Jeffchiz's VW Golf Gti 2.0T fsi *A4 wheels, bit of interior tarting up* - Page 3 - Saxperience

Sophia_Bush · 12th August 2014, 20:10

car fwend

jeffchiz · 13th September 2014, 18:16

Had my back box delete done yesterday, very happy with it, unfortunately they didnt have a twin 3" inward rolled, only a slash cut or a 3.5" inward rolled, we tried the 3.5" rolled but it didnt fit in the recess properly so i went for the slash cut, but now its on im very happy with it

ill get a video later on, excuse the dirty car

Tom5190 · 13th September 2014, 18:45

Looks wicked that! I was reading it there and sort of cringing when I read 'slash cut' but they look awesome.

craigy_87 · 13th September 2014, 19:07

Agree with what Tom said above, looks really good! How does it sound?

jeffchiz · 14th September 2014, 10:07

haha yea i cringed when i saw the slash cut one, technically all the ones i wanted were a slash cut but with a rolled edge, i originally chose a 2.5" outward rolled with no slash cut

then i soon changed my mind to wanting a 3" inward rolled

and a guy at work said it should have a slash cut to follow the lines of the bumper and replicate the oem tailpipe and he was right, the one i ended up with was the best they could get at short notice but i very happy with it now

im kinda glad it doesnt have the inward roll on it now

PastyVTR · 14th September 2014, 14:41

Yeah I agree i reckon the slash cut looks better than your original choice.

Prickle^p · 14th September 2014, 18:29

Outrolled ftw.

Looks nice though. Any vids?

jeffchiz · 18th September 2014, 19:16

finally got a video, had to make it shite quality so it wouldnt take 4 years to upload

mattknight1984 · 18th September 2014, 21:33

Tailpipes look really good.

jeffchiz · 27th September 2014, 16:07

I had a go at doing the ED30/R32 rear light mod, really happy with the results. rear end is starting to take shape now, i tried to dewiper but it was being stubbon so i gave up, on other cars ive taken a hacksaw to it but im not doing that to this car its either coming off properly or not at all, i also planned to debadge to day as well but I'm in two minds about it so again i chickened out

old lights off

Cleaned and dried

masked up

one coat

few coats

more coats..

final pictures, couldnt find the sd card for the dslr so phone camera had to make do

deano_123 · 28th September 2014, 05:46

Looks good

Did you consider tinting the mirror indicators and black out the badges?

jeffchiz · 28th September 2014, 10:19

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Originally Posted by deano_123

Looks good

Did you consider tinting the mirror indicators and black out the badges?

Yea i thought about the wing mirror indicators to use up the remaining spray but I don't know if I'm a fan and I don't like the black badges

jeffchiz · 15th October 2014, 17:24

I got some pressed plates the other day at the pfc expo, not sure whether to put them on as is, or buy some surrounds

jeffchiz · 5th November 2014, 17:37

I had the low oil pressure light come back on which for those following the thread would remember it came on just after i had the car, the garage basically sorted out everything that was noticeably wrong and the light went off, 5 months later back on, which basically meant one thing; take the sump off and inspect the pump, the gauze on the feed pipe was clogged so that and the sump have been cleaned up as well as other faults the garage found

also had an mot done, only failed on a split cv boot which they fixed and also polished my headlights and took a nail out the n/s/r tyre and plugged it which were advisories

bill still came to £700!! so pretty skint now!

jeffchiz · 25th November 2014, 19:57

One of the remaining advisories on my mot were front tyres having low tread on the inside, so for my birthday I asked for a couple of Michelin Pilot sport 3's, Tom5190 has them on his s3 and recommended them over my bridgestone potenzas which i currently have and even I noticed they arent very good so i took his advise ill get them fitted when i have my wheels refurbed which im hoping will be my xmas pressie

I'll then buy my self another couple of ps3's probably early next year when the rears need changing

Im also going to buy some front radius arm bushes as that is the last advisory

girl at work also made me an awesome cake

looked better in person but the details up close are great she really went through my fb with a fine tooth comb but got annoyed when she put the fog lights on the wrong sode of the grille ha

jeffchiz · 24th December 2014, 16:55

finally got around to getting my pressed plates on today, no more nails sticky pads should do the job!

jeffchiz · 20th January 2015, 19:34

Just replaced my DV Rev B, i removed it at the weekend and it was fooked, picked up a Rev G tonight and just got it fitted, seems to pull better now

Bought it from TPS for £38, VW wanted £70 for a rev D, which is strange considering TPS is part of the VAG group where they get all their parts from.. also tried telling me the D is the same as the G 'its just a different manufacturer', so i just hung up in the end.. you cant tell them anything.....

For those who dont know the Diverter valve is the 2.0T fsi VAG version of a dump valve, the rubber diaphragm splits and leeks boost pressure, resulting in lost power and lower MPG. the Rev D is the newest version which doesnt use a rubber boot its just a plastic piston which has been proved to leak pressure from day 1 so it fails due to its design not through wear, i bought the Rev G which is slightly older version but holds boost pressure fine until the boot splits, so i went for this valve, this is the most popular oem valve

I wanted a GFB DV+, which is the most popular after market valve which uses a metal piston and works in a slightly different way so the valve reacts even faster, but it is £100+ so i couldnt justify the cost

deano_123 · 21st January 2015, 05:21

I had a forge spacer then went for the DV+, what a fiddle on it is to the allan head bolts tightened up, theres no space in there

jeffchiz · 28th January 2015, 17:20

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Originally Posted by deano_123

I had a forge spacer then went for the DV+, what a fiddle on it is to the allan head bolts tightened up, theres no space in there

yea took me a while the first time i took the old one off but i found a 1/4" rachet with a long 5mm allen key head was ideal and only took me 15min to replace when i fitted me new one.

I got my car mapped today at r-tech, very pleased! By far the cheapest place at £290 and that is with the car mapped on a rolling road (not just road tested after the map is loaded like most places), so they also include before and after figures with a graph (again some places charge extra for this, even if they have a dyno) and lastly which I really wasn't expecting was that I had 5 maps loaded on to the car which i can change by using the pedals and the ignition, very cool and geeky! Which is ideal if the clutch starts to slip I can knock it down in power and torque.

She made 196bhp and 220ft/lbs standard and then 244bhp and 325ft/lbs after, so almost 50bhp more (25% more power).

jeffchiz · 28th January 2015, 17:22

Im also fitting audi S3 wishbones at the weekend and probably get my ps3's fitted along with a brake fluid change to motul rbf 600 in preparation for going to the ring