NSW Justin's MkIV R32 Golf

[dainese]

Long time coming perhaps?

Thought I would share with everyone as I just finished my last exam a few hours ago

Bought the car in August of 2009, from a lovely gentleman in Melbourne. Was advertised on ozvolks, and didn't make it to carsales.
Flew down to inspect. Flew back to buy it, and drive it back to Sydney.

Straight after the Melbourne to Sydney drive:



So when I bought her she had 59 xxx kms, and following list of items

• APR ECU Tune
• StaSiS (Koni) Coilovers
• Carbonio carbon fibre CAI

Stasis Coilovers:




Being a mechanic, I did my own work and maintenance.

Shark Fin antennae. Awful radio reception with standard OEM HU. Kenwood one fared much better



Kenwood Head Unit




Defi Racer Gauge - Oil Temp, new south performance offset pod



Dynamat driver's door. Only Driver's door as I have not allocated anytime to it in more than a year I think.



Adjustable RCA Gruvenparts:

[dainese]

Custom catback exhaust from the States. Not my preferred sound, but the performance increase was hard to ignore. So much so, I sold the old OEM one to Dylan

Cold start:

Rev and Blips

Drive by:

Part Throttle:

More videos:
dainese01's Channel - YouTube

Painted the grille black. The horizontal slats look 90s. Honeycomb would be nice, buuut I am not made of money




Removed the 'dingleberry'




The car went through 3 sets of suspension. Why?

Because, IMO the MkIV has too short of travel for the suspension:


I am now sort of content with the HPA SHS Coilovers.

Bilstein PSS

[dainese]

And finally HPA SHS Coilovers


Afterwards:


P6070771 by daineser32, on Flickr


P6070772 by daineser32, on Flickr

I bought a set of Porsche Twists off a 911.
Specs
F: 18" x 7.5" ET50
R: 18" x 10" ET65



In Marrickville.


At a recent Dinner meet (not selling coilovers of course)


IMG_7708 by daineser32, on Flickr


IMG_7714 by daineser32, on Flickr

[dainese]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QbwNGDQTLas/Tqjsm0wj3YI/AAAAAAAAA0A/NDf_UHDT6ww/s640/20111018_175648.jpg

So next up is:

SSR SP1 Professors

F: 19" x 8" ET37
R: 19" x 9" ET37







Recaro from a Lancer Evolution V

Should be in already but the place that sent it, couldn't even send all the parts required the first time around. Waste of time and money!



Also have H&R sway bars

and my missus got me a Cupra Lip for my birthday

02 April 2012
Fixed exhaust rattle
nanolex protect wheels
paint clips
upgrade rear sway bar

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[team_v]

Looks great.
Love everything you have done to it.

Hope to see this one stick around, there have been way too many .:R's go to the carpak in the sky recently.

Love hte blue too, probbaly my favourite colour for the .:R

[Bflat]

Twists ftw

[dainese]

Looks great.
Love everything you have done to it.

Hope to see this one stick around, there have been way too many .:R's go to the carpak in the sky recently.

Love hte blue too, probbaly my favourite colour for the .:R

haha, thanks.

I know ey! Way too many going to car heaven.
Do you think the 'sky car parking' is under cover?

Twists ftw

Twists are nice!

[tomtom_r32]

Bout time Justin!!

Car is lookin sweet. I really like the twist but the SSRs are gonna rock!

Keep up the great work mate!

[dainese]

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of whacking in the Recaro





A picture of the mounting bracket, sliders,


Seat base is flatter, more parallel to ground. So the lower thigh support isn't as snug. the height is pretty much the same as previously in the Konigs (I had them set low anyway).
The new mounting system is tighter and firmer than the OEM setup. The OEM system had play and made noises and exhibited minute movements.
The seat reclines with the dial/rotator. But does not feature the same retracting mechanism of the OEM seat (recline forward and slide forward). May be a bit of a compromise for some, but I am not overly bothered. (YET)
Have issues with airbag light coming on after the resistor worked loose (i think) while driving. Can't seem to clear the code a this stage.

Overall I am very happy with the upgrade (?).
There is more support for my upper body, the bolsters are easier to moneauver over and easier to pass through.
Fabric doesn't look or feel as good as leather. but im over leather. wrinkling, squeaks and sweaty backs and butt when the temps go over 23.5C

Also had discs and pads put in. Had dramas with the pedal feel and after hundreds of dollars in brake fluid, hours of my own labour as well as European Autotech (when I ran out of ideas), it went to the track with a different pedal feel. There was brake fade, but pedal was not bad. defintely not the bite I am used to ALL the other times.

DISCS: Adams Rotors - Slotted and dimpled
Pads: Akebono ceramic compound



The rear discs are Tommy R32's.

And a recent shot of my car at work on a Friday.

[dainese]

No pics, but raised the negative camber at the back with the gruvenparts adjustable control arms (http://gruvenparts.com/website/imgs/fullsize/107.jpg)
Also washed the car in the rain before a full day cruise on the 27th. Pics here: https://picasaweb.google.com/dainese...eat=directlink

[dylan8]

good to see more pics of this car!
Loving the new seats. not happy with the R32 seats?

[robbie]

I love this car Dainese except I don't like the seats, put the OEM Koenig Recaros back in please .

[dainese]

good to see more pics of this car!
Loving the new seats. not happy with the R32 seats?

Thanks!

Yeah, leather sucks. seriously, it does. it smells good, it feels good (sort of), but in almost every other aspect its a con for me.
Also, I am a skinny bastard and upper support for me isn't great. also the side bolsters are so fat that my elbows always hit it.

Add to that the rattling and play that they have (Go European ). Which can't really be fixed, as they are joints and rollers, and mecahnisms that are pressed in etc.

The Recaro from the EVO wasn't my first choice. But it was a great price and i had to factor in mounting hardware, and my ridiculous obsession with this car despite my full time uni and part time work only made these seats the best choice for me.

Overall, I am very happy with the seats, and after a track day, full day cruise on saturday, a few hot days, a few short drives, the seats are better for me in nearly all aspects in comparison to the konigs.

They dont look as great, but the black matte plastic shape of the recaros and bucket shape spells sporty to me. also will have trouble with reclining as new seat sliding mechanism obviously doesn't have the rear access feature

I love this car Dainese except I don't like the seats, put the OEM Koenig Recaros back in please .

Thanks mate. Wont be happening. Unless you dob me into the cops or something, and force me *waves fist

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Also fixed the airbag warning light with another resistor. The original one was the incorrect resistance.
So, while the workshop in the USA did some quality work, their slopiness in some areas was very notable, and uncool too.


Have a driveby video from Saturday's cruise too:

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[dainese]

26th December 2011

Yesterday

Was meant to change the faulty HPA SHS COILOVERS, but courtesy of 2 companies i have the incorrect ones with me.

I instead, changed the dogbone mounts, and installed the cupra r lip that my missus got me for my birthday 4 months ago.









And a little digression here:

Girlfriend had her Polo Gti crashed into by an off duty taxi driver (yes, they do drive badly as you had thought).
Polo, ruined: intercooler, LCA, shock guard, bumper.





So we found out we could hire a car and be reimbursed for the costs. The missus booked an audi a3, but they didn't have it when she went to pick it up.
So. They gave her an 2010 audi a4 1.8t





Merry Christmas Nd have a happy new year!

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22nd January 2012

Converted all lugs, into studs. H&R Studs, cut to length.

Also got some neat looking nuts from USA. and Finally fitted:




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[dylan8]

feel free to post me the R32 seats if you dont like them...
Shame about the polo. hows the A4?