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    Thanks for the comments Pete, still a work in progress getting something figured out incorporating the HID's neatly. Winter wheel prep With the nights drawing in faster now, and the temperature dropping further, I'm getting the winter wheels out of hibernation. They were the original wheels that came with the car. They've been refurbished at some point, but the quality of the finish is poor, and the finish is starting to break through with corrosion-especially in the hard to reach places between the spokes. The wheels are wrapped in Nankang Snow SV-2's in a 195/50 size. There was a si
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    Really like the way this is heading. Know what you mean about 'show' cars that have the nice bits hurled onto a tired shell, keep it up.
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    Picked up the Hella Twins (this is apparently their correct name, not quads!) And guess what, loads of the white plastic adjuster fittings are fubar. Spent this evening stripping down one of the lamp units to also discover one of the plastic tabs is broken on the light cover and also has a small split coming from it. I kind of expected to run into these problems so I've got another set of Hella Twins on the way which are missing the dipped beam lenses, but the covers are meant to be without cracks, and are already black, might need a little spruce up with some paint though. Also read
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    New purchase; Won a set of Hella quad headlights this evening. With the nights drawing in I'd been thinking about improving the head lights. The best way to do this I think is to go down the HID route, but this can't be done properly or safely with the regular light units. The projector lens in the Quads will stop the light refracting around the headlight and blind other road users, and be more effective concentrating the light beam. I received the HID's earlier in the week, went for the 4300k rated lamps, as this isn't too bright and is in line with O.E outputs of this type. Having rea
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    Small update. When I replaced the fog light bulb, I looked at the other fog lamp lens and noticed the absence of the Hella mark on the glass. Whipped it out to find it wasn't original; Not a big deal I know, but prefer fitting genuine parts where possible. Found a used Hella part for £10 off the 'bay. Got my sights set on some other bits to do with lighting so watch this space.
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    What happened to the back box, looks like its making a bid for freedom!
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    Was starting to think that, had an incling the colour concept's or the anniversary model had them. Happy enough with the black plastics now anyway. Had the car Terracleaned on friday. To cut a long story short I would say its worth doing. Brings emmissions back down, biggest difference i've noticed is the engine feels much more eager and quieter when driving and feels like it wants to go more. £100 Well spent in my opinion. If you are looking to get this done, you will have to contact Terraclean UK yourselves for them to provide you with the details of your local franchise. Apparently they
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    Thanks Yakuza. Today I got round to fitting the black a/b/c pillars i've had in the garage for a couple of months. Took about 2 1/2 hours with lunch, and i've got sore hands now, but very pleased with the result. Ready to go in: And all done: I've been toying with having a black headliner, sunvisors and grab handles, bit think i'll leave these alone for the time been. Got another little project i'm working on for the interior too. Also fixed a coolant leak i'd had since I did the timing chains. It was only after a long motorway trip I noticed how much the coolant level had drop
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    Needs a sound clip at least to hear this masterpeice
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    Very impressive. Would love to do this to a VR, doubt i'd have the patience to take as many pictures!
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    One other thing, as its lowered on coilovers, could you not raise the car back up to standard ride height? If I remeber correctly the vr6 is approx 20mm lower than a regular mk3 golf, just a thought.
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    Get a couple of pictures up to give some perspective how much lower the car is. Regarding the potential chain rattle have a search on youtube and that will give you an idea of what it sounds like. As Luke says, doing the chains themselves is quite straight forward, its getting to them that takes the time.
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    Get a cable off eBay, got one for about £9, you can download VCDS lite from the rosstech website
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    Just keep on driving it, done plenty of work on mine this year so need to just sit back and enjoy it. When the weather gets a little cooler the winter wheels will come out of hibernation, have a few layers of poorboys put on them, then enjoy having grip in the wet again. Got some black a/b/c pillars to git at some poin too.
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    Remember seeing this on eBay, glad its gone to a good home, look forward to seeing how you get on with this.
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    Been looking into this again last night, very tempted to have this done now. I always use premium fuel which is *supposed* to clean the engine internally, so would be interested to see how emmissions are affected. I'm not expecting power gains, but would interesting to see how much difference it makes. Dropped terraclean an email last night, waiting to see who the local franchise is.
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    Finally have this resolved! Found there was a short to earth according to vcds, traced the wire back to the main engine harness connector and found a bent pin. Guess what, this was the grounding pin for the air inlet temperature sensor, so straightened it out and have a working sensor again. Also put back in the genuine sensor as I prefer that to the patent part I replaced it with.
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    Right, got vcds lite installed on the laptop and have an obd cable. Looked at block 4, to check fuel trims is this 'tank vent op.mode (ACF)'? Getting readings from 0.99 up to 1.06, but have no idea what this means! Also, the 00527 code keeps reappearing!!! I've replaced this sensor. On vcds the temperature shown by this sensor when the engine is off is -46.5oc (with ignition on) But when the engine is running the sensor reads as you'd expect-slightly higher than ambient temperature due to the location of the sensor. Any guidance would be much appreciated Edit: I found when the fault code was
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    Had a similar problem with my Miltek, used a mikalor clamp and loads of putty and its ok now but still leaks a bit, is very frustrating as you'd expect these systems to fit perfectly!
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    Crank end oil seal is worth doing as you'll have the clutch off. Also maybe replace the plastic housings and seals in the cooling system (crack pipe, thermostat housing etc.) I'd also suggest replacing the o-ring seals on the oil cooler, these seem to leak and are a bit fiddly to do when everything's back together.
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    MOT Time! Took the VR for an MOT last week, failed on a leaky cv gaitor :-( I knew the off side outer was leaking a little bit as there was bits of cv grease spattered about. Got a new boot that same morning, and spent most of the day fitting it. Struggled mainly getting the hub off the driveshaft, it just didn't want to come off! In the end I sprayed on some WD40 onto the splined part of the driveshaft and left it to soak for a couple of hours or so, then put the hub nut back on and managed to hammer the driveshaft free. Getting the CV joint off the driveshaft took a little head scratching,
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    The new valve arrived yesterday and was fitted. But the code for the N80 valve hasn't re-appeared. Still getting the one for the air intake temperature sensor, leaning towards just replacing it now.
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    I've gone for a Biltein B4 damper with Eibach Pro springs, little firm but very happy with them
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    One thing I noticed with the miltek clamps is they don't tighten on the cat enough, had to get a smaller mikalor clamp. Look forward to see how this turns out
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