MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: mk1mad on February 26, 2025, 09:18:52 pm
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Had my Edition 30 a year now so was about time I put up a thread of the ups and downs of running a high miles Edition 30. Previously had a mk5 gti shadow blue 3 door DSG for 7 years. After a short time with a modern Audi I decided it was time to find an Edition 30 with a better specification than my last car had to be a 5 door and dsg and no sunroof.
This car turned up on Facebook, Decent spec, loads of upgrades, low owners and lots of history and bonus of having the paintwork corrected.
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As pictured in the advert.High mileage, but the gearbox was smoother than my previous car with 90k so that sold it for me. A few bits to do, I enjoy the challenge.
My previous shadow blue gti. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250226/0f2b03aa912cad45b9198bcf093a0262.jpg)
First changes were to remove the 3D number plates and stickers. , fit a front gti badge, , number plate surround and original vw badge.
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Next was to make some adjustments to the suspension, the car came with bilstein b16’s but they were set too hard for me and the car looked too low at the back. Rears adjusted and rear spacers fitted to even it up as it already had front spacers to clear the brakes. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250226/b65dabea6e7b0ccbca508bfc4ea2fed3.jpg)
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Nice spec, If I would buy another it would be a 5 door too. Do you keep the AUDI too?
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I’m a long way behind on this thread with what I have done.
Not long after buying the car I. Had the abs light come on intermittently and then on all the time.
Check with vcds showed front left. Turned into a bit of a challenge new sensor followed by new wiring loom to sensor. Issue was break in factory loom somewhere behind the glovebox where the main loom connects to the loom to the wheel. Remade the connection from the loom to the abs pump. Which cured it.
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Whilst doing this I removed the arch liner treated the rust spots with bilt hamber de oxit gel followed by por15. Painted hub and fitted new FAG wheel bearing.
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Bit of a waste of time painting the hub as I’m going to swap to aluminium hubs which I thought at the time wouldn’t work with the brakes.
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:happy2: fresh parts are always good👍🏻
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The next issue to deal with was the wipers front and back.
Rear wiper worked intermittently and front wiper seemed like it was slow as it came to the parked position.
Checked the wiring where enters the tailgate through the rubber grommet and found a couple of broken wires ( common mk5 issue )
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Cable tied the boot back so I could extend the wires to allow them to bend easily. Soldered and heat shrinked. I only did the very thin wires and ones the showed damage on the insulation.
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This cured the rear wiper works correctly now.
Onto the front wipers.
The paint on the arms were showing their age and mileage