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CarlW:
Hi all,

I decided i wanted to go a little further up the ladder in the scene of Golf's after starting with a 1.4, 1.6 and now the 2L Rita :laugh:

I was looking for months and the longer I was looking, the more money I was spending out of my budget so eventually, i took the plunge on one that had came up cheap in the area. It wasn't perfect by any means but for what i'd saved on the price, i'd be spending on sorting the bad bits out.

Anyhow... This is it...





Spec as I purchased:
Tartan heated seats
Headlight washers
17" Monza's
Climate Control
Midline clocks
Armrest with 6CD Changer
RCD300
Rear armrest
Flat bottom steering wheel
Some blue silicone hoses by previous owner.. Not a fan of these at all on a red car so these will be getting swapped out for original parts.

So from when i purchased it, my first stop was the Shell garage and getting used to digging a little deeper in the pocket and filling up with V-Power :happy2: Wouldn't use anything else :innocent:





First thing I did after buying the car was buy a bunch of detailing gear to help keep the old girl looking good. I'd learnt from the forum that what I had been doing with my old cars was not good. So i threw the sponges away, stopped the hand polishing and spent time, learning what I should be doing.





I haven't had the use out of it so far but I've had a go with the DA on one panel. I've decided to wait until i can make some space in the garage as i've found the weather limits what you can do if your outside as it's either too warm or raining.





I've had a go at getting rid of the oxidisation on the headlights which I'm pretty pleased with so thats a start :happy2:

Before


After







After some time of keeping it clean and looking at mods and this and that... The slippery slope started.

I got myself an RCD510 which I later swapped out for a DAB version.
An MDI dock
GTI seat inlays
OEM GTI Carpets
Next thing was two tyres needed replacing so I thought whilst I'm at it I may as well get rid of the budgets on the rear and have all 4 matching and decent quality tyres.











Because the new headunit lighting was different to the rest of the interior lighting, I got myself a set of R32 dials so the lighting now matches with the headunit. As well as that, I had the added bonus of the highline screen now which is a big improvement. Credit to @skard for this. Brilliant fella and knows his stuff :happy2:

Before and after..





@skard helped out again and scanned the car for faults which resulted in these..







Since the scan, it's been to a trusted garage in Darlington and after inspection, an oil leak, coolant leak, coolant fan fault and the torn diverter valve were found so I got it booked in to get it all sorted.

Following this, It was M.O.T'd. One of the rear springs was cracked and a nail was found in a tyre so had that sorted and got my 'Pass' certificate :happy2:

As for now, I'm due to go to London on a work placement so there won't be much happening but here's a list of mods to do in the future in no particular order..

Likely:
MK6 MFSW
Fiscon Basic + bluetooth kit
Bigger Brakes
Coilovers
Wheels
Boot lid / Full Front End / Roof resprayed
P3 Cars Boost gauge
Hella Rear lights
Interior switches
Dash & Door inserts  carbon wrapped
3" Downpipe + 100 / 200 cel sports cat
Remap
Xenon's

More Unlikely:
K04 Turbo upgrade
R32 wingback bucket seats
Colour change to something unique

MateyGuv:
Looking great mate  :happy2: Excellent result with the headlights  :congrats:

CarlW:
Thanks, chip away at it a bit at a time and bring it back to its former glory :happy2:

skard:
Glad you are getting the niggles looked at Carl, I have a non ripped C DV here if needed.

Great you still like the clocks, midline to highline is one of the best mods on a mk5  :happy2:

CarlW:

--- Quote from: skard on December 26, 2014, 09:32:31 pm ---Glad you are getting the niggles looked at Carl, I have a non ripped C DV here if needed.

Great you still like the clocks, midline to highline is one of the best mods on a mk5  :happy2:

--- End quote ---

Thanks buddy :happy2:
I've already ordered the G revision DV due to reading all the reviews and recommendations :smiley:

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