FTO AUSTRALIA

Supplanter wrote:LEDed ALL the things! And in the process managed to join the Cracked Centre Console Club

Welcome to the club .

went down to dwaynes

picked up and installed;
new front strut brace
immaculate condition stock rims
light up kick plates
clear side idicators

attempted to reinstall my cat, failed, used an old temp sensor to fill the hole in the cat. sh*t sound gone!
installed my rear strut brace
replaced centre console and head unit, with RCA cables ready for amp installation
replaced boot light with white LED strip, so much better
cleaned the congregation of sh*t out of it
changed the oil

now just need to do my MAF and the car should be back to normal

kiz wrote:

Supplanter wrote:LEDed ALL the things! And in the process managed to join the Cracked Centre Console Club

Welcome to the club .

*cracks tin...console.*

broke my ratchet. fml

Took of the front bar

Tidied up (ziptied & mounted) cabling behind front bar

Mounted 2x horns in the stock spots & wired them in

Sprayed the condensor fresh blaaaaack

Tidied up some rust spots and sprayed them

Christmas tree clipped an air dam in as I didn't have one

Found the mysterious rattle (condensor wasn't sitting properly or tight)

Sikaflexed my clear facelift indicators in, just waiting for them to dry before I put the bar back on.

Will post pics tonight

Mazda 121:

Sikaflexed the strip that had fallen off on the side back up.

Oh and broke my power steering pipe cos I was trying to straighten it out LOLOL

Changed my brake pads over, then painted calipers.

Installed Cusco strut brace.

Pic of indicator fitment

Looks great

Wirewheeled, sanded and prepped/painted my front rheo as it had rust spots. Came up pretty tidy.

Used some real high quality primer was so good.

Oh and you can see the tabs I put onto the front bar and the facelift indicator fitment. The indicators sit solidly and don't move.

changed fuel filter what a bitch they are to do

Removed leaking power steering pipes in order for dwaynes to go in, oh my what a mess

Took drivers side wiper off and put the passenger one up in the middle cos race car.

Does anyone know what colour wires to splice my front indicators into on a prefacelift?

My multimeter broke

use a lightbulb to find out
I can't remember which ones I used...

finally got the gearbox out of the golf im wrecking right now and wow.... an 11 on the Bennoz - you f**king c**t meter!
ended up having to completely take the engine/box out of the bay and work on it seperately (even though there was nothing wrong with how it was sitting) and even still it was a c**t to get off. Will never work on another golf again - a warning for those who might get one at some stage (i wont even start on the specialty tools)

Taz wrote:finally got the gearbox out of the golf im wrecking right now and wow.... an 11 on the Bennoz - you f**king c**t meter!
ended up having to completely take the engine/box out of the bay and work on it seperately (even though there was nothing wrong with how it was sitting) and even still it was a c**t to get off. Will never work on another golf again - a warning for those who might get one at some stage (i wont even start on the specialty tools)

German.

Daniel2019 wrote:

Taz wrote:finally got the gearbox out of the golf im wrecking right now and wow.... an 11 on the Bennoz - you f**king c**t meter!
ended up having to completely take the engine/box out of the bay and work on it seperately (even though there was nothing wrong with how it was sitting) and even still it was a c**t to get off. Will never work on another golf again - a warning for those who might get one at some stage (i wont even start on the specialty tools)

German.

Nuff said

Well, after a full day, got one of the silver FTO's pretty much ready to go. Fixed the following:

- Fixed central locking (buggered solenoid)
- Fixed window guides
- Replace drivers seat
- Replaced passengers seat buckle
- Removed glue out of roof
- Fixed stuck key in ignition (adjusted shifter)
- replaced centre console
- swapped out wheels for stockies
- cleaned interior
- replaced various clips and bits and pieces that were missing.

Must admit, its come up really nice. Better than average on the inside and pretty good on the outside as well. Aircon gets regassed on Friday and then itll be officially for sale (4K).

That is a super bargain price for anyone looking for their first FTO.

Yep, its worth more than that and I could probably easily get more, but im not greedy. At that price I dont lose out and the buyer should be wrapped.