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northwick

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  1. Good pic. I have the same camera kit. I'm off to a wedding at the weekend - I'll see how I get on with it as they haven't got a photographer...
  2. That took me by surprise! LOL at how high it used to be. Even looks on stilts in the relatively long grass and I haven't lowered it that much.
  3. I've had the GTI almost exactly nearly a year now and I've done lots of bits and bobs to it but I haven't put any many pics up because I've always been a bit embarrassed about the state of my paint! The only ones I've put up are on this thread (where it was OK for it to be dirty!) Some more: But, inspired by 99jhjm and CasperGTI (and ripping off some of their product knowledge), I've decided to get my act together with cleaning my car by ordering the following: Products 1 x Chemical Guys - Jetseal 109 £23.49 1 x Elite Heavy Duty Foam Lance - 6 types of fitment & Free 1lt Snow £51.08 1 x Zaino Z-18 ClayBar £15.28 1 x Dodo Juice - "Born Slippy" Refill Concentrate - 250ml £7.10 1 x Meguiars Deep Pile MicroFibre Wash Mitt £9.99 1 x Elite Handi Hold Bottle & Spray Head, £3.06 Sub-Total: £110.00 Discount Coupons:DW: -£5.50 Shipping: £0.00 Tax: £16.38 Total: £104.50 The Jetseal is for my new wheels which are back from the 'coaters this week. Everything else is to get the paint clean to see what I'm working with regards swirl marks. Then I'll get a polisher and some pads, polish etc. So... when this arrives and I properly clean it and my new wheels are on I'll get round to taking pics of the other little bits I've done without embarrassment about the state of my paint! Oh, and looking at those pics again makes me want to go back to Wales for two days for nothing but driving
  4. Nice wheel. Not sure about your choice of music though.
  5. Do you edit these photos (border excluded) or is that straight out of the camera? I need to start using my camera more.
  6. northwick

    Clairey

    I was in my girlfriends Rav4 (off to pick up something large, honest) so I suppose everything looks low but it looked sweet. Girlfriend even commented on it looking nice. You been upto Rubbadubz? I haven't been for ages but its pretty good when its light and warm on an evening.
  7. northwick

    Clairey

    Car looked brilliant and quite low! Anthracite looks fantastic when its clean.
  8. The new 15" is very tempting if you have an original 15" Core2Duo with a broken keyboard to logic board connector. Dollar prices are sooo much better. Went to New York in Feb as well when these would have come out if they weren't faffing aroudn with the iPad. Euro prices are worse than ours though; I have a relative in France and you can order with an English keyboard but it works out more expensive.
  9. First 'spotted' outside my home town! Yey. I was on my way to the powdercoaters to get my new wheels done. I liked your car. Looked good - clean and simple.
  10. Just what I was thinking. I've already got two but at that price I thought about getting another!
  11. Get an airport express and attach it to whatever speakers you want/have. The airport express streams music from iTunes to your speakers (or hifi aux in). Then get an app for your iPod touch that you can use to control iTunes on your PC (so your iPod effectively becomes the remote control). That will be the cheapest solution.
  12. Even the latest Lupos weren't fully CAN-BUS. I'm not sure that helps (or makes a difference) though. Sounds tricky.
  13. The coolant will drain when you remove the thermostat so make sure its cold or you'll get burnt. If you are concerned about things in the engine bay getting wet then you should drain it from the bottom of the radiator. You might find it tricky to get the new one back in. I found some grease on the U shaped clip worked a treat.
  14. Theres nothing wrong with quality in China. Some businesses knock stuff out at poor quality, but its not a problem that is endemic in the country. Pretty narrow minded to say its certainly a problem.
  15. Nod. I see a silver one every day going to work but he doesn't acknowledge me. Theres Claires, Tom's, Ad's, mine, his and a red one who goes out with the girl across the road from me.
  16. Whats wrong with a couple of self tapping screws and some plastic screw caps? Looks tip top on mine (and far less chance of them going missing). Also, if you want to take them off to clean around them you won't have to pull them off and re-apply the sticky glue.
  17. Nice to see you back around here. Nice car - the TDIs are going to be in demand when petrol/diesel is £1.50/litre this summer...
  18. I have a brand new GTI radiator. Not even out of the box. If you want it, PM me and we can discuss a price.
  19. I've had that too. Got some funny looks. Having the alignment so far out was so incredibly dangerous! It would have passed an MOT though because they don't test for it. Having a sidelight out is obviously even more dangerous... As for the tyres - wow! The look like my push bike tyres after I used to spend all my time going down hills and pulling skids at the bottom! Amazing how its chewed through them so quickly.
  20. Its not that dark. I was expecting you'd bought a diesel. Or something French. Or both.
  21. Mine has had a panel re-sprayed and if anything that is a better finish than the rest of the car. So yes, I have orange peel as standard.
  22. Doesn't it say 'Viz'? Like a special edition? Or am I missing the sarcasm?
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