Member Profile - jay.ritchie - 3RB to Golf R

[HoFF]

Thats very impressive!!! I want to do it but just couldnt be arsed hahaha

Afaik it's a bit more involved to change the fog lights to hid in a facelifted model. I think you need to run a a relay for it.

[jay.ritchie]

Thats very impressive!!! I want to do it but just couldnt be arsed hahaha

Afaik it's a bit more involved to change the fog lights to hid in a facelifted model. I think you need to run a a relay for it.

unlucky. not to mention the pre fl's have a projector lens and the post's don't.

[owen]

Thats very impressive!!! I want to do it but just couldnt be arsed hahaha

Afaik it's a bit more involved to change the fog lights to hid in a facelifted model. I think you need to run a a relay for it.

Not true. It's much easier to install on a face lift model as it doesn't take a gay h3 globe with a shitty rear housing.

[HoFF]

Well there you go.

I must be thinking of something else

[jay.ritchie]

My front - rear bushes need to be replaced.
Pedders quoted me $450 inc. a full allignment at the end.

I'm planning on replacing the front - front bushes and LCAs at the same time, seeing as it has to be pulled apart anyway.
Any recommendations?
Pedders seem trustworthy, their prices can be steep though. Nearly $200 for a 4wheel allignment (castor, camber, toe etc)

EDIT*
Just got priced up with:
- Whiteline lower front bushes
- Whiteline lower rear anti lift kit (bushes)
- 22mm front fixed sway bar
- Front sway bar end links

Can't wait to get this sorted

[jay.ritchie]

Need to get my wheels repainted.
Fronts are perfect, but the rears have been getting battered by stone chips. They chip WAY to easily.
Hopefully i can get a shop to match the colour so i only have to get the rears done, and just make sure they guarantee me they won't fuck up.

Any recommendations for shops around the eastern/ north eastern suburbs?

[ynot87]

Need to get my wheels repainted.
Fronts are perfect, but the rears have been getting battered by stone chips. They chip WAY to easily.
Hopefully i can get a shop to match the colour so i only have to get the rears done, and just make sure they guarantee me they won't fuck up.

Any recommendations for shops around the eastern/ north eastern suburbs?

I think cruisn has recommended http://www.newaywheelrepairs.com.au/ in heidelberg west before.

[jay.ritchie]

I think cruisn has recommended http://www.newaywheelrepairs.com.au/ in heidelberg west before.

Thats convenient, thanks!

[jay.ritchie]

Seeing as i'm out of cosmetic mods for the moment, and both front/rear bushes are getting replaced very shortly, i think i'm going to do the new S/S raptor headers, and get a custom exhaust done at the same time.

I love the car, handles great, looks sweet, so a little bit more power will top it off for a while.
Thinking of 2.5 mid pipe to a 2.25" Y pipe, with the hitech mufflers on the ends.
I've got a fair idea of the sound i want, nothing too loud, and no drone. It'll be up to the exhaust shop to help me get that right.
Hi-flow cats will probably be needed, and a new resonator i assume.

OR* Do i keep the stock mid and y pipe, but delete each cat on the left and right bank of the headers, and replace the 3rd cat at the 2 to 1 with a Hi flow...
I'm looking for more of a performance gain out of all this, so if simply replacing the stock piping is only going to change the noise, i won't bother.

[cruisn]

Needs something done to the brakes.....

[jay.ritchie]

Needs something done to the brakes.....

New front rotors eventually. Owen gave me his 2nd hand hawks ceramic pads not long ago .
I'll paint them eventually. Shitty job.

[jay.ritchie]

No exhaust expects on here?

I'll half answer my own question.
No point in replacing any of the 3 cats with high flow ones. Its been suggested before that you simply remove both front cats, and leave the 3rd where it is.
2.5" mid pipe with 2.25" Y with a fabricated 2 to 1 2.25" off the back of the headers into the centre.

It would be easier to get the xforce mid and Y, but only if its the right widths. If they don't reply to my email within 24hrs i'll cross them off the list.

[jay.ritchie]

Gopro experimenting...

[peadya100]

Cool photo Jay!
Id love to have a go pro... but the one or 2 photos id take with it wouldnt justify it haha

[HoFF]

Removing the cats on each bank will just be stupid. That's where your AFR sensors and O2 sensors are.

A high flow cat on each bank. Delete the 3rd cat. Custom join to replace that.

Mate it to the xforce centre and y pipe as it will fit up to any mufflers you choose.