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Things to look out for when buying?
Last Poster: isitafox in Mk5 General Area on August 09, 2025, 08:54:46 pm
Got a 1T2 Touran which (other than the engine) is constantly giving me problems so I'#039m gon a bite the bullet and sort a replacement and since my lad got a 1.4 for his first car I quite fancy a GTi for myself so after a few pointers of problem areas to look out for.
Seen one relatively local, 04 just shy of 80k for £5000. Not done a proper history check on it yet but MOT
Mk5 wings
Last Poster: Andy in Mk5 General Area on August 09, 2025, 09:07:25 am
Just a heads up mk5 nsf wing are still available but not many..The osf wing is discontinued and not available..from the dealer
DAB Aerial Recommendation Please?
Last Poster: CerealGoofer in Sat Nav and Car Audio on August 08, 2025, 09:37:16 am
Finally getting round to working on my pride and joy. 2007 Car with the wrong canbus = battery drain, which i simply took a chance on an ebay adapter. Which worked a treat no more battery drain and even gives me radio controls via stalk(Well changing stations) here is the ebay link = https://ebay.us/m/EEBr6u Prior to the canbus conundrum.. Was using the scar
Re: Headliner Material
Last Poster: Paul_nicol in Mk5 General Area on August 07, 2025, 10:09:30 pm
I used Trim Fix High Temp. It is an aerosol, but was what Martrim recommended. Mess wise, it'#039s fairly controllable, I did use 2 wallpaper pasting tables covered in some old curtains to catch the over spray. Your point about gaps could be valid, by and large it'#039s not been a problem, but the bits where you have to stretch the material i.e. round the horn, in the grab handle resess
Re: Parts suppliers
Last Poster: Jons1001 in Mk5 General Area on August 07, 2025, 12:33:59 pm
Hey,
I need to replace both front lower arms on the golf.. I used to have a way through work to get parts via TPS but no longer do.
Where do most people get parts from? I’ve also used AUTODOC
Re: Interior lights not working
Last Poster: Paul_nicol in Mk5 General Area on August 07, 2025, 08:45:28 am
In some ways that'#039s a good thing. It could be any part of the interior light circuit that causes the fuse to blow, but if the lights works for a minute or 2 and then they stop/the fuse blows, it would i think suggest that it could well be related to a bulb i.e. if there was a short circuit in a component, you'#039d expect the fuse to fail as soon as the short circuit was made e.g. sw
Re: Non space Saver Spare wheel (with pictures)
Last Poster: Seall in Mk5 General Area on August 06, 2025, 09:32:41 pm
Tried to fit these inserts (that belong in a MK6 Golf, since ones for MK5 are very hard to come by) and had no luck. Foam parts are too big, but according to the part numbers (same as mentioned in this thread) it should fit.
And also seems that there are many options with the inner outline of its cubbies etc
Any ideas on why it does not fit? 3door MK5 GTI
Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
Last Poster: rxpx69 in Mk5 General Area on August 06, 2025, 04:54:00 pm
Swapped in a Gen3 steering rack with all the fancy new bolts to finally! Stop the car from having a knocking noise over bumps at slow speeds and to hopefully resolve an inch of free play in the steering wheel. 
Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Last Poster: ZoliWorks in Mk5 General Area on August 05, 2025, 10:26:55 pm
These are gen3 post 2007 modules that support power folding, underlights, reverse dip and mirror tinting. I tried fitting them to my pre 2007 car and while I could connect VCDS onto them, it wasnt working very well. They worked fine in my post 2007 car tho.
Also dont be fooled by "quotOh these modules are from a 2 door car so they wont work on a 4 door"quot. You can literally
Yes that headunit upgrade question/problem!
Last Poster: isitafox in Sat Nav and Car Audio on August 01, 2025, 03:38:37 pm
My son just picked up his first car, 2005 1.4S and as an S it is absolutely rock bottom standard with no options added.
The first thing he obviously wants is to sort some music out so need to swap out the boggo head unit.
I have a Touran so know how much of a ballache VW make it for us so cam someone give me a straight list (in terms of connectors) of what he will need to
Re: Mk5 loud bang
Last Poster: ZoliWorks in Mk5 General Area on August 01, 2025, 10:16:10 am
Check hoses, connections and so on. Diesels can run on ambient pressure if needed but if they are designed to be boosted, they make no power without pressure. Maybe you are lucky and you've only split a hose or blown a connection somewhere.
Boot won't open, tried replacing suspect parts but the issue remains
Last Poster: Splooshy in How to Guides / Troubleshooting on August 01, 2025, 06:40:21 am
After getting rear ended about 10 months ago by boot hasn'#039t been able to open. I have tried replacing the boot latch h and the exterior handle that is used to open the boot but no luck so far. What else could be causing this issue? I have checked the rear electrical harness for broken or frayed wires and everything seems to be fine, all connections are clean, and I'#039m receiving a
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