Alright Tom!! Didn't know you were about on here still

Hi Trev. Only back on here as of this week, collect my Spaceback tomorrow I hope.

 

Hi Ross too

Some of the new parts..

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Nice, but almost a shame to lose the OE look of the install.

Very true, i would have got black but my mate is splitting his Polo GTI and im hetting everything from him. Beggers cant be choosers [emoji23]

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Wrap the TIP in loom tape and paint the valve, job done

Went for a quick drive to see if the surging was cured by fitting the Forge valve.. It wasn't so need to do some vagcom logs see whats happening.

Yes the coolant leaked out a bit [emoji16]

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Oops I still reckon it's air mass related, not chucking any other faults other then the old ones?

Done! And I only fell asleep once (I'm getting old)

Oops I still reckon it's air mass related, not chucking any other faults other then the old ones?

EML is on. Got vagcom out of Octy so gonna give it a proper look tomorrow

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Done! And I only fell asleep once (I'm getting old)

Haha can't be too boring then

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Removed the rear door cards from my mates Vrs today as i wanted the manual knob thing which mine didnt. I liked the standard door cards over vrs so just swapped the internals over.

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Also picked up another engine, 6 speed box with a Quaife diff already fitted. It has uprated clutch/flywheel too so this will be going in at somepoint.

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Nice !!

Set about removing the gearbox from the engine today.. Managed to get a bit carried away.

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Phil do you know anyone good at powdercoating?

Depends what you want doing. I know a few places local, one is cheap and doesnt like having to mask areas. Other is expensive but will mask off areas etc.

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Sweet!

Decided i'm going to keep my set of Octy vrs 312mm calipers and get them fitted. So my wheel choice isnt restricted as much.

Theyre in pretty bad condition as they have about 5mm of corroded paint on them [emoji23]

Stripped them down..

Ill get some pics up once i get them out the shot blaster.

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Good choice mate then 16"steelies ftw

Na i have to many 16" alloys [emoji23]

They all fit over the Brembos but if i see a cheap set or something the option is there. May just use Brembos for track days.

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Few more pics of the blasted brakes. The standard green paint is so thick in places. I've just left it as it'll cover easy anyway.

Going to get the car in the garage and strip it all down tomorrow. All suspension/subframes etc. So thought i better clear the garage out..

Before..

After..

Everything i had for sale that wasn't sold has either gone in the skip pile or in a box. Need some more boxes now..

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Got the car in the garage today. Decided against the front subframes as the rear beam annoyed me more.

Dropped the beam off..

Removed the old standard brakes and started to fit the 256mm vented setup.

Turns out changing the rear beam off and putting it back on is a bigger job than i thought. What a ball ach [emoji23]

More updates tomorrow. [emoji38]

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Well it is when you take half the back end off with it! That stuff (bumper, liners, lights) can stay on while you do the beam :P

I'm swapping the rear bumper as ive set fire to the standard one [emoji23]

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I'm swapping the rear bumper as ive set fire to the standard one [emoji23]

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How's the rear bumper come off Phil I need to take mine off at some point, is it bolted from the inside like octys?