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DelaneyGTI:
Hi all,

Is it OK if an Irishman joins :D?

So after driving a diesal for the best part of two years I decided last September I needed a performance petrol in my life.

So the 320D M-Sport went on donedeal and I bought a MK4 1.8T Anni to replace it. This was easily my worst decision of my 22 years on this earth as the car turned into the biggest nightmare imaginable. A story in itself which I will not get into.

Cutting my losses, i got rid of it at a loss and saved to buy the latest project.

After much searching, help from alot of friends and viewing countless cars I was contacted by the then owner of this MK5 GTI.

It's an immaculate 2007 Black Magic Pearl example with 138k km's and a full VW service history.

Its got most GTI extras, DSG box and is in very good condition for an 11 year old car.







All 4 monza's have been recently refurbed to OEM anthracite/diamond cut finish. Unsure if I'll be keeping these but we shall see





The interior is almost perfect. Save from some minor leather stretching on the drivers seat base, which I will sort out soon



Looking forward to overhauling the bay once the bad weather ends. Going to get this fully detailed and ready for some tasty new parts.



Plans for 2018 include lots of performance upgrades. I've decided to make a list of what to expect and to try force myself to achieve them.

R8 Coilpacks
NGK Iridium plugs
Ramair induction kit
GFB DV
Custom stainless steel catback
Visit to TDR for a remap
Full ED30 kit with maxton design splitters/diffusers etc
VW Motorsport wheels
Sticky rubber for trackdays
BC Racing coilovers (if budget allows)
Valeo tails and R32 projectors
Carplay radio

Apologies for the lenghty post. Looking forward to getting 250+hp out of this and doing a few trackdays.

Thanks for reading, more to come!

delob:
Welcome along. I will now be able to follow you here and on backroads


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DelaneyGTI:
Bit of an update on the car.

Have been enjoying my first two weeks of GTI ownership. Loving everything about the car, have no faults thus far.

I put a big order in with Awesome GTI last week and the parts arrived today. I had the day off so I decided to make good use of it.

I started with a engine bay tidy and cleanup. I dressed everything and removed as much dirt as I could. All plastics were treated to a coat of Kleenfreaks dressing.





I then decided I'd tackle the slight hazing on the headlights. First picture trys to show this, but its hard to capture



And the machine polished outcome



Whilst at it, I removed the front grilles. The upper and lower ones are original items and the foglight grilles have been replaced. This ment the originals had weathered slightly and looked grey in colour.

So I removed and dressed these but I'll be replacing them soon as I want to get a smoothened grille insert.



So the parts haul...



- Ramair oversized induction kit
- GoFastBits Dump Valve Plus
- NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
- R8 Coilpacks
- Red coilpack wiring harness

Pulled the plugs and coilpacks and replaced with the new items





And then fitted the induction kit. Very easy install apart from the awkward removal of the jubilee clip holding the factory pipe onto the turbo inlet.

Looks and sounds great. Delighted with it







So I'm contemplating a Forge PCV delete next and have a cam follower in the post, hopefully to fit this week.

Then do something exhaust related to get a bit more noise and it'll be ready for mapping.

More to come as always!

GTI DAZ:
great progress, i got mine about a month ago too so in a similar boat, glad to see your enjoying it as much as i am mine, keep up the good work

lukemk5gti:
Great work so far!

I'm from Dublin myself, just looking at the photos and those long eave houses look like the ones on the main road into Killiney?

There's a good group of us in Ireland so far so it's nice to see more like minded enthusiasts!

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