Rich

*darth vader voice* Chris, shouldn't you inform of your defection to a proper stand ?

I'd say we definately need to organise some kind of club lupo bristol meet.

bet you wish you'd just done a reach around instead of some rear ending ?

Viz.

that's the standby plan mitch. ideally I'm after a loop one. is there any difference in the airbox?

it's a stealth GTI. I'm not upgrading the headlights, trying to keep the stealth look going. rich

from club polo. you should have sold me that GT. Rich

and for the record, the induction kit isn't to my taste, I'm still after a standard one and a new engine cover. may venture to vag and part with a small fortune. Rich

dash is in, fun has been had. about 70 miles of fun whilst going nowhere. I'd recommend this to anyone. worth the hassle, the pain, the wait. Everything. Tomorrow I'm driving it to London. Rich

change of plan. it works. putting the dash back in and going for a spin. feck yeah.

After eight days of pretty much hardcore work and many fags I'm calling it and going to Crete for three weeks. These pics are the car as it stands now, asides from some cleaning up of the crap inside that's how it is going to stand. Everything works asides from being riddled with fault codes and the fly by wire not responding. brakes, clutch, lights rewired, wide track, everything is done. now for some awaited pics. despite the work done and the conversion being achieved I can't help but feel deflated that I can't take it out for a spin. border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" />

I'm on my eighth day of conversion. you need everything basically. it's not an easy job. I wouldn't like to price this at a garage.

that wasn't my neighbour. it was someone visiting one of the ingrates a couple of doors down. people are so impolite.

errrrrm, yes. There are absolutely no loose connections. tomorrow's another day. Rich

there's no brake fluid in the car, it's on stands till tomorrow, reckon that would be a safety thing ?

can't get it to anywhere with vag com, would a fault code stop it though? if it worked I could get it on vag no problem style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

you don't want to know how I got around it. I'm going to chop out the GTI well and weld it in, I had to do a temporary fit to mine and it's got a large hole in it now. I got over zealous today and took a bit more out than I should have. It's the one part of this that I haven't done properly so far. Had to be done though, Chris (of 260 fame) polished me pipe yesterday style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

I'm almost there except when the pedal is pressed nothing happens. I have no idea about fly by wire, what relay is it ? in fact what's up with it. if it's fixed via here I promise I'll post up a video tomorrow. fair deal ? cheers. Rich

you'll see it at VWFEST. it houses a VR6. I've literally just called it a night, the engine runs, the exhaust is on and exiting in the centre, the bumper needs modifying on a temp basis, the brakes and clutch are being bled tomorrow. Wheels on, sort the fly by wire problem out and it's good to go. it now starts though, it cools itself, it's all good. Dash is inside as well, tomorrow night it goes. Rich

I'm suprised nobody has mention the obligatory shot for new girls joining. sheesh, nobody on here has any manners. Rich

why focus on the whole issue of who sold it and what's up with it? instead of the bickering we should be rallying around to get this sorted. Rich

still offering you some standard lights, well I was till luke acquired them.

that's nothing, since the shell is going on Saturday (the doors and hatch are coming off and it gets dragged away), the structural integrity of the rear arch was tested, not to mention the lying on the roof ability. It tends to just reshape itself around whatever is on top. Rich

cheers Chris. It's looking completely different now, the front end is on. Tino put one of the old steelies under the GTI tonight and it looks fairly mental. it's got carl camber ! see you tomorrow.

the wishbone difference, well there isn't one. it's all in the gearbox mount on the subframe. it didn't match anywhere near so I had to drop the whole front end off the GTI and onto mine. That means I had to do the rears. Day five tomorrow. the inside is mostly back together though. Rich