Pat:

a nice shot from yesterday

 

but NO THANKS to the swearword that hit my front bumper last night in my carpark and completely ****** it up

hey ho it wanted a repaint anyway ...

definition of perfect ride height! what level do you set the gauges at matey?

cheers Adz, that height was around 2.75 bar / 40psi both front and rear

I wanted to go lower to be honest, rolling shots always seem to accentuate archgap on photos for some reason

I would normally drive around on 3 bar front and rear which is roughly the same as I used to ride on my coilovers

Fantastic shot Pat. I'll say it again, those Xenons really set the front end off - good choice

Sometimes makes me wish i'd kept my mk4, but i went a bit power mad!

C.

 Pat that is a great shot mate as Adz's has said the ride hight is spot on!!

On a side note Chris you seem to have some piece of obscene machinary as your sig pic        me likey

Very nice car mate

Very clean styling

 yet more fantastic photos Pat - very nice indeed

thanks for the positive comments chaps

Had to go and buy a new coilpack from VW today as for the first time in my 5 years ownership, one went last night. £28 lighter now for the revision 'R' but it seems to have cured the misfire, fingers crossed!

Might be time to have a look at buying the Hitachi bolt down coils

Fabulous looking car you have created there Pat, possibly the nicest wheels i have ever seen on a mk4 too.

This is the most GORGEOUS golf i have ever seen! What wheels are they fella?

Any news on a little job we need to do?

^ Speak to you tomorrow mate

Marc n Barney, cheers fellas Wheels are PA Racing Zaphire 18x8 ET31 front and ET23 rear after spacers (ET35 originally)

tatty lm reps for winter? or for new look?

hamidi:

tatty lm reps for winter? or for new look?

Never you mind

Patch:

hamidi:

tatty lm reps for winter? or for new look?

Never you mind

tight lol

LM reps to tinker with!

In other news, I've fitted 4300k bulbs to the xenons. Much nicer

Pat:

LM reps to tinker with!

LMs for winter Pat?! Are'nt winter wheels supposed to easy to clean?

Did u manage to get the xenons working properly now?

I made my own adjuster using an M6 bolt and a tapped piece of steel as a bracket. I also had to epoxy the bottom of the adjuster as that was broken. Still refining it but it should work as planned fingers crossed

Never considered how hard to clean the LMs are good point.

AWESOME!

from the awesome RR? whats the results?

mate you're too quick was going to edit the post with the result (been to fetch the printout...) best result of the 3 was

172.99 at the wheels / 189.76bhp at the fly / 227.79 lb/ft

*digs scanner out to scan the graph now*

edit: here we go

Pat:

 

I thought putting a finger across the lens was poor form.... but to get a whole armt in!!

and the car completely out of focus too

my pictures are getting worse

Pat:

and the car completely out of focus too

my pictures are getting worse

no.. your just getting more ghetto pat

lolz you got it Hamidi

I might be on camera phone soon too - had someone offer me money I'd find hard to refuse for my D40

Looking excellent as per usual Pat. Are you happy with those results? How does it compare to previous RRs?

Goody

cheer Si

I'm not overly bothered by the result - it's lower than last time by around 6-7bhp, even though I've thoroughly refreshed all the pipework (+N249 bypass, all new vac lines, catch tank, no PCV, pressured tested with no obvious leakages) - it feels fantastic on the road and pulls very cleanly. It'll normally spike at 17-18psi and hold 15 which is about right for stage 1

I'm going to pressure test just the turbo very soon, just from the TIP to the 90° outlet to see if it holds boost as when I tested the full pipe run it was leaking down quite quickly from somewhere

Looking very good again pat! 

Pat:

lolz you got it Hamidi

I might be on camera phone soon too - had someone offer me money I'd find hard to refuse for my D40

So is it time for a 450D or even a 50D?

Pat:

lolz you got it Hamidi

I might be on camera phone soon too - had someone offer me money I'd find hard to refuse for my D40

Nooo you cant do that... youve taken some cracking photos!!!

Pat perfect in my opinon ,

Indeed. OEM doesn't come more perfect than that imo.

Them bags weren't half bouncing on the rollers. Still looking fresh and good RR results too.

I was shocked to see the bumper cracked - I take it this is on the post-winter to do list.

Did you snap any pics of the Red shed at all on Sat?

C.

liking the car bro

austin21:

Looking very good again pat! 

Pat:

I might be on camera phone soon too - had someone offer me money I'd find hard to refuse for my D40

So is it time for a 450D or even a 50D?

richwig83:

Nooo you cant do that... youve taken some cracking photos!!!

cheers Greg & Rich

Still got it, guy's pestering me to sell but the more I think about it the more I realise it'll cost me to upgrade Might just hang onto it for now as I HAVE to get my wheel funds started 

aRd:

Pat perfect in my opinon ,

drfeelgood:

Indeed. OEM doesn't come more perfect than that imo.

thanks fellas, means a lot

Chris_Wales:

Them bags weren't half bouncing on the rollers. Still looking fresh and good RR results too.

I was shocked to see the bumper cracked - I take it this is on the post-winter to do list.

Did you snap any pics of the Red shed at all on Sat?

C.

thanks Chris, the bumper's going to be fixed early next year in time for UD (I hope) along with the valance, wings and bonnet. Still wondering whether or not to go back to rubstripped bumpers and badged front ala standard setup. Can't make me flippin mind up

I'm sorry I didn't get any pictures of the Pug on Saturday, promise I'll get some next time it comes out to play

Vdub-A1:

liking the car bro

thanks mate