dylan8 mkiv gsw tdi

[sports racer]

2 in the same place. Again. Must be common.

[dylan8]

2 in the same place. Again. Must be common.

Fingers crossed will have photo evidence of 3 together soon..

Excuse the filthy car.
Finally did the rear wiper delete. Rather than do the usual trick of blocking the hose I swapped out the water pump for one with a single outlet. Save the risk of it leaking in the hatch.
Wiper was rusted on there well.
Was going to install the 5.5l washer bottle while I was there but is tight with the larger pipe work which means its going to cause issues with future setup

Also wired up my genuine Hella fogs to run as oem off the headlight switch.
Seem to be running a bit short on power so need to check out what's going on there.

Still trying to sort new headlight lenses.
4th set I've purchased arrived and they look like they have been moulded with a potato.
Horrible shapes/edges, bubbles and pitting. Wouldnt put them on pov pack headlights so no chance they are going near the Xenons

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[kkkevin29]

i just read this whole build thread, awesome build Dylan cant wait to see this thing around after this lockdown

[dylan8]

i just read this whole build thread, awesome build Dylan cant wait to see this thing around after this lockdown

Cheers! Stoked to see someone still loves a build thread (even if not much is happening in this one)
Was hoping to get something a bit more exciting underway during lock down but not much happening so far.

[dylan8]

More minor changes
Fitted a 12v socket in the boot. Due to current air ride gauge locations I had no where to charge phones etc.
Lucky, the factory wiring was hidden away (hope that's what it is anyway)
Tried to get in on factory location based on some pictures for reference, cheers thestu.

Also sick of waiting for headlight lenses for the xenons thought I'd have a play around with the stock ones. Can't upload the video so you'll have to deal with the poorly exposed photo. One done. Need to get some extra wire and some jbweld or similar to finish them off.

Used clear lenses so will track down my chrome plated bulbs finish them off.

Hoping to have a go at Graemes bmw DRL mod on these too as a practice run before I mess with the xenons

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[dylan8]

Not a huge fan of the oem RC cap tool. It has too much flex and feels like its going to break.
After being stuck not being able to take an RS cap off with a flat tyre before, I don't want to be in that situation again.

Had these made up in blue to match the car rather than the standard BBS black

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[dylan8]

Charged the battery and put it all back together.

Remembered I had this grill stashed away.
Slowly getting all the bits in one place ready for paint.

Just need to sort my rear valance once shipping relaxes after covid and his is basically how it should look but with clear or blue indicators and the votex front lip

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[kkkevin29]

��holy cow that thing is gonna be cool once its done. i actually liek this grill, havnt seen many grills that actually look good for the mk4 but this one is nice.

[PassionGarage]

wooo, thank god theres still some stuff poppin in the fourms !! Will be doing a new one for the bora

[dylan8]

��holy cow that thing is gonna be cool once its done. i actually liek this grill, havnt seen many grills that actually look good for the mk4 but this one is nice.

Fingers crossed! It's a fair way away though. Really hesitant to get paint done with the current garage. Will prob just get some bits done to start with and give it a good polish

Yeah it's up there with my prefered golf grills. There is some odd ones out there.
Bora has a much nicer range.

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[dylan8]

wooo, thank god theres still some stuff poppin in the fourms !! Will be doing a new one for the bora

Do iitttt.
I just use it for record keeping more than anything. Hopefully few peeps get a kick/read out of it at the same time

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[dylan8]

Anyone know of any other vws with a bracket like this in Australia?

It's a factory boost pipe between the intercooler and manifold with a bracket fixed to the top to hold the fuel lines, wiring and p/s line.

Did some googling, Polo 9n3 looks different, mk5 TDI may be usable, Skoda looks to be one piece but I could cut the pipe off I guess
Would love to get the bracket only and fix it to my aftermarket hard piped just to tidy things up. I feel this one is just stuck on but I'm hesitant to force in incase I break the factory pipe.

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[dylan8]

First time in the daylight since the start of August.
Haven't really needed to drive during covid and the handful of times I have I've taken the CC

Gave it a hose and got some charge on the battery.

Have been slowly pulling the interior apart in preparation to do the headliner. I also need to replace the aerial base (glue as gasket, Whyyyyyyyy??), fix atleast one of the sunroof drains, run the keyless remote aerial, and maybe the Sat Nav aerial instead of the standard aerial mentioned above.

Somehow this turned into realigning the hatch (not a fun task in your own). Seems between panel repairs and baby seat harness points being fitted everything was a bit of a mess.
Boot seems to have stopped leaking and looks a much closer fit to pictures online so that's a positive.

The vw badge has never really say flush so pulled that off... It's had a half baked repair to glue the Chrome back on and then been painted around.
Bit of a mix using a spare I had and it's back on.
Next will be to replace the number plate nurserts (been drilled out...), repair the interior trim tabs, new tail light, tail light gaskets and washers. Check alignment again.


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[dylan8]

Not much happening.
Cleared the two rear sunroof drains and checked for leaks. One was slow and the other blocked so worth the effort.

Reinstalled with the nipples as I figure if it's taken 18 years to get that bad it won't hurt having them

All 4 now drain, the front drivers is draining to the outside of the car but not from where it should be...

Found plenty more dirt and filth.
Car smells and feels "fresher" inside
Repaired/replaced a heap of mounting points and clips on the interior trim. So fingers crossed less rattles

Finally allowed to take it for a decent drive, seems the boost leak I fixed made a decent difference. Suspect there is another on the lower part of the car so will need to get it in the air.

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[dylan8]

Installed a factory short shifter.

Picked up a 280mm rear setup second hand and have been having second thoughts on the r32 brakes.
Might stay 312mm fronts and will use whichever is lighter of the 256 vented and 280 solid rears. Will be plenty of stopping power for the future setup and be a better combination of looks and weight

Grey Recaro front seats in, if anyone has some blue recaro fronts they want to swap or sell please let me know.
Not going to fit the recaro rears as my wagon came factory with no rear head rests and is far more convient that way. Will eventually get everything trimmed to match

Fitted some new oil filler cap seals so I can reinstall the extension betwee the oil cap & rocker cover

NOS floor mats with heal support for the driver.