Dose's Sometimes DIY and Pay Someone Home & Boat Improvement Thread

[No Crust Racing]

Agreed, normally I prefer to take a little off... 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

2 hours ago, ActionDan said:

Also what rice body kit bits can we add to the missus Tiguan to make it look less mum spec? 

Maxton Designs do small lips and stuff that might suit your aesthetic needs.

Not sure if you got the PFL or FL MK2, just have a look here:

https://www.ausbodyworks.com.au/collections/tiguan

 

[soviet_merlin]

Oh wow, these actually look quite nice. Might be a bit too subtle and still look mum spec though in my opinion.

What about wheels? I saw a Golf wagon the other day with some fancy rotiforms on it. Very unexpected and it looked great as they transformed the look of the whole car. Though depending on how the car is driven it may result in anguish having them murdered on curbs.

[R3N3]

You should just get a Tiguan R instead of a BMW... 1 car for everything..

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Lol so have 2x SUVs at home?

I doubt the Tiguan R would perform well at SMSP 😂

[No Crust Racing]

Aight cheers, she ended up going the adventure all space like she wanted, but won't change wheels because 17s + glorious sidewall = comfort. 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

The 20s ride ok, just not with the Continental Contact Sport 5 it comes with. I've replaced them with Pirelli Scorpion Verde and it rides much better, albeit lost cornering grip and straight line traction.

I can blaze the front tyre(s) when I mash the pedal before the Haldex kicks in.

[No Crust Racing]

17s for country life Bro, no ragratttttts

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

2 minutes ago, ActionDan said:

17s for country life Bro, no ragratttttts

 

Won't gutter the wheels as easily too 

[admS15]

On 13/09/2023 at 8:17 AM, Duncan said:

I can't see how sticking stuff onto a VAG would make it look better

Shaving them is the best option..

[The Bogan]

5 hours ago, admS15 said:

Shaving them is the best option..

Waxing is less scratchy 

[MBS206]

7 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Won't gutter the wheels as easily too 

The country doesn't have gutters. Just huge ditches on the side of the road... 😛

[No Crust Racing]

7 hours ago, MBS206 said:

The country doesn't have gutters. Just huge ditches on the side of the road... 😛

I went to a CFA call out, during that wet AF winter, thought I'll put my car off the side of the road to clear the way, woops, too far, dropped in up to the sill on the passenger side immediately, did call out, had a few goes at getting it out (had just switched back to road tyres, no good lol).

Chucked my rear hitch receiver onto the DELP guys car and used my winch to pull the noise back out onto the road lol

Scratched my rims too

So yeah, I love those ditches!

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Sound deadening some more, repaired the OEM mat between the rear seat and boot, covered its mum in sound deadening too.

New Maxi Cosi Titan Pro seat in too, got it for $299 on sale with 2% cash back via Cash Rewards. Brings it down to $293!

[No Crust Racing]

Man, R33 interior is iconic to me, mad memories. 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

They did ok, when compared to Toyota. Ever seen a Chaser? 

Btw.. my sound deadening efforts was worth it. Cabin noise has dropped, once I do the front doors and the roof lining it's going to be 0.01% less shit overall.

[No Crust Racing]

Always seems like a big project but everyone I've seen do it, even in newer cars, always says it's awesome. 

[MBS206]

1 hour ago, ActionDan said:

Man, R33 interior is iconic to me, mad memories. 

The rear floor mats.

Even to this day I reckon are wickedly awesome!

 

Some days I wish I still had some of that stuff for mine rather than stripped out to be used for track work only. At the time though, someone needed a way to make it less street able so I would keep my license / not die.

[The Bogan]

40 minutes ago, MBS206 said:

The rear floor mats.

Even to this day I reckon are wickedly awesome!

 

Some days I wish I still had some of that stuff for mine rather than stripped out to be used for track work only. At the time though, someone needed a way to make it less street able so I would keep my license / not die.

The Yaris has the floor mats from my 86

They are the best part of the interior LOL

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

No more mods, car is done, etc.

So turns out my tiny AF lift pump is still moving enough fuel to pressurise my surge tank and even the fuel rail when both surge pumps are off. I'm getting about 0.55bar of fuel pressure at the rail with the surge pumps off and only the lift pump running.

This means that the OEM venturi/siphon is causing a massive restriction, enough to build that pressure. I've been told it's not too much to be worried about, however the inner efficient Asian that I am says no!

Pressurisation of the surge tank & running the lift pump harder does three things:

• degrades the surge pumps quicker
• more load on the electrical system as the surge works harder
• by product of the above, more heat is generated
• (possibly point 4) more heat generated means all 3x pumps swim in a warmer fuel soup and degrade faster

So yeah, at some stage I will need to remove that stupid fuel tank lid/hat/cover whatever the fk you want to call it and pop off the OEM venturi/siphon and pop this one on - pretty straight forward really, just massive CBF as I will smell like shit and inhale heaps of petrol in the process.