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

[gringo_54_oval]

went to start the 4 mo this morning usually it will start and rev up abit automatic choke,this morning it started as if it was already warmed up.never did that before.anyone know if its something serious.Interior light on the door went on as i opened the door but never heard the pre fuel pump before ingintion goes on.anyone know what it could mean?? cheers

[theOctopus]

went to start the 4 mo this morning usually it will start and rev up abit automatic choke,this morning it started as if it was already warmed up.never did that before.anyone know if its something serious.Interior light on the door went on as i opened the door but never heard the pre fuel pump before ingintion goes on.anyone know what it could mean?? cheers

I've had my pre fuel pump not start on occasions so had it scanned and nothing came up.

I got some vinyl today and had a bit of a play.

[dainese]

went to start the 4 mo this morning usually it will start and rev up abit automatic choke,this morning it started as if it was already warmed up.never did that before.anyone know if its something serious.Interior light on the door went on as i opened the door but never heard the pre fuel pump before ingintion goes on.anyone know what it could mean?? cheers

Yeah, mine sometimes does that.
i suspect secondary air pump. (Probably not the place to discuss though...)

[governor22]

went to start the 4 mo this morning usually it will start and rev up abit automatic choke,this morning it started as if it was already warmed up.never did that before.anyone know if its something serious.Interior light on the door went on as i opened the door but never heard the pre fuel pump before ingintion goes on.anyone know what it could mean?? cheers

mine sometimes revs at 1200 for a few minutes, otherwise starts at 700...

but this morning i started it up and i thought the battery had died or it had stalled.... the engine was at 100 maybe, then spluttered for a few moments, then finally got up to 700 but it sounded very 'fizzy'... would this be the mass air filter ? freaked me out a little

[Brisbane's Bora]

I've had my pre fuel pump not start on occasions so had it scanned and nothing came up.

I got some vinyl today and had a bit of a play.

I can dig it. Where did you get the vinyl from? Im thinking of doing something like this to mine. Did you have to cover up chrome inserts? Im not sure if the GTI had them or not?

[Neroo]

lol went picked up a nother coil pack since one failed ( AGAIN... man i seriously just have to buy them all ) and as im driving my car around suddenly just hear a thud and a lot of raket pull over and so on turns out my passenger side axle poped out of its socket ( i swear i used locktite and a rattle gun ) luckily for me i dident bring my phone and the only tools i had with me is the wind up jack ( a.k.a useless peice of sh*t that always gets stuck ) so decide to limp home lift up the car and such and use the car key to hand tighten the bolts just till i get home when i go to lower the car as always the jack gets stuck :@ luckily was able to ask some nice people to borrow their phone and get my brother to bring me a normal jack to finaly get my car out of there gahhh sometimes having a lowered car sucks ballz :/

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who drives a white mk4 golf with white wheels nurburgring sticker on the rear windsheild saw it today at the kfc?? next to burwin vw looked hella nice

[theOctopus]

I can dig it. Where did you get the vinyl from? Im thinking of doing something like this to mine. Did you have to cover up chrome inserts? Im not sure if the GTI had them or not?

I got the vinyl from a local sign writer just called around and asked for some he gave me a metre for 10 bucks , and yes no chrome inserts I disassembled the grill so I could completely wrap the blades and in hindsight I should of resprayed the rear section black. Still I'm happy with it I colour coded the lower bumper grills a while ago so its the only black on the front.

[RolfGolf]

Set about restoring interior plastics - bugger of a job with crazy sticky flaking paint ...


( Though Krylon Fusion Plastic paint is awesome )

[theOctopus]

Set about restoring interior plastics - bugger of a job with crazy sticky flaking paint ...


( Though Krylon Fusion Plastic paint is awesome )

Nice keen to hear and see the results

[grtuned]

Set about restoring interior plastics - bugger of a job with crazy sticky flaking paint ...


( Though Krylon Fusion Plastic paint is awesome )

Keen to see out come also!!! The plastic trims can look bad with age no matter how well you look after them!!

Lovin the pic!!! Clothes lines are for car parts not clothes. HA HA!!!!


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[dylan8]

good work! keen to see results too

[Cookie28]

Keen for results!! Also I'm jealous of your late model centre console with the cup holders and I assume armrest

[RolfGolf]

Cheers guys - no washing or this weekend! For the first time in my life, I'm actually going to follow the instructions on the can and let the paint cure for 7 days as recommended ... already the wait is killing me!

Here's a few closer shots - the finish is matte and pretty darn OEM.







The centre console is an ECS jobbie - they still sell them but they are pretty pricey to get over here. After finally sourcing an armrest, I'm debating whether to put it in or leave it out. (Just another thing to strip back and paint )

[JustCruisn]

Where is your fuel release ? Mine is in the centre console, this 04 console does not seem to include a place for the switch.

That paint looks the goods, what prep did you do ? I find that once the soft touch has rubbed off the texture is gone too.

[RolfGolf]

Where is your fuel release ? Mine is in the centre console, this 04 console does not seem to include a place for the switch.

That paint looks the goods, what prep did you do ? I find that once the soft touch has rubbed off the texture is gone too.

Actually, I hadn't noticed that the fuel release switch slot was missing until you pointed it out. Looks like another thing to retro-fit somewhere else - shouldn't be a major drama, but perplexing nonetheless ... Anyone have an original 04 centre console that can tell me where the release is mounted - would be interesting to know if this is just another one of those ECS things??

re. prep. where the paint was flaking really badly I stripped it off with a chux heavy duty scourer pad, then I wiped down the surface with mineral turps to remove any grease/oil from my hands, let it dry off in the sun for a bit, then sprayed it. I can see how if the surface was sanded excessively you'd lose the texture, so I'm trying not to use sandpaper unless really required.