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"stunning" is all i can say, :toast:

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Well done mate - fully road legal now!

Hope you enjoy many years of motoring :thumbsup:

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Thank you guys!!!! :D It's just so bloody amazing to have this car on the road and to know it's mine!! :lol:

KP

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Thank you guys!!!! :D It's just so !Removed! amazing to have this car on the road and to know it's mine!! :lol:

KP

Right now you have it on the road sort out that rear number plate :lol:

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It's so clean and beautiful! Congrats! :thumbsup:

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Thanks everyone! Number plate is on the list for today ;)

It's stunning, it really canes your eyes to keep staring at it :lol:

Oh and the sunroof has now been carbon wrapped,expect posts and pictures later tonight once we have run her in and got everything sparkling for the show tomorrow!

KP

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Hope the show goes well. I can't afford time and money-wise to go but hope you get some good pics with the other GiTs! :thumbsup:

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lmao cheers mate!!

Thanks everyone for all your support and comments.

Yeh mate I will be driving her down, should be good fun.

Today has been so truly epic I cannot describe, we have been running her in and chucking it around the country twisties and my god I never thought it would be such an amazing drive!!! She pulls so hard, sounds so rude and handles like its on bloody rails!! :D

We were up at 7 and getting the sunroof wrapped at 8:

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We then set to work on the wash, clay bar, polish and wax:

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Fitted Tailgate stops and cleaned light tops:

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New Plate:

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Engine bay before:

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After:

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The Callipers got painted up too:

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We also fitted some lovely black painted splash guards:

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End of a long and awesome day:

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KP

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I bloody loved it, got plenty of looks and comments to! :D

KP

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Car looks really well, proper impressed with the amount of effort involved. Really like the carbon effect on the sunroof.

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Cheers guys, and yes the weather was stunning for most of the day, only a little cloud and that was it! :D Got a little burnt but it doesn't matter when Banzai knocks on your door telling you they've put a word in :D

KP

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Looks like you had a lot of fun mate!

Interesting how there wasn't a red GTI there (or a blue one) - guess these cars in good condition are getting pretty rare now.

So you may be getting a magazine article coming up? You should do, it's more than good enough to go in one.

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Mate I have NEVER had such fun charging round in a car in my life. :lol: It was a total rocket and at the show we all got so many looks/pictures/comments we were struggling to keep up :lol:

Yeh I hope so, I have been told that my car was marked as one they wanted to come back to some time so we shall see :)

Oh and I had to share this one with ya!

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KP

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Nice motion shot KP - but why is the back so low?! That is standard ride height isn't it?

Will be interesting to see if it does get a shoot - with all the resto work you've done on it I can't see why it shouldn't.

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We had four people in the car, a huge gazebo and a BBQ :lol: It's usually a 4X4 stance but that is exactly where I want to lower it to! :D

KP

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I'm sorry to have to tell everyone this but I seem to have a spun bearing and the 4A-GE is no more :(

Luckily I have a full spare engine and will have it rebuilt in time for Japshow, no real biggy but I didn't really want to have to rebuild it so soon :(

Still not giving up though....

KP

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This motor is making you work for your ownership of it! Just remind it that it's unlikely to find a better owner than you so to be a bit nicer to you :thumbsup:

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:lol: I know right mate, I just want the fecker to work properly now.... I am still unsure as to what made it happen so suddenly, it was running beautifully before hand so something went very very wrong just today. :g

Still, I have a full engine gasket kit on order - £50 delivered, bargain. :D

Now for some bearings, I'll likely replace all rods, bearings, gaskets and the Oil Pump. I have all of these spare from the Blue Top so that helps. If it doesn't looks absolutely perfect then I will be nabbing the Crank as well.

Either way I will have this engine rebuilt in time for Japshow, this car may throw everything at me like this but I am still so not going to leave it be. My only concern is the cost of all new fluids... I can't afford to get all these things - its a stretch for me to get the Gaskets and Bearings :(

KP

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sorry to hear that buddy :crybaby: , why not use the complete bottom end block off the blue top engine and swap it with yours.

and maybe use the spun bearing one for a rebuild to replace the bluetop.

let me know if you need anything. ;)

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