Laura's Rising Blue Rocco
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:59 am
Hi all, new to this forum so please forgive me.
Just thought I'd post about my Rocco and any updates I do to it.
Purchased this car last year after searching around for a while. Found one within my budget with fairly low miles and in good condition for a car of its age.
It's a 2.0 TSI pumping out 220bhp which I'm hoping to get re mapped soon and push out some more power but wow the torque on these cars is incredible (I've gone from a 1.6 Mini Cooper to this so a big change for me)
Now I did want to get a Rocco with the new style steering wheel on it however I've now got used to this steering wheel and quite like it. Reminds me of the old Subaru rally steering wheels. If I want to upgrade it later then I can do.
I was very pleased with the condition of the leather seats and with this current weather I'm very pleased that they are heated.
The screen is great however I'm missing not having a Bluetooth option to link to my phone.
I took a test drive in the car and fell in love with it. One thing I really wanted to do was re Furb the wheels as they had been curbed badly. The guy at the garage sorted that out and got me a great deal to have them re furbed and painted black for when I went to pick it up. Here she was sat on the forecourt ready to go.
The next thing I did was change the silver badges to black ones. Something small but made a big difference and lots of people now commenting on them.
I've put in a K&N air filter too which changed the engine tones a bit.
I also changed the bulbs on headlights and side lights to LED whiter bulbs. Here you can just see that on the right side light it's a new brighter bulb and on the left is the original bulb. I've also changed the headlight bulbs but now the cree lights are brighter/whiter than headlights meaning I already want to change the bulbs to a whiter light just not sure what to go for.
I really do love the black wheels, think it totally changes the look of the car. Got new brembo brakes and pads on it now as well.
Here are some various pictures I've taken of it before and after cleaning. Love the way it shines when waxed and cleaned.
I'm now thinking of doing something to brighten up my engine bay?! Not sure yet as to whether changing the pipes on it would do much or if that's a bad thing. Small tweaks to it perhaps?
Then thinking of getting my brake callipers painted blue to match the car?! There's a nasty stone chip on the bonnet which the garage tried to fix before I bought it but it's a different colour blue to the car so now need to find a good company to fix it and hopefully for not massive amounts of money otherwise I'd be better off having bonnet re sprayed.
Lots I want to do but got to have the money first to be able to do it.
But boy am I glad I chose this car over a BMW X3 - much more fun and better looking!!!
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Just thought I'd post about my Rocco and any updates I do to it.
Purchased this car last year after searching around for a while. Found one within my budget with fairly low miles and in good condition for a car of its age.
It's a 2.0 TSI pumping out 220bhp which I'm hoping to get re mapped soon and push out some more power but wow the torque on these cars is incredible (I've gone from a 1.6 Mini Cooper to this so a big change for me)
Now I did want to get a Rocco with the new style steering wheel on it however I've now got used to this steering wheel and quite like it. Reminds me of the old Subaru rally steering wheels. If I want to upgrade it later then I can do.
I was very pleased with the condition of the leather seats and with this current weather I'm very pleased that they are heated.
The screen is great however I'm missing not having a Bluetooth option to link to my phone.
I took a test drive in the car and fell in love with it. One thing I really wanted to do was re Furb the wheels as they had been curbed badly. The guy at the garage sorted that out and got me a great deal to have them re furbed and painted black for when I went to pick it up. Here she was sat on the forecourt ready to go.
The next thing I did was change the silver badges to black ones. Something small but made a big difference and lots of people now commenting on them.
I've put in a K&N air filter too which changed the engine tones a bit.
I also changed the bulbs on headlights and side lights to LED whiter bulbs. Here you can just see that on the right side light it's a new brighter bulb and on the left is the original bulb. I've also changed the headlight bulbs but now the cree lights are brighter/whiter than headlights meaning I already want to change the bulbs to a whiter light just not sure what to go for.
I really do love the black wheels, think it totally changes the look of the car. Got new brembo brakes and pads on it now as well.
Here are some various pictures I've taken of it before and after cleaning. Love the way it shines when waxed and cleaned.
I'm now thinking of doing something to brighten up my engine bay?! Not sure yet as to whether changing the pipes on it would do much or if that's a bad thing. Small tweaks to it perhaps?
Then thinking of getting my brake callipers painted blue to match the car?! There's a nasty stone chip on the bonnet which the garage tried to fix before I bought it but it's a different colour blue to the car so now need to find a good company to fix it and hopefully for not massive amounts of money otherwise I'd be better off having bonnet re sprayed.
Lots I want to do but got to have the money first to be able to do it.
But boy am I glad I chose this car over a BMW X3 - much more fun and better looking!!!
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