Black bee-sting aerial, got mine for 6 quid and its gloss black! (shineeey!)

Looks a hundred times better than the standard foot-long and also the silver ones!

Bazmcc:

Simon:

That looks great, how much material did you need? any reason you didn't do the glovebox, not a criticism just curious.

 

Can't remember how much mate.  I'm recovering stuff fairly often so I have a good few meters of it laying around.

As for the glovebox.  Have you ever tried to cover anything in a non-stretch material?  It's a lot harder than you can imagine.  Even with professional upholstery glue it's tough going.  At the time I decided that instead of making a mess of the handle part where it curves in I'd rather have it left the way it was.  The door is the only part that isn't covered.  The panel below is covered too though.  I might change it up a bit after the summer but I have too many other things going on to worry about it at the minute.

I need to get some new pics of my interior.  It's changed a bit.  I have an R32 wheel, anniversary mats, R32 dead pedal and a black autodimming mirror.

Ok cheers mate, I only said because the piece of plastic on the right looked harder to do than the glovebox, but i've not covered anything before. Looks good though.

 Just ordered some chrome Octavia VRS door pins from e-bay - 8.95 delivered for a set of 4. A nice cheap oem mod.  Also just painted the badges on my car (didn't fancy chrome or black) a nice shade of steel grey (vauxhall colour) and they have come out like this (rear is a sharan version)

Dilksie:

 Just ordered some chrome Octavia VRS door pins from e-bay - 8.95 delivered for a set of 4. A nice cheap oem mod.  Also just painted the badges on my car (didn't fancy chrome or black) a nice shade of steel grey (vauxhall colour) and they have come out like this (rear is a sharan version)

Good choice of colour for the badges, subtle but different, me likes.

 That interior is exactly what im doing at the moment! ha, i have done my armrest and passenger door card, drivers left and lower dash trims to do. Was going to do the top but effort removing the dash was far too much!

Oh and it fits in this thread too as i made it out of a curtain.... haha not as bad as it sounds, alcantra! =)

 what about sanding down your interior trims for the burshed ali look? it can be  done with the wood i recently found out takes alot of work but worth it. and since when can you get 312mm carriers for £12 on ebay??? i've never sceen any

buddamoore:

 . and since when can you get 312mm carriers for £12 on ebay??? i've never sceen any

I'd like to know that as well

NickCash:

Black bee-sting aerial, got mine for 6 quid and its gloss black! (shineeey!)

Link please.

HIJACK!!!
how the hell do you swap the door pins to better ones?

i've already got some but the old ones dont unscrew, elp?

Jecht:

HIJACK!!!
how the hell do you swap the door pins to better ones?

i've already got some but the old ones dont unscrew, elp?

I think if they don't unscew, then you have to turn them say 90 degress and pull then off, but don't blame me if you break something.

i aint gonna bother till i get speakers sorted and ready to fit then can see, if they dont unscrew how the hell do you fit the screw on ones?

Bluetack lol

Dunno, if they don't unscrew then you'll have to use something to stick the new ones on.

i aint super gluing it together them on

 I'll let you know on the door pins when the VRS ones arrive

 cool mods - good post

  For all of us that can't afford £120 or there abouts for bolt on hubcentric spacers, take a look at these. I know they aren't alloy, but at the end of the day how much difference is a couple of kg gonna make if your not planning on flying up and down a quarter mile? Just make sure you put a light coating of grease on them to prevent rust.  Ebay Item number: 220445711711 and I can confirm that they are a perfect fit and arrive very quickly, well worth £57.50.

bigjim-85:

  For all of us that can't afford £120 or there abouts for bolt on hubcentric spacers, take a look at these. I know they aren't alloy, but at the end of the day how much difference is a couple of kg gonna make if your not planning on flying up and down a quarter mile? Just make sure you put a light coating of grease on them to prevent rust.  Ebay Item number: 220445711711 and I can confirm that they are a perfect fit and arrive very quickly, well worth £57.50.

