Daily Driven 1.8T Build

[cmdshft]

Retros look good.

Yeah, Mike at VXT knocked them out of the park. No complaints.

Not really feeling the color of the wheels.

I love them but I am kinda tired of them as well. They need to be refinished, mounting new tires and getting a flat has messed them up a bit.

Also Should shave your sidemarkers/have the rub strip painted while your getting all the other stuff done

I am not touching the bumper because my plan is to eventually swap to an R32 bumper.

[slurms mckenzie]

Retros look good.
Not really feeling the color of the wheels.
Also Should shave your sidemarkers/have the rub strip painted while your getting all the other stuff done

[white out]

Wow. That's a wonderful surprise.

[cmdshft]

Welp, the 550cc injectors are working a treat, the car now fires up every time without issue.

Here are two pictures of one of the new injectors installed. No need for spacers, they fit perfectly and they come with EV1 to EV14 adapters.





However, the night when I got reflashed... I went to go test drive the car... and I couldn't get into gear. I had the car towed to a friend's shop and found this...



A used 6-puck went in the other day with the reinforced fork and it's working great. Gonna take some getting used to as it's a very quick engagement clutch.

[kenneally_mark1]

If I can suggest getting a short shifter, it makes a really good job out of them.

[Celestine]

it was good read though looking for ward to see more of it

[cmdshft]

So I was hoping that my timing chain tensioner was the fix to my weird startup issues but... it wasn't. Since I wasn't getting any codes now with the start-stalls (and I know it's not the immo because it's been defeated in the ECU), the only logical thing I could think of was a lack of fuel pressure.

I had installed the DW65v from 2 years ago and I figured it's possible either the OE surge tank opened up or the pump was failing. It as sporadic; would do it only sometimes and was not able to be replicated. I figured if it was anything else, i'd likely be able to replicate it and/or have a code.

I ordered a replacement DW65v and someone on the BATMK4S facebook page said that the pumps supported E85 now. I remember that when I bought my DW65v, it actually did not support E85.

The new pump came and to my surprise, the numbers on the pump were different, as was the part number on the box.

Old pump to the left, new to the right.



Installing the pump was easy.

What wasn't easy was attempting to replace the fuel filter. The "OUT" port of the filter had rusted and gotten stuck inside the plastic fuel line connector and no matter how hard I tried, I was unable to disconnect it. I had to resort to cutting the port off the filter and prying out the rest of the port from the connector also ripped out the o-ring and the plastic inside.

Needless to say, I needed to improvise. So I went to Napa near me and picked up 10 feet of 5/16" fuel hose and removed the OEM stuff. I ran the new line from the fuel rail down along the inner-outside of the frame rail with some t-clamps and connected the other end to the filter with a hose clamp. It runs but I can't beat on the car because the hose is only rated for 50psi max. I ordered a Gates 5/16" 255psi fuel hose off of Amazon to install in a few days. Hopefully my rough starting issue is resolved. I'll be keeping an obvious eye on it for the next week. I'll consider if fixed if it doesn't act up again in that time.

[Nagah]

I just read your whole thread. Please continue, was a pleasant read.

[cmdshft]

Yeah man.. and on top of that, my cam chain tensioner bought the farm so I had to fix that. Wasn’t actually that terrible of a job to do. Just time consuming due to triple checking timing again.

[SebastienPeek]

Sucks about the accident, legit that you already gonna fix it and upgrade to GLi side skirts!

[cmdshft]

Car was hit 2 weeks ago while it was parked overnight. Found a shop willing to install a door and fender with paint for pretty cheap. Also picking up GLI skirts for the car which will also need to be painted. Hopefully by the end of the month it will be fixed.



Steering rack blew up on me as well. Took the opportunity to repair it as well as install my raised subframe and R32 suspension parts. Got the car to go to the ground, finally.

[bev0]

Love this mate!

[cmdshft]

Contacted Mike at VX Tuning and told him I was having issues with the main beam LEDs flickering with just the demon eyes on and that only one of the demon eyes would shut off when turning the main beams on fully.

He suggested that it was an issue due to the new "kill wire" that Morimoto introduced in the Profile Prism driver and suggested that I disconnect that wire and see what happens. That wire is the black wire in the photo with the purple/blue connector. Disconnecting it did indeed resolve the LED flicker issue but now, as is the norm with 99% of all other demon eye kits, the eyes stay on when the main beam goes on. I actually don't mind this so this is a non-issue.



Today my friend at Eurocustoms remote tuned my ECU with an updated file that supports overrun (aka the exhaust pops and crackles you get on deceleration). Very cool thing, I must say.



I also managed to finally solve my air tank leak for the suspension. New compressor head and a new check valve and it's good as new.

[O2car]

Nice Build, the VXT light are very nicely,

I subscribe on your thread

[cmdshft]

Hey guys. Sorry, been MIA, not much has really gone on with the GTI since I did the ColorMFA install. I have some updates now.

I picked up some R32 LCAs and spindles with new bushings and 5spd hubs+wheel bearings. Nothing too fancy.

Ordered and picked up a 1" sectioned subframe to go with it. None of these parts have been installed and with the need to adult lately, they likely wont go in for a while until I can find time to do it.









I also recently had to do a timing belt and water pump job. I went with the IE manual tensioner setup and it's amazing. I got sent the black bracket, though. I needed the work done so I didn't fuss about it not being red lol.



I've also been chasing an air leak from the air tank in the car, I sprayed everything down at first and couldn't find the leak. I had heard about AirLift's tanks not being the best because of all the welds they have so I replaced it with a Seamless brand air tank. It's a really beautiful tank and I am glad that I got it.





However, this did not solve my air tank pressure dropping. I replaced the water trap with one from SMC. Still nadda. I had replaced the Viair check valve with an SMC one as well, apparently either I got a bad valve or the compressor is gumming it up somehow and causing it to stick open, because I can hear air through the compressor inlet. So I am waiting on a new check valve and a new leader line from AirLift under warranty.

In the meantime, I also just received my custom headlights from VX Tuning in Texas. Mike was very helpful in explaining all the stuff available. I picked up a sweet set of full LED retrofits with demon eyes and glass lenses. They are cool as fuuuuuuuuuuck.















Old lens on right, new VXT light on the left. I love how they look.

A post shared by cmdshft (@cmdshft) on Jul 26, 2018 at 6:57pm PDT

Here is an output test. Fogs, main beam and high beams in that order.

A post shared by cmdshft (@cmdshft) on Jul 26, 2018 at 6:33pm PDT

Here's some quick shots I took today.