Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
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Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Been here a while, but still not got round to posting any photos, so thought i'd start a thread in here, not that there is going to be loads going on with my ride, but thought some peeps might be interested
Anywho, here's what i started off with, a standard Candy White 2.0 TSI, not much on the option list other than Bluetooth, but i got it a bargain price (or so i thought, but more on that later on), i had been looking for a car with either leather, parking sensors or Xenons, and ideally a post 2010 car with revised engine/interior/ MFD/Steering wheel etc, but then this little beauty came along with non of the options i was after, but pretty low mileage (55K), and its a 2009 car, but with the updated MFD and Steering Wheel, for about £2k less than anything i could find post 2010 with options
Here are a few photos after giving it a damn good clean
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
It was pretty loppy when i got it, tar spots all over, so a full claybar, machine polish, seal & wax was in order, and she was looking much better already
Plans wise, i was only really looking at lowering, possibly an exhaust or induction kit, more for the added noise than any real performance gains, as 200 bhp is more than enough for my needs, and i like to keep the mpg's up too
Then the problems started
Long story short, after a misfire and then failure to restart, AA man couldn't help, so towed me to a garage, only to find out the next day that 2 of the injectors had failed, so 2 new injectors, 2 new coilpacks, set of plugs plus fitting, and i was £500 worse off, not a happy bunny, but she ran sweet when i got her back, no cold start misfire like i had before.......
....... then bang on 1 week later, same misfire, luckily i was only 5 mins from the garage, so limped it in, only to find another injector had failed......... arse
So while they had it apart, i told them to replace the last remaining injector and change the fuel filter, another £400 odd down the pan
After doing some research, it does seem to be a weak spot on the 2.0 TSI engines, and it is recommended to replace all 4 if any one fails, wish i knew that 1st time round as i could have saved myself several hours additional labour....... but hey ho, you live and you learn
So now, the "plans" pot if fully dried up and i will have to work on cheap/DIY mods for time being
Anywho, here's what i started off with, a standard Candy White 2.0 TSI, not much on the option list other than Bluetooth, but i got it a bargain price (or so i thought, but more on that later on), i had been looking for a car with either leather, parking sensors or Xenons, and ideally a post 2010 car with revised engine/interior/ MFD/Steering wheel etc, but then this little beauty came along with non of the options i was after, but pretty low mileage (55K), and its a 2009 car, but with the updated MFD and Steering Wheel, for about £2k less than anything i could find post 2010 with options
Here are a few photos after giving it a damn good clean
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
It was pretty loppy when i got it, tar spots all over, so a full claybar, machine polish, seal & wax was in order, and she was looking much better already
Plans wise, i was only really looking at lowering, possibly an exhaust or induction kit, more for the added noise than any real performance gains, as 200 bhp is more than enough for my needs, and i like to keep the mpg's up too
Then the problems started
Long story short, after a misfire and then failure to restart, AA man couldn't help, so towed me to a garage, only to find out the next day that 2 of the injectors had failed, so 2 new injectors, 2 new coilpacks, set of plugs plus fitting, and i was £500 worse off, not a happy bunny, but she ran sweet when i got her back, no cold start misfire like i had before.......
....... then bang on 1 week later, same misfire, luckily i was only 5 mins from the garage, so limped it in, only to find another injector had failed......... arse
So while they had it apart, i told them to replace the last remaining injector and change the fuel filter, another £400 odd down the pan
After doing some research, it does seem to be a weak spot on the 2.0 TSI engines, and it is recommended to replace all 4 if any one fails, wish i knew that 1st time round as i could have saved myself several hours additional labour....... but hey ho, you live and you learn
So now, the "plans" pot if fully dried up and i will have to work on cheap/DIY mods for time being
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Such bad luck, very unfortunate.
How much did you pay for the car in the end if you don't mind saying?
How much did you pay for the car in the end if you don't mind saying?
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Bang on £9000 (haggled down from £9500), everything else i could find on similar mileage & age, with one or 2 options were £11-13kmalczyk wrote:Such bad luck, very unfortunate.
How much did you pay for the car in the end if you don't mind saying?
I must say though, i'm actually not that disappointed i didn't get parking sensors, when looking at buying a Rocco, everyone said they were a must, but i find it no harder to park than any other car i've ever owned, plus i don't have the ugly parking sensors in my bumper
Oh, and as for the lack of Xenons, i bought some Phillips Diamond Vision bulbs, 5000K brightness, and i must say they pretty awesome, really nice bright white light, they go really well with the LED sidelight bulbs............. i really must get a photo of them
Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Welcome!!
I feel your pain!, I had an injector sh1t itself too. Did you get a loud backfire when it blew?
onwards and upwards!
I feel your pain!, I had an injector sh1t itself too. Did you get a loud backfire when it blew?
onwards and upwards!
