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Jamie's Black 5 Door GTi *Sold* Now driving an S3

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prp74:
Looks good. Liking the alloys, really suit the car  :happy2:

RBS:
 :drool: :drool:
Love the look of Porsche rims on a golf!
 :congrats: :congrats:

jayha11:
Its been a hectic month full of weddings and birthdays for me so progress has been somewhat slow.

I gave the interior a deep clean last week paying attention to the steering wheel as I wanted to get rid of shine that had built up over time. I used a vanish magic pad and its came out really well going back to a matt finish


I also had chance to get my new 'stubby' aerial on..



The car will be on our stand at Inters on Sunday 10th July which I am really looking forward to! I have a fair few bits to get done before this however...

Fit new front rolled wings
Machine polish headlights again
Re-charge the Air con
Fix paint chip on rear bumper
Remove NS rear brake disc dust shield (Rattling)

I am still deciding how much further I should take the MK5 as the thoughts of a MK6 R are starting to get unbearable  :jumping:

Thanks for reading as always  :happy2:

jayha11:
I have been on the prowl for a pair of wings for the last few months after finding out the original wings had received some additional paint since leaving the factory  :doh:
This had proved a lot more difficult than I first thought! First I tried a reputable paint shop selling new (non genuine) wings painted to your requirements. Upon receiving them there were paint runs, lacquer defects and shoddy polishing leaving more swirls than my 11 year old Golf has! After some exchanges with the seller they went back and the hunt continued...

Friday I found an LC9Z 06 plate Golf that had just arrived at my local breakers under a destruction order by the police. A short drive and £120 lter I was the owner of a pair of very clean and rust free wings  :jumpmove:

I spent Saturday cleaning up the insides and hitting them with a good coating of underseal to hopefully ensure some longevity. I then battled the typical English weather managing to get one of them swapped over.

Original crusty wing


All stripped down


Built back up


I am pretty happy with how it went. The only stumbling block I had was the torx headed bolt located behind the door, I had to heat this up to remove and sourced a replacement from VW. The fit is spot on, all panel gaps are as before which is a great result. No more crusty wing! Hoping the weather dries up so I can swap the drivers side over too this weekend.

Thanks for reading

dronners:
looks much better  :happy2:

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