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After hours and hours and waxing and polishing. Looks MILES better.

Here is the before/after. Left is before, right is after...












 
ViRtUaLheretic

ViRtUaLheretic

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Location
KC MO
Car(s)
2009 VW GTI
The garagestar door inserts made a nice change on my car.
People comment that they really work in conjunction with all of yoru chasis bracing.
Im planning on doing a rollbar, frog arms, and frame rails, havent decided if I want to do the cannon brace as well as my eventual plan is LS.

As for the window I read that some people say that adding liquid graphite to the window track helps a lot, Im going to try that and will toss a couple sheets of sound deadener in the door while I got it opened up.
 
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ViRtUaLheretic said:
The garagestar door inserts made a nice change on my car.
People comment that they really work in conjunction with all of yoru chasis bracing.
Im planning on doing a rollbar, frog arms, and frame rails, havent decided if I want to do the cannon brace as well as my eventual plan is LS.

As for the window I read that some people say that adding liquid graphite to the window track helps a lot, Im going to try that and will toss a couple sheets of sound deadener in the door while I got it opened up.
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Yeah I really liked them and they were great value. I'm looking at doing the same three (Rollbar first). I'm thinking the Hard Dog M2 Hard Core Hardtop just in case I get my hands on a hardtop. I just rode and (DROVE!) a turbo NB Miata. It's this one here: http://www.miataturbo.net/build-threads-57/adams-diy-turbo-silver-nb-boooost-79270/

It had 225 RS3 V2's, No interior, Racing seat and harness, modified SRT-4 turbo, Rollbar/Frog-Legs, no power steering/AC and external wastegate etc. It was pretty crazy. Couple things I noticed...

A. It was badass
B. Spool time was actually quicker than I thought it would be
C. It barely spun the tires at 35 Degrees out with RS3's. Literally a crazy amount of grip.
D. It feels faster than it is. It feels crazy fast BUT I really think my MK7 with JB1 would put buses on it over 100+ mph
E. I'm getting a turbo asap
 
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Whoops, I did a thing:



SR20 T25 in need of a rebuild. It's small but I feel that having the T25 flange will give me a lot of upgrade room in the future. Also I'll be running full E85 so it should be able to get me to my 225whp power goal without too much boost.
 
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Okay guys so bit of an update: The winter has been long and hard on my bank account but I have made some small steps. Firstly I set out to fix that damage on the rear quarter panel. I decided since it was a track car I will do it myself (Learning process) using a spot welder. For those who don't know basically you need to strip the paint (see below) and you can weld these little studs onto the body. Once on you use a slide hammer to pull it out. These are the first pictures, I'll do more today. Obviously you apply bondo and repaint when done.



I was told racecars don't need paint #weightreduction


Some of the studs welded on:
 
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Also it might be a month or two before I go turbo so I installed a test pipe. It was cheap (obviously) and I assume it'll free up 1-2 hp or so but not enough for the butt dyno to feel.

Shiny:


Old/New:


In:


Conclusions... It's a cheap an easy way to drop a tiny bit of weight, free up a hp or two, and increase sound a tad. For me getting an NA exhaust only to upgrade to a 3 inch won't be worth it so that'll have to do. The butt dyno says it feels a little bit more peppy but nothing quantifiable. I'll be bumping up the timing in the next week as well as a harddog double X rollbar if all goes well. Cheers!
 
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Location
KC MO
Car(s)
2009 VW GTI
You get around to buying that rollbar? I just snagged a Blackbird fabworx bar, install was a bitch but it looks purdy and REALLY tightened up the chassis through the twisties.
Where did you snag that cat delete pipe? I might look into something for mine as well.
 
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Location
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ViRtUaLheretic said:
You get around to buying that rollbar? I just snagged a Blackbird fabworx bar, install was a bitch but it looks purdy and REALLY tightened up the chassis through the twisties.
Where did you snag that cat delete pipe? I might look into something for mine as well.
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Yeah so I got a Hard Dog M2 Hardtop Double diagonal. Yeah the install was a bitch but I feel like we did a good job. (Cut around the carpet so we keep OEM look etc.) Same thing on this end, chassis was really tightened up and I think it makes the whole car look better imo. I'll try to find some pictures of the install.

I got the Cat delete here: http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Performance-Part/10-1017d.html

But you could also go to any muffler shop and have them weld some flanges onto a straight pipe, but with that you can always go back. It sounds good with the stock exhaust, with an aftermarket it's pretty damn loud/ricey.
 
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