Hi some of you may know me from the mk1 fabia section.. I've not been on here much in the last year since breaking the fabia "vrs" estate + buying a mk6 golf.

Here's abit of background:

The mk1 fabia estate BEFORE:

During:

And After:

Then came the "sensible" Golf "Daily":

Before:

During:

And how it looked when i sold it last week:

With a 2nd child on the way I'v sold the Golf + got myself one of the last PFL Octy mk2 estates.. with a promise "not to modify it" ill see how it goes lol !!

Edited 12 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out...

 

Going on your previous cars, it should be quite a project thread!

 

BTW, those alloys on the golf look     

Cheers m8

Well on the way back from meeting you the coil light came on + it went into limp mode lol!

Plugged it in + It has a boost pressure fault and 4x glow plug faults. Checked the vacuum on the turbo actuator + as expected it doesnt hold vacuum. A very common fault on the CR turbos. Luckily you can get an actuator repair kit and im fitting that along with 4x glow plugs this weekend.

Not the 1st mod i had in mind lol but a common fault i now know will be done and sorted

Edited 12 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

Oh dear...

 

My air con compressor is apparently dead as well, so we both had bad luck that day!

 

I'm same as you mate, money set aside for mods needed for repairs instead...

 

Never Reight :(

My A/C compressor was "dead" on the octy too.. dont worry.. what happens is the t30 bolt comes out the centre of the A/C pump pulley.

All you do is carefully using an air wratchet or 3/8 air gun is buzz it back in and hey presto A/C works

I did it to mine as soon as I got it + gave it a regass at work. He told me A/C didnt work so I new. Its now freezing cold! The bolt had come out completely on mine so i found a bolt that fit + gunned it in with abit of locktight

At my old work we must have done it to 20 cars and none came back you just have to be carefull you dont snap the bolt head..

Edited 12 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

If you could ressurect mine, there'd deffo be some beer tokens in it for you

Shudnt be a problem dude once iv sorted my turbo actuator

Edited 12 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

Look forward to see what you do with it

Cheers Dan yours is looking well

Well I replaced my leaky turbo actuator today aswell as 4x glowplugs and 4x grommets for the engine cover ! I now have Booooost again and I'm pretty happy as everything came to £180.. all genuine bits from TPS

1st was the engine cover grommets:

Then the glow plugs

Then the turbo actuator repair kit:

And all done

Edited 13 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

So had 4 big boxes arrive from germany 2day

Here's abit of a tease of the contents

I'm more intrigued to see this splitter

Those wheels are going to look good!!

I'm more intrigued to see this splitter

Those wheels are going to look good!!

Haha.. iv been tempted to fit it on an evening but keep forgetting to bring my drill home :(!

And the "Rhino splitter" is on and fitted new badges front + rear.. also only just realised the front VRS badge is missing lol.. so will be sorting that at some point

Edited 20 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

Looks great mate!

 

This car will be amazing when you've done I bet 

Looks great mate!

This car will be amazing when you've done I bet

Cheers dude! Im pretty happy with it considering its just a piece of garage door seal lol.. bargain mod at £30 delivered

Easy to fit?

Yes m8.. ill put sum pics up now.. bit fidly the last bit where it meets the wheel arch.. it can be fit anyway you want i just fitted it so it looked factory

That is a very lovely motor! I'm very jealous.

Look forward to this if your other motors are anything to go by. When can we expect to see the wheels on?

That is a very lovely motor! I'm very jealous.

Thanks I'm loving it so far especially the size of the boot :love:

Look forward to this if your other motors are anything to go by. When can we expect to see the wheels on?

Cheers!

I did try the wheels on at the weekend but I've not fit coilovers yet so it looked abit daft at standard height lol ! Iv swapped the front tyres to the back and I'm on the look out for some 215/35 19 tyres for the front now

Edited 22 June, 201511 yr by mattvrestate

Ahh fair point, mind you I'd try them and then photoshop it so that I'd want to get it lower sooner

If anyone fancys photoshopping the car lower then feel free . It will be low on coilovers not sat on the floor with air. Probably just tucking the top of the tyres

The front tyres will be smaller so ignore the mammoth tyres on atm lol!