What did you do to your Polo today?

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12-10-2013, 08:21 PM
kaanage

FINALLY got around to making a socket adapter so I could undo the dogbone mount engine bolt, obscured by the UL Racing front brace, with a spanner in prep for the track day tomorrow (which is going to be one of those wet/dry scattered showers days :facepalm:).

I swear that they could not make the access worse without specifically designing it to do so :mad:
13-10-2013, 10:15 AM
Sharkie

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Fitted new ECS Geomet Slotted and Drilled rear brake discs with REMSA pads this afternoon.

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And did the fronts this morning :)
13-10-2013, 12:13 PM
flat6

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Originally Posted by kaanage

FINALLY got around to making a socket adapter so I could undo the dogbone mount engine bolt, obscured by the UL Racing front brace, with a spanner in prep for the track day tomorrow (which is going to be one of those wet/dry scattered showers days :facepalm:).

I swear that they could not make the access worse without specifically designing it to do so :mad:

Ahh damn, how did that lower arm work out? tighter up front?

Best way to sum up working on the polo, 10 pounds of sh$@ in a 5 pound bag, swore to myself my next car will be massive!
13-10-2013, 01:23 PM
Polo GTEye N9

Saturday free time, so I thought about time to check the suspension etc and rear Lower Control Arm bushes.

Put the car up on stands and got under to check and all LCA bushes look good for OEM's that have been there for 15,000 k's.

Checking all points of interest and I noticed a major gutter rash 30cm long on the right hand front inside rim of the Advanti Maze R.

The rim is damaged and has a flat zone where the rash was evident. So rotated fronts to rear. My wife says she thinks it happened on the way to Capalaba on Mt Gravatt-Caplaba Road where she could not avoid a large pothole. Were going that way this arvo and will identify it and take some photos for the record.

Can we claim against council for the damage due to them failing to maintain this road?

Cheers Al
13-10-2013, 01:35 PM
Polo GTEye N9

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Originally Posted by Polo GTEye N9

Saturday free time, so I thought about time to check the suspension etc and rear Lower Control Arm bushes.

Put the car up on stands and got under to check and all LCA bushes look good for OEM's that have been there for 15,000 k's.

Checking all points of interest and I noticed a major gutter rash 30cm long on the right hand front inside rim of the Advanti Maze R.

The rim is damaged and has a flat zone where the rash was evident. So rotated fronts to rear. My wife says she thinks it happened on the way to Capalaba on Mt Gravatt-Caplaba Road where she could not avoid a large pothole. Were going that way this arvo and will identify it and take some photos for the record.

Can we claim against council for the damage due to failing to maintain this road?

Cheers Al

Another thing I noticed was my APR Dump-pipe hanger had some ever so slight cracks in the spot welds, as a little exhaust soot was evident. So borrowed from 'Dave the nieghbour' his very handy little Mig welder and repaired it.

Ohh never knew I had the APR Dump-pipe until now! Lol

Thanks Dave.
13-10-2013, 01:46 PM
h100vw

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Originally Posted by Polo GTEye N9

Another thing I noticed was my APR Dump-pipe hanger had some ever so slight cracks in the spot welds, as a little exhaust soot was evident. So borrowed from 'Dave the nieghbour' his very handy little Mig welder and repaired it.

Ohh never knew I had the APR Dump-pipe until now! Lol

Thanks Dave.

Hmm, downpipe/frontmount sounds like Phase 2 to me :D
13-10-2013, 06:19 PM
kaanage

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Originally Posted by flat6

Ahh damn, how did that lower arm work out? tighter up front?

Best way to sum up working on the polo, 10 pounds of sh$@ in a 5 pound bag, swore to myself my next car will be massive!

Hard to tell with the weather we had today. I did get within 3.5 seconds of my best time for Sandown on a drying track with road tyres so I'd like to think the stiffening plus the camber plates are taking me in the right direction ;)

I like the Polo being small but you're right - sometimes things are cramped beyond belief. Changing the battery was a bitch due to the $%#@#$@!#$ clip thing.

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Can we claim against council for the damage due to them failing to maintain this road?

Lots of other people have claimed for this - take lots of pics.
13-10-2013, 07:47 PM
vwthunder

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Yesterday went to Estblshd's 1st Birthday :cool:

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13-10-2013, 08:22 PM
kaanage

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Yesterday went to Estblshd's 1st Birthday :cool:

But you're not Asian and your car isn't a ricer..:confused:
13-10-2013, 08:44 PM
vwthunder

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But you're not Asian and your car isn't a ricer..:confused:

Haha, yes it was spot the aussie lol

I was asked to go by Stu, they wanted some watercooled cars there

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