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
No, no backfire, just misfiring and smoking out the exhaustParadox1 wrote:Welcome!!
I feel your pain!, I had an injector sh1t itself too. Did you get a loud backfire when it blew?
onwards and upwards!
I take it you had all the injectors replaced at the same time
Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Mine sounded like antilag the bang was very loud. No just the 1 injector replaced. Been fine since though.
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Ahh, i must have been unlucky then, as 2 failed at once, then a third a week later, so while they were working on it i had the 4th replaced
Having read up on some Facebook groups i'm a member of, they al seem to recommend replacing them all as a set, but i don't know what the official line is from VW on this
Having read up on some Facebook groups i'm a member of, they al seem to recommend replacing them all as a set, but i don't know what the official line is from VW on this
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Well, finally finished my first mod, decided to brighten up the interior slightly as it is rather dull for a sports car, and since everyone goes down the gloss black route, thought i'd try something a little different, but still carrying on the black n white theme
What do you think?
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
I used to have a little sideline business back in the day when vinyl wrap first became popular, but then every man and his dog started doing it so i gave it up, but still kept hold of all my tools of the trade, and was surprising easy to pick it back up again
What do you think?
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
I used to have a little sideline business back in the day when vinyl wrap first became popular, but then every man and his dog started doing it so i gave it up, but still kept hold of all my tools of the trade, and was surprising easy to pick it back up again
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Love it!! Looks really good! Wanna help me with mine? Where did you get ur wrap from?rpsmith79 wrote:Well, finally finished my first mod, decided to brighten up the interior slightly as it is rather dull for a sports car, and since everyone goes down the gloss black route, thought i'd try something a little different, but still carrying on the black n white theme
What do you think?
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco Interior by Richard Smith, on Flickr
I used to have a little sideline business back in the day when vinyl wrap first became popular, but then every man and his dog started doing it so i gave it up, but still kept hold of all my tools of the trade, and was surprising easy to pick it back up again
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
If you need any help, i'm willing to give any tips etc, just message metommy wrote:Love it!! Looks really good! Wanna help me with mine? Where did you get ur wrap from?
As for where i got the wrap, good old eBay, thought to be fair it is pretty poor wrap that i bought, but it was dirt cheap, i think it cost me a fiver for 300mm x 1m, so can't really complain
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Just a few photos after giving the car a good wash
Storm Trooper by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Storm Trooper by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
A couple more little additions added over the weekend, Black Wing Mirror caps, many thanks to Douggie1233 off here for selling those, and also whipped off my badges and spayed them gloss black, looks much better now
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Finally managed to get a half decent photo of the shine on my Rocco now, not easy photographing the shine on a white car
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Finally managed to get a half decent photo of the shine on my Rocco now, not easy photographing the shine on a white car
Scirocco by Richard Smith, on Flickr
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
How did you get your badges off?
And how did you change the color on them, did you paint it yourself or have it done professionally?
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And how did you change the color on them, did you paint it yourself or have it done professionally?
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
The badges are just stuck on, so they just peel off like any other badge, i do have some trim removal tools which did help though, and yes i just painted them myself with a rattle canSciroccoViking wrote:How did you get your badges off?
And how did you change the color on them, did you paint it yourself or have it done professionally?
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Looking good! I have purchased some black badges from eBay for my white rocco, hope to install them very soon!
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Looking good! I have purchased some black badges from eBay for my white rocco, hope to install them very soon!
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Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Another update, first proper mod.................... EVOMS Induction Kit, courtesy of ShakeyStevo on here, cheers pal
It's pretty much exactly what i was after, a little more noise when stamping on the throttle (something i thought was missing off the standard setup), but without the constant drone that you more often than not get from fitting a performance exhaust (and yes, i have been there and done it many times in the past)
I'm glad i bought it second hand though, as i would definitely feel ripped off if i had paid £300 notes for it (or whatever they go for) as you really don't get that much for your money on this setup (filter, 90 degree bend, piece of bent tin), but i'm more than pleased with the price i paid from Stevo
Anyway, enough waffling, here are a few pics
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
It's pretty much exactly what i was after, a little more noise when stamping on the throttle (something i thought was missing off the standard setup), but without the constant drone that you more often than not get from fitting a performance exhaust (and yes, i have been there and done it many times in the past)
I'm glad i bought it second hand though, as i would definitely feel ripped off if i had paid £300 notes for it (or whatever they go for) as you really don't get that much for your money on this setup (filter, 90 degree bend, piece of bent tin), but i'm more than pleased with the price i paid from Stevo
Anyway, enough waffling, here are a few pics
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
EVOM Induction Kit by Richard Smith, on Flickr
Re: Rpsmith79's Candy White Rocco
Looking great. I wasnt sure on the white scirocco at first but now I'm set on finding on good spec'd R to call my own.