The New Addition- MKIV GLI

[Danaldson]

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wow sick guys! I've been waiting for a photo shoot with both of the Gli's!

[CGY_GTI]

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Looks good Ryan! Your headlights turned out great! And Sean, fix your taillight haha

Oh, by the way Ryan, I'll be up in Sylvan this weekend. Are you gonna be up there?

[VwSweetHeart]

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Ya it was tough to keep focus with all the road bumps. Fix your damn tailight already Sean and I'm sure we can do sunset rolling pictures again

[MechEngg]

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Yeah yeah, i will fix it once i unpack that box in the garage, i think i know where it is

[Slamtastic]

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Yes Sean that taillight has been out since we did your air install.

Thanks Scott! I won't be in Sylvan for this weekend as I am up at work.

[funkin]

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seeing your car in the snow makes me want to put the .:R on air for winter haha.

[Slamtastic]

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^ Wanna Trade?

Bit of an update. Got the euro rub strip painted and on (no pics).
Rewrapped the trunk with denim. Much better than the suede.
I also finished the other set of retrofit's I was working on. Used textured black paint for the housing. I really like how they turned out and will probably use them for winter.

[Slamtastic]

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I pulled the rear fenders a tiny bit with a roller last week and now it's sitting just how I want it. Dropper it another 1/4" as well. Also completely removed front fender liners and it's now laying frame.

[P Arkus]

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So hot right now.....

[CGY_GTI]

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Holy crap, I didn't think it would be possible to get it any lower than it already was! Either way, it looks damn sexy!

[funkin]

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Looks amazingggg. God damn I love those wheels!!

[Slamtastic]

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thanks guys!

[Slamtastic]

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So since I bought the car, I have had a 'whine' while decelerating in gear. A bit of research has led me to believe that it is the main input bearing that causes this issue. It has a bad lubrication design within the casing which causes the bearing to overheat and fail, creating a horrendous noise. I'm not driving the car this winter so I have decided to take the time to rebuild it with all new bearings. I'm also going to do a preventative fix on the ever so common failures on the shift fork, as well as a new clutch

Sean came over yesterday to help me finish removing the transmission. Went very smooth and took no time at all, it was a lot easier than what I was expecting. I need to get a small set of lock ring pliers to get all the gears out. I will update this thread with pics and progress as the rebuild continues.

[Slamtastic]

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Finished taking the trans apart tonight.





All the gears and synchro rings are in good shape, so those don't need to be touched.

This is the magnet found in the bottom of the case, nothing bad found in it just a few granules from normal wear.



Here's the clutch disk. Not bad for 152k km's. I'd say probably about 20k kms left in it. It will be replaced

[CGY_GTI]

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Hmmm... I wonder how much clutch wear I caused and how much the idiot before me caused... haha