Mr.Badbrains Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Turned out that those Oz´s were just 7.5j and 8j (I was told they were half an inch wider). Anyway, I disassembled them and started sanding the faces.My original idea was just to sand and polish those flat surfaces and leave all hard-to-reach parts black. But paint started to chip off everywhere as I sanded, so I decided to use some paint stripper first.Polishing those gaps between all the spokes would be such a pita, so maybe I’m going to paint them again with silver.Also, throwing those lips from back to front wheels, and ordered some 3'' lips for back, so they are going to be 8j & 9j next season.And some oem goodies came from the dealer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Meanwhile in Finland...Who needs powertools when you have a hacksaw blade and no idea what you're doing.My bodyshop didn't want to smooth my bumper, too much work they said. So I decided to give it a shot. Cut of the licence plate recess and then I bought some sheet of pp plastic to be welded in place. Should do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Keyfob is already programmed? How much was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Keyfob is already programmed? How much was it?No haven't tried it yet. Key itself was something around 50€ IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I started to assemble the wheels the other day and man were they pain! Because of the thickness of powder coat nothing fit in place.Then this happened:The guy who sandblasted these didn’t do so good job on protecting the threads. Unfortunately I realised that too late and snapped a bolt in one hole. There was left some very hard tiny metal? beads in bottom of the threads witch caused bolt snapping.Luckily I got the remainings out and two thread taps and few helicoils later, I got them assembled. (Pics coming later.)Meanwhile I bought some 3M Scotchprint brushed steel vinyl for interior panels. Few more things still need to be wrapped.Wiped all that annoying dust from heater vents while they were off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Front bumper is coming along nicely. Welded and filled the licence plate recess with my friend. Came out pretty good for a first timer.Also some camber shims are waiting for install, so I shouldn’t have too much clearance issues.Some hook&loop tape to attach rear licence plate and obviously brand new shorter plates without holes drilled in them.Few pics of rm´s. Lips are polished with Mothers and barrels/faces sealed with Bouncers Fortify.Billet flat caps bought second hand and polished.Centre caps are original, just wet sanded and polished. Edited April 19, 2014 by Mr.Badbrains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossB Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 The RM's are looking sweet, I like the colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted April 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 The RM's are looking sweet, I like the colours Cheers! I've always wanted wheels on that colour.Front bumper straight from the paint booth: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Few quick snaps from photoshoot yesterday:Danyutz: Got my flip key working. Local locksmith took 20€ for cutting the blade.Couldn't get the remote working with vcds. Had to match it with old method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj2112 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Oh my! That looks bloody lovely!I miss my lup gti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Gorgeous looking, congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Cheers guys! Appreciate it.Clock on my cluster died some time ago. Luckily this Jjjkkk guy had a spare cluster from his other wrecked Lupo, so now I have two Gti clusters. Just switched clocks and soldered leds from old to new clock.Then I managed to get myself a sheet of polarizing foil and did the inverted display mod on cluster while it was apart again. Have to say it looks a lot better now!Inverted displays by L Myyry, on FlickrWanted to mach the OEM Gamma radios display to everything else, so, you know, some more soldering and polarize foil...Gamma Radio by L Myyry, on FlickrI would like it just a tad lower, but bump stops and adjusters removed from back, I really can't. And right drive shaft is rubbing on frame anyway...Does My Bum Look Big In This? by L Myyry, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Man it looks brilliant! Makes the cluster looks so modern. Love it.I don't think you have take shots for when you inverted the Gamma unit, have you? I have bought a Gamma unit and plan to change it before i install it. Is it hard to swap them? Edited May 24, 2014 by Danyutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joti Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 The dash display looks great now!Very Audi-esque........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Many hours of sanding and polishing later:15x8 and 15x9Centercaps needs just a little finishing and we are good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Dash display looks good. Been thinking about doing that for a while. I could make the GTI match my A4! Nice to see the Gamma modified to match too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Man it looks brilliant! Makes the cluster looks so modern. Love it.I don't think you have take shots for when you inverted the Gamma unit, have you? I have bought a Gamma unit and plan to change it before i install it. Is it hard to swap them?Sorry missed your reply somehow. Here is some photos I managed to take. https://www.flickr.com/photos/l_myyry/sets/72157645078199155/Hope this helps, it's wery self explanatory when you get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 'tis ok, you already replied on PM, this was prior to the conversation Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I don't get this polarizing foil business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Me neither! The end result is inverting the color scheme and it seems it can be found in all LCD's .. but hard to get tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted June 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Maybe this video makes it a little easier to undertand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-nrjRIR7M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyutz Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 I got it now, after a while on Google, it seems we can use the film from a broken LCD display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan94 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 They should've made the gauges like that in the first place, look sooo much nicer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Badbrains Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Got them Ozzies on. That nine on the rear doesn´t even poke that much like I thought. Even managed to get the front end 10mm lower.Morning After by L Myyry, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj2112 Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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