Arosaproject Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Nice little lupo, I'm liking the glove box tooDo you have to ask permission so you can put different size wheels on your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 As long as the sizes are written, no issues, with the mentioned tires as well - otherwise, if police stops you and notices the wheels, well, you can be left without car's papers.The car came with 13" wheels (the steels i have on it), from Germany and the size was written on the Brief - Romanian MOT writes only the size they see on the Brief, unless you talk them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosaproject Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Different to here then, we can run any size wheels but have to tell insurance company over here other wise insurance won't pay out if we have a crash etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Insurance here isn't that much of a problem. I pay close to 100 pounds per year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arosaproject Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 £100 pounds a year is very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted August 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Managed to fix my upper door card, was loose, changed all the pins - all good now. Ordered alternator belt, it's set to be changed tomorrow.And i hope i'm gonna get the reg plates tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted August 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2013 Ah, finally, it is registered!Other updates include, fuel filter and alternator belt change.Ordered a set of Bosch Xenon Silver H4 ( had them on my previous car, was very satisfied with the white light ) and changed the normal lights for SMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) After a trip to the seaside ~1200km, managed to know the car better and I love it! Fuel consumption is kicking great 5l/100km! Got some bad news as well, Check Engine light and the car tends to hickup under 2k rpms. And I managed to break my side's door handle - which have been ordered, plus the trunk shelf which was missing, they arrive tomorrow.And another bad news, my registration certificate arrived - idiots got the color wrong, they wrote brown instead of black! Edited August 20, 2013 by Danyutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Nice little beast you got there Has pretty much options, compared to mine. I love the interior!Where did you got the Bosch Xenon Silver H4 lights from? I'm also looking to change them and I was thinking at Philips Xtreme Vision. Are the ones from Bosch better? Is that light a bit xenon-like? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted September 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hey,IDK if the Bosch lights are better, I used to own them before and I liked them, so I think it's a matter of getting used to.As for updates, took the car to service, for the Engine light, seems the temp. sensor was messing around, it has been cleared.Fixed the check straps, with new bushings, but my side strap needs replacement, as the inner door one is broke as hell.Ordered NGK spark plugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 Sounds like some crazy bureaucracy you have to deal with getting a car registered over there. Cheap insurance though, winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Had a nice day so I decided to work on the car a bit. The plan was - change spark plugs and fix the rust on the boot, of course I had a little detour Started with the boot (sorry no pics), the area under the wiper was so rusty when I got it, the paint started to peel off. So i cleaned it with sand paper and then painted 3 coats of primer, it's gray, but no more rust - it will do till I paint it.I remembered I had some satin paint can and decided to use it on the front wipers, left one was in bad shape, but after primer and 3 coats of paint, they look like a charm!Along with the spark plugs, Jesus they were tight! 3 of them were GM and a single one was NGK, changed them all to NGK.Lastly but not last, cleaned the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted September 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) And the inevitable debadge. Edited September 21, 2013 by Danyutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 No updates lately, just the passenger window decided to stop working, I can hear the mechanism click when i press the buttons, but nothing. Reverse lights don't lit up and the electric mirror heating doesn't work, they aren't warm whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) No major updates here, just bought a brand new set of winter tires, Vredestein Snowtrac 3 and changed the antifreeze liquid. Gonna keep it like this until spring time, when new shoes and lowz coming!LE: Anyone can suggest blade like wipers? Edited December 10, 2013 by Danyutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looking very clean, do you mean the aero wipers that came on the Gti? If so you can change the whole arm or get retrofit wiper blades that fit onto your current arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I just want the wiper blades, not the entire arm. Was thinking Bosch Aerotwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yeah ive been looking at those too. don't know what they are like though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 like this... that glovebox is awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Oh and how useful it is! Got the car's documents, phone car charger, gloves and nothing is visible, love it! After almost 6 months of owning it, almost 190k km, I love everything about the car, easy to park, cheap to maintain, fuel consumption is low and the list continues. On the list of things to fix is the rear wiper water sprinkle and the passenger side window doesn't drop - i can hear the switch clicking tho.Managed to fix the reverse lights - was a matter of blown fuse. I know I asked about heated mirrors, but I don't think it have them tho, because there's no fuse in the fuse box - although the mirrors are electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber_Nunny Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Nice little car, like everyone else I'm very jealous of the glove box!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Thanks for the feedback guys!Starting the year fresh, ordered cambelt, water pump, crankshaft and camshaft seals.Later this month I might make myself a nice little present to be used starting spring time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I have received my Contitech TImebelt kit, including water pump.Also ordered an aux adapter for my Beta unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted January 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 While my mechanic colleague was changing the timebelt, etc, i installed the aux adapter, here's some photos how i did it. Initially I wanted to draw the cable and the female-jack in one of the blank buttons beneath the climate controls, but the adapter cable is too short and i couldn't be fussed to dismantle the box.1st of all, removed the double cup holders and the little change holder (or whatever that is called) and pulled the jack-jack cable from the double-din unit, all the way back, behind the climate controls - warning it's tight!Then, you can see where i put the adapter, right on top of that coin holder.Drilled a hole in the coin holder and pulled the jackAnd the finished productWant to add that the cable is long enough, so i can pull it and place the phone/mp3 player, w/ever the source wherever i want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) looking good, could you buy a female to female extender to put it into one of the blank switches? Extend, drill a small 3.5mm hole in one and glue the female bit to the rear side of it? Edited January 11, 2014 by mattarosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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