ooooh, am gonna keep my eyes properly posted on this thread, my fav word wavetrac got mentioned, and after speaking to pete today, i think this is gonna be one of the best handling vrs cars out there.

looks proper nice btw pete, i might just come and check it out at prept

You local to Gee and Petey are you mate?

Is everyone like kent way

Yes Lloyd. We all live within 20mins or 10 if Gee is driving...

And then !!!! More power was needed. I spent a great deal of time researching the great stage 1 map debate. I decided on a Shark stage one map and spoke to Ben at shark HQ who informed me that their stage 1 map was intended for standard engines in good condition. Ohh I have one of those. Time to save some pennies. As I was about to bite the bullet a phone call from Ben at Shark came. He said that W8 performance based near to me were about to become Kents Shark specialist. A quick call to Rob at W8 secured a deal which made it even more attractive with my my Briskoda Freedom discount and also the new business promotion he was running. The only mod I carried out was the suggested fitment of a Forge 007p complete with yellow spring suitable for mapped cars. Also the top of the 007p was swapped for the side exit version so the vacuum pipe would not be crushed under the engine cover. Booked in with Rob at W8 I visited one evening and the ecu was read and sent off to Shark. I was expecting the need to return at a later date to have the map uploaded to the ecu. But after chatting to Rob for 15 mins an email had arrived back from Shark and the map was uploaded. Now that's service. The 20 min journey home turned into an hour and a half. It really was like a night and day transformation I could now see what all the fuss was about. An already swift family hatchback instantly turned into something much much better.

With all the extra power and more importantly torque the standard octy front seats now seemed to offer even less support so some mk4 golf cloth recaros were sourced. These are a straight swap and the job was completed in 20 mins also a centre arm rest was also sourced just because I like them. Many thanks to Rob at W8 for his excellent service a great bloke in all respects. Since our initial meet a fantastic friendship has been born. Cheers.

Awesome work mate

Wait for it ...........

Aaaand theeeeen ?

10 mins if Gees driving... lmao Rob!

5 mins if Gees driving Petes Octy! lol i have driven Petes car HARD and i can confirm its a fking animal!

Excellent updates so far. More please!

i heard you popped in saturday cant believe i missed you would have liked to see the octy! lol will have to come over to you sometime and see it!

and as long as i keep the car im using this week i hope to make prept and i may have the furby back on the road for tunnel meet a lot of wiring repairs to be done!

And then !!! My good friend Gee spent ages detailing my engine bay. He also made and fitted some braided steel fuel lines. A good job as at 10 years old the original lines were past their best. Also the Porsche oil and water filler caps were fitted. Thanks to Lloyd for organising the group buy for these.

_ n _ _ _ _ n ?

lol

What happened next?

yawn... c`mon Pete more more more!

does your phone bleep when u get a email?

bleep

bleep

ok gonna stop now before i get banned for spamming! lol

No it doesn't lol

got ones attention tho! lol

More more moooooooooooore!

And then !!! I spied an add on here asking if anyone wanted to swap some 17inch spiders for Golf anniversary BBS RC's. It turned out to be Lloyds cousin. A few Pm's later and a date was set to rendezvous at Lloyds to swap the wheels. So a quick blast to Bristol and my Octy was now wearing genuine BBS RC's. The spiders that I swapped were mint but the RC's were just ok. So you guessed it off to Lepsons they went for a refurb. While they were there some genuine BBS carbon centre caps and also spigot rings were sourced ready for their return. And here is how they turned out.

The finish is Nickle Chrome powder coat.

Simply stunning. Really like the coolant and oil caps. How much were they?

And bazinga

1 awesome looking octy

Good work mr petey

and then

Simply stunning. Really like the coolant and oil caps. How much were they?

£36 posted they were when on the group buy mate

£42-£44 iirc without

Porkie caps

I'll have a little search for these then :-)

I'll try find the porkie part numbers mate

I think i have boxes still somewhere

Or i'll nose on caps lol when out by car

Thanks mate :-)