olethalb's white R-line bora - schmidts + air ride fitted.

thanks fellas - not sure weather to fit the new exhaust yet or not....

got back from Spain at 4am this morning so best update and catch up on things.

got home this morning to find a couple of parcels waiting for me in the shed.....

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my wheels had arrived!

the rear

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9.5 with 225/40/18 - suprisingly little stretch

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front

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8.5j with 215/40/18 - again not a massive amount of stretch

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and the new (free) bolts with some fairly budget lockers

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so like a kid at chrismas i took a front and rear up to the car with a couple of bolts to trial fit - mainly to make sure the fronts clear the porscheys

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all is well on clearance side of things

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popped the rear on too

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and to my suprise i can still see the red of the 256mm calipers

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high roller - still on axle stands (all i need now is an engine [:DD] )

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got a few more goodies a day or two before i went away

clutch slave cylinder for the 6 speed

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clutch

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inlet gasket, exhaust gasket, washers / gasket for the turbo and new injector seats for the inlet mani when i get it back

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If we do ever meet in person dont kill me coz ill be the one licking your car!

haha, thanks i think

and now for the reason i'm on here at 2am, just finished doing some jobs at the unit - the polisher finally got my bits done today so had to take some quick pics of his handy work

stainless custom hotside pipe highly polished

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inlet mani with threaded servo vac outlet polished

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and the all important stainless bulkhead heatshield

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once the heatshield is mounted i can actually start bolting the engine back in and make some real progress again

Dirtydubber wrote:If we do ever meet in person dont kill me coz ill be the one licking your car!

V-dubphile???.......

Looking forward to seeing this car at some point.

Keep the updates coming and inspiration for the rest of us (or me) lazy ones'.

thanks venturbo

got my hands on some vibra technics mounts, i also ordered a new set of spark plugs too.

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there's not alot of pics because i started working on my car at 8pm and got back in at gone 2am, now everthing had to be done in order so i mounted my heatshield on the bulkhead

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then it occured to me that i hadn't sorted out the mani heatshield so knocked one up out of some stainless

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now i fitted the new clutch and 6 speed dmf

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and thrust bearing / slave cylinder

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also with the heat shield done i could fit my turbo with lines and DP

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next i popped the box on and slid it into position with starter, from there she was about ready to go in so wheeled it an and bolted it up to the new vibratechnic mounts

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also trial fitted my boost pipe

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and popped the front end on

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that is all for now

thanks bud

i better get some pics up of the little things that have been getting done recently.

i mounted the polished inlet with new gasket and white injector seats

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bought some more braided 8mm fuel line and some dressing ends

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and fitted it up along with my boost pipe

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also popped on the throttle body

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and trial fitted a boost hose

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next problem was the water pipe that runs around the block to the heater matrix, the pipe for a k04 is different than for a k03, i'd bent it around out of the way before but was never happy with it

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so i chopped it down and welded the end back on it

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now all i have to do is make up a new section to join the black pipe to the heater matrix, making it look neat and clearing the turbo / TIP

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so i bent a bit of pipe to the desired angle and gave it a quick polish

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then joined both ends with some silicon hose

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next i order these from vw to fit the 6 speed box

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i'd originally planned to throw my carbon fibre cover out but then thought it'd fit in well with my carbonio so reshaped it

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then a good mate of mine donated me a different CAI so i'm not sure on the carbon again, but trialed the new CAI and i like it so have sent it off to be polished

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i have finally got myself a decent boost guage after my inaccurate budget item

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came with pillar off Edition but i donated that to Edd

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started on my new servo vac outlet, i had originally bought a 45 degree adaptor but found it hit the boost pipe so got a 90 degree the other day and it just sneakes in

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got my new bottom ball joints through to so popped them on

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also split my scmidts down too

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here's how my engine bay stands at the mo, i refitted the scuttle, ecu and aero wipers earlier, will have to see how long a few parts take to finish off this week

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Jesus Christ!!

Speechless!!

Fair do's Olly, you definitely don't do things by halves!

thanks Mrs Olive

a pic of my ever so interesting new 6 speed outer cv joint fitted - only because it cost me £190 with discount
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after work today i got the cam cover i had delivered yesterday from a fellow member and started to prep it

washed it down

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removed the covers

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sanded and keyed it

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cleaned it off with acid to remove any grease

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layed down the first coat

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then 4 hours later the 3rd heavy coat

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i wanted to not have everything polished so i thought this would tie in with my TB and boost pipe (cold side)

also as pointed out by albad the connection for my servo vac outlet in red and blue anodised stuck out like a sore thumb. i soaked it an TFR for a short time and popped it over the buffing wheel and got most of it off

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after much deliberation, i'd originally planned to drop the front more to get the stance i was after but having seen a few of my mates in the past week with some epic sump damage i've decided to go for air ride to keep it practical for normal driving.

so just got off the phone to Andy at Tuk and he's sorting me out with a nice little kit which should almost finish off the bora or at least get it alot closer to where i want it.

i got my centers back from the powder coaters when i finished work - i was far from happy with the finish, i could have painted them myself better than that but thought i'd better get them done 'properly'.

they were almost chalk board finish when they should have been gloss black.

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a quick call to my mate polack (valeter) and he came and cut them back for me and will do them again in a weeks time to enhance the gloss.

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got them all bolted up and bought them home

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they haven't turned out bad in the end all things considered

hi im loving the bora, its unreal how much time effort and work you have put into this car. top dollar...

thanks steady - glad you like it.

after the failed attempt at polishing my intake pipe i decided to wrinkle black it although it didn't come out as well as i'd hoped. so after leaving it over night decided to trial fit it and get some pics with that and the cam cover on.

