I work for a main dealer as a technician, but also know were to look to get the bits I want lol

They have to go into the oven to split them then to reseal them

 

And there was me hoping to do them myself.Im going to have a look into that roof vent .they do look really good i do fancy one .

 

You can do them yourself, if you have the confidence to do it..............

Rob's following my lead





https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...ti-saloon.html

 

This thread is brilliant, well done to all who have contributed.

Here is my new car, bought from Hurst Cars. New cosworth engine fitted 2000 miles ago at powerstation. Mods to follow, rear lights to sort, red pin stripe for the grille, rear diffuser (maybe), and may refurb the alloys as I'm not 100% on the matt black.

 

That's a lovely car mate

 

DRL Halo time.
You need a set of these, I chose 100mm Morimoto xbaled units
20140713_174340 by Rostle84, on Flickr

I also chose not listed at this point was an Audi style DRL controller and made my own custom loom from my fuse box etc


First off headlamps in a pre heated oven 100c for 10 mins
20140713_211940 by Rostle84, on Flickr

Split the lamp with some gentle prying, Be warned they are incredibly hot at this point
20140713_195221 by Rostle84, on Flickr

Not show at this point was the hole I drilled to pass the plug through, Tape the halo in place. and mix up some of your own preferred adhesive, I was going to wire them but after some testing my industrial strength bond adhesive did the trick.
20140713_195215 by Rostle84, on Flickr

after letting the adhesive go off for an hour it looks something like this
20140713_214946 by Rostle84, on Flickr

Pre heat the oven again and stick the half sections back in again to soften the bonding
and tada push them back together and fit the screws in place, pop back in the oven for a final 4 mins to cure and jobs a good one

20140713_223935 by Rostle84, on Flickr

 

looks good Rob, can't wait to see how you wire it up.




My fiddling this weekend was fitting these

write up here.. as it's universal to scoobs.
https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...l#post11468589

 

Where did you get the wheels from? And do mud flaps become mandatory?

 

All reassembled
20140714_130910 by Rostle84, on Flickr

20140714_130955 by Rostle84, on Flickr

 

Looks cool Rob!

 

Its getting there, Not quite moody enough on the front end so going to try and tint the lights and sort a splitter out I think..

 

Looking good Rob , I'd like to do this to mine but I wouldn't trust myself

 

Looks brighter than the LED's.

I now run mine so they stay on all the time as they are brighter than the side lights.................

 

just a few of my 2.0D RX, only mods so far were to fit mud flaps, change all the indicator bulbs to silver, and to fit a clear rear fog light with a red led. next step is a trip to Litchfield for their stage 1 boxer diesel tuning.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...704_153722.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...704_153748.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...02_1818531.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...03_1946481.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...02_1836381.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...02_1847151.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...04_1539041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...14_1946211.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...14_1946301.jpg

just one of my previous sti
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ackfire010.jpg

 

Those DRLs look awesome, would love to do that to my hawkeye but I wouldn't dare!

 

Its not to difficult out of 10 Id say its about 6 in skill level. Just a steady nerve watching the lamp cook at 100c in the oven. lol

 

So this is prob been asked before .... I just cant seem to find it

anyway I was wondering what is actually needed to Fully Forge the 2.5 Engine??

Best Kits to buy ? or parts ?

any help be great cheers

im not planning on crazy power but its more for peace of mind when I do start going for the upgrades

the Real Aim is Stage 2?

so far on the list is

3" Exhaust turbo back with sports CAT
Cold Intake
Forge Re-Circ Valve

anyone recommend anything else needed ??

 

in a quick summary
forged pistons 99.75mm
11mm headstuds
cosworth headgaskets
acl race bearings / Mahle
11mm modded oil pump
forged conrods if going bigger power at some point
appropriate machining work and block pinning and gaskets and seals
May aswell delete the air pump too while your on

 

Perfect cheers Rob.

just to add if I was to do the above but keep Standard-ish power (about 360bhp) there would be no downside to having all this done?

if you know what I mean, ie with having all that done if a Bigger turbo etc isn't also done it would give negative effects?

 

There should be no negative effects at all, all positive's if done correctly

 

some new shots of my car..

Garage Racers-32a by salsa-king, on Flickr

Garage Racers-3a by salsa-king, on Flickr

 

What was the postage and customs charges like? I was looking at their site earlier as there are naff all companies doing nice bits for hatches in the UK

 

I paid the extra $3 for priority delivery. SO shoppongt was about $45

They arrived in 6days from ordering.

No customs duty to pay. As of yet lol

Even if you pay vat its only 20% like here. Importy tax would only be around 4.5%.

Importing my R205 rear defusser and black R205 side trims. The extra duty and parcel force's handling fee only came to £71 in total.
So still made it cost effective to import.

 

Cool Cheers for the info Salsa

 

And to think you could have paid £34 for a pair of horns on ebay, ditched the unnecessary, for the Hatch, wiring harness, made yourself a bracket and saved about £70

 

 

but I've a snazzy custom fit bracket and a lovley put together wiring harness that looks the biz too + I got a free sticker ... for £70

 

Best place to get battery cover for our hatches guys?

 

Think you will find they are all made in India now, only a few out of Germany now........




and definitely high/low tones

A custom bracket that everyone has - could have put a bit of individuality into it

 

I used white tie clips




Garage Racers-25a by salsa-king, on Flickr