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sambo:
Fairly new here, been lurking for a few months asking questions. Bought my early GTi last month after looking for a few months.

Standard spec: 3 door, tornado red, leather, xenons, mfd2, folding mirrors, highline.

How I bought it:








Driving home I soon realised it wasn't as nippy as it should be. It was the first mk5 gti I had driven, but coming from a mk4 gti with 221bhp I knew it wasn't 200bhp. Also the idle was irratic.Luckily I have a close friend who is a VW master tech, so the folowing week it was scanned with there laptop computer. A few faults came up, one pointing towards the PCV valve.

Also as it was a very early car there was a note about the air filter being the incorrect shape to fit the housing. I also knew the standard DV wasn't up to much so bought the upgraded TSi version. The PCV valve was fitted a couple of day's later which didn't fix the fault. A few days later the air filter and DV were fitted and we were cooking on gas!  :jumpmove: Car now pull's well athough still not like the old mk4 did. Bluefin will be added when funds permit.

Last week the car went into the bodyshop as the were quite a few nasty stonechips on the bonnet. At the same time I bought an ED30 front splitter and asked for the skirts and rear to be smoothed and painted, with the grill, and lower sections of both bumpers to be painted satin black.

Here is the result:











Next on the list of mod's is wheel's as the mozas really don't do it much justice. After this I need a set of r32 rear lights, maybe a small drop and then the bluefin  :pomppomp:

Thats it for now, will try and keep it this updated as I go.

Cheers, Sam   :booty:
 

Deako:
Looks nice Sam. Currently selling my Pescaras to go for something bigger too. Would like to get my hands on a rear Ed30 bumper and front valance and skirts in Diamond Black as a contrast to the Steel Grey. Also want to get some R32/Ed30 rear lights for mine.

Good progress!!

Top Cat:
Great start to your journey down the slope.  :star:

Looking good.  :happy2:

rdfcpete:
How did you get folding mirrors Sam, didn't think it was a factory option? Aren't they OEM?

sambo:
Yer factory option mate  :happy2: also auto dimming along with the rear view. I think it all came in a pack (lux pack or similar)

Wheel wise i'm heading towards some 19" LM's (anyone good at photoshop? ) although topcat those works wheels look  :jumping: may go for the r32 rear at some point too. Also may do the wing mirro covers satin black in the not so distant future.

Cheers all, Sam  :jumpmove:

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