skoob
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Thought I'd best get a projecto thread up of my GTI6 that I purchased last month. Its a Phase 1 in Sigma Blue with 37k on the clock 
Its not mint by any means and the previous jobs carried out by the previous owner are some what dodgy to say the least (more on that later). But it has the solid foundations of a good car. Anyway I love it and now have a Phase 1 GTI6 in one of the best colours 
So here she is as I picked her up,
listed issue with her were
Bad points
Needs a new cat as its snapped just behind the cat ( have a second hand one that can come with the car)
Needs thermostat and fans sorting out as neither seem to work at the moment.
Need lower engine mount as the engine shakes ( replaced top one and turns out its lower one)
Slightly squeaky brakes
Actual issues on top of that were:
Front tyres were different size to the rears and the spare was fitted due to a puntcure on the front, made for interesting handling with 195/55 on 1 side and 195/50 on other
Drivers regulator was knackered
Radiator was knackered
Replaced bottom engine mount with powerflex as has 1 already and easy to fit. Ordered a hoffman sports cat and gpt a oem exhaust to replace the powerflow as was too loud even with the cat replaced
Fitted new nissens rad, fan switch and thermostat. Didn't go smoothly though, had to purchase a different bottom hose and a new thermostat housing as mine snapped on removal, all good though as fan works
I'd been told that brake were recently replaced and the car seemed to stop ok, so thought i'd be fine leaving them for a while, that was until I went to get a pair of new front tyres. Check out the flexi on the drivers side
Got home and whipped off the braided hoses I had on my dturbo and fitted them, while i had the wheels off I set about fitting the rest of the polybushes I had on the Dturbo such as wishbone bushes, P bushes, bump stops and tensioners. Car drives really well now
(crusty underside shot is my dturbo btw)
So current spec is
Xsara Mist Jets
Powerflex bush kit fitted
Hoffmans Sports Cat
K&N Panel Filter
Braided Brake Hoses
Nissens Rad
Sony Headunit with stalk control (awesome
)Cheapy Alpine Components as stock speaks were fubared
How she looks after a quick wash and rinse
Future Plans
Proper cleanup
Decent rear tyres replace nankang "pro sports"
Vibra tecnhnics fast road top and gearbox engine mounts
30mm Eibachs springs fitted to my Spax PSX shocks
Rear loweres 30mm with 21mm torsion bars
Pugracing exhaust
Pugracing gear linkage rods
Enjoy
Posted 9th Sep 2013 at 19:49
Which resulted in the purchase of new hard lines for the traling arms as the old unions were bending the brake lines as wouldn't turn. 
New handbrake cables but I already had these for ages, just never got round to fitting to my d turbo 
Project thread 
very nice job there 
