My Mk4 buildup thread...

[DubSteve]

how do u get guards pumped? or do u mean rolling the lips?

Roll the guard means folding the lip flat under the well, ask ross.

[DubSteve]

steve there is no way the gaurds are rolled or pumped on my car me and neil were comparing the other day... if it was done it would be a waist of money

I thought he rolled them check his buildup thread on vortex I thought they were

[BL33SU]

Roll the guard means folding the lip flat under the well, ask ross.

yeh mines got that done.. doesnt do much only helps it not cut into the tyres wen turning.

i thought u meant make the guards bigga so it looks more phat

[99gti]

Adrian and I have had our cars side by side and felt the guards and there is no difference.

[DUB 20V]

I thought he rolled them check his buildup thread on vortex I thought they were

man there is a lot of stuff from the thread thats not true, not that is ross fault, like the boot is ment to be sound proofed but i know for a fact its not cause i had it all apart the other day.

[No457 Snowy]

Hey man,
Dragons are rubbish compared to most high end tyres - They aren't a performance tyre at all!

Bit harsh calling them "rubbish", so far 2 posters in this thread currently have them fitted and find them very good, so have you actually tried them or did you read this second hand on an internet forum?

Snowy.

[DubSteve]

man there is a lot of stuff from the thread thats not true, not that is ross fault, like the boot is ment to be sound proofed but i know for a fact its not cause i had it all apart the other day.

Wow I thought that it was done, in this case it is a GT28 is it

[DUB 20V]

Wow I thought that it was done, in this case it is a GT28 is it

sorry neil this is very off topic cheers mate

[BL33SU]

no sound deadened?

that boot is supposed to be one of the best boston installs.. done by a fhrx..

even boston accoustics use that car on their website...

[99gti]

A little more progress.

20 new studs are now in the hands of the guy making up my adaptors. The LM's are one step closer from making it from my boot to on my car finaly.

On a side note - I had a flat tyre today... Booo. Oh well - my trusty spare is now on. This spare always seems to make an apearance just before GTG's and shows. Those with a keen eye would have spotted some one else sporting it at DOVW last year in Vic.

The previously mentioned item x is also getting closer and closer each day. I'd love to tell you all about it but then that wouldn't leave me with any more tricks up my sleve now would it.

[william]

if you want we can fix before it the cruise sunday morning since your heading this way neil better than you having that fugly spare on

[99gti]

I have a ronal spare so it's a proper mag.... Just covered in break dust wich a quick wash should fix.

[SoVeReIgN]

Bit harsh calling them "rubbish", so far 2 posters in this thread currently have them fitted and find them very good, so have you actually tried them or did you read this second hand on an internet forum?

Snowy.

Ive have had them fitted and I stand by what I said.

[No457 Snowy]

Ive have had them fitted and I stand by what I said.

That's cool , I just wanted to clarify that you had tried them. There's quite a bit of posting goes on here where products/manufacturers are either unfairly "reviewed" or rated in a first hand manner by people who haven't actually purchased or tried them.

Snowy.

[99gti]

After coping heaps about having loads of things but none of wich are fittend to my car I got to work today to do somethings I had been putting off for ages.

First up - Replacement LED globes for number plates. There's no point in showing you pictures yet cause it's not dark yet! I also installed white LED's into the doors where the curtosey/puddle light is.

Secondly - I've also had rolling around in my box of toys aka my boot a guard that has been modified with a TT style vent. I ripped of my front wheel and set to work on that. Once I had the inner guard off I also noticed my dodgy work on the neuspeed SMIC intake pipe so I sorted that out. For those who have heard me complain about my car of late, it apears the small air leak is what may have been throwing the air/fuel code I was getting. A quick re-set of my codes should be the test of that. Then I guave the guard a quick clean and re-installed in inner guard. The idea of this is just to allow more air flow over the IC reducing intake temperatures.

Third item on the agenda for today was doing something about the wood grain. After I swallowed one of Jermy Clarksons courage pills, I ripped apart my dash and removed all of those nasty wood grain items. A quick trip to bunnings and some auto-mart shop and I grabbed myself some 400 grade wet and dry and also a can of primer and a can of acrylic silver and I got to work. I'm still painting as we speak but i should have some pics up tomorrow if all goes to plan.

Tomorrow I'm going to clean of that crappy stuff on some of the black plastic trims that seems to wear after time and hopefully she should look a million bucks again! Well - sort of...