brat_burner
Autocross Champion
I figured I would join the club and start one of these. I got into this car from a 2019 Accord sport. I looked at many options over a few months and wound up with the GTI. I have owned A LOT of cars before, and I don't have a good track record for keeping them long. I'm going to try and keep this one a while, and I figure I could always pick up something else if I really wanted to. 2013 2D Autobahn DSG 31,450 miles
I got it home along with the original Serron wheels. I had the wheels rebalanced and bolted on the car next day. The tires were the original Pirelli from 2012 and were notably dry and hard. Found a set of 4 brand new Michelin Primacy MXM4 on ebay for $340 so I got those put on about a week later.
November 2019
-New tires(sold other wheels for $400 to recoup cost)
-Full detail, gtechniq decontamination, clay bar and dawn wash, mostly 2 step polish using PC 7424 and menzerna SI1500 and SF compounds, coated with Kamikaze ISM on paint, black trim, and tail lamps
-Maintenance- oe cabin filter, NGK BKR7EIX, rear wiper blade and fresh cap, checked air filter and looked brand new
-Turned front rotors due to slight shimmy when braking, OE pads still at probably 70%, cleaned calipers(one had silver overspray from a wheel repair)
-Mudflap delete before detail, also deleted door edge guards that were 3m taped
-Purchased a set of mounts, passenger motor mount is collapsed all the way
-Cleaned/conditioned seats with Meguiars
-New passenger a/c vent from Ali
December 2019
-Klii candy white rear underlay
-New windshield and moldings, corrected a-pillar installation and fresh vw clips(12.18.19)
-Seafoam top end cleaning
January 2020
-Carbon Fiber mirror caps
-red top Delphi coils
March 2020
-new fuel filter
August 2020
-suede headliner
-home made rear seat delete
I got it home along with the original Serron wheels. I had the wheels rebalanced and bolted on the car next day. The tires were the original Pirelli from 2012 and were notably dry and hard. Found a set of 4 brand new Michelin Primacy MXM4 on ebay for $340 so I got those put on about a week later.
November 2019
-New tires(sold other wheels for $400 to recoup cost)
-Full detail, gtechniq decontamination, clay bar and dawn wash, mostly 2 step polish using PC 7424 and menzerna SI1500 and SF compounds, coated with Kamikaze ISM on paint, black trim, and tail lamps
-Maintenance- oe cabin filter, NGK BKR7EIX, rear wiper blade and fresh cap, checked air filter and looked brand new
-Turned front rotors due to slight shimmy when braking, OE pads still at probably 70%, cleaned calipers(one had silver overspray from a wheel repair)
-Mudflap delete before detail, also deleted door edge guards that were 3m taped
-Purchased a set of mounts, passenger motor mount is collapsed all the way
-Cleaned/conditioned seats with Meguiars
-New passenger a/c vent from Ali
December 2019
-Klii candy white rear underlay
-New windshield and moldings, corrected a-pillar installation and fresh vw clips(12.18.19)
-Seafoam top end cleaning
January 2020
-Carbon Fiber mirror caps
-red top Delphi coils
March 2020
-new fuel filter
August 2020
-suede headliner
-home made rear seat delete
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