My 850 T5 project

**barrysc** · Monday 28th May 2012, 22:23

Hi All,

Just realised i hadnt posted for a while. I havent actuallly got a lot of work done as of yet but its getting there slowly.

here are some more pictures of parts i have bought and some of the work i have done so far:

I will get this repainted before putting it on the car.

I would have got front coilovers on except i found some partly worn parts..... more £££ lol.

**t5 pete** · Monday 28th May 2012, 22:32

Wow first time ive seen this thread some great work done

**barrysc** · Monday 4th June 2012, 22:13

just got a quick picture of the head, will post more soon with more pictures.

**barrysc** · Sunday 24th March 2013, 19:21

Hi all,

Its been a while since i have updated my thread so finally got the time to do so. Here are some picture of some of the work done so far.

will have more updates shortly.

Barry

**jotter22** · Sunday 24th March 2013, 20:57

Wow nice work wish it had more pages got right in to it

Tony.

**Wobbly Dave** · Sunday 24th March 2013, 21:46

Reminds me of my own!

**Theador** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 12:32

Did you use eibach springs?

**barrysc** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 20:09

Originally Posted by Theador

Did you use eibach springs?

Hi, I originally had kilen lowering springs before my build, but I've now got Gaz gold coilovers.

Cheers

Barry

**Theador** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 20:26

oooh nice! I assume they're awesome? Maybe I should just go for coil-overs...

Are they bumpy?

**barrysc** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 21:12

Originally Posted by Theador

oooh nice! I assume they're awesome? Maybe I should just go for coil-overs...

Are they bumpy?

They are fully adjustable, they are not too bumpy but it doesn't bother me if it is as they made the handling so much better.

**Theador** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 21:32

Yeah think I'll stick with a bit of bounce, The Eibachs are OK, Next Mod is going to be a Gripper Diff I think. Car's got too much power now for the standard M56 box.

Anyway, I've just realised this is not my thread, and I've totally hijacked it!! Sorry, very rude.

Nice work on your motor Barry, look forward to the next update.

**barrysc** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 22:49

Hi all,

Been a while since I've updated the project, the car has now been complete for around a year! Here are some pics of the rest of the project.

Really pleased with all the mods I've done wouldn't change any of them! Done quite a few miles with it now.

Cheers

Barry

**barrysc** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 22:54

Here's some pictures of my annual trip around Europe (Reims/Luxembourg/Nurburgring

**barrysc** · Thursday 12th February 2015, 22:57

**mitchyboy01** · Friday 13th February 2015, 04:32

Looks gorgeous Barry! Looks like you're having fun using it for what you built it for. No point in modding it to the hilt if your not going to use it (and thrash it round the track

).

How's Marks T4 going? I remember reading his original build thread a few years back.

Also where did you get those bucket seats from? My T4 is stripped out and I'm considering fitting some myself.

**stribo** · Friday 13th February 2015, 07:58

Good work, I've got a do88 and rad too, really nice kit. Love the photos, car looks great in action.

**kmb** · Friday 13th February 2015, 08:11

This car looks absolutely fantastic.

Living half in Lyon and half in UK, I often pass through Reims on the auto-route, what is there to see (wasn't sure which photos were from there)?

**barrysc** · Friday 13th February 2015, 09:01

Originally Posted by kmb

This car looks absolutely fantastic.

Living half in Lyon and half in UK, I often pass through Reims on the auto-route, what is there to see (wasn't sure which photos were from there)?

Thanks, It has got the old grandstand, pit lane and tower on the start finish straight. Although you can still drive most of the old circuit, which is all public road now.

**barrysc** · Friday 13th February 2015, 09:11

Originally Posted by mitchyboy01

Looks gorgeous Barry! Looks like you're having fun using it for what you built it for. No point in modding it to the hilt if your not going to use it (and thrash it round the track

).

How's Marks T4 going? I remember reading his original build thread a few years back.

Also where did you get those bucket seats from? My T4 is stripped out and I'm considering fitting some myself.

Cheers. It took long enough haha! I got these seat off ebay but I'm sure you can still get these from corbeau directly. They are still situated it Hastings which is only 40 minutes down the road from me. Marks car is still going very well! He took it to the same yearly trip I can't remember how many times he has taken it to the ring now.

**kmb** · Friday 13th February 2015, 09:16

Originally Posted by barrysc

Thanks, It has got the old grandstand, pit lane and tower on the start finish straight. Although you can still drive most of the old circuit, which is all public road now.

Thanks, that will be my next lunch stop when UK bound (it's a good half way point)!

It won't look so good with a boring A4 TDi in front though