Hello

 

Don't think i have ever created a thread of my car on here so i'll update with pictures as i go along

 

 

i don't really use the car anymore due to buying a 2013 Leon FR+ as my current daily but i bought the car back in 2014 and had around 59k on the clocks, its currently sitting at 82k i believe and in a very sorry state.  had all sorts of niggles appear a few months of owning the car, was a little annoyed as i had traded in a perfectly good MK4 Golf GT (PD130), luckily i had some used car warranty and managed to get the flywheel replaced as it only started knocking a couple weeks after i bought the car.  it suffered from a bad judder at idle and i then came to the realisation that the cam was showing signs of some wear, that was a few years ago and its still got that cam today, to help it idle better i played around with the cam timing via vcds whilst moving the cam within the tolerances and its been fine ever since, i will most likely get around to replacing that as well in the next few months, the timing belt is due again so would be better to do that as well whilst fitting a cam kit.  like i mentioned its in a bit of a sorry state and its pretty much sat undriven for a year, the brakes have corroded due to lack of use, the genuine 5 year old battery gave up months ago and i lost all interest in doing anything with it.  The sills had seen better days even when i bought the car and they're looking a bit worse for wear but ill go ahead and have a bash at seeing if i can do anything with them, the rear heat-shield is hanging down as well and i have a few sections of generic scrap heat-shield and new clips to hold it back up, just before i stopped driving the car i noticed a very sweet smell when the heaters were on hot and very bad condensation, turned out to be a leaking matrix, i did replace that but the metal pipes broke so i have still yet to source some rubber hose but at least there's no more condensation, the heater matrix is currently bypassed for now, the spoiler has zero lacquer and the wheels are in urgent need of a refurb, i really want to fix everything on the car now because i have the luxury of being able to do it at a slow pace and not have to worry about having to get it mobile again for the weekly commute.  here are some of the things i'm planning to do or already has

 

• ordered 4 new stainless steel bleed nipples
• full brake strip and clean and bleed
• new PAS pipes (going to hammerite them and stone chip spray them)
• new exchange rack
• cam kit
• timing belt and water pump
• full service
• get the old style badges on and new chrome grille
• wheel refurb and new old style badges
• clean each corner of the car, liners off, de-grease, hammerite and underseal
• rear axle off and powdercoated or get a spare and prep myself along with new bushes
• passenger spring and shock with new top mount/bearing (drivers was done last year when spring snapped)
• rear springs and shocks
• replaced rear brake disc back plates couple years ago and applied lots of hammerite

 

• fitted cupra bushes, drop links, anti roll bar bushes and new lemforder arms and ball joints up front couple years ago
• grind the sills back and see whats what (better than just leaving them i guess)
• complete the heater matrix repair 
• repaint the callipers (assuming they're all serviceable)

 

first repair will be sorting out the brakes as the pedal is pathetic and the discs really need cleaned up so the stainless steel nipples will get fitted and will get new fluid put through the system, should be doing this in the next couple weeks and will update with pictures

So yesterday the weather was decent so i managed to set about cleaning up the brakes all round and replacing all the bleed nipples, unfortunately that last nipple i tried to change snapped on the drivers side front, i may try and remove the remaining part or just replace the calliper

 

the discs and pads were all in serviceable condition and the pads were still nice and free within the carriers from when i fitted the brakes however many years ago that was, cleaned them up and applied grease

 

i also re-secured the rear heat shield with some scrap heat shield i had lying around and cut them into sections and folded and then secured the heat shield in place, nice and secure now with the new clips, its not the prettiest of repair but i would rather it was fitted than just removing it completely