JamesTdi Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 i can get it out no problem its just id rather put a bolt in thats not ****ed, for the sake of a couple of pounds then if i need to change a bulb i dont have to arse around getting the bolt out againI mean for the time being till new bolt, get the new light in!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I mean for the time being till new bolt, get the new light in!!aaah i understand but theres no point ill be getting a new bolt tomorrow or tuesday so yer its not being driven untill tuesday so its no biggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber_Nunny Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 i dont want to go too low cos of winter and works speed bumps hate lowered cars as you knowStill manageable...very slowly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emlouise Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 very nice! love the colour of it white cars look really smart. adam's in the process of retrimmimg his interior in black suede, looks alright actually! dunelm do loads of nice materials and it's quite cheap too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 very nice! love the colour of it white cars look really smart. adam's in the process of retrimmimg his interior in black suede, looks alright actually! dunelm do loads of nice materials and it's quite cheap too My mum suggested dunelm I believe ... She got some fabric from there the other week I'm still toying with what I want it to look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Right has been a long time since i updated here with anything remotely interesting so here is a rather large and pic heavy update.Here is a list of things that have happened recently some ive updated and some i havent so heres a listwind deflectors fittedcoilovers on1 cambridge fitted (another still waiting for bolt - got a bit busy this week to sort it out)drivers check strap fittedsemi started my own retrim (this will be a steady process that im learning myself)okay so here comes the photosright i got a new check strap to put on and once id took my old one off i went to slip the new pinch bolt in realised it was different to the bolt already in this confused me but i thought oh maybe its just a new design of check strap, i then went to put the new pinch bolt in and realised that it wasnt tightening up at all, did some inspection on the passenger side and realised that i was missing the little square nut that is welded to the bottom bracket (obviously someone had cocked this job up before) so i then went and inspected the previous check strap and bolt to discover they wernt correct and what i could only assume was someone had forced an m11 bolt through the check strap in an attempt to stop it clicking and had made the situation alot worse ... so i got a vernier guage out and measure the bottom on the pinch bolt and the next day at work got my self an m8 nut, now its all secure and i have a click free doorA Parcel in the post by PRoddy95, on FlickrOLD VS NEW by PRoddy95, on FlickrReplacement Bolt by PRoddy95, on FlickrM11 forced thread of check strap by PRoddy95, on FlickrM11 forced thread of check strap by PRoddy95, on FlickrOffending M11 Bolt -.- by PRoddy95, on FlickrWhile fitting my coilovers we had to take the rear door cards off to get at the plastics so while they are off ive decided to strip them down and retrim them, i have also since decided im going to have a go over the next few months at steadily re trimming my whole interior, with a little help from my mum who is rather good at things like this. so last monday night i stripped the fabric off my old door cards, only cos i had nothing else better to do Start of DIY retrim by PRoddy95, on FlickrStart of DIY retrim by PRoddy95, on FlickrStart of DIY retrim by PRoddy95, on FlickrStart of DIY retrim by PRoddy95, on Flickri have a vague idea of what they'll turn out like but as of yet i haven't got the fabric that's next months job ha.to be continued ....continued ...and finally my car has been very dirt recently cos I haven't managed to find time to clean it, and lilly has also suffered alot of abuse from my friends so I got in today from helping out with the British legions poppy appeal and gave her a good clean, it was pitch black and i had to clean under the street light oh and i was freezing but i got her nice and clean again so more cleaning photosA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on FlickrA Nice Clean by PRoddy95, on Flickralso Lilly is now wearing a poppy for Remembrance Sunday sorry about all the pictures but if youve looked through them all thank you Patrick x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joti Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 There's no way you have OCD......!!One Cambridge light and one OEM light?? Bolt or not - come on....... it just would not be allowed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 There's no way you have OCD......!!One Cambridge light and one OEM light?? Bolt or not - come on....... it just would not be allowed!its not allowed and i think it looks absolutely horrible and hate it but the bolt really wont come out without me destroying it, i had a good go at it again today but it will all be sorted soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 You can go much lower for winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joti Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 its not allowed and i think it looks absolutely horrible and hate it but the bolt really wont come out without me destroying it, i had a good go at it again today but it will all be sorted soon Yeah but what I'm saying Pat, is I would have put the other OEM back and stuck with OEM until I could get the stubborn one out and go 100% Cambridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 You can go much lower for winter probably could but i wont be Yeah but what I'm saying Pat, is I would have put the other OEM back and stuck with OEM until I could get the stubborn one out and go 100% Cambridge i understand what youre saying now, i was going to do it but id got plans to get the bolt sorted out by the very next day so i never did and sicne then i havent looked at the back of my car untill i cleaned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 probably could but i wont be Poor effort rodders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Poor effort rodders!i do apologize, next winter i shall try harder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Wide thread down!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Wide thread down!!if you mean wind thread down then i could do that but i wont be, im happy with how it is at the moment i can promise it will be going lower just not any-time this saturday night or weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaar Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Dude, tell your friends to stop writing on your car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Dude, tell your friends to stop writing on your cartell my friends to stop writing on my car ... errrrm youve not met my friends :') they wouldnt listen ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 If my mates wrote on my car I would run them over! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 if you mean wind thread down then i could do that but i wont be, im happy with how it is at the moment i can promise it will be going lower just not any-time this saturday night or weekendgonna come to your house, remove that rear light screw and lower your car more. Midnight modder I shall be called! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 If my mates wrote on my car I would run them over!i did attempt to leave one in the works car park after he drew a smily face on my bonnet but then i realised i needed him to drive me to work the day after so i went and picked him upgonna come to your house, remove that rear light screw and lower your car more.Midnight modder I shall be called!please do ... will save me some time and effort, if you could also fit some scmidt th lines while youre there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Pat if you need that bolt out come to mine. I will get it out piece of piss. And lower the car. Coilovers = snow plough. If you keep your car clean enough nobody has the chance to write on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Pat if you need that bolt out come to mine. I will get it out piece of piss.And lower the car. Coilovers = snow plough.If you keep your car clean enough nobody has the chance to write on it i dont want it to be a snow plow ... and i do try to keep it clean honest but yer i need the bolt to replace it still my local vw ****ed up on the bolt so yer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thooooom Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 its going to be snowy for probably a day this winter and for that reason you arent going to lower your car more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroddy Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 its going to be snowy for probably a day this winter and for that reason you arent going to lower your car more?i think you all seem to be missing a point here ... this is my car ... and i shall do what the **** i like with it and it staying at this height for winter i dont believe it is going to kill any of you because im not taking my adjusters out? so if you dont like the decision im making then use another thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiiTCH-TDi Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Lol chill winston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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