The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

[Magic Beans]

One for tomorrow. Along with the mountain of other kit which arrived

[craig]

Excellent job with the door cards mate! Look fantastic

Lol @ smiley face made out of hose

[Magic Beans]

Excellent job with the door cards mate! Look fantastic

Lol @ smiley face made out of hose

Cheers. Work doesn't have to be serious

Taking the day off tomorrow, to get these doors finished, headlights done, interior lights, hoses, wheels

[Magic Beans]

Busy day today, albeit still without some bits I'm waiting for (Royal Mail... )

Replaced a few of the tired old hoses, to now match the blue of the existing hoses.

[Magic Beans]

Time to tidy up the courtesy lights, ready for their new bulbs..


Old and dusty


Now shiny. Just needs the LEDs to arrive

[Draven]

That looks nice and clean.. Mine needs a lot of work to get as nice as this..

[Magic Beans]

Door cards mounted. No photos to the process, couldn't be bothered and it's not like people don't know

[Magic Beans]

Finally the new crystal clear headlights arrived, along with the bulbs

New headlight bulbs


Boxes, boxes full of lights


...Boxes full of boxes then


Crystal clear, just as the man said they would be


The bum end is not so clear


Stock headlights


Bit of a difference


Much cleaner. Looks "pretty" now to me


Let there be light

[Magic Beans]

Next up was more LED loveliness. This time the rear license plate light.

New LED cluster bulbs. I do like my LEDs


These have seen better days!


Scrub scrub scrub. Dry too of course


New skool vs old skool


Mmm clean and white LED light


Disco

[Magic Beans]

Broke out the RimWax (genius name! ). The TE37s have come up pretty good, for a first go

[Magic Beans]

That looks nice and clean.. Mine needs a lot of work to get as nice as this..

Get your pinny on and get cleaning then Although I've trade you my tired back for your less tired due to not cleaning back?

[Magic Beans]

The courtesy LED clusters finally arrived yesterday. So in the glorious sunshine I decided to get them fitted



Decided not to use the adapters


Fitted, with a wire tuck instead of loads of trailing wires


Done


Passenger's side


Done


Easy sauce

[Magic Beans]

Been a bit quiet in this thread for a while hasn't it

Work has been done, although no photos, as it's not that exciting.

- SSQV BOV out
- OEM BOV back in and recirculating.
- Air hoses all replaced with blue
- All cluster lights are now LEDs (indicators etc) - Much better
- Final amp and mounting board pulled from the Frunk
- Frunk cleaned out and wires tidied
- New seats collected

All of the above in preparation for today's trip to Santa Pod, for the inaugeral RWYB day. This is do have photos of, lots of them and videos......

Tomorrow though, now I have my adrenaline come-down and a wee drinky

[Magic Beans]

Good morning all

It's a new day, the sun's out, there's a fresh chill in the air and I'm slightly groggy. However it's time to round up yesterday's adventures

The day started with me feeling slightly dejected, due to a suspected user created boost problem. However some quick tampering luckily proved to have solved the problem so back at full power, as well as the wonders of no VTA BOV sound!

We arrived and after signing in and having a nervous energy toilet break I was ready to go.

In the queue for the first ever pass. It's complete sensory overload being sat there, full of nerves, excitement, anticipation. All while being surrounded by some serious equipment!


Got my number for the day


The first pass was a bust, at a 15.9. Poor start, spinning tyres, missed gears, nerves etc. However I was alive and eager for more, so back in the queue! Next up I ended up next to another tubby, what are the chances of that?! The only other 2 there too


My "Pit Crew" also took a video. Not the best start, however once it was going and sucking in all the air in the world it all went beautifully

http://s1072.photobucket.com/albums/w37 ... GA0341.mp4

I did a couple of passes in my friend's Skoda Superb estate, as he was interested to see how it performed. This things huge, had two people in, aircon on and The Fast and The Furious playing on the in-car DVD player. Sufficed to say we got some funny looks and probably the odd snigger. We went up next to some modded old van type thing, fully stripped and on slicks. I set the car into Drive (it's an auto), rolled up to the line, waited to the lights and then punched it. Off we went, car driving perfectly, took the lead and ultimately finished first. All while we're sat at a steady 20 degrees, with heated buttocks and a movie playing Utterly surreal! Next pass, AC off, Sport auto set and a 15.9 pass. Which is impressive for a 1600kg car, with stuff in the boot and a passenger!



I love this photo! Taken by my friend




One quick little Golf!


Time sheet for the day


Apparently I was filmed by a crafty little in-car camera on one of my runs. Excuse the "War Face", I'm really very friendly This was put together by a friend, who was on a passenger ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpsT0Zz ... e=youtu.be

We took a LOT of photos, but I'll spare you the effort of trawling past them all

In summary it was an amazing day! Something I've wanted to do for a long LONG time. This time back in September we were there watching the FIA drag finals. Just a few months on and The Mule is in our lives and i'm doing the thing I've been in awe of for so long. Started the day doing a 15.9 second pass, finished on a 13.4 second pass, so a healthy improvement. Left the place fully addicted and considering the upgrade path from here

If you've never done it, do it. Even if just one time!

Right, back to the upgrades. More to follow....

[Magic Beans]

Oh, looks like I missed one. Yes, I lost However in my defence it's not your average road car.

http://s1072.photobucket.com/albums/w37 ... GA0346.mp4

[Magic Beans]

SSQV removed and shortly up for sale





OEM recirculating BOV fitted and performing exactly as desired. There's still some noise but it's pleasant now. The car feels happier for it too



New cluster rings


Old cluster removed, again! Note the new speedo, as the old 160mph unit was broken and not correct for the car anyway


Disassembled


Rings glued on


Reassembled


Back in the car. It's been months since the cluster had the plastic cover over it in the car. I'm not sure if I like it?! Note the new LEDs behind the indicators


The same guy who supplied the rings is making me a bit of something custom for the engine bay and frunk

[GT-Thunder]

Nice progress mate, the lights look very good. Where do you source them from if you don't mind me asking? drop me a PM if you prefer.

Good imporvement on times, will be a while before I go on any drag strips as need to swap the engine first... sometimes I do think I should have bought a rev3 turbo as my base car instead of the anni..

Keep up the good work

[JayUK91]

Good effort at Pod mate

It's insanely addictive, you'll be back again before you know it!

[Magic Beans]

Nice progress mate, the lights look very good. Where do you source them from if you don't mind me asking? drop me a PM if you prefer.

Good imporvement on times, will be a while before I go on any drag strips as need to swap the engine first... sometimes I do think I should have bought a rev3 turbo as my base car instead of the anni..

Keep up the good work

Thanks

I bought these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400280975094? ... 1497.l2649 as they got some good reviews and ticked the boxes at the time. So far I'm really pleased with them.

I'd like to maybe arrange for a bit of an IMOC visit to The Pod at some point this season. I think it would be awesome to have a day dominated by our beloved 2's

[Magic Beans]

Good effort at Pod mate

It's insanely addictive, you'll be back again before you know it!

We're already planning the next visit and I'm watching the various videos over and over, to see where I'm doing it wrong

Maybe we'll get a group together for the future visits?