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

[agonza]

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Needless to say once I took it to a place that was the real deal, they aligned it perfectly and the car drove beautifully, no mention of an accident.

Moral to the story: Oils aint Oils and VW's aren't Holdens!!

Snowy.

so where in canberra do you take a vw or equivalent euro for a wheel alignment then snowy???

[No457 Snowy]

so where in canberra do you take a vw or equivalent euro for a wheel alignment then snowy???

Hi mate,

Best place around these parts is Inline Steering and Suspension in QBN.
Chris is the guy to talk to, he sorted my car out beautifully and I'll be taking it back to him shortly to have TT control arm bushes + neuspeed lower brace installed with an alignment.

He knows what he's doing, takes his time and does the job spot on.

Cheers,

Snowy.

[fuzion]

autofest coming up snowy, gotta have a dinner thing again i reckon!

[No457 Snowy]

autofest coming up snowy, gotta have a dinner thing again i reckon!

Sounds good mate, I'm sure something will get organised. Do you have any $$$ left to make the trip, I can shout you a feed.

Snowy.

[D3bb4]

So I go into the local alignment place (I won't name them but they are nation wide, call themselves "experts" and the first 2 letters are JA ) After the grease monkey disguised as a tyre/suspension expert tore my OEM VW wheels up with a lovely corkscrew pattern right thru the clear-coat and paint on each wheel bolt recess with his trusty rattle gun, he proceeded to tell me that my car had been in an accident, and was unable to be aligned. WTF!!!

You think that's bad... i've had "wheel and tyre experts" put the strut top mounts in upside down!!!! wtf... then had to go through threatening them with consumers rights to get my money back... got seb to put the stuff in the right way...

the next letter wasnt x was it? might be the same mob that screwed me over...

[No457 Snowy]

the next letter wasnt x was it? might be the same mob that screwed me over...

The X factor was in fact X....


Snowy.

[Mr. JLT]

I washed mine today!

[Manaz]

Inline Steering and Suspension in QBN.

These guys are that good that I've heard them talked about in Sydney...

[Manaz]

I washed mine today!

Likewise.

Used the new Dodo Juice Supernatural Car Shampoo. Doesn't foam up a lot, but lubricity seems good.

After a wash, I clayed the car (using 1/3 the bar, dropped it, dropped the next 1/3rd too, down to the last 1/3rd of a brand new bar ), then gave it two coats (separated by a few hours) of Optimum Opti-Seal.

Gave the wheels a good clean and also gave them a coat of Opti-Seal - will report back on how well that helps prevent buildup on the wheels (15 spoke wheels aren't the easiest to clean!).

Car looks nice and shiny again.

[No457 Snowy]

Did some fine tuning of ride height by adjusting coilovers.

Just a heads up on a great little tool, the Wheel Hanger. I used it for the first time today and wow what a difference it makes when installing the wheels. Just screw it into the 6 o'clock position on the hub, then place the wheel on it and it just sits there in position while you are free to sort out wheel bolts and socket without juggling the weight of the wheel and keeping everything lined up for you to screw in the first couple of bolts.

Here it is, if you haven't already got one I highly recommend it:


Snowy.

[Mr. JLT]

Likewise.

Used the new Dodo Juice Supernatural Car Shampoo. Doesn't foam up a lot, but lubricity seems good.

After a wash, I clayed the car (using 1/3 the bar, dropped it, dropped the next 1/3rd too, down to the last 1/3rd of a brand new bar ), then gave it two coats (separated by a few hours) of Optimum Opti-Seal.

Gave the wheels a good clean and also gave them a coat of Opti-Seal - will report back on how well that helps prevent buildup on the wheels (15 spoke wheels aren't the easiest to clean!).

Car looks nice and shiny again.

Sounds like you could have saved some time using the liquid claybar turttle Ice that turns into soap when u rinse it off.. I use it on powder coated or painted wheels too and they turn out great. Cheers J

[Manaz]

Sounds like you could have saved some time using the liquid claybar turttle Ice that turns into soap when u rinse it off.. I use it on powder coated or painted wheels too and they turn out great. Cheers J

Yeah, I might give the liquid clay bar a go next time the car needs claying.

[quozl]

4 sticky new Toyo Proxes R888

[Manaz]

4 sticky new Toyo Proxes R888

http://www.rotationuk.com/tyres-onli...88%20large.gif

Reminds me, I need to organise for some leave from work...

[JustCruisn]

Since there was so much talk about the starter last week.
Pulled starter, regreased and put back in. Still get that shreek.

Thats 4 times in 2 years now. Time for new starter - anyone got a good supplier for these ?