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Messaged about the boot mat 👍

Dont suppose youd be interested in a px with the non dab version I had off you years ago? 😅

PM on its way

Another option is quite a few EGR deletes have a take off for a boost gauge.

Don't suppose you have any need for 2 sets of 19 inch VW Touareg wheels do you :peek:

Hi mate and cheers, To be fair I never set out to buy a red one I fancied white or blue, but bar Columbus and MFSW it had a really good spec. With the work on it I guess the way I see it is the things I've done/can do are only matching my abilities which was helped by the fact I started out as a mechanic (Vehicle Technician to give it the posh name shown on the certificates lol). Even then I look at some of the stuff people do and wish I even had a pinch of their skill/talent, one thing I would like is if I had a lot more fabrication skills. Other things like the little bits of painting are just because I like to have a go and have done small items in the past on other cars I've had, but honestly that grille I really really need to re-do as it looks terrible in real life as I ran out of paint mid way through doing it but have since bought some more for when I can be bothered to try again. Nothing wrong with starting a thread, its nice to keep a little progress on what you've done, you never know you might start off saying you aren't doing much and then in a year or 2 think wow I've done quite a lot actually.

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but I'd be tempted to go for a new oil feed and return pipe for the turbo, if either is blocked slightly you'll end up with issues on the new turbo in no time. You can just take yours off completely and make sure 100% there are no blockages/restrictions. The main killer for turbos is oil starvation and some places wont even provide a warranty on a new turbo unless you fit new oil feed pipes, and even the oil pickup in the sump in some cases. Sounds like an easy get out clause for the companies but it really makes sense as why should they warrant a product which can fail due to negligence elsewhere. If you've bought the turbo brand new from TPS there will most likely be a technical bulletin in the box explaining what they advise you should do/change, any reputable supplier will include that sort of info on a bulletin in the box.

I don't think everyone who offers re-maps knows the best way to extract more from the car, a lot probably just whack up the boost on turbo vehicles which obviously does work to an extent but it then just throws in more fuel to compensate. I'd probably say as a rule that any place that can't re-map a N/A engine might not actually know what they are doing (may not be the case of course), but they probably use generic maps and don't write their own which is the part that can take up hours if factoring in modifications. The map done on my car actually only shows a boost increase of 1psi over standard but makes ~35bhp and a fair chunk of torque more than the factory figures, driven sensibly it can still show mid 60s on the trip computer (whether it actually is that or not is questionable with trip computers, I do use fuelly and measure tank to tank but 90 of my driving is the lovely streets of Sheffield in traffic) but over 600 miles from a tank is easily achievable though if doing long runs. A lot of places will offer "eco" maps which are aimed more at economy but still end up with a power increase anyway just not as much as a "power" aimed map. As mentioned anyway the magic words are "up to" but the figures are to grab your attention, and there probably are a lot of cars that do achieve those maximum percentage figures as they are heavily de-tuned from the manufacturer to meet the emissions criteria.

Top end I have a Roadhawk DC-2, footage is decent, has gps etc, also been very reliable as was the DC-1 I had before. You can also get a hard wire kit (probably could DIY one a lot cheaper than they charge) and also a cage that locks round it to prevent anyone other than you taking the card/power cable out if leaving in a garage to have work done for example. It's also quite slim and apart from a little bit of the power cable between the headlining and the unit itself its completely out of my view when driving as I've got mine behind the rear view mirror.

Hi, I think it will only recognise a card once it has been in the camera. Strange I know. Basically using a blank sd card put it in the camera and power it on for a few seconds. Then try opening it in the software, it will let you change all the settings etc and when you save the new settings it formats the card and updates it with the new settings. Probably not the most intuitive way to do it. Don't forget to use a high speed card and make sure its at least 16gb if doing long journeys, an 8gb only does 2 hours or so *edit* ...at full quality/framerate that is

Cheers bud, Not loads to report, changed the timing belt last weekend, was literally bang on 59000 as I put it in the garage but I daren't write that in the book as it almost looks like I've just guessed at the mileage I had actually missed the interval according to the year on mine so I guess I've been lucky but glad it's done now. Headlight doesn't need to come out but for the 10-20 seconds it takes it gives you a bit more light and access which is useful. Obligatory pic of the car mid way through Thinking of going back to 18's and coilovers at some stage... perhaps even standard ready to sell, but its genuinely a hard car to move on from. I've been fancying an S3 for a while but other than the power increase and 4WD it's quite difficult to justify when I've got a pretty good all rounder in this car. We'll see

It is 4wd friendly. Also interested if date/time works out.

I'm pretty sure it is a superskoda one, either that or the maxton design one off ebay (probably the same thing) but again it was second hand so couldn't tell you exactly.

Ahh I thought you meant mods as in engine specific with you mentioning it being a TDI. Plenty to be done otherwise, plenty of guys with some crazy builds and plenty with even just nice subtle touches that can make it look that bit better, main thing is you do it how you like it and not how everyone else thinks your car should look. Oh and as pointed out by willy by DPF Removal interpret that whichever way you like but the MOT friendly option is to just knock the guts out (or if having a full system done have a pipe made which still looks like a DPF but has none of the internals) Same case with things like HID's where certain testers are pedantic and others aren't

Engine wise? Re-map, EGR delete, DPF removal, all depends how big you want to go or how much you want to spend. You can easily end up at bigger turbos and injectors in the case of PD engines, but I'd guess at the first three being fairly common.