Simon's V5 Bora

[trickysimon]

Changed my engine oil and filter on Thursday night at midnight in Sydney before departing home to Wagga.
Only didn't even make it to Gundagai though......
Managed to run over a winch off the side of a truck at 4am. Dragged it 100m down the highway with sparks and cement shooting out the sides and back. The subframe is bent beyond repair, and it smashed my gearbox housing. So was stuck on the side of the road until about 8:30am, when luckily my father and mate came with a trailor to pick me up. Hopefully I can weld the gearbox back up, but pretty pissed its left me without any transport!

[dylan8]

Mate I hope you used some ratchets to tie it down properly.
But seriously, such a bummer! So unlucky

[trickysimon]

Iseewhatyoudidthere

[trickysimon]

Last weekend, with the help of Seb at Euro Automotive, I got my hands on a replacement gearbox, subframe, new clutch, throwout bearing and single mass flywheel. Also grabbed some new engine, gearbox and dogbone mounts.

So, had a busy day yesterday with the help of a couple of mates.
Managed to get the car jacked up and gearbox out in around 2 hours. Went and had some lunch, bought some gearbox oil and came back to put it all back together. Managed to finish most of it that night. Ran into a few problems; managed to bend one of the shifter cables a bit, so reverse, 1st, 3rd, and 5th gear a bit stiff to get into. Still runs like brand new now, though.
Also had a bit of a scare when I first started the car up and the clutch pedal went straight to the floor. Thoughts of taking the gearbox back out filled my head. Luckily, I just had to bleed the clutch slave, phew!
Thought the car deserved a treat once I got it running again, so fitted it's new shoes.
Audi Q5 17x8
I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story

[Water Boy]

Gee Zale is nice letting you use his yard!

[trickysimon]

Yeh, he's alright!

[mk5jetta]

This is a nice Bora! Ive seen it driving around Wagga a bit. It had some pretty tight fitment with those BMW wheels!

[trickysimon]

Thanks buddy! You live in Wagga? There's a few nice jetta's around!

Couple of photos from Nationals, courtesy of foff.



Unfortunately, it's not looking so flash at the moment; had to put the stock wheels and Tyres back on the front because some idiot (me) didn't get a wheel alignment after doing the gearbox swap. Shredded a set of Tyres in 3000km. 50mm toe-in will do that!
To top it off, I lose my license for 3 months on the 22nd. I guess it will give me some time to fix some things up while it is off the road!

[mk5jetta]

Yeah I live in Wagga town. I think I may have heard your car before I saw it due to the wheels rubbing!

[trickysimon]

Had a good weekend, got a fair bit done. R32 hub carriers, new bearings, R32 lower control arms, new ball joints, new tie rods. For those who don't know, R32 hubs and lower control arms correct the suspension geometry of lowered cars. They also gave me -2 degrees camber. Finally got rid of the axle binding issues as well. Very good mod!

[trickysimon]

So over the last couple of months, I have been restoring my set of BBS Impuls. Couldn't have done it without the help of a few mates, especially Zale. Fully polished lips and full height hex caps, gold spike bolts. Really happy with how they turned out and glad that we got them done, just in time for DOVW.

Picked up some new Euro number plates on my way down to Melbourne. I think they really finish the car off.

Anyway, here are some photos from DOVW on the weekend.













These 3 awesome photo's are courtesy of Foff:

[grtuned]

You need to caption that pic with the three guys standing around. I'm just wondering what he's thinking. Ha ha good pic.

[trickysimon]

Installed some IDF 3/4" engine mount spaces on the weekend. Also got some rear drop plates from IDF that I still need to install, along with new rear hubs and bearings.

Driveshafts are closer to the body now, unfortunately. But at least I have raised the engine up above the subframe.

Still a few things to do in preparation for Halfway Hangs in February.

[dylan8]

What generation iPad is that to reach your sump?

But seriously, keen to see how all the idf stuff goes

[anthony--t]