Introduction
Hi all from Lovely South Africa.
Got myself a decent 09 100hp with 144k km on the clock. Coming from a 2016 vw up! Its a bit of a difference but i love it.
It has its problems which ill be addressing as time and importance allows...
So this is it, Grey or silver grey or carbon steal grey... not exactly sure of the colour name tbh
Cosmetically it could use a detail. To neaten up the paint. Full wheel refurb as all four are mildly buckled which you feel at 120+kph. Maybe a colour change maybe keep them silver.
Polish the headlights and in the future do a projector retrofit with a joey mod, making the front a tad more aggressive.
Interior wise it needs a good clean. And the driver seat could do with a pad refurbishment. There is a loose metal rod in the backrest which has claimed a bit of blood already. The windows rattle when they are completely dropped which is annoying. At least the aircon works.
Mechanically the breaks could do with a cleanup. Calipers are corroded as well as discs so when its time to have them looked at ill replace the discs all round. Camber was out when wheel alignment was done but Ive read they have that issue from factory. Would a camber kit change that?
I am having a random issue where the temperature gauge takes really long to register the actual temp and once it does It’ll drop again when at highway speeds. What could be the problem? I suspect temp taking long to reach normal is whats affecting the fuel consumption. I had done a 30km trip to work and id used 1/4tank [emoji58] i was not impressed. I mean i was prepared for consumption to be higher than the Up!’s but wow that was a shock.
The goal for the car is to get it running 100s and explore the sport mode more... which im not even sure is working properly [emoji28]
Got myself a decent 09 100hp with 144k km on the clock. Coming from a 2016 vw up! Its a bit of a difference but i love it.
It has its problems which ill be addressing as time and importance allows...
So this is it, Grey or silver grey or carbon steal grey... not exactly sure of the colour name tbh
Cosmetically it could use a detail. To neaten up the paint. Full wheel refurb as all four are mildly buckled which you feel at 120+kph. Maybe a colour change maybe keep them silver.
Polish the headlights and in the future do a projector retrofit with a joey mod, making the front a tad more aggressive.
Interior wise it needs a good clean. And the driver seat could do with a pad refurbishment. There is a loose metal rod in the backrest which has claimed a bit of blood already. The windows rattle when they are completely dropped which is annoying. At least the aircon works.
Mechanically the breaks could do with a cleanup. Calipers are corroded as well as discs so when its time to have them looked at ill replace the discs all round. Camber was out when wheel alignment was done but Ive read they have that issue from factory. Would a camber kit change that?
I am having a random issue where the temperature gauge takes really long to register the actual temp and once it does It’ll drop again when at highway speeds. What could be the problem? I suspect temp taking long to reach normal is whats affecting the fuel consumption. I had done a 30km trip to work and id used 1/4tank [emoji58] i was not impressed. I mean i was prepared for consumption to be higher than the Up!’s but wow that was a shock.
The goal for the car is to get it running 100s and explore the sport mode more... which im not even sure is working properly [emoji28]
