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    Quote Originally Posted by Harvey View Post
    Hi just to say 1 bar is 14 psi, I thought most gauges we're in psi. As 2 bar (28 psi)max that is a lot of boost.
    What boost is standard on your motor?.
    I'm not sure mate, but it's not showing 2 bar, but 0.2 bar. It's definitely boosting more than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    I'm not sure mate, but it's not showing 2 bar, but 0.2 bar. It's definitely boosting more than that.
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    Steve, if you bring the saffy tomorrow, I'll have a play, I've got loads of pipe and cable ties (atacama ones too).
    I'll get it sorted for ya.
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    Quote Originally Posted by M-R-P View Post
    Steve, if you bring the saffy tomorrow, I'll have a play, I've got loads of pipe and cable ties (atacama ones too).
    I'll get it sorted for ya.
    Thanks mate, I'll bring it along.

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    if your looking for some good pipe then go to the scrappy and find a mk2/3 golf they have air actuated central lockin and look under the carpet there loads of thin bendy plastic pipe goin from the boot to each door. ihad the same problem with the boost guage in my 480 and it was the hose calapsing under vacuum when it got hot.

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    All u need is the right hose and do a propper job,fitted 2 so far no probs at all.Come to esse meet Stribo I`ll do for u.

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    I never did an update on my boost gauge problem, it turns out there was a hole in the hose coming from the recirc valve, so once replaced by MRP it was all good.

    Right to today, thanks to a tip off from Iancho, I bagged myself some projector headlights off Ebay last week, and set about fitting them today.
    So off with old:


    A comparison between the two:


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    Very happy with them, and as a bonus they've been converted to HID. They came with LEDs in the sidelights, but they were the cheap Ebay ones that MRP's had problems with, and didn't work, so I've put normal bulbs in for now, but will be getting some better LEDs for them, and I've got some chrome indicator bulbs coming.

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    Very nice Steve, makes the car look a lot newer, can I ask if your happy with the HID's ? What temperature are the bulbs ?
    Now PLEASE sort out that dirty, nasty number plate !


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    What bulbs are you using? I recommend getting some LED side lights - to make the colour match you dipped beam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V70 Graham View Post
    Very nice Steve, makes the car look a lot newer, can I ask if your happy with the HID's ? What temperature are the bulbs ?
    Now PLEASE sort out that dirty, nasty number plate !
    I haven't tried the HIDs in the dark yet so don't know what they're like. They're a bit blue, so I'm guessing 6000K. The number plate will be done soon. Oh and my headlights height adjust electrically

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    What bulbs are you using? I recommend getting some LED side lights - to make the colour match you dipped beam.
    The sidelight bulbs I have put in for the moment are nicked out of the door marker lights, I'll be getting some LEDs when I can find some blueish ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    I haven't tried the HIDs in the dark yet so don't know what they're like. They're a bit blue, so I'm guessing 6000K. The number plate will be done soon. Oh and my headlights height adjust electrically
    How do yours adjust, did you swap the motors over ?


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    Nope, had motors on them.

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    (In Boris voice) Very Nice!
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    Good job there Steve, I have some blue - ish LED sidelights going spare of you want them?
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    nice mate, i think the yellowish sidelights look better as they match the cars paint


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    Quote Originally Posted by M-R-P View Post
    Good job there Steve, I have some blue - ish LED sidelights going spare of you want them?
    Thanks mate, Graham has some he's going to let me have.

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    Are these light just down to finding a set going on the flea bay? i guess unless they are jap, aus or uk they will be the wrong ones?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett855tdi View Post
    Are these light just down to finding a set going on the flea bay? i guess unless they are jap, aus or uk they will be the wrong ones?
    You can get them from PFV


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