MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: doaburnout on November 12, 2015, 06:05:58 pm
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So this is as it says is a rebirth.
I had a crash in my car a week or so ago on the A1, because someone couldn't drive it forced the car in front of me to slam on, I was checking my left hand mirror and it happened very quickly but this is what was left!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/adc0db552db40717b806ad3e90a662a0/tumblr_nxpr3aeamW1u04bfbo1_400.jpg)
That happened friday night
By Saturday evening I had it in the SS Autowerks unit and stripped the front end off. Now I've examined it all, the front end is straight, it's just body panels and stuff and the intercooler, radiator and condenser are dead but this is where we are right now. I have sourced most of the parts, upgrading intercooler and radiator,
Only parts I need now are GTI headlights, intercooler fans and the AC condenser!
SHE WILL LIVE AGAIN! And be colder and faster and prettier...
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/f53e5e5262f639f3f058e4bd9d19cb2b/tumblr_nxpriit5TU1u04bfbo1_400.jpg)
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Christ on a bike... Was anyone hurt?
And massive respect for re-building a car that most people would of given up to the car gods. :happy2:
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Christ on a bike... Was anyone hurt?
And massive respect for re-building a car that most people would of given up to the car gods. :happy2:
Massively appreciated! No one was hurt which was a great bonus, my right knee has been a bit shady this week because I locked my leg when I stood on the brakes!l! But apart from that both me and the other guy are all good!
It'll be a long process but she'll be back on the road in no time! Most would have written it off but I adore my car and I'm now seeing it as an excuse to have it off the road and do some of the work I want to do to it but never really bothered! (Not how I was planning to go about it but hey-ho, sh*t happens!)
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Your safety is the most important.
glad your OK mate. and well done for keeping her. looking forward to seeing the progress
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Your safety is the most important.
glad your OK mate. and well done for keeping her. looking forward to seeing the progress
Absolutely, cheers mate, big plans now. Radiator and intercooler on the way from Mishimoto, got a Cobra seat and some harnesses in the pipeline, stepping up safety, going to finally build up the set of brembo f40 calipers I have lying around and get them up to scratch. The real work begins now!
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Good man.
I have a whiteline front roll bar with bushes for sale if your interested. brought it but havent fitted it and got a different car so dont need it any more
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Good man.
I have a whiteline front roll bar with bushes for sale if your interested. brought it but havent fitted it and got a different car so dont need it any more
How much do you want for it? I assume its the same for a TDI?
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Good man.
I have a whiteline front roll bar with bushes for sale if your interested. brought it but havent fitted it and got a different car so dont need it any more
Possibly, let us know how much you want for it, main priority is get it all working and in shape but this is a possibility!
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While you have so much space, dropping the front subframe out will be proper easy so may as well upgrade some components while you're there as it'll save hours of labour later on.
Question for you... Because you're repairing this yourself, does this mean your car isn't going to be listed as a Cat D/C write off (thus preserving value)?
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Good man.
I have a whiteline front roll bar with bushes for sale if your interested. brought it but havent fitted it and got a different car so dont need it any more
Possibly, let us know how much you want for it, main priority is get it all working and in shape but this is a possibility!
You got a PM mate
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While you have so much space, dropping the front subframe out will be proper easy so may as well upgrade some components while you're there as it'll save hours of labour later on.
Question for you... Because you're repairing this yourself, does this mean your car isn't going to be listed as a Cat D/C write off (thus preserving value)?
Aye plan is to fit all the sh*t I need to fit to stop it floating around when I go bigger power. It's off the road for long enough for me to get my hands on those parts and get them fitted! Aye it does mean that more or less, the car is going full racecar at some point so most likely it won't be able to be sold with value retained anyway so I'm not too bothered by that!
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Fair enough, I was thinking from insurance point of view you have to declare a write off when taking a policy out but if it's becoming a track toy then it's a moot point. I ran full poly bushes, anti roll bars and coilovers on my GTI and the setup was a monster on the twisty roads. Throw in some lightweight hubs, wishbones and some other little tweaks and you'll have a killer of a track car.
