at speed.
And I was referring to my 1.6 2008 G4ED engined Coupe as having old tech. And it certainly felt it. Cheap and nasty, the whole car. A pig in a sequin dress. And I may have been using 1970s as just a term to say it was old.
And the VVT system had precisely nothing to do with Toyota (there's many types of variable valve timing you know, the Hyundai CVVT was a propriatory system with technical input sourced from Ricardo and Robert Bosch. It was also very rudimentary compared to Nissan's VVL and Honda's VTEC) The Beta II as fitted to your RD2/GK Coupe was Hyundai's which came out in the years ago and was fitted to the Galant etc, Hyundai up until the late 90s always used older established engines to keep R&D costs low.
I used to work for Hyundai UK's press office.
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Always, it's not normal unless I have some music playing on my lovely amped Helix components and 50kgs of sound deadening!!
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I have a very discrete Rolex Submariner which I love but it's too flashy for everyday usage. Always scared someone'll 'regulate' me warren G style. I have a normal Accurist chrono for daily wear, and a new iPod nano with the Nixie tube clock mode set
I love watches! I want to get a genuine Nixie tube watch like Steve Wozniak's!
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I had the opportunity to buy my other brother (not dstev, he has an aversion to cars over 3 years old and less than 180bhp!) Nissan Terrano this christmas. He had bought a new car and needed the space quickly. I paid £190 for it. It has 120k on the clock, and it's never been offroaded, it has the leather seats, electric sunroof, aircon and roof rails. Plus it's also a seven seater! I have looked on Autotrader and ones with less equipment and more miles are selling for about 2 grand. So I think it was a bargain!
here's the only pic i have (taken with my 10mm sigma lens!)
plans are;
- chunky AT tyres
- general tidy up
- machine polish
- 4 spotlight pod on roof
- HID conversion (has projectors!)
- full service including trans fluid, f&r diffs
- iPad installation on the dash for maps and inclinometer
- remap
- straight through exhaust
- milner offroad springs and KYB oil shocks
- 16" Navara wheels, better tyre choice
- subwoofer
- respray silver bumpers and cladding in Nissan tornado grey (like my old primera, have loads of cans left!)
- nice bull bar for spotlamps
- snorkel
it'll be a nice addition to the fleet, as it means I won't have to risk buggering the octavia up come next winter, and the snow etc
bit pikey i know but i hope the octavia offsets that!
- chunky AT tyres
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My local Skoda dealers are beyond excellent (Progress). The TFSI engine afaik is good on oil, my sister in law has a TSI Yeti and it hasn't used any oil. DSG box is lovely, as is the Superb. I would have one in a heartbeat if funds allowed, and in L&K spec I would imagine it's motoring heaven.
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four brand new (not reconditioned) genuine VAG injectors for my BKD Octavia. Just waiting to have them fitted by Unit 18 later this month. I won't say how much I paid for them, as I don't want to make you ill!
this should fix the misfire! going for a live map as well from the masters - Motech in Northampton.
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Nice to have a bit of vavavoom back. He really is a star and a nice chap too, met him at a charity event once
I'm a gunner as well as all three of my brothers.
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What juristiction does the RIAA have in the UK anyway? They're a US based body.
I would have thought you'd have gone to the next step and downloaded a missus, GG
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I'd be tempted to check your fuel filter and also your MAF sensor, Springwood. By the way, have you got wood?
It's good to know that stealers are universally evil, the world over, though - and not just a UK thing.
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I'll be there too but I would like to go on a stand. Last year I sorted out a show and it took a year off my life lol
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Oh loads of symptoms of a dropped injector now I think about it.
**** poor starting sometimes. Doesn't want to 'catch' and coughs into life.
Rough idle.
Down on power.
Stuttering in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear under heavy throttle.
Juddering on overun like when you approach a roundabout with your clutch depressed.
Now I've got the codes I'm gonna source four low mileage injectors, and get it mapped properly as well. Bluefin. Do. Not. Want.
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Thanks ever so much for the part numbers. Now I can get on and hunt one down to replace the one that's on its last legs.
I'm afraid I'd be spitting into the wind WRT to warranty/goodwill. She has done 156k so it's only expected. Plus Skoda have never been one to help or give a toss on this car from new, with it's cracked cylinder head from 25k and them being adamant that a litre of coolant loss every three days was normal....! They kicked and dragged their heels on that one until just out of warranty, and then they even only covered the cost of the part. Great cars but the aftersales is terrible and makes me think twice about buying in the future. It's not as if they're even a cheap option any more!
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They look beautiful.
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Oh yes :(
Firstly I let my membership lapse although I am sorting that!
Booked the Octavia into Unit 18 to have a bad oil leak attended to, leaking cam cover and a bung being the main culprits.
This all sorted out well as per usual and what one comes to expect with Unit18.
Found out one of my injectors is on its arse :( Bad news :( I keep trying to find the part number for the injector my car needs. It's a BKD engine. This would be most helpful as it'd allow me to source a spare. Thanks!
And the oil leak has reacted with two of the bushes, so need a new dogbone mount and lower wishbone bush.
Just what I needed/wanted before xmas :(
Apart from that everything else is going good!
Hope you're all well, sorry I never get time to come on here any more :( *waves at Martin, Bryan et al!
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I'd be extremely interested in seeing some photos of this car, and not just in a "making noises about it wasting your time" - I am genuinely interested in it.