MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk7 R and GTI => MK7 Members Rides => Topic started by: Baz_doc on May 16, 2017, 09:08:18 pm

Title: Another Golf...
Post by: Baz_doc on May 16, 2017, 09:08:18 pm

So I sold my candy white mk6 GTD and didn't know what to buy... I looked at so many cars but when I drove this mk7 GTD I had to have it... first DSG car and I LOVVVEEEE IT!

Pics aren't great but I'll get more later
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fa1%2Fbaz_doc%2F36E2D294-9372-4B65-A2AB-03FE4C772F17_zps55dyrtru.jpg&hash=90036ca1d02e7ef9bdade0dbf3c505902683d631)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fa1%2Fbaz_doc%2F28EE04DA-5D24-4AAF-9258-B69DF0EF79C4_zpsbtdkyfyd.jpg&hash=b40f97eb304cfae7fea79aa70ab2760b5c0ead88)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fa1%2Fbaz_doc%2FA3A6A5F4-43CF-43FC-9291-2D315E38EC2F_zpsp36wjnmg.jpg&hash=ebb4cad16a6a8b47f859dc48625a1d1549cd2706)
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Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: AJP on May 16, 2017, 11:40:04 pm

Lovely. Red 3dr is just right for a GTI/GTD.

Any plans for mods, or is it staying standard?

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: Baz_doc on May 17, 2017, 08:34:19 am

Thanks AJP, plans are simply a re-map and fit genuine mud flaps which I've now got sitting to be fitted. Hopefully keep it a bit cleaner

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: AJP on May 17, 2017, 11:51:08 am

Careful with mudflaps, they can often 'etch' a line into the paintwork where they've been fitted.

A good map will definitely wake it up a bit

Is this the 184bhp engine?

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: Baz_doc on May 17, 2017, 12:28:28 pm

Yeah that's one thing that worried me although I'm hoping original vw ones won't mark the wings?

Yeah it's 184bhp so should go well with a map :)

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: Shoduchi on May 17, 2017, 03:17:58 pm

Great looking Golf! You have in the forum Hurdy's Leon FR with the same engine making around 230 BHP with a remap, if I remember correctly.  :happy2:

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: AJP on May 17, 2017, 06:14:59 pm

Yep, 230+ and a big dollop of torque. Quite impressive for a Stage 1 derv.

As for the mudflaps @Baz_doc there were OEM ones on a mk4 I bought a while ago. I took them off the week I bought it, and they had damaged the paint/lacquer. Maybe they'd been fitted incorrectly, but it's something I've seen on a few cars over the years.

Also (and I might be imagining this) I think I've read somewhere that mudflaps don't really offer as much benefit as you'd think.

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: willni on May 20, 2017, 01:11:36 pm

Quote from: AJP on May 17, 2017, 06:14:59 pm

Yep, 230+ and a big dollop of torque. Quite impressive for a Stage 1 derv.

As for the mudflaps @Baz_doc (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=7973) there were OEM ones on a mk4 I bought a while ago. I took them off the week I bought it, and they had damaged the paint/lacquer. Maybe they'd been fitted incorrectly, but it's something I've seen on a few cars over the years.

Also (and I might be imagining this) I think I've read somewhere that mudflaps don't really offer as much benefit as you'd think.

You'd be surprised at what mudflaps do actually stop from flicking up the car, plus they do help keep the boot and sides of the car cleaner for longer since they reduce spray etc

Title: Re: Another Golf...
Post by: Baz_doc on July 24, 2017, 11:01:50 pm

For sale if anyone is interested!!