What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[leighaus]

crazy. my car needs to be smoke tested for leaks, but im too busy to get my car anywhere... anyone know anyone who will do it on weekends in melbourne (north east side)

[Lito]

have u put your frankenturbo in yet lito?

Not yet, I'm getting it installed by Jmac (brisbanes vw guru) and he's all booked out until January. The wait is kinda killing me but i want to get it done right by someone I can trust.

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crazy. my car needs to be smoke tested for leaks, but im too busy to get my car anywhere... anyone know anyone who will do it on weekends in melbourne (north east side)

I got my car smoke tested and it didn't find this leak, I think that's because it was only leaking over a certain pressure. I don't think the smoke testers put all that much pressure into the system(Jimmy said around 5psi iirc)

[Njay]

yeah i cant wait for franken to come, hopefully before christmas

[RolfGolf]

Got a bit obsessive today and removed the weather seals from the roof to clean the channel (and the rubber seals) - was well worth it as I removed 10 years worth of dirt and discovered the beginnings of rust on the passenger side under the seal - not much, but something to sort.

Didn't get before shots, but here's a couple of afters ...

[leighaus]

wish i had the spare time to be that obsessive. i have a growing pile of mods ive had no time to install as it is.

[kendog]

... on a nother note come home to a big blue box containing my shiny silver and yellow FK AK street coilovers ( yeah i know their not the best but their a start ) LOL



cars still apart tho ...damn i never have time to work on it just came home and its 9pm

Mine arrive tomorrow (or Thurs), is there anyone out there (in Sydney) wanting to get paid to help me install them??
Thanks..

[jDub]

kenbot which area are you in mate?

[kendog]

kenbot which area are you in mate?

Hey jDub,
I live near Bondi Junction, but I work in Alexandria.. I won't mind a bit of travel for help though..

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The new rims are meant to arrive today! So excited. BTW, ringing around for tyres, a certain well know tyre place told me that: "if the rims are from 'America', the lip (or double lip) or the like makes it hard to put the tyres on, and when the tyre is inflated, the bead 'pops' in such a way that it damages the wheel/paint". He'll have to see the rims first to decide wether he will even do the job. Any truth in this?

[dylan8]

Hey jDub,
I live near Bondi Junction, but I work in Alexandria.. I won't mind a bit of travel for help though..

---------- Post added at 09:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 AM ----------

The new rims are meant to arrive today! So excited. BTW, ringing around for tyres, a certain well know tyre place told me that: "if the rims are from 'America', the lip (or double lip) or the like makes it hard to put the tyres on, and when the tyre is inflated, the bead 'pops' in such a way that it damages the wheel/paint". He'll have to see the rims first to decide wether he will even do the job. Any truth in this?

lolwut...
never heard of that.

[kendog]

lolwut...
never heard of that.

Hmm, yeah, sounds strange doesn't it. Problem is, that's the only place that has the tyres I want, for the price I want.....

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...Just got the FK Coilovers delivered, less than 1 week from DPM Performance UK, so keen to get them in...

[dylan8]

keeping up with the porsche trend.
gave mine a quick clean, wax, dry, wax, tyre shine, and polish and tucked them away under cover in storage, hopefully they stay nice and clean to avoid the lips getting too many marks or staining.



also tried to re arrange the shed... just some of the round things keeping it so full.
should have got the other RS, flat5s, bora stockies, and vr6 stockies, vento stockies, and other single wheels in it for a full laugh

[Neroo]

keeping up with the porsche trend.
gave mine a quick clean, wax, dry, wax, tyre shine, and polish and tucked them away under cover in storage, hopefully they stay nice and clean to avoid the lips getting too many marks or staining.



also tried to re arrange the shed... just some of the round things keeping it so full.
should have got the other RS, flat5s, bora stockies, and vr6 stockies, vento stockies, and other single wheels in it for a full laugh

hahahaa dude you have more wheels then my house has cars .. last time i counted there was too many lol

spent all day working on the car managed to get most of the engine back together and the front coilovers in only thing to do is to finish up the air intake and front body panels , have to give a huge shoutout to the guys at wolfsburg automotive for saving my behind and splitting a r32 block to get me a chain sliding rail since i broke mine .. 4 hours in trafic but well worth it in the end .. can actualy get my car back on the road before my driving test =]

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aww mann double post

not too much got the car together still acts funny but atleast its not showing up any fault codes ..

just gonna leave a teaser


dident wanna max it out as they still have to settle and keep it legal so yeah ...still have to drop the rear aswell as get better pics .. oily cellphone at 10pm=/= good pics lol

[dylan8]

that lip is going to cope some abuse if your going to lower it more haha.

swapped my stockies back on as all my other wheels are killing the front guards at 8.5" wide and doing the daily duties at my current height and the country distances i drive... need to get them rolled still, but it wont help the inside clearance where the tyre is touching
also checked out the damage from the section of highway i hit in Traralgon. turns out the road must have been very soft as its now secured/baked to the underside of my mounts and car... also looks like i did hit the sump on it, bit of fresh looking oil to under side but I havnt seem to have lost any and cant see any cracks, so not sure what the go is.
while the road was ridiculous and even saw a cop car bottom out on it while i was there, I wont get far with the car being under the 100mm

[kendog]

I just got my new rims! Also, brand new Kumho KU31's all 'round...




Now for the coilovers... I've booked in with the guys over at Camden GTI to get those installed, it's a bit of a trek from the east, but I think it'll be worth it from what I hear... so watch this space...

PS - excuse very basic iPhone photos...

[governor22]

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