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well I'm planning to spray the whole car a nice black gloss colour, I'm just not too sure what the side skirts will look like if I do that, I most likely will though because I hate the look of plastic!

that would be a cheaper option sounds good to me. if i clean them down to that extent though won't they just go back to that horrible faded colour and if I laquer over that won't it just be shiny grey? lol cheers

that's a nice idea actually, maybe I'll get that done on the lower trim like the bumpers and sides and then have the spoiler as a gloss finish I think that would look pretty good

Yeah I was thinking that lol, but the car's not very low so that HOPEFULLY won't be a problem

Getting sick of having to use my dash/trim restorer every couple weeks, I was thinking maybe when I get my VR6 sprayed black, to get the trim (spoiler, side skirts and under bumper trim) sprayed as well so it has a nice glossy finish rather than the standard matt black plastic look. What does everyone think? Good idea? Or avoid!?

Awesome thanks for that, I don't really listen to the radio I just bought the shark fin for a nice look, I'm not too bothered if I get reduced reception at all. Seems pretty straight forward to fit, I'll do it myself cheers dude

Bought a Shark Fin antenna/aerial because I did the STUPID thing of not taking the standard one off when I went through the car was this morning, and is now unsurprisingly 'missing' was looking at replacement ones, but thought I may as well go for something smarter looking, so I got this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Golf-MK3-Black-AM-FM-Shark-Fin-Aerial-Antenna-/350474559020?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1102989013561012351&_qi=RTM742988 And I was just wondering if anyone knows how easy they are to fit? Is it worth getting so

I think I've decided that I'm going to make a heat shield for my induction kit, effectively build an airbox around it that's got CAI's going into it, apparently it's pretty easy to do, and cheap, seems the best thing for me, was tempted to just buy a new filter for the standard airbox and just drill it out, but I really don't want to lose the amazing sound of my induction kit I love it!

Awesome thanks a lot for your help

What does a heat shield do? I've never heard of one before, is it literally what it says on the tin? Protect the induction kit from the heat of the engine and sort out the hot air intake and fuel consumption? If it does then I'm 100% sold regardless of price. Cheers

Right, so just to double check, the hot air being sucked in won't cause any damage at all to the engine? I'm not TOO bothered about the power loss as I really can't notice the difference at all, the increase in petrol usage is annoying... But not devastating as I only live a mile from where I work so I don't spend that much on petrol anyway. In regards to the BMC CDA what's the sound of that like? I hear it's not much different from the stock airbox, is there a way to get a nice roar from the engine like my current induction kit, but without the loss in power and increase in fuel consumption?

Bought a cone induction kit from Pipercross, this one: http://www.potn.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pipercross_images_inductionkit.jpg And I don't know if I'm just being paranoid, but I'm pretty sure I'm using more fuel than usual. It's not affected my driving style at all, same as always, I'll only put my foot down every once in a while, but even when driving normally it tends to use more fuel... Is this due to the fact it's sucking in hot air from the engine bay? Or could this be a completely different problem? Thanks guys.

Yeah definitely that would be sick, I live in North Baddesley near Romsey about 5 miles out of town, where abouts do you go?

id love to take you up on that offer but i just cant afford that at the moment, decided to just get a second hand engine and get a friend of mine to fit it, then maybe i'll start thinking about turbos next year