Red Mk2 FL VRS

[88rsr]

Cheers

Another small change...

For a reasonable difference.

[Wardy]

Looks well. Liking your badges too

[88rsr]

Had a full Powerflow system done coughdpfremovedcough and oe looking tips on. Sounds quite good for an oil burner. I could have had the map done at the exhaust place but I always take my cars to Chris at CC Tuning when it comes to mapping so it went there the following day. Ended up with 204.5bhp and 286lbft (my Mrs Polo GT makes 312lbft) so was a tiny bit dissapointed with the torque, but on the bright side it shouldn't eat through the clutch at a ridiculous rate while still making reasonable power at only 100mbar above stock boost which is negligible. Better show some pics I guess.

[S400DDS]

Looks fantastic. What's your thoughts on the quality of the exhaust. Resonated (middle box) or unresonated?

Would you be able to post a video of the exhaust (car running, revs, etc)?

Finally if you are ok to share how much it cost you could you tell me in a message. Cheers!!

[88rsr]

Exhaust is spot on mate, really depends on the dealer and their skills at making them up and welding in which case I'd highly recommend Topgear Performance in Doncaster. It's the second car I've had done by them and a few mates have all had systems done there and I can't fault their work at all. I have a video of the car on the dyno which I'll have to upload but I'd recommend listening through headphones or good speakers, the phone speakers don't do it justice as is the case with many car videos.

I've just got 1 box at the back and to me it's perfect, normal driving it's not that noticeable in the cabin but sounds great at full throttle, ideal if you like a bit of noise but don't want a horrible drone on motorways and A roads.

Price wise it depends entirely what you're having and how many boxes etc and might even vary from dealer to dealer. But expect 500+ if you're having a dummy dpf which looks like one but without the gubbins.

[88rsr]

This should give an idea at idle

[88rsr]

This was the pre map run, didn't get one after the map. I'm going to get a drive by run or something when I get a chance so theres no fans and rollers to kill the noise.

[88rsr]

Ok so not had anything major to update really. Got a Columbus in now from Crimbo/Birthday money and a bit I had saved.

Then this weekend I sold the red BBS wheels but have already picked up what will be the replacements which are these...

From a VW Touareg, had a set on my previous motor and always fancied another for this one. They need work to be mint but I'm probably going to run them as they are once I can get tyres on, then look at a refurb late on in the year hopefully.

[88rsr]

Its been a while!

 

At some stage between then and now I picked up a 345mm front brake set up which are on, no pics to show but I had to run a 3mm spacer on the front for the Neptunes to clear. Also got one of the superskoda bonnet strut kits at some point, again not really much to show on that front.

Then not a great deal happened for a while until I got everything to get the Touareg wheels on... couldnt even get on the drive or in the garage at the time but they had to go on lol

 

Really happy how they look on the car.

 

Anyway, then a little more time passed and I aquired some more bits I'd been after just to change the look a bit so decided to set to work...

 

By this stage the bits are on, but I finally ended up having the car machine polished by my mate who owed me one from doing his cam belt so left it with him for a day or so and the combination of all that was this (which you may have seen in the octy 2 picture thread anyway)

 

Honeycomb grille, splitter, (and one that I didnt think I'd be keen on) the headlight brows.

In person the paint on the grille is pretty poor but thats down to my skill and the fact the paint ran out while I was doing it but other than that I'm pretty pleased with the result.

Not entirely sure what I plan to do next, in an ideal world it could do with the paint tidying up (and have the other bits done properly while it was there) so might not be much more to add for a while again, but at least I've updated the build a bit.

 

Cheers

[Damo]

Love the look of this car

[88rsr]

Cheers man. It's probably about where I want it to be bar the paint, but always a bonus if others like it.

[mattvrestate]

Love this :love: loved it on the BBS aswell!

[88rsr]

Cheers mate. If I wasnt after 19s I'd still have the red BBS :-(.

Oh and it turns out I do have a couple of pics of the bonnet lifter which I painted the brackets for so it didnt stand out and looks like it should have always been there.

[SNH]

Looks spot on now imo

[VRS Nick]

Love the look of this ! I have a red one also , where did you get the honeycombe grill from ? Superskoda ?

[lee_vrs]

Always wondered what those wheels would look like on an octi looks lovely

[lee_vrs]

Always wondered what those wheels would look like on an octi looks lovely

[veedubnoodle]

Very nice mate. Not normally a fan of aftermarket grills or eyelids but this looks awesome with those on it! 

[Paulbrown]

Well that's a nice motor!!!

Gonna have to get mine sorted now :(

Love the painted bracket like you say it will make it look like it's always been fitted

[88rsr]

Love the look of this ! I have a red one also , where did you get the honeycombe grill from ? Superskoda ?

 

 

Hi Mate, I didn't get it from superskoda personally but was told it is from there... shame I did a poo job on the paint

[88rsr]

Always wondered what those wheels would look like on an octi looks lovely

 

Cheers, I just had to try a set after having some previously. Strangely enough I've acquired 2 sets and have a set in the garage which are gloss black (not really fussed over black wheels but they'll do as a winter set maybe)

[88rsr]

Very nice mate. Not normally a fan of aftermarket grills or eyelids but this looks awesome with those on it! 

 

 

Looks spot on now imo

 

 

Cheers guys although the eyelids have come back off for now, if I can attach them slightly better they might go back on but it looks just as good without.

[88rsr]

Well that's a nice motor!!!

Gonna have to get mine sorted now :(

Love the painted bracket like you say it will make it look like it's always been fitted

 

Cheers, a few guys who got the bonnet strut kit noticed a slight difference in the bonnet height when closed with it fitted and I guess I can see where they are coming from but you really really have to look for it (must only be a couple of mm) and the function over form wins out in this case, put it this way no-ones commented on my bonnet being wonky   probably notice the stone chips more.

[88rsr]

Oh and just a post to show its not all new wheels and grilles lol.

 

2 separate incidents where I've had things hit the car...

 

The first on the way back home from Torquay on the M5, a Jeep of some form was passing me in the right hand lane when the exhaust seemed to explode and shot bits everywhere including at my car, 

 

The second was only last Friday on the way home from work, I thought it was a piece of wood but after checking my cam footage a piece of ratchet strap was flicked up and did this lot :'(  the scuffs on the screen (which was new only last November) broken wiper and the paint damage on the lower A-Pillar

 

 

Annoyingly this wont get sorted as I cant afford it right now (Ideally would want the whole car doing as there's other areas that aren't great) but ahh well, things could always be worse... I think

[Paulbrown]

**** man that's no good :(