chris_uk
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Video of decat sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTigVJBHU2U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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chris_uk
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I decided to fit the silencer and it is a bit quieter but ive not been out in it yet to really hear the difference.
So ive made a new splitter as the old one was fucked.
Off
New splitter
Waterproofed
Old one fucked
And on
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gez bay
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Love this car. Always improving.
I see this and I end up looking at them again, but I'm sure doing my 60 mile commute everyday would be a killer 
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chris_uk
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They are nit too bad tbh i can do here to luton which is 3 hours and im perfectly fine. 
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chris_uk
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Stripped the car down over the last couple days because the alternator failed.
Oil from the crank case breather.. Oil level too full.
The oil made its way into the laminovas in the inlet and water system so had to power wash the manifold and get some petrol swilled around.
New vs old tyres.
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big eck
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Christ, do you really need to take the full car apart just to get to the alternator???
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chris_uk
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A standard one no but because this has got a pulley bolted on you cant get access unless ur manifold and supercharger are off and its really not a nice job to do with clam on.
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chris_uk
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while the alternator was being replaced i also took the opportunity to mount a guard for the supercharger belt, one of the lads from the vx forum had an issue which resulted in a little fire so i didn't want to take the same chance.
the little fire 
also my rear coupe and new hardtop has arrived (exactly like these)
hoping to prep it and get it fit this week (if the inner section arrives) going to use aerocatches to keep it in place (2 lockable ones and 2 normal ones)
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Ben G
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Jesus christ, poor vx220
Coupe top looks fantastic also. Wish someone would make that for z4 roadsters.
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chris_uk
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will the community not sort it?
we used that carbon version and made a mould which we now own, we can have as many as we want now.
all done through the forum.
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chris_uk
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BeetleGav
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is it broken in the corner?
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chris_uk
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yea got damaged in transit, nothing that i cant sort out tho with a bit of fibreglass from halfords.
its going to take a lot of fettling to get right so im not too fussed.
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Simon_16v
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Is the scoop functional too for engine cooling too?
Looks really smart, bet it's a little bit fun in the wet!
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chris_uk
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yea it is simon, leads directly into the coupe part then into the engine compartment, but im going to use that for the air intake of the engine.
like this
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Simon_16v
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Ahh sweet!
Is the intake one of the side vents at the moment?
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chris_uk
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yea, but it gets all sorts of road grime in there so hopefully having it above should stop that or reduce it at least.
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chris_uk
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flybikeslee
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this is going to look great!
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
will the community not sort it?
we used that carbon version and made a mould which we now own, we can have as many as we want now.
all done through the forum.
they tried, and failed
yours looks great. can't wait to see the finished article.
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chris_uk
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Got to wait now for the inner skin to arrive so i can get the hardgop bonded on and then line up the coupe back propperly.
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chris_uk
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inner skin for the hardtop has arrived so im going to put it all in place them bond it together, not sure what would be best atm tho, stikaflex/tigerseal or resin hmmm... any thoughts?
anyway pic
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chris_uk
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inner skin
hardtop bolted down in place (dry atm) get it all lined up and see what needs modifying
this needs a little touch up
i am going to change the way the coupe back sits on the hardtop, atm the lip has to go under the hardtop but by swapping that around i might be able to hinge the coupe part so i can lift it up and not have to remove it completely.
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chris_uk
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djgritt
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Love that Coupe trim, makes it look much more aggresive. Will be following this!
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