What did you do to your Polo today?

[fuzion]

one of my kits put onto lora's car.

its quite cheap, 312mm disc still used however used a premiumone disc from ate (atom / flower design) and works very well and pulls up very quickly as whove been in my old golf know how quick it stops with the same setup!

good setup and also fits mk5/mk6 but with slightly larger 4 pot calipers from porsche or ferrari or alcon really.. all the same depending what you want.

and stock polo brakes imo are farken terrible. i can not believe how hard you have to put your foot down to stop!

time to do my s3 i think lol

[Blitzen]

Finally fitted my Newsouth Performace boost guage that I got at SoWo in mt vent holder... Very happy with it...

[WHTPOLOGTI]

Booked my car in today for it's 60K Service. Hopefully the damage to my pocket isn't too much

[instigator]

next week im going to do the 70.000km service
also new rear brake pads will be installed, front was done at 60K.

[GTI_PAPA]

Hey guys,

Finally had a spare morning and finally changed the oil/filter. Took roughly one hour, could have been shorter but took my time making sure all was done correctly (what a mess taking off the filter). Thanks to those who gave such great instructions from engine oil thread, they were invaluable.

Gave the car a drink of Castrol Edge 5w30, as it was near impossible to to source the "dealer only" Castrol SLX professional III or Mobil 1 ESP. Did track down ESP, but only available in 20L cans @ $380, gave it a miss.

Laterz.

[noone]

Yesterday I went to Wakefield (Racetrack near Goulburn) and met up with Matt and his Sirocco and James in his non-Polo (he can tell you all about it if he feels comfortable).

Car tracked very well considering: Street tyres - Kuhmo KU31's
Stock pads to suit Audi TT front brakes

Time was 1.19, really could have done better but the brakes were not up to it. With the new coilovers, sways, etc it was MUCH tighter on the track and I felt very comfortable going up against a handfull of AWD EVO's and other toys.

My driving was far from good on the day, but I'm keen to get back there once I've sorted out some track tyres and track pads.

Props to Matt (Golfloon) and his Rocco, it looked very nice and was around 4 sec faster than me on the track!

Oh well, practice makes perfect...

[break]

Found a boost leak that might have contributed to my issues of late.

Had block the O-ring out of the DV, and there was heat marks on the metal to show where the leak was. Ended up swapping out the Forge item back to my standard DV while I source a new O-ring.

Edit: Also reset the ECU afterward (60s with the battery disconnected) to help the ECU re-calibrate for the new DV

[brumue]

I created a thread about it... http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f23/polo-gti-47132.html

[wrigley]

Ordered some Seat bushes from Jmac.

[PeterHBne]

Ordered some Seat bushes from Jmac.

Good move. They make a big difference to front end feel. For the $$$ one of the best mods you can do.

[instigator]

just did 70K service.
every 10K Km's i do service on the GTI.
put in 5W50 Mobil 1 oil in it with new oil filter.
rear brake pads need to be replaced, but a closer look let us know that the rear discs are damaged.
they might got to hot or so and the discs are "grooved", he still brakes, but not as it schould on the rear.
nothing harmfull or so, so when i have 80K KM's i put new discs and get ferrodo DS2500 brake pads on it.
and brake fluid will also be changed to DOT 5.1.

[noone]

Ordered QFM Pads for the front and Verdict bushes.

Getting towards time to change the oil again

[seangti]

and brake fluid will also be changed to DOT 5.1.

Make sure you've done your research into the pro's and con's of 5.1 before going down that path mate. I looked into years ago on the subaru and I ended up not bothering and sticking with castoral dot 4. I've got 5.1 sitting at home and still CBF'd running it.

[break]

Started tidying up the car ready for sale.

Can't wait to get back into a proper sports car (Looking at a MY03 STI project car at this stage)

[noone]

Can't wait to get back into a proper sports car

Sacrilege! Good luck with the sale.