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MK5 GTI track Slag
vag:
Hello all, thought it start a build thread on my GTI
I bought it from a police auction with no keys/history didnt even see it just pictures, when it turned up it was much much worse than the pictures made it out to be. The car has had a very hard life and OSR 1/4 was full of filler, paint all round was in very poor condition. So there was no point me putting it back on the road as a normal car!
This is how it was dropped off, xenons where so badly bodged iv never seen anything like it. Twisted wired, news paper holding the bulbs in place!
look at this beauty!
So basically sold the interior and all the bits i didnt need, which actually returned a healthy sum!
Made a harness bar, it mounts to factory mounts at the back, didn't want to make anything to permanent as i will get a cage eventually.
Mounted my seat and harness
Removed anything that wasn't needed anymore!
Had some metal laying around in the workshop, so made a X brace to bolt to the old seat belt points. Not structural what so ever but probably helps a tiny bit.
My favourite mod so far, hole sawed the dash to fit mk1 VDO gauges!
Oil temp sender from a mk2 16v mounted to a sump plug.
Wired up and working, pressure gauge also works now, had to use a remote pressure sender.
Made a blank for the stereo.
Fitted a boost gauge
BC coilovers fitted!
Probably does nothing, but a bit of OE aero from an A3
vag:
My first ever track day was awesome, car performed faultlessly.
Second track day at brands was going well until last 10 mins of session when i hit a patch of oil where a Clio blew its gearbox, i ran out of talent and kissed the wall.
look at the filler!
So now the annoying part, i replaced the rear 1/4 with a genuine one, the state of that panel was why it became a track car in the first place :rolleye: so now its a better car after the crash!
Running gear wise it only bent the hub :)
£39 wing from euros :signLOL: will eventually go wider at the front!
New inner tub and 1/4 in place
Got a bit carried away!
Friend lent me his body shop for the weekend, paints not perfect but Racecar!
Fitted back up
Was back on track 3 weeks after the crash :happy2:
My fastest lap was 58.01 which i was happy with :happy2:
Rigsby:
Respect for getting in fixed so quick, looking good.
Did you get the wings from Euro car parts? What's the fit like?
Paradox1:
Nice build,
What tyres are you running? they look like semi slicks
Rigsby:
Nanking ns2r
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