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

 You can get H&R spacers delivered from america for half the price of the retailers over here.  I've had several sets sent over in the last order I done to ECS tuning.

haf1zur:

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

Could you explain that so an idiot (me) can understand.

haf1zur:

bigjim-85:

  For all of us that can't afford £120 or there abouts for bolt on hubcentric spacers, take a look at these. I know they aren't alloy, but at the end of the day how much difference is a couple of kg gonna make if your not planning on flying up and down a quarter mile? Just make sure you put a light coating of grease on them to prevent rust.  Ebay Item number: 220445711711 and I can confirm that they are a perfect fit and arrive very quickly, well worth £57.50.

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

It's only the same as putting copies instead of original vw alloys on your car though isn't it, as they weigh more than oem one's, or putting a sub in the boot. I can't see it bringing the mpg down too much I am currently getting 400 - 450 miles to £40 worth of diesal at 99.9

 A lot of replica alloys are badly balanced as well.  If these are badly balanced you need a lathe to fix it.

Simon:

haf1zur:

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

 

Could you explain that so an idiot (me) can understand.

from what i read and been told

1 kg of unsprung weight is equal to 10kg of sprung weight, some say its around 1 to 4.

anything that is not on springs, ie: wheels, brakes, spacers, hubs etc are unsprung

the rest, body, seats, engine etc etc are sprung weight cause they ultimately put their weight on the springs of the suspension

i had the very same spacers on mine, 15mm all round, was definitely noticeable, its like having bigger heavier wheels

Simon:

haf1zur:

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

Could you explain that so an idiot (me) can understand.

Unsprung mass

drfeelgood:

NickCash:

Black bee-sting aerial, got mine for 6 quid and its gloss black! (shineeey!)

Link please.

Bump.

boraman:

A bargain mod has to be a euro style black grill. Works best on certain colours but I bought one for my silver Bora, from a scrappy for £12 + £3 postage off of ebay! It completely changed the front of the car!

Can you post a pic of this, been thinking about it

thanks

Bazmcc:

 

Hmmmm i thought about doing this im my Jazz Blue golf....with Blue Suede??? Do you recon it would look anygood?? Blacks fine cause its subtle....just wondering if the blue will be bit over powering?! lol....Also did you just use spray glue to do it?

dan_pearl:

Hmmmm i thought about doing this im my Jazz Blue golf....with Blue Suede??? Do you recon it would look anygood?? Blacks fine cause its subtle....just wondering if the blue will be bit over powering?! lol....Also did you just use spray glue to do it?

Quick and dirty, give you an idea though.

Simon:

dan_pearl:

Hmmmm i thought about doing this im my Jazz Blue golf....with Blue Suede??? Do you recon it would look anygood?? Blacks fine cause its subtle....just wondering if the blue will be bit over powering?! lol....Also did you just use spray glue to do it?

 

Quick and dirty, give you an idea though.

OHHHHH!! Hmmm think it CUD look good perhaps!!....As i have the Matching blue recaro interior....not in suede of course....not paying thousand for a retrim as much as i'd like to...but this could look like a nice edtion!! the brain ponders!

 Blue would be OTT IMO, black or graphite grey only i would say.

 I still think that Bora vents should be moved from the exterior section to the interior section as they do go on the inside of the car! Anyone else see what I'm saying???

Jkay1985:

 I still think that Bora vents should be moved from the exterior section to the interior section as they do go on the inside of the car! Anyone else see what I'm saying???

Happy now?

gizmo68:

 Blue would be OTT IMO, black or graphite grey only i would say.

it does look nicer in black but its not that bad in blue though.

 Back to the door pins... to remove the old ones I had to twist 180 degrees then they pulled off.

 still looking for the green cotton air filters for £15 on the bay? if theres a link id love to have it

gizmo68:

Simon:

haf1zur:

its actually going to make a big difference

unsprung weight vs sprung weight

watch your mpg

Could you explain that so an idiot (me) can understand.

Unsprung mass