What did you do to your Mk5 today?

[daft009]

Did you scotchguard your seats when you purchased the car? If not you could clean the seats (either professionally or hire a machine) and then use 1.5-2 cans of scotchguard to do the seats, the carpets and mats can also be done and this takes around 1.5 cans. Makes it a lot easier to keep the seats/carpets clean.

Where can you buy scotchguard in a can?
I'd like to give my mats a once over.

[KWICKS]

Supermarket.Woolwoths HomeShop link

[Maverick]

Where can you buy scotchguard in a can?
I'd like to give my mats a once over.

Also hardware stores.

Make sure you the mats are completely clean before you start coating or it locks in the mess, you can get the mats cleaned at a drycleaners but you might want to do the carpets as well with the scotchguard. I did my carpets and mats straight after picking up the car.

[Satanstoenail]

Perhaps that could be something to contact Amourall about? Seeing as the product doesn't match it's description and in fact makes it worse...

It worked ok on the trim of my mk2, but yeah it doesn't agree with the fabric on the mk5 at all. I'll have a look on their website.

Man that sucks.

I know it's too late, but I reckon the Mcguiars stuff is better than Amour-All

http://www.meguiars.com.au/default.htm

Good luck with the water!

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind for next time.

Did you scotchguard your seats when you purchased the car? If not you could clean the seats (either professionally or hire a machine) and then use 1.5-2 cans of scotchguard to do the seats, the carpets and mats can also be done and this takes around 1.5 cans. Makes it a lot easier to keep the seats/carpets clean.

No I didn't, and I'm guessing they haven't been done judging by the marks that were on there as well as the aftermath of the Armour-all stuff. Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely grab some asap and give the lot a good going over.

The warm water & clean cloth has worked pretty well, the original marks are gone and the dark patches left by the Armour-all are almost totally gone. I'll give them another going over and then look into some sort of pro clean followed by scotch guard.

[maca]

I put some eyelids on in anticipation of getting my new rims hopefully within a week


Will post some pics when I have them on!

[Nathan_B]

Installed new air filter

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=29905

[maca]

Got my new rims today!! 18x8 Lavinhard Split Spoke in Matt Black.
Love them, makes my car look complete

Also added the eyelids I received yesterday from USA..

[ChrisR32]

Got my new rims today!! 18x8 Lavinhard Split Spoke in Matt Black.
Love them, makes my car look complete

Also added the eyelids I received yesterday from USA..

Time to dump that puppy!

[Kiel_GTI]

Time to dump that puppy!

seconded. looks very high with the big rims. but a dump would look sexy.

[maca]

seconded. looks very high with the big rims. but a dump would look sexy.

Yeahhh I know.. A mech has advised me against it because "these cars run good how they come from the factory".... I'm like whatever.

Also the cost factor, to do a good job I'd be looking at around $1,600-$1,700.. Don't want to do a dodgey as my brother's just come out of the bad end of one.. Perhaps wait until birthday time comes along and yous can all chip in

Ps window tinting will happen very very soon