Ultimate Dubs 2010 Pictures and Review
Well I’ve been going to Ultimate Dubs since it started, I’ve been every year and had a car on a club stand or in the show and shine every year. I even won best MK5 Golf in 2007. But this year wasn’t to be, we submitted photos of Marks Passat but they were pictures before it got the leather interior and Carlsson alloys but it wasn’t deemed good enough?
Anyway it was good to catch up with the usual suspects and meet an make some new friends. We also got to catch Dav of PureKLAS and meet his brother both top guys! The atmospher was spot on nice and relaxing social evening saturday night catching up and talking dubs, ideas and plans! Also just before leaving finally put a face to the queen of Twitter Veedubhev 
promice i’ll put more shots of work in progress on the Polo.
Right the cars at the show. The cars were impressive as in previous years the ones that stood out for me were Greg Howell’s MK1 Golf with a MK4 TDI engine the finish looked factory. G Werks MK4 looked spot on on the rotiform wheels, Had a chat with Lomax about his MK5 now riding on air and in a US spec it look the business as usual. Team Wackeldackel’s cars were also rocking it for me!
Anyway here’s my pics sorry for the first few flash was crap in the halls see what you think of the cars there for yourself!
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Passat gets new wheels
We spent this Saturday at our local tyre fitter swapping the tyres on my Golf onto the E Class Mercedes rims I brought and fitting a set of tyres to the Carlsson alloys Pureklas polished for us and trying them on the Passat.
It was touch and go when the Passat was on the jack it looked as though there was no way the Passat would drop to the floor. So after fitting front and rear wheels on the drivers side we test lowered the rear with a magazine between the wheel and the arch to try and stop any damage if it was to close. We dropped it down and with luck on our side the camber pulled the rim under the arch!
We did the same with the front and off side wheels which all tucked nicely. And the result?
See for yourself…
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Carlsson w220′s are back from PureKLAS
Sent the Mercedes Carlsson W220′s I brought in November off to Dav at PureKLAS to be polished. We weren’t sure what we were going to do with them but Mark’s decided he wants to try them on Passat.
The only thing we are worried about is how the rear wheels will sit with the air-ride as they are half an inch wider than Marks current wheels at 8.5″. But they are smaller being 18″ rather than 19″. The ET is slightly lower on these as well being ET35.
Anyway I’ll get some pictures up when we trial fit them the weekend and there going to have a nice bit of stretched rubber on them so if they do poke a bit at the back they will look sweet.
Sorry for the pore quality picture that’s mobile phones and garage strip lighting for you lol.
Read More »Snow snow go away
Ok it was great to have a white Christmas and some time with the family but it does mean the Polo is on hold at the moment. All were able to do is continue to source parts and plan what we want to do.
We have managed to find a welder so we just need him to come and look at the Polo and give us a cost for the work needed. I’ve also got a source in Germany who’s supplying us with new widow rubbers all round with the chrome inserts and a front and rear chrome bumper.
On another note I’m also trying to make time to recondition the MK5 Golf R32 brakes I’ve acquired I’m going to take them back to the metal then I’m going to decide if I want to keep the silver which will be difficult to keep clean. Or spray them with textured black paint I’ve brought from Frost.
The Polo’s alloys and a set of Carlssons we’ve brought are now with Dav at PureKLAS so really looking forward to how they come back. When they do come back Dav’s taking my 19″ Audi A6 BBS split rims of for a refurb as well.
So all I want now is the snow to melt and the weather to warm up a bit!
Read More »Open Heart Surgery on the Polo
Sorry for the delay in updating the blog just been so busy!
Anyway last Saturday was the big day for the engine coming out. After spending an hour rebuilding the front of the Passat, Mark had installed new headlights and it was a bigger job than it looked. Then we got the engine hoist delivered and moved on to the Polo.
It took us about an hour and a half to disconect all the pipeing and linkages to the engine but once this was done and the manifold was dropped out the bottom of the car, the engine lifted out with ease. Now thats in storage ready to be stripped cleaned painted and polished ready to go back in once the cars been repainted.
Now we can start cutting sanding and smoothing the engine bay. So were on the final push on the prep work we recon its going to be mid January that the polo can have the weilding done.
On the plus side Dav at PureKLAS is taking the Polo’s allys away to be stripped and polished cant wait to see them finished!
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