What did you do to your Polo today?

[Bflat]

Not much to report on my Pog. But i did see Bflat's Red rocket on the MCM melbourne meet vid. Looks awesome buddy

Aha, thanks mate. Perhaps we should have a "Spotted on the Internet Thread"

[pog]

Aha, thanks mate. Perhaps we should have a "Spotted on the Internet Thread"

Bflat..

Mighty Car Mods Melbourne Meet April 2012 - YouTube

1:44, your car is on there - Mighty Car Mods!

[noone]

Nice, practically famous!



I went to add a shim to my Forge 008 diverter and thought I'd try flipping it around first as I had read a few reports of that working well. The basic idea is that the boost is not bled by the boost pressure pushing on the piston with the vac helping, but by the vacuum only.

It seems to work well, I don't know if there is a placebo effect, but if it's working the way it feels there is more torque. Not revolutionary, but nice. The squeak of the diverter noise is almost gone, I guess a factor of the way the air moves past the piston, the diverting action on the lowest spring with no shims feels quite natural for the car. Not a good combination with an MBC as this removes the over boost control, but I just run a normal N75 with the 249 valve bypassed.

Anyone else tried this? I'm thinking the operation is more like the diaphragm based systems that are traditionally more expensive and fragile.

[clicht]

Hi mate,
I have the 008 , and it seems to work best with the yellow spring and 1 shim...although I have an ecs race n75 ...
also rem, i have an apr tune

[Blitzen]

Just fitted the remainder of my interior LED globes. This follows on from the number plate globes, fogs, and parkers...

Also fitted a new drivers outer door seal. After 4.5 years of ownership, living in hot localities, and the drivers door getting the most use, the seal had compressed to a point that I would get a loud and very annoying chatter between the door and car B pillar when going over bumps.

[noone]

I was using the same setupw with the 008, surprised how well it works reversed with just the light spring.

[kangfu]

Today i mourned the loss of my front number plate when i got back to my car after dinner to notice a huge dent in it and a crack in my front bumper, suspiciously shaped like a tow bar. ****ers.

[Blitzen]

Just been pulling various interior panels off looking for annoying rattles. I found that one or my tweeters in the back had a broken mount, and was the cause of a major rattle, so some Loctite 401 and some spray on accelerator quickly fixes that. All the rattles are fixed up and the interior is now nice and tight again. Now I just have a couple of more things to fix up and I'll be happy with the car again!!

[noone]

I have a product called clean clay for some of those rattles, have a bit left over if anyone local is after a little, better than blutac...

[csimpson]

I have a product called clean clay for some of those rattles, have a bit left over if anyone local is after a little, better than blutac...

I would love to take that off your hands if you're happy to part with it. I've got *so* many rattles in the dash and doors it's not funny - they've all been introduced since the dash had to come out (after the car's little front-end prang, it had to come out to replace the bonnet cable. Idiot smash repairer but that's another story)

Anyway - after some months of not doing anything to the car, just driving it and getting annoyed at it, I've finally ordered the PD160 intake from Jabbasport, as well as some poly bushes for the stock front ARB. Also getting some sub-frame spacers and fresh stretch bolts, to stop the clunk on reversing.

Also looking into some thicker or genuine transmission oil to replace the Redline MTL, hopefully to quieten the gearbox/flywheel chatter from the ECS 14lbs SMF unit.

I also need to find a new stock dogbone insert, as the Superpro/APR poly one is driving me insane with vibrations.

Down goes the bank balance....

[kaanage]

Where do you get the "clean clay" from noone? I really need the stuff too since fitting the SEAT front LCA rear bushes I may even revert to stock (with inserts to fill the voids when tracking), it's getting so annoying.

I can't see how thicker gearbox oil would reduce clutch chatter, csimpson but let us know if it works.

I'm really surprised that you find the polyureathane torque arm bush to be such an issue on a petrol engine - in the diesel, it's such a pain that I swap it back to stock when not tracking.

[Dodgy]

I've finally ordered the PD160 intake from Jabbasport

Thanks for that mate, I've been trying to track one down at a reasonable price and had no luck. May I asked how much shipping was?

[csimpson]

Thanks for that mate, I've been trying to track one down at a reasonable price and had no luck. May I asked how much shipping was?

About 80 pounds for the intake, and only 10 pounds for shipping. Not a bad price.

[noone]

Can't remember where I got the clay from, a modelling store maybe?
I bought about 300grams, like 16 sticks. Each stick is about 10x10x60mm, so goes a long way. I have 4 or 8 sticks left.

If you want it, pm me

[Buller_Scott]

i did the unspeakable...

unmentionable....

UNFATHOMABLE!!!!!!!!!!

i raised my car an inch all round....

seriously - i took a drive up to sydney, and back - i love low VW's and i think they look fggin sweet, but i couldnt take it anymore - it took me 12 hrs, at some points at 70kmh, on the way down the Hume, and i STILL took some seriously bad hits - my front bump stops are compressed, and im not anywhere near as low as some of you guys!

so yeah. low is sick, but whatever meets you go to, i'll be the one rocking up in the little polo with 3 fingers' worth of wheel arch gap - even my kid sister, last night, commented on how much better the ride is.

so yeah. sorry to leave the club, guys......