1 year, 31 days
So there's a quirk to my remote locking. Sometimes (like this time) if you have the fob in your pocket the locks go mad because you've sat on all the buttons. Then (like this time) if you put the key in the ignition to try out your new fog lights and step outside of the van and
shut the door, when you go to get back into the van you work out whether or not the last button you mashed was to open or (like this time) lock the doors.
Another quirk is that I only have one key. I do however, have a second remote fob. But sometimes (like this time) it's not where I am but an hour away. No so much of a quirk but if there is no battery power, the remote fob won't work and it's bounce a brick off the window time... This brings me to the most stressful drive of my life. A 2hr round trip in my dad's car calling frantically to make sure someone is in at the other end to let me into my own house to get the spare all the way hoping there's enough battery to make it work. In the end, success. The battery was too flat to start the engine but just enough to open the doors before collapsing into a long overdue panic attack.
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Anyway. This weekend I left/avoided the endless work in the back of the van to fit the fog lights and couldn't just leave them hanging through the stock bumper. With anything I do outside the van I want to improve the aerodynamics and counter balance all the extra weight since I've been replacing rust and foam with metal. I think the stock front bumper/fog lights on a Mk6 are the biggest thing letting it down with the styling. I had a sheet of ABS lying around that I through I'd get out of the way by using. Like most jobs on a Mk6, this took longer than I thought with questionable benefits.
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I ran out of time so did a quick spray. Next weekend I'll keep going back to it, filling and sanding until it's decent before texturising (so it doesn't look like a toy car bumper anymore). Will put some recess shrouds around the fog lamps and the intercooler intake. Also need to sort out the drivers wing mounting point as this has been bent at some point causing the bumper to sag down under the headlamp. Oh and the fog lights have transformed night time driving!
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