aBhardwaj1990's daily, Laura the Bora.....Runner up at Inters, pics on page 62

suj

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Jordan you literally learn to drive like that, change routes, know where the pot holes / dips in the road are etc ;)

Good work on the brakes Arunjeet Singh
 

abhardwaj1990

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Lmfao! I hope so, that horrid scraping noise is becoming more common than the sound of 3000rpm..

haha you're doing it wrong

Looks good with the new brakes!

And big respect for driving it that low through the winter!

Cheers broski :)

New brakes look epic!

Tidy lows :) running like a real man ;-)

Cheers dude. More lows to come yet haha :love:


Been getting on with the wheels. Individually polishing the split bolts ftw :blink:

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Coming together slowly :love:

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suj

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Hated polishing my bolts, so went to uncles factory, put them in the "tumbler" with some bead medium....JOB DONE lol :D
 

p-twirler

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Gorgeous bora mate..its a credit to you!
are your caliper carriers on the front the type that are welded to the hub instead of the bolt on ones?
if so how did you make the larger calipers and disks fit..would love to do the same myself on my tdi leon.
 

abhardwaj1990

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Hated polishing my bolts, so went to uncles factory, put them in the "tumbler" with some bead medium....JOB DONE lol :D

I wanted to do that but don't know who would have one of them :(

Gorgeous bora mate..its a credit to you!
are your caliper carriers on the front the type that are welded to the hub instead of the bolt on ones?
if so how did you make the larger calipers and disks fit..would love to do the same myself on my tdi leon.

Thanks dude!
No they're bolt on carriers fella, my old hubs were the welded type, they won't take bigger brakes. You have to upgrade the hubs as well, i upgraded mine to golf GTI hubs, the bearing were fooked in my other hubs so needed to change them lol
 

abhardwaj1990

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If I knew, would of tried to sort you out, they got rid of theirs, but he knows a few people with them.

But yours look mint :love:

:( Oh well, done 10 so far, another 50 to go haha :(

as always arun, top work and looking fantastic!;)

:love:



Got some magnets today because I'm a ***** for them. Took my plate surrounds off, not a fan of them anymore lol

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The other reasons for magnets was show plates, makes it easier to switch at shows, and ofcourse, everyday to pee off the security guards/parking attendants at uni :love:
 

abhardwaj1990

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Well done on the progress mate, they look top! Miss you, haven't spoken in a while :love:

:love: xx

Red'd up my spare rear lights today

Started with:
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Sanded down
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Coated the clear and orange bits a couple of times then whole light. Let to bake
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Clear coated
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Then flat and polished
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Really happy with how they've turned out, all in an evenings work [B)]
 

abhardwaj1990

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Beautiful mate! I'd like to do that with some Ibiza lights. Would it be possible? If not with the smoked ones, the unsmoked / coloured ones...

Thanks man :love:
Maybe, but obviously them bits would come out darker than the rest of the light, won't have the same affect.. Coud be worth buying some spare lights cheap (as I did) and giving it a go :)

what grade of paper are you using when doing the body panels ive got to spray a wing mirror cover on my gfs car?

I use 1200/1500 to flat down the lacquer then work up to 2000-2500...then heavy cut compound with a heavy cutting pad, then finished with a polish and finishing pad :)

I'd start with 2000 and spend a bit longer wet sanding if you feel less confident :)
 
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