NOLA-Ron
Go Kart Champion
You sir win the interwebs with this. Now change your signature to sexy blue beast.
Everyone going to drool on it at the next meet. Ill bring extra MF towels. :thumbsup:
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New Orleans GTI: MK6 CSG, 6MT 5 door
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You sir win the interwebs with this. Now change your signature to sexy blue beast.
Everyone going to drool on it at the next meet. Ill bring extra MF towels. :thumbsup:
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NOLA-Ron
Go Kart Champion
APR Stage 1 done. Carbonio intake received but rain is preventing the install. Will slap it on tomorrow.
Stage 1 Impressions: HOLY SHIT BALLS. This thing is literally a whole new car. Even normal driving is a breath of fresh air. No more sluggish, stuttering pulls offs and shifts... just straight power. :thumbsup:
Stage 1 Impressions: HOLY SHIT BALLS. This thing is literally a whole new car. Even normal driving is a breath of fresh air. No more sluggish, stuttering pulls offs and shifts... just straight power. :thumbsup:
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HoustonGTI
Passed Driver's Ed
Nice car bro! Like the way you have being doing your car but in my opinion a no on the red trim on lower valence, anyways a going same route as you soon with apr tune! Nice job
Candy Coated Comet VW
Ready to race!
When do you want me to make your car look amazing?
NOLA-Ron
Go Kart Champion
Thanks man!! Yea i already pulled the trim off for the 2nd time haha. Sometimes i am a bit indecisive
Soon as springs are on! Did you get yours on yet? I want to buy a camera too so going to need your help on that after springs/wheels/TBE
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Candy Coated Comet VW
Ready to race!
Thanks man!! Yea i already pulled the trim off for the 2nd time haha. Sometimes i am a bit indecisive
Soon as springs are on! Did you get yours on yet? I want to buy a camera too so going to need your help on that after springs/wheels/TBE
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Going do them Sunday.
NOLA-Ron
Go Kart Champion
Thanks man! Yea i only dropped for the SOLE reason of wheel gap. If i had no plans for aftermarket wheels then i would have stayed stock no doubt - it handled great IMO stock. Minimal improvement on DG but it is certainly more confident and planted.
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A_Bowers
Moderator
I would love to go with aftermarket wheels.....but that's gonna detract from my whole crouching tiger hidden dragon theme
sleeper if you will. You may sway my thoughts come October BBQ. We will have to compare.
NOLA-Ron
Go Kart Champion
Brand new wheels were refinished today. This is my effort to address the chipping issues of VMR wheels. At first i thought "how bad could it be". Then i saw tje factory finish and realized how thin it really is.
Step 1:
Scuffing the existing SUPER thin finish. Lots of imperfections found after i got the wheels opened up. We also needed the new clear to have something to grab on to. Super fine 3M pads used for this (think it was like 3200 grit)
Step 2:
Denatured alcohol scrub followed by air hose and then scrubbed with a tacky pad.
Step 3:
Thin coat of clear, light sanding and then final thick coat. Currently have 3mm of clear between all clear coats :thumbsup:
Matthews automotive clear used here. My friend added a matthews product that gives it durability and flex - they use this on the lower parts of cars for protection (side skirts and bottom of bumpers etc). He also added an accelerator to help the curing process.
They are currently curing in the paint booth. Monday they will be buffed up and then dropped off to me. Ill get my better camera and take nice pics of the finish. I am being advised to not mount then for at least a week. Looks like install wont happen until friday
I will say this though - we took one out in the light after the last coat tacked up and it looked GORGEOUS. I am super excited about this and think it will make them look that much better on the car.
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Step 1:
Scuffing the existing SUPER thin finish. Lots of imperfections found after i got the wheels opened up. We also needed the new clear to have something to grab on to. Super fine 3M pads used for this (think it was like 3200 grit)
Step 2:
Denatured alcohol scrub followed by air hose and then scrubbed with a tacky pad.
Step 3:
Thin coat of clear, light sanding and then final thick coat. Currently have 3mm of clear between all clear coats :thumbsup:
Matthews automotive clear used here. My friend added a matthews product that gives it durability and flex - they use this on the lower parts of cars for protection (side skirts and bottom of bumpers etc). He also added an accelerator to help the curing process.
They are currently curing in the paint booth. Monday they will be buffed up and then dropped off to me. Ill get my better camera and take nice pics of the finish. I am being advised to not mount then for at least a week. Looks like install wont happen until friday
I will say this though - we took one out in the light after the last coat tacked up and it looked GORGEOUS. I am super excited about this and think it will make them look that much better on the car.
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