Edition 30 rolling resto.

[mk1mad]

Had my Edition 30 a year now so was about time I put up a thread of the ups and downs of running a high miles Edition 30. Previously had a mk5 gti shadow blue 3 door  DSG for 7 years. After a short time with a modern Audi I decided it was time to find an Edition 30 with a better specification than my last car had to be a 5 door and dsg and no sunroof.
This car turned up on Facebook, Decent spec, loads of upgrades, low owners and lots of history and bonus of having the paintwork corrected.
 
As pictured in the advert.High mileage, but the gearbox was smoother than my previous car with 90k so that sold it for me. A few bits to do, I enjoy the challenge.
My previous shadow blue gti.
First changes were to remove the 3D number plates and stickers. , fit a front gti badge, , number plate surround and original vw  badge.

Next was to make some adjustments to the suspension, the car came with bilstein b16’s but they were set too hard for me and the car looked too low at the back. Rears adjusted and rear spacers fitted to even it up as it already had front spacers to clear the brakes.

[Mekaniko]

Nice spec, If I would buy another it would be a 5 door too. Do you keep the AUDI too? 

[mk1mad]

I’m a long way behind on this thread with what I have done.
Not long after buying the car I. Had the abs light come on intermittently and then on all the time.
Check with vcds showed front left. Turned into a bit of a challenge new sensor followed by new wiring loom to sensor. Issue was break in factory loom somewhere behind the glovebox where the main loom connects to the loom to the wheel. Remade the connection from the loom to the  abs pump. Which cured it.


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[mk1mad]

Whilst doing this I removed the arch liner treated the rust spots with bilt hamber de oxit gel followed by por15. Painted hub and fitted new FAG wheel bearing.



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[mk1mad]

Bit of a waste of time painting the hub as  I’m going to swap to aluminium hubs which I thought at the time wouldn’t work with the brakes.


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[RBS]

  fresh parts are Allahs good👍🏻

[mk1mad]

The next issue to deal with was the wipers front and back.
 Rear wiper worked  intermittently and front wiper seemed like it was slow as it came to the parked position.

Checked the wiring where enters the tailgate through the rubber grommet and found a couple of broken wires ( common mk5 issue )

Cable tied the boot back so I could extend the wires to allow them to bend easily. Soldered and heat shrinked. I only did the very thin wires and ones the showed damage on the insulation.

This cured the rear wiper works correctly now.
Onto the front wipers.
The paint on the arms were showing their age and mileage so whilst having a look at the mechanism I rubbed them down and repainted them.

Pulled the mechanism out and stripped it down.  One of the spindles was almost siezed solid. I am amazed it hadn’t blown a fuse or burnt the motor out.
Cleaned up and re greased and put back, this has improved the wipers they seem quicker and smoother to park position and saved them failing further down the line.



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[mk1mad]

Next issue I had put up with for 12 months was intermittent drivers door lock, which most of the time didn’t work on the key fob.
 Checked the wiring in the body door grommet but no broken wires.
So decided to by a new lock mechanism and hope it would cure it.
Had to be a genuine part £287 from the dealers but managed to find a new one on EBay for £150.00
Followed a great guide from the humble mechanic.


All bolts put in order of where they fit.
All went back together nicely with no issues , cleaned up the inside of the door before refitting the door skin.





All works correctly and the door handle feels alot better to use. Probably because the cable was rest correctly according to the guide.

[mk1mad]

Whilst I had the door skin off it was easier to treat some rust on the sill right under the front corner of the door, the paint looked like it had worn away from the door catching it but there was plenty of clearance .

My go to  products bilt hamber de oxit gel and por 15 paint.

[welikeaps]

This car used to belong to a member on here, Richard. There is a massive Members Ride thread on it about 100 odd pages.

[mk1mad]

This car used to belong to a member on here, Richard. There is a massive Members Ride thread on it about 100 odd pages.

Yes I know, I bought it  off Jamie who's  a friend of Richard. It's a really good car with some excellent upgrades. I'm just going through all the age related issues and usual mk5 problems.