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the filter i got to sit up quite high so should reduce the chance of sucking up any water

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while i was messing about i thought i'd get a wheel out to try on so i can get the spacing spot on to how i want them to sit. so lowered the rear beam and popped the springs out, fitted the wheel and jacked the beam into position so i could measure the arch gap.

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did a few little bits today;

spaced my wheels out so they sit how i wanted - flush with the arch

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fitted and wired in my newsouth boost guage

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i split the ends off my old 5 speed p/s pipe and went to Pirtek with some measurements and had them make fit the ends to a new HP pipe rated to 3600psi so it should hold out

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i also dug out my bumper to see if i needed to make any adjustmentswith the new filter / intercooler pipework but it fitted spot on with plenty of clearance

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it's mostly all the fiddly little bits to do now and fit the air when it arrives

Loving this car and its thread top work fella!

thanks bud, it's getting close now to being done. hope it'll be ready for when the suspension turns up

did alot today but was 90% the little bits you don't see or notice, one bit i did get done though was the exhaust, i decided to fit the stainless system in place of my home made item (which imo sounded great).

i removed mine and sized up where it'd need to be cut and joined

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cut it to length and welded an approprate sleeve on my original front pipe to fit the new system

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once that was done i mounted it all up to sort out the tailpipe. the sytem originally came with a 3" outrolled pipe but that was never going to stay, so i measured it up and chopped it off then welded a little kickdown in place to keep it subtle

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then fitted it up

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just hope to god it sounds ok

Am i rihgt in saying i have see this parked in Enfield, i see it regularly on the way to work. sweet car dude

simply awesome what a informative thread and that car is just stunning

hows the air ride coming along bud

jettaRhys - not mine bud, mine's been in the front garden on axle stands for a few months now

NANDO - thanks bud, you're too kind

jedi16v - TUK are taking time, every week they say next week

well decided after looking for R32 pedals for a while to get some from awesome, while i was on the site i had a browse and ended up with an R8 oil cap, neuspeed dipstick and an air freshener

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also a mate of mine offered me his pioneer dvd / sat nav HU so i snapped it up

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after fitting it i realised i don't like the way it sits out of the dash so i'll have to get something else now.

i'll have to get some pics of it all fitted (before i pull the HU and sell it) i can see the dipstick handle getting modified or sold and the R8 cap doesn't sit well with me so far.... got my pedals though

i have been pretty busy lately with one thing or another and the bora has been getting neglected only managing to get 20 mins here and there and no real progress pics so i'll update with what i have managed

fistly a pic of the pedals fitted

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next was the oil cap which as mentioned above sat far too high so i trimmed it down a few times to get it close to where i wanted it.

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also the Neuspeed dipstick turned out to be vast compared to what i was expecting but i fitted it anyway, i may modify it or sell it - not decided as yet

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courtesy of a mini group buy sorted by the good man Rich (pug306) i got myself a nice little catch can

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and thanks to another fellow forum member i took delivery of a whiteline ARB yesterday

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today it was planned i'd get down to the unit after recovering from my weekend away at usc and crack on with Faisals, unfortunately the guy who owns the unit had unexpectedly gone to oxford with the keys.

so that coupled with the fact TUK have let me down with my air ride 3 weeks on the trot and when i ring up today to see where it is i'm told Andy has just gone on holiday for 2 weeks and i'll have to wait for him to get back as no-one knows anything about my order - i decided i'm going to put it back on the road without the air as this could drag on a long while and i refuse to miss Ed38 because of it.

so with nothing else to do i set about doing some little bits (in the peeing rain), dropped the subframe and fitted the new ARB, mounted and plumbed in my catch can (easier said than done) bolted the front end back on properly including bumper, dirt shields and grill, bled the brakes with faisals assistance, refiited the rear suspension removed awaiting air and a few small jobs.

when i fired it up last week for the first time in months the p/s pump chewed itself up - i thought i may have gotten contaminated whilst being cleaned or just dried up while stood so i got another from a breaker and chucked it on but it seems my custom pipe i had made at Pirtek is killing the pumps so i'm desperately on the hunt for a 6 speed p/s pipe.

anyway fot the first time in a long time i put wheels on it and took it off the stands, the suspenson needs to settle and the thing is filthy but it almost looks like a car again

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bay as it stands - needs servo vac one way valve and tidying also new coolant filling up but 99% there now.

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no new pics at the mo, got myself a p/s pipe yesterday (not £133 + VAT from VW either) so took it to the unit, popped it on the ramp and gave everything a check over, flushed the coolant, put new oil in the box and fitted new coilpacks so they all match.

then took it out for a test drive and get everything to set back in, brakes, suspension settle etc etc, went to the nearby ( ) fuel station and necked it with some super unleaded. 36.4 miles later i got back to the unit and all was well apart from it being absolutely filthy having not being washed for ~ 5 months oh and the vibratechnics / superpro combo is a little harsher than expected.

i actually got to drive to work this morning and the push bike stayed at home

oh i also got a TUK update last night, John called and said 'good news, your kit is here but you'll have to wait 'til monday to collect it - monday the 23rd'

he doesn't want me to collect it without Andy there so i have to wait for him to get back off holiday

got home early friday and gave it a little wash in the rain - neighbours know i'm nuts anyway

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quick couple of daylight bay pics, needs a good polish now though.

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thanks to the absolute legend that is Dele, he pulled some strings and got it sorted so my air ride could be collected on saturday AND took the trip up to TUK and collected it for me

i'm going to try and have it all fitted up by this time next week - updates will follow.

a quick update

few clean pics and quick pic of the tank / pad etc, not 100% finished, still need to tidy some bits up and ignore the sticker on the tank i didn't fit it. i managed to keep my spare and hide away the majotity of the install too.

oh fitted my double Din HU while i was at it.

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went to bd open day and ace cafe euroville meets over the weekend a got snapped a few times

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