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Zipupurmickey:
So I picked this up back in October, it was a impulse buy over coffee with one of my good mates who was the second owner of the car with only 121k km. He had owned it for the past 3 years and only racked up a mer 10k Km during his ownership. He's away at sea for half the year so the car was driven rarely and garaged every night. I always wanted to scratch the Mk5 itch. So the deal was done and I collected the car the following week. I am absolutely delighted with it, drives superb, it ticks a lot of boxes for me. The car is a 2006 AXX Tornado Red GTi, completely standard bar the wheels and Parrot hands free kit.

The car spec is by no means epic compared to some of the cars on here, my plan was to keep it standard(ish) and just keep her maintained and fresh.

Spec:
Usual GTi extras
Genuine 18" Bbs Ch's
6 speed man
Leather heated seats
Sun roof
Factory aero wipers
Blue tinted glass all round
Passenger mirror tilt when in reverse
Heated mirrors
Midline display
Auto lights
Auto wipers
Auto dim mirror
Cup holders
Iso fix
Tpms
I'm sure there's more but no point in boring you with a list of extras that most GTi's came with anyway.

Here's the car



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Zipupurmickey:
I kept the car standard apart from a Parrot hands free kit and just gave it the usual care.

The modding bug didn't stay buried for long, this GTi came to my attention about two weeks ago and it was only 15 minutes up the road from me, it had a knackered bottom end but with a breathtaking spec, I thought if I transferred all the extras into mine and break the rest to make some of the money back surely it would be worth while. So I had the car home the following day.




So the bits I have transferred over are,

Genuine xenon headlights
Rns510 with aux button beside traction control
R32 front and back brakes with braided lines
Turbo back Milltek with sports cat
Forge fmic with piping
Evolution V flow intake
H&R cup kit
Power flex wishbones + dog bone mount
Valeo led tail lights
R8 coilpacks and red harness
Dv rev D
Porsche oil cap
Porsche washer fluid cap
Porsche coolant cap
Alu ashtray
GTi seat inserts
Alu GTi dead pedal
Cruise control retro fitted

Next on the cards is a hpfp and a remap from our local guru Joe Power.


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Zipupurmickey:
How the car sits today,





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Zipupurmickey:
It's the little things that matter! I might look into doing it black at some stage, but then the GTi badge might stick out.






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ducman77:
Looking great buddy  :happy2:

Fellow Dublin based tornado red GTI owner Here!

I have some similar mods to you. Have a set of Valeos waiting to be fitted!

Joe power has worked his majic on my car already (just stage 1). Highly recommended!!

I've fitted a 3in TBE exhaust and ram air intake since I was with him. I've a hpfp and Peron intercooler to get fitted before I head back to him for stage 2 mapping  :happy2:

Looking forward to keeping an eye on your progress  :happy2:
Regards,
Dave

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