What did you do to your Polo today?

[tooch]

mate the centre caps are known to fall off with heavy driving as well so might be completly innocent

Hmm maybe...I haven't done any heavy driving today though so I dunno

[Gti Dave]

Either they fell off hence the innocence or some prick lost one of his so stole one of yours as they were too cheap to fork out for one. Otherwise, it could be school kids collecting them for some odd reason (I remember years ago there was a brief craze where kids stole the BMW and Merc badges off cars to collect or stick on their school diaries or sell to their mates).

[Kiel_GTI]

Either they fell off hence the innocence or some prick lost one of his so stole one of yours as they were too cheap to fork out for one. Otherwise, it could be school kids collecting them for some odd reason (I remember years ago there was a brief craze where kids stole the BMW and Merc badges off cars to collect or stick on their school diaries or sell to their mates).

haha pretty sure that was a simpsons episode dave

if they were all missing then yea bulk dodgy, but if only one i'd hazard a guess and say it fell out.

[tooch]

Oh well, just rang the parts department, only $13 each so I ordered 2 of them

[Gti Dave]

Its a true story cause my cousin was one of the culprits and thought it was cool at the time only to get an earful from me.

So if its $14 bucks each then the person who stole it (assuming that was the case but most probably not) must really be a world class cheapo. Hmm it reminds me of the time when some pricks kept stealing my tyre pressure valve covers quite a few years back when I parked my car at Springvale and again at Footscray!!! Suffice to say, I got fed up after replacing them (not that they were expensive) so I just put on the factory black plastic ones.

[Whubbsie]

Oh well, just rang the parts department, only $13 each so I ordered 2 of them

are you sure? the last time round I'm sure they were close to $35 or something stupid.

[tooch]

are you sure? the last time round I'm sure they were close to $35 or something stupid.

That's what the guy quoted me on the phone today. I asked for wheel caps for a Polo GTI and gave him my VIN, so we'll see what they get me!

EDIT: Total of $13.25 . That's from Camberwell VW, sounds like some of the other dealers are taking advantage!

[mikepologti]

my tyre sensor light went off? no idea why , but i checked the tyre pressure again , everything is all good. might get them to check it when i have it serviced in january regardless. hope everyone has a safe and happy christmas.

[tooch]

Got a set of roof racks and a bike carrier today, went with the Rhino Racks and a Thule 530 carrier. Holds the bike up very solidly and has key locks. Looks pretty funny with a bike on top of the Pog, as the bike is almost as tall as the Pog again

[GTIJNR]

Are the wheels 17's or 18's



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wheels are 17 by 7.5 with 35 off set

[vwthunder]

I like them maybe I should get some

[gjuu]

Did benchtop test of car pc - everything works sweet as. Once I find an amp I can do the install.

- Intel D945GCLF2 - Intel Atom Processor 330
- Aywun MW-107 Mini-ITX Slimline Narrow Case
- Lilliput EBY701 VGA Touchscreen W/Back-up Camera Switch
- M2 PSU 150W
- Globalsat BU-353 GPS Receiver

I integrated the screen into a double din adapter i got off ebay - this just slides into the dash in place of the existing radio. I angled the screen down a bit and set it back as i noticed that the current radio gets sun directly on it - makes things a little hard to see sometimes.


I designed a skin to run on roadrunner front end - screen shot of main page with a ipod looking interface on drivers side for music control and a custom build of destinator as gps software


the "box" - it really is quite small 185mm x 230mm x 70mm - about as small as you can build for a 170x170mm motherboard, power supply and hard drive. This will sit under the dash on the passenger side between the heater unit and the glovebox. It is quite tidy inside and will have no probles with cooling as it is quite open



this is the second one of these i have done as i had one in my previous car - E30 BMW

[leasaunce]

love DARUDE!!!

Great DIY! post more photos!

[jasn78]

damn mate thats impressive would you mind doing up a thread with costs and part numbers etc for those that might be interested in this?

[jfive]

Thats awesome setup you got there.. definitely interested in some more info aswell.