Polo G40 R1 supercharger rebuild

[Cabbage]

In the advert it said 20000 since last rebuild but not sure of that's when jabba had it

[z3i]

Noooo way!!! Man I hate to say it, Im sure I posted on here warning about this guy. Is it the one with a mk1 polo steering wheel? In white?

I bought my g40 from there, had no end of problems have pretty much rebuilt the car to put it right
He calls himself a g40 enthusiast, he's a complete cunt!
Fucked me over. His names Alex yeah? Lives on a farm? Got loads of shit cars on his garden?
Proper wanker, sorry to he a bearer of bad news, but thought I'd let you know as my car ended up being a right heap of shite
Taylor

[z3i]

Id double check your mot as mine was dodgy, it failed on loads of things, then he magically passed it and all the fails somehow became advisories
The white car you bought had been sat in the corner with mould on it when I bought my car a year ago, so it's been sat for a very long time
Got 14" bbs ra's? Instead of 13's? I nearly bought them until I realised my car was a dog

[Cabbage]

hah yeah thats the kiddy! yeah the mk1 steering column and bbs ra's!

[g40_boy]

While I appreciate this is an open forum, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, some of the things said here are at the very least quite rude, and possibly libellous.  I will answer both parts and then people are free to make their own opinions. 

Regarding the post originator who bought the car recently from me, I have been made aware of issues and each time I have received a text message with queries I have answered and always been polite.  As the person lives quite a distance from me, I offered to post parts to them if they were happy to fit, but as yet I have not been asked for this help.  Regarding the charger, I did make it clear that I did not have history with it, only what I had been passed on from the previous owner.  The charger was running fine when the vehicle left and I only was informed about the issue which has now been queried here a couple of days ago, and to date I am awaiting an update.  At no point did I refuse to help or sort issues, even though the g40 is now considered almost a 'specialist' car and the car in question is 22 years old.  I'm not into 'tit for tat' exchanges, however I do have all relevant text messages from both sides which show how I have offered to help. 

Regarding Taylor, your use of language is neither clever nor does it convey any information as to your complaint.  At no time in the last year have you ever contacted me with any issues, and as you are reasonably local again I would be happy to help.  I would love to know how I 'fucked you over' in your terms, when only last month you sent me a message saying that you were trying to source history to the car as it has had major work from PSD in it's life, which is a bonus over and above what you expected when you purchased the car.  If I'm not mistaken, that doesn't sound like I 'fucked you over'.  But as always, it is easy to slate someone from the comfort of your keyboard.

Finally, I run a business buying and selling cars in my spare time, and if people have issues I go above and beyond to try and keep people happy, certainly more than the law expects and more than most other dealers would do.  The G40's are something I have been playing with for years, so yes I would count myself as an enthusiast.  I'm not here to make enemies and I am not going to start a text war on a forum, I just wanted to level the playing field with my side of the story.

Cheers

[z3i]

Yes it has had work done by PSD which makes up for the price and all the other things gone wrong with it
since owning it i had found several large and dangerous cracks on the NS chassis leg, all the spot welds on the inner arch to the chassis leg have been ripped out
as well as the drivers side lower arm being bent like a banana and the steering arm

the car also had a remap for g60 injectors but only had g40 injectors causing massive det problems, the only reason i didnt melt a piston is because luckily they were forged items

not only this but there was a gaping 6" rust hole in the battery box (not a problem as i can weld) but what annoyed me is that you changed the battery for me when i bought it so you would have seen this but didnt tell me
you also claimed you changed the rear shocks and sorted the handbrake for the MOT but you didnt as when i got the shocks of the car they were obliterated and about 10 years old. and there was no locking wheel nut for the car so had to grind them off
you also said you checked the charger for me and said it was ok, but when i took it apart not much later, the apex seals were shot and the scroll bearing was so worn the scroll had been touching the inlet/outlet casings and wearing them down

since owning the car ive had no end of trouble, ive just got it back on the road after 4 months of pretty much rebuilding everything
theres also the wiring for the immobilizer and alarm behind the dash which was horrendous! there were main steering column lives soldered together completely bare! if one had touched and earth or body. game over
i apologize for my foul language, its unacceptable, but your supposed to be a TRADER and an enthusiast, the price you charged at the time was way above the prices of other g40's and i didnt really know what i was looking at so put my trust in you as you came across as an enthusiast. i bought the car at your asking price as i thought you and the car were sound

just above everything on the car has now broken,been previously bodged. and ive had to replace it all
theres also the amount of things missing from the car, when changing the clutch 2 gearbox bolts were missing, along with cv joint metal cover, clutch cable holder
the pedal box also had a whopping great big crack in it, and i snapped two clutch cables leaving me stranded once again on the many times its broken down


