What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[leighaus]

crazy. my car needs to be smoke tested for leaks, but im too busy to get my car anywhere... anyone know anyone who will do it on weekends in melbourne (north east side)

[Lito]

have u put your frankenturbo in yet lito?

Not yet, I'm getting it installed by Jmac (brisbanes vw guru) and he's all booked out until January. The wait is kinda killing me but i want to get it done right by someone I can trust.

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crazy. my car needs to be smoke tested for leaks, but im too busy to get my car anywhere... anyone know anyone who will do it on weekends in melbourne (north east side)

I got my car smoke tested and it didn't find this leak, I think that's because it was only leaking over a certain pressure. I don't think the smoke testers put all that much pressure into the system(Jimmy said around 5psi iirc)

[Njay]

yeah i cant wait for franken to come, hopefully before christmas

[RolfGolf]

Got a bit obsessive today and removed the weather seals from the roof to clean the channel (and the rubber seals) - was well worth it as I removed 10 years worth of dirt and discovered the beginnings of rust on the passenger side under the seal - not much, but something to sort.

Didn't get before shots, but here's a couple of afters ...

[leighaus]

wish i had the spare time to be that obsessive. i have a growing pile of mods ive had no time to install as it is.

[kendog]

... on a nother note come home to a big blue box containing my shiny silver and yellow FK AK street coilovers ( yeah i know their not the best but their a start ) LOL



cars still apart tho ...damn i never have time to work on it just came home and its 9pm

Mine arrive tomorrow (or Thurs), is there anyone out there (in Sydney) wanting to get paid to help me install them??
Thanks..

[jDub]

kenbot which area are you in mate?

[kendog]

kenbot which area are you in mate?

Hey jDub,
I live near Bondi Junction, but I work in Alexandria.. I won't mind a bit of travel for help though..

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The new rims are meant to arrive today! So excited. BTW, ringing around for tyres, a certain well know tyre place told me that: "if the rims are from 'America', the lip (or double lip) or the like makes it hard to put the tyres on, and when the tyre is inflated, the bead 'pops' in such a way that it damages the wheel/paint". He'll have to see the rims first to decide wether he will even do the job. Any truth in this?

[dylan8]

Hey jDub,
I live near Bondi Junction, but I work in Alexandria.. I won't mind a bit of travel for help though..

---------- Post added at 09:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 AM ----------

The new rims are meant to arrive today! So excited. BTW, ringing around for tyres, a certain well know tyre place told me that: "if the rims are from 'America', the lip (or double lip) or the like makes it hard to put the tyres on, and when the tyre is inflated, the bead 'pops' in such a way that it damages the wheel/paint". He'll have to see the rims first to decide wether he will even do the job. Any truth in this?

lolwut...
never heard of that.

[kendog]

lolwut...
never heard of that.

Hmm, yeah, sounds strange doesn't it. Problem is, that's the only place that has the tyres I want, for the price I want.....

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...Just got the FK Coilovers delivered, less than 1 week from DPM Performance UK, so keen to get them in...