Supercharged gti - Page 3 - Saxperience

devilsadvocate · 23rd March 2011, 20:03

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Originally Posted by ldavies

Well a bit peed off today.
Phoned my mechanic up at 5:00 at work after not hearing from him and he told me the car was ready and has now been MOT,D.
That's the good news so now the bad news:
The standard cat was too short so after my mechanic ordered a pipe for it to put it on for MOT it failed on emissions again cos the standard cat was knackered so he went and bought a cat and told me it cost £120.00 and then passed the MOT.
£120.00 for a cat that only gets put on once every 12 months for MOT is an outrage can't believe it.
Moan over.

Least its got an MOT and now you can keep that CAT for next time
Come MOT time, I have to get a cat, centre pipe and backbox lol

ldavies · 23rd March 2011, 20:30

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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

Least its got an MOT and now you can keep that CAT for next time
Come MOT time, I have to get a cat, centre pipe and backbox lol

Bloody hell mate sounds worse than mine lol.
Just seems a bit pricey even more so to say it got took straight off after mot and won't get used for another 12 months.

ldavies · 24th March 2011, 19:22

Well got the car back today frim garage so now I can get on with getting things done to it.

utothek · 31st March 2011, 13:25

What are you plans with it mate?

Dalesmith19 · 31st March 2011, 13:38

that 120 will be worth it in the long run instead of buying a new cat evey mot

Nice car am sure a seen this on pistonheads a while ago? cant wait to see the bay when its done

ldavies · 31st March 2011, 19:54

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Originally Posted by utothek

What are you plans with it mate?

Well first plans are to get the engine bay covers etc re sprayed.
Dropped them off with mark off here today so they will be done next week in cobolt blue to match the colour of the car.
Then the next plans that I would like to get done first are:

Show cage for the back
BMC CDA induction kit to replace the green cotton
Maybe some gti leathers or 2 buckets in the front
Cam it
Then if money's still good throttle body it.

ldavies · 31st March 2011, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Dalesmith19

that 120 will be worth it in the long run instead of buying a new cat evey mot

Nice car am sure a seen this on pistonheads a while ago? cant wait to see the bay when its done

Cheers mate dropped the covers off today with mark off here so will be ready and fitted next week.
Pictures to follow.

tattooprincess · 31st March 2011, 19:56

I really like that. I'd say bye to the angels though and get some morettes (y)

bcfc2 · 31st March 2011, 19:59

I really like that mate, lovely colour

ldavies · 31st March 2011, 20:46

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Originally Posted by tattooprincess

I really like that. I'd say bye to the angels though and get some morettes (y)

Nah going to leave the angels on saves me spending money on morettes when I've got other things to buy.
Better than the standards so will do me.

ldavies · 31st March 2011, 20:47

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Originally Posted by bcfc2

I really like that mate, lovely colour

Cheers mate get told that all time lol, don't see many in this colour.

JoshB · 1st April 2011, 11:53

I'd have asked the garage for the MOT certificate, say thankyou very much, take the CAT off, give it them back and only pay for the MOT.

I'd never let a garage do work on a car of mine without prior authorisation, I just think its not very professional.

ldavies · 1st April 2011, 19:14

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Originally Posted by JoshB

I'd have asked the garage for the MOT certificate, say thankyou very much, take the CAT off, give it them back and only pay for the MOT.

I'd never let a garage do work on a car of mine without prior authorisation, I just think its not very professional.

See where you coming from mate that's exactly what I felt like doing.
Hese never done anything like this before and Hese a family friend.
His answer was that he knew I needed the car back as quick as poss and thought I would have wanted him to do it anyway lol.

ldavies · 3rd April 2011, 18:50

Lil update got the car booked in for the bonnet wrapping, carbon fibre look as the bonnets been doing my head in, always covered in dust and fingerprints and sticks out like a saw thumb lol.
Also should have the engine bay covers back next week some time.

MJ05LLY · 3rd April 2011, 23:29

Seen the car up at TopGear on Sat, looks well bud

ldavies · 4th April 2011, 19:14

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Originally Posted by MJ05LLY

Seen the car up at TopGear on Sat, looks well bud

Sorry mate wasnt sure if it was you or not, must think im ignorant, was gonna speak to you but wasnt 100 percent it was you lol.

ldavies · 6th April 2011, 19:46

Couple of new pictures i took yesterday when i cleaned it for the first time since ive owened it lol.

crabzy · 6th April 2011, 20:15

looks really tidy mate and plans so good for it

ldavies · 11th April 2011, 21:19

just got pictures sent by Mark1311 off here of my new engine covers now they have been resprayed from yellow to cobalt blue to match the car.
Here is a little teaser of them.
Will be collecting them on thursday and will get pictures up of them and also the strut brace that has also been done once i get them fitted.

Comments welcome

djmartin · 11th April 2011, 21:36

each to thier own dude for me id have sprayed only the ecu cover blue and left the rest yellow. its always nice to tie everything in but having everything all one colour can soon look borin.

for example your radiator pipes could get yellow then have a nice aluminum radiator in to compliment the polished rocker covers. you could have easily kept the strut brace yellow and the coil cover yellow as it would all tie in very neatly. the next step would be to get some Badass (as the company is called) covers for the brake reso & fuse box. your enginebay would be done then.

depends if your trying to draw attention to the enginebay or not tbh.

have a look in my progress thread ive done yellow and blue and polished you'll see what i mean by trying to tie everything in together

yes its not a saxo but the principle is still the same.