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what did you do to your mkv today?
- Thread starter shesadub
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g60_corrado_91
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- IL
- Car(s)
- 2006 GTI 6MT Pkg 1
I got the car ready for trade in and a friend decided that he'll buy it. Most mods off except the bushings and HKS exhaust.
Damn, what are you getting next?
avenali312
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Mableton, GA
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Did full paint correction and perfected the car before coating it with a special glass coating. Adds 60-80 microns to the paint, is impervious to almost anything and is now protected for 10+ years!
CQuartz? Looks great.
I'm sliding into the wife's 2010 GTI (another friend had bought it new and made it stage 3). It has over 93k now.
She is getting a used Mercedes CLA 250. Sport package and rated at 38 mpg.
I have some cosmetic changes to make and new suspension in a box.
g60_corrado_91
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- IL
- Car(s)
- 2006 GTI 6MT Pkg 1
Nice!
Carfreak226
Detailer Extraordinaire
- Location
- 92808, CA
- Car(s)
- 2007 GTI MKV
Took me about 10 full hours to do the correction and the coating.
Thanks!, and no this is not CQuartz. This is a new coating that just hit the market. CQuartz has a heavy solvent to coating ratio. Almost no coating is left after the solvents have dissipated. This new coating (which I am unfortunately unable to mention at this time), has very little solvents. This results in more coating on the car, 60-80 microns worth, were CQ would normally leave anywhere from 6-7 microns on the paint.
avenali312
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Mableton, GA
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Nice! That sounds promising. I look forward to when you can divulge the name haha.
Carfreak226
Detailer Extraordinaire
- Location
- 92808, CA
- Car(s)
- 2007 GTI MKV
The company is slowly gaining ground in the US market. There will be distributors in your area soon!
Flywheel Photography
Ready to race!
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
Last week while driving down the highway I lost oil pressure. Come to find out I had lost all of it. I had to drive it at least a minute trying to get off the highway and I had to actually accelerate once. With tears in my eyes and worry in my heart, I shut the car off. My biggest fear, I spun a bearing or two. A 1700$ oil pump didn't look so bad in light of the price of a new engine. After the mechanic had the oil pan off, he noticed that broken tensioner plastics had clogged the pick and tube. Luckily this plastic was from when they failed before; I had them replaced less that 2000 miles ago and these were obviously old. In one day my bill went from 4000$ to 426$. Oil pressure is strong and constant, bearings are fine. Keep those oil pans clean kids!
Das Gespenst
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Glen Ellyn
Awesome!!!! So glad that went in your favor, too many stories go the other way, I'm very happy for you!
Flywheel Photography
Ready to race!
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
Thank you! She is going to get a full detail as a celebration; I love this car. It has been such an great car to own and work on. Besides the timing chain tensioners, I have been able to do all the repairs myself, of which, have been very few.
Now that I have full pressure in the oil system, this silver bullet is even more fun to drive; the timing adjustments are actually happening now. I fell in love with her all over again.
Das Gespenst
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Glen Ellyn
@ Flywheel: I love hearing stories like that. Fewer and fewer of us every day that absolutely love this car, it's still my dream car.
As for today, got a bug up my ass and did a ghetto rear seat belt delete. Remove lower bolt, pull belt all the way out, cut belt, listen to the wonderful wiz of any empty seat belt return.
Looks so much better!
As for today, got a bug up my ass and did a ghetto rear seat belt delete. Remove lower bolt, pull belt all the way out, cut belt, listen to the wonderful wiz of any empty seat belt return.
Looks so much better!
Das Gespenst
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Glen Ellyn
Double post.
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Rollback50k
Yeshhhhhhhhh
- Location
- NY
I always forget to post on here, painted this a few days ago and haven't driven the car since then lol.
Rollback50k
Yeshhhhhhhhh
- Location
- NY
Figured I'd drive the car to work tomorrow since I filled it up on Saturday and haven't driven it since then. But I wanted to drive with a little more noise tomorrow so I removed my catback lol
