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Offline james_kav

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Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« on: February 21, 2017, 12:09:04 pm »
Hi All, my name is James and I recently bought myself a MK5 GTi in grey (5-door) with FSH and 84K. The car had the wings already replaced under warranty by the previous owner and is mint overall.

Car when I 1st bought it:


Since I bought it I have done the following work/mods to it...

Full service @ dealer

Cam Follower


Old one


Old PCV (gunky!) - replaced with latest revision


DV+
Pipercross airfilter
Dust filter
Heko wind deflectors
Android 5.1 HU


Replacement front panel as the one that was in the car wasn't 100%  :wink:


LED interior and number plate bulb replacement

and finally refurbished 18" Monza with black inserts  :happy2:




That's it for now although I bought a low mileage downpipe (thanks eBay £19) and removed the pre-cat 'stuff' which is yet to be fitted.




Thanks for looking.

Offline Pesky jones

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Re: Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2017, 12:18:03 pm »
Good work! Did you knock the precat out with the downpipe upside down? Little bits can fall down.

Wheels look lovely!

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Re: Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2017, 12:26:25 pm »
Good work! Did you knock the precat out with the downpipe upside down? Little bits can fall down.

Wheels look lovely!

Thanks Pesky  :happy2: - Yes, I did do it upside down but before fitting I will be blasting with compressed air to make sure that there are no little nasties still in there...!

Soooo pleased with the finish. I live in South Shields and the guy that did them (SEM Alloys) was brilliant, offering replacement wheels while he did the waor but I ended up buying some other genuine rims on eBay and dropping them off to be refurbished. My old ones that are mint will be up for sale soon  :wink:

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Re: Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2017, 08:06:10 pm »
Nice example. Do like the grey GTI's  :happy2:
mk5 Graphite Blue GTI - Leathers, Xenons, MFD2, PDC, Boot Pop - SOLD
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Re: Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2017, 05:56:09 pm »
Great example you have there, I love gray GTIs, keep up the good work
Red 3 Door GTI, Lowered, 18" 3SDMs, Remap, Heated leather, Xenons.....

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Re: Kav's Grey GTi - minor updates....
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 08:14:05 pm »
Great example you have there, I love gray GTIs, keep up the good work
Thanks Rich, I do too but then I'm slightly biased!!
More to follow but my wife is due this weekend so this may get put on the back burner for a few weeks at least!!

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