 

[g40_boy]

Thank you for the reply, and to be honest I am genuinely sorry that you feel you got a bad deal or hard done by.  However, my point still stands.  At no time did you ever contact me to ask for help or to allow me to rectify any faults.  Hence why I am slightly annoyed at your defamotary remarks as if I ignored you or worse still intentionally sold a dodgy/dangerous vehicle.  Regarding the welds failing, this is a G40 weak point, and one that is becoming more apparent as the cars age and are tuned above the original design threshold. 

As for the items required for MoT, as I said I changed the shock absorbers and handbrake, using parts I had off another car.  At no point did I say new parts had been used, and the MoT was done legitimately.  Again, if you had concerns, you could have spoken to me, taken it up with the MoT centre, or complained to VOSA if you felt agrieved. However, the way you have come across on here is not particularly helpful or constructive.  How was I supposed to know there was a problem if I wasn't told?

I didn't check the battery box when i changed the battery, so I apologise for that.  However, there was no way of knowing the pedal box was cracking without dismantling the whole car, and this is just not feasible.  The charger was checked for boost and oil residue, but I did not split the charger.  I didn't know there was/had been an alarm in the car so again I was unaware of the wiring issue.

I am a trader yes, but I don't trade in G40's.  You came up to me and viewed another car which I had for sale under my business, but you spotted the G40 and the sale was conducted privately.  However, as I have already said, without telling me there is a problem I cannot ever hope to rectify it.

Thank you for the apology regarding the language, I just hope you are willing to accept that I can only help when I am kept in the loop, and your original post slating was inaccurate.  Likewise, if the guy I sold the white one to is willing to keep in touch and ask for help then I will help as much as I can.  And I think that is the most anyone can hope for when buying a second hand car.

[z3i]

Ok, i went a bit over the top on my first post, but it annoyed me that another potential car you have sold could have had the same issues as mine. and the guy piling money into it just to get things straight

I could have contacted you when things started to go wrong, but at the time i was stressing so much about the car being constantly broken, and most traders just say (sold as seen) i to be honest didnt think you would have done anything, especially as alot of the problems were expensive and problematic to fix

you dont need to take the pedal box of to see the crack, it was so big the 90 degree bit had started to work its way through the bulk head

so you did replace the shocks for used worn items. which there is nothing wrong with doing that, but id just paid you quite a large sum of money for an old car.

i apologize for being rude and my original post, but i think you should put a bit more effort into the g40's you sell before you sell them, as the money you ask is quite high in comparison to ones sold on here, which seem to be much better condition

the car is running well and im finally happy with it, ive spent more than £4k, plus how much i bought it for to get it to a decent level

[OCDmatt]

that noise certainly needs looking at, we've just had one in and the displacer 'loose eye' bearing had expelled all its grease, not common at all and not a bearing that gets changed on re-builds b anyone but we're starting to look at including this bearing on big re-builds if the charger hasn't had one before, no doubt once replaced it will last another 15-20 years fine (pretty good for any bearing)

it could well be a similar fault on yours cabbage

[Cabbage]

i completely vouch for Alex (G40-boy) he has offered to replace to parts that have broken, but ive always just thought it would be easier for me to source the new parts instead.

OCDmatt, where are u situated pal?

[ereeiz]

I live in Worcester and pass by daily to get to work. I've got a rebuilt full blend if you want to just buy that and save hassle! done about 4k since rebuild. PM me if you do!

[Cabbage]

i havent a clue what a full blend is pal! (new to g40's)

[ereeiz]

Fully ported (so more air is able to flow per revolution) = more air going into the engine = more fuel going in = more power

Basically, it's as far as you can take a charger without making it unsafe. You'll notice a different sound, more power and it'll pull harder/ longer in each gear. It's been rebuilt (serviced) 4000miles ago by Pete on here. I think i still even have all the old parts....not that they're of any use but interesting to look at! lol

[Cabbage]

any different to an R1?

also whats the difference between the G40 and the R1 (if any)

cheers

[gaz g40]

Full blend is a term psd used and r1 is a term jabba sport used there both basically as much as you can take out of a charger mate