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Reflex Silver Mk5 Golf GTI
JamieKirk95:
Hi guys, I'm relatively new member to this forum, I'm a member on detailingworld so have decided to join here too.
Picking the new car up tomorrow so thought I would start a new project thread on here.
Having had the Fabia for just under 2 years I thought it was time for a change, I fancied a 3 door petrol hatchback and had a look at a few options including;
Ford Focus st
Mini Cooper s john cooper works
Audi s3
Volkswagen golf gti
I finally settled on the one I wanted, its an 06 plate 74k 3dr reflex silver Mk5 Golf GTI,
Admittedly I would have liked one with a slightly better spec but finding one that is mechanically as spot on as this one was proving very difficult, this one has Full VW Service History with the cam belt and waterpump being replaced by VW back in January and looks like it had been cared for, it ticked all the right boxes in that sense and theres always parts that I can retrofit like cruise control.
I have a few plans for the car, mainly little cosmetic touches to make the car my own so will hopefully update this thread as I go along, my aim with this car is to keep it a long time and look after it as well as I can like I have with my two previous cars.
The dealers pictures
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Jamie
prp74:
Looks like a clean example. You won't be disappointed with the Golf :happy2:
Martk19871:
Nice mate, any plans? I've got a Reflex Silver myself :happy2:
ChrisGT:
Looking good man, I'm on DW too (mumbles) :happy2:
Chris
JamieKirk95:
--- Quote from: Martk19871 on June 02, 2016, 08:07:24 pm ---Nice mate, any plans? I've got a Reflex Silver myself :happy2:
--- End quote ---
Hi mate, only the usual small cosmetic touches, just really enjoying the car at the minute instead
So after picking the car up on Thursday I have been enjoying the car, save to say I love it! So glad I made the change now, really happy:) Few surprises with the car too, from the test drive I noticed the sound of the exhaust was slightly different to standard so thought it had been altered, maybe a centre removed or something along the lines as the exhaust was that dirty I couldn't see any markings on it, however I looked really closely when I got the car back home and noticed the words Miltek on each tip:) I was so happy with the discovery as it really is a nice exhaust, not too loud when just driving around but put your foot down and you know about it:D
After reading a number of different threads and signing up on mk5gti.co.uk I then started looking around at things I could do.
The first thing I saw was the euro cup holder mod which I really like the look of, it really tidies the interior and makes it look complete.
New these parts go for around £80 so I decided to look for alternatives, this led me looking to breakers yards for golfs that had them fitted from factory, I took the trip to Sheffield and managed to find one and buy it.
Heres the car I took it from
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All removed
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All cleaned up
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This will like the finished product
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The next thing I went about changing was the interior and number plate lights to LEDs
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Boot
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Rear lights
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Front interior lights
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I have got to change the footwells, glovebox and vanity lights but there is no rush on these,
The next thing I decided was, GTI inserts for the seats to fill the gap, really happy with this mod
Before
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After
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Next up was to tackle the Miltek, used wire wool and mercury, will do more on it but was just a quick tidy up
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A 50:50 of sorts, not 100% yet but happy for the minute
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Will try and update the thread when I can
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