Oh, and on the subject of hubs, most people get the S3 alloy ones... But Passat ones are the same part numbers and cost lots less! If you need more info I'll pass on what I know (info not sourced by myself so I take no credit).
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Fair enough, I was thinking from insurance point of view you have to declare a write off when taking a policy out but if it's becoming a track toy then it's a moot point. I ran full poly bushes, anti roll bars and coilovers on my GTI and the setup was a monster on the twisty roads. Throw in some lightweight hubs, wishbones and some other little tweaks and you'll have a killer of a track car.
Oh, and on the subject of hubs, most people get the S3 alloy ones... But Passat ones are the same part numbers and cost lots less! If you need more info I'll pass on what I know (info not sourced by myself so I take no credit).
Think I'll do some looking in to that and see what the deal is, don't wanna be paying out my ass for something that's been sorted!
Hubs!! Fantastic I did not know that! As much weight saving as I can do is the plan!
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UPDATE
So this weekend I went on a massive parts run, got more or less everything ready and stripped more of the car apart. Which revealed I needed a few more parts sorting but nothing major.
Got my hands on a bonnet, passenger wing, aircon condenser, radiator support and slam bar, and some rather special stuff arrived for me which I'll go on to later. But this is the current state of the car having taken everything apart.
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/6e3c7aff2c3fd313b21f77de26b9132e/tumblr_nxthiyp2sl1u04bfbo1_1280.jpg)
Looks a bit of a state but at least everything lines up and should be straight fit back once I have everything together!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/328a77e059ab20500291b70ea8ba9dca/tumblr_nxthiyp2sl1u04bfbo2_1280.jpg)
Bonnet and wing
And now the special bits...
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MISHIMOTO RADIATOR AND MISHIMOTO J-LINE FMIC!!! TIME TO GET ICY :jumping:
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Im loving this
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Where did you get the rad from? And is it direct fit or you got to make the pipes up? Intrested in this thread, I'm turning my gti into a track hound too! :driver:
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Where did you get the rad from? And is it direct fit or you got to make the pipes up? Intrested in this thread, I'm turning my gti into a track hound too! :driver:
From my brothers at SS Autowerks, great guys and they'll be custom building me a cage and hard lining the intercooler up!
Rad is a straight fit part! I'm gunnar get my hands on some new radiator fans from mishimoto too because as you could imagine the stock fans took a beating!
Track muncher is the plan! Buying a b7a4 avant in the new year (tdi) as a good daily when this comes off the road full time to be worked on constantly and built up for track!
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Think I know this car. What's your name on instagram? Im gti_christian with the track golf.
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Think I know this car. What's your name on instagram? Im gti_christian with the track golf.
t0ne_deaf, was mitchell_gti!
Yeh man I'm a mate of Danny and Joerg from SS, my plans aren't dissimilar to what you've done! Where'd you get your rear wing from??
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Ahhhhh i know yeah! Look forward to seeing what you do then mate. Wing is custom made mate, im sure Danny could do you something.
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I have the same intercooler. Interested to see what your setup will be like as I havn't installed mine yet. Ive removed the aircon system completely so I have no aircon rad which helps with the additional space and started fabricating custom boost pipes. Are you doing something similar?
Gutted to hear about the crash by the way but hey, now you have an excuse to upgrade bigger and better.
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Ahhhhh i know yeah! Look forward to seeing what you do then mate. Wing is custom made mate, im sure Danny could do you something.
Cheers mate! Wide fast and grippy is the plan! Aye fair enough! Been designing some anyway so might make that come to life! Cheers man!
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I have the same intercooler. Interested to see what your setup will be like as I havn't installed mine yet. Ive removed the aircon system completely so I have no aircon rad which helps with the additional space and started fabricating custom boost pipes. Are you doing something similar?
Gutted to hear about the crash by the way but hey, now you have an excuse to upgrade bigger and better.
Will be all hard lined up! Seals on my turbo are dead anyway so I'm thinking it may need to be k04 time anyway... was it easy to remove the air con system? And did it affect heaters? I never use air con but definitely need the heaters in there for now!
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Its not a difficult job to be honest. Removing the aircon rad itself is easy, its the pipes leading to the firewall that are a bit tricky to remove but it helps make the bay a bit cleaner (+ I have relocated my carbon canister to make way for a custom intake). The heaters are not affect by the removal as they run off a completely different system. My rad was fook'ed so just thought I might aswell remove it rather than shell out the cash for a new one considering I never use it anyway. People have claimed that you can notice a slight difference in engine response. You will need a non-aircon auxiliary belt which is shorter if you decide to do it. I'l try find the part no. for you.
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Its not a difficult job to be honest. Removing the aircon rad itself is easy, its the pipes leading to the firewall that are a bit tricky to remove but it helps make the bay a bit cleaner (+ I have relocated my carbon canister to make way for a custom intake). The heaters are not affect by the removal as they run off a completely different system. My rad was fook'ed so just thought I might aswell remove it rather than shell out the cash for a new one considering I never use it anyway. People have claimed that you can notice a slight difference in engine response. You will need a non-aircon auxiliary belt which is shorter if you decide to do it. I'l try find the part no. for you.
Brilliant! I removed the rad as it was cracked anyway and I bought a 2nd hand one from scrappy to replace it then thought I don't even use it... so I will have a look into it! If you could find the part number that would be great, cheers!
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UPDATE 22/11/15
So decided to scrap off the air con! spent yesterday doing that, ordered a new aux belt but got one 53mm too short which sucks so I'm stuck like this unfortunately
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But that's not too bad, having to make up some custom mounts to sit the radiator stable and the intercooler, but that should all be fine and dandy.
Picked these immaculate lights up from @galaxie500 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=4344) the other day, the guy drives the most immaculate ed30 I've ever seen!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/af11d0bcb222afeb9260e41fd66ff1a3/tumblr_ny7wxzePuN1u04bfbo3_1280.jpg)
Turned out as well my k03 was indeed dead as I'd thought a few months ago, I thought it was but didn't quite realise how bad it was, so the car's going to be off the road for a while longer while I get a k04 sorted.
Enjoying riding my fixed gear though so that's not a problem!
Til next time all!
:party:
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rad is mounted...
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rad is mounted...
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Did you end up building custom mounts to fit the rad? I know Neuspeed made some for their FMIC kit but they are expensive.
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rad is mounted...
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Did you end up building custom mounts to fit the rad? I know Neuspeed made some for their FMIC kit but they are expensive.
Yeh man, custom!
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Is there any difference between that new radiator and an OEM one?
Worthy upgrade?
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Is there any difference between that new radiator and an OEM one?
Worthy upgrade?
Anything that improves thermal efficiency is for the better!! The standard radiator is great, my cooling on my golf has always been second to none from standard, but I plan on going for 370 brake minimum so the cooler I can keep my engine the better! upgrading to external oil cooler at some point soon also!
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I plan to fit an oil cooler too to make sure it can cope even better with a hammering on track.
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rad is mounted...
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Did you end up building custom mounts to fit the rad? I know Neuspeed made some for their FMIC kit but they are expensive.
Yeh man, custom!
Cool. Just out of curiosity would the company you used be able to fab another set up? or is it a one off. I havn't really got the time to measure and design ones at the minute.
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I don't know if its just me but the pictures are not loading. The only one that did is where you have stripped the front right down :sad1:
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rad is mounted...
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Did you end up building custom mounts to fit the rad? I know Neuspeed made some for their FMIC kit but they are expensive.
Yeh man, custom!
Cool. Just out of curiosity would the company you used be able to fab another set up? or is it a one off. I havn't really got the time to measure and design ones at the minute.
I'll ask and find out when I'm back in town on Friday!
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I don't know if its just me but the pictures are not loading. The only one that did is where you have stripped the front right down :sad1:
Not sure why!! I'll re post all the pictures on a more usable host at some point soon, there's some from all different websites I've used to post them! Sorry!
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I plan to fit an oil cooler too to make sure it can cope even better with a hammering on track.
The standard oil coolers are great even if the car''s mapped, never gets too thin, however I'm aiming high, anything that brings the temperatures down is good in my book. It's just unfortunate that universal oil cooler kits don't fit on these cars otherwise it'd be a very simple job! I'm currently looking for good kits but I can't find reviews or threads of anyone doing them!
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It gets hot on Trackdays at st2+ and am going for more power with the TTE420 so like you say the cooler you can keep it the better.
@vRSAlex (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1981) does mocal kits, stat controlled
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We can knock up full kits. Keep the take off plates in stock.
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We can knock up full kits. Keep the take off plates in stock.
Oh brilliant, what kinda price we talking? Replacing the filter housing with a regular filter?
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Looks like a good project :). What series do you intend to race in?
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Looks like a good project :). What series do you intend to race in?
Haven't really looked in to it yet! Long way to go before its race ready!
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Looks like a good project :). What series do you intend to race in?
Haven't really looked in to it yet! Long way to go before its race ready!
But what if you make it too good for a series that you want to race in....
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Looks like a good project :). What series do you intend to race in?
Haven't really looked in to it yet! Long way to go before its race ready!
But what if you make it too good for a series that you want to race in....
It won't go that far I don't think, I'm not setting out to build a full on BTCC car! Got to get it on a track and then see where it goes from there really, find out what's available to me!
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QUICK UPDATE 27/11/15
Bought this a while back for the k03 but seen as it's a dead turbo and I'm upgrading to k04 this is heading to Forge back for a swap for the k04 version!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/dcf95bfe3dc89c517ce91daa687e37a8/tumblr_nygz5eSJHY1u04bfbo1_540.jpg)
Got word that my cooler piping has been done while I'm away and I keep telling the lads to send a picture but they just keep sending me inappropriate pictures of other "piping" :sick:... I have some idiots for friends haha!
So I'll get a picture of that this weekend!
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Looks like a good project :). What series do you intend to race in?
Haven't really looked in to it yet! Long way to go before its race ready!
My worry was the most basic of race series won't even let you do things like your actuator swaps etc etc.
But what if you make it too good for a series that you want to race in....
It won't go that far I don't think, I'm not setting out to build a full on BTCC car! Got to get it on a track and then see where it goes from there really, find out what's available to me!
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UPDATE 28/11/15
Off today to pick up a new air filter, ring a busted up mk5 gti from a scrappy to nick something off the loom, and pick up the right sized aux belt, then we're not far off running...
Hard lining for the intercooler done, just waiting on clamps!!!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/58292a66fb5456f300482118de56a4be/tumblr_nyiydlclyR1u04bfbo1_540.jpg)
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Getting there! :happy2:
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Getting there! :happy2:
At the least! Next week she should be back on the road!! As much as I like riding my fixed gear about I definitely miss my car...
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Love a track Gti especially if SS are involved :happy2:
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UPDATE 05/12/15
INTERCOOLER IS FULLY PIPED UP!!!
My brothers at SS did good...
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Lovely shiny pipes :jumping: Im very tempted to get SS to do mine now. Any photos of underneath showing how it connects to the turbo discharge pipe and the throttle body? or have they also made custom boost pipes?
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Lovely shiny pipes :jumping: Im very tempted to get SS to do mine now. Any photos of underneath showing how it connects to the turbo discharge pipe and the throttle body? or have they also made custom boost pipes?
Connected by silicone hoses man!
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im loving this. alot of effort is going into this car!
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im loving this. alot of effort is going into this car!
Cheers! Should at least be running by the end of the week now I'm back up north full time!
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Im interested to find out the performance spec e.g. cooling temps, heat soak, etc..... of this TRUE fmic setup opposed to the common S3 upgrade with forge twintercooler. Also do you mind if I give SS a call today? going to ask about them fabricating some boost pipes for me aswell. Im sure they won't mind the business.
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UPDATE 15/12/15
Wings and bonnet are on! Temporarily/permanently fixed the broken connector for the air temp sensor, just waiting on ramair filter, aux belt, QR connector for radiator then it's time to plumb up and fill with coolant and hope the POS runs!!! I can see now no reason why it wouldn't run, so we're good!
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/81b522191966685e4cb53c7ea6cd0e5c/tumblr_nzedn6xkLL1u04bfbo1_1280.jpg)
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Im interested to find out the performance spec e.g. cooling temps, heat soak, etc..... of this TRUE fmic setup opposed to the common S3 upgrade with forge twintercooler. Also do you mind if I give SS a call today? going to ask about them fabricating some boost pipes for me aswell. Im sure they won't mind the business.
Sorry mate haven't been on in a while! They're pretty packed up with a cage or two and an engine swap (that will make BMW purists cry) at the moment but I'm sure they'll be able to help
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NEW THINGS,
She started up the other day! Runs rough... real rough... so we gotta work out what it is and fix the clips properly.
Got a few things because I miss doing DIY mods so thought I'd start on some.
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Flush fit Aerocatch latches (sending them back because I meant to order the none flush ones)
Pitking QR Catches, for bumper fastening, gunna be ordering a few more of these to make the bumper more or less fully quick release
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/57568cae6b3ac3f1c6cb739815b50050/tumblr_nzlw5zQ7ZX1u04bfbo3_1280.jpg)
Also started to do a magnetic license plate set up just for cool looks stuff but that's a easy thing.
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Looking good mate! One to keep an eye on, be interested to see how the intercooler performs. Want to do some solid pipework on mine when I start putting it together next year.
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Looking good mate! One to keep an eye on, be interested to see how the intercooler performs. Want to do some solid pipework on mine when I start putting it together next year.
Oh aye cheers!
I just wanna get it all together and alive now! So much work to do this year, more or less all the interior is coming out to go into the 2k caddy I have my eye on and LOTS of custom work going on with the golf, can't wait to get cracked on with it!
Tell you one thing for sure the stainless piping looks bomb af
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@doaburnout (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10652) Don't know how much you paid for the Pitking QR Catches i have a couple (never used) if you want i will be happy with £45 delivered they cost me £60.
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@doaburnout (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10652) Don't know how much you paid for the Pitking QR Catches i have a couple (never used) if you want i will be happy with £45 delivered they cost me £60.
Awesome I'll get in touch with you later this week as that sounds spot on mate
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Awesome I'll get in touch with you later this week as that sounds spot on mate
Great! Here is a pic just to confirm they are the same as the ones you've already got.
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Awesome I'll get in touch with you later this week as that sounds spot on mate
Great! Here is a pic just to confirm they are the same as the ones you've already got.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fimages%2F20151220_164545_resized.jpg&hash=1fb762cf35cb9b782f8b33dbc15c472bcda83599)
Siiick cheers man I'll be in touch
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Anymore updates?
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Hello! New here but i locate Toronto Canada. Heavy snow this week and I got a very similar situation to yours, but i am lucky to have my radiator and everything behind survived. So I came up with the same idea as you to upgrade the cooling system (intercooler, charge pipe, etc...), but i will leave A/C on my car as i don't want stone flying into my car and hit my face while driving on summer highway with opened windows haha.
After study bunch of math and formulas about intercooler i wisely choose to go with the same one as yours, the mishimoto J, but i was not confident about its fitting until I found this 2-year-old forum, it looks very racer and at least i am sure it works! Late congrats here haha~
Just some small questions, how did you mount the intercooler? do you think I can have enough space for the A/C condensor (since the IC is thick)? Were your headlights from a Jetta and were they just plug in play without any coding (My OEM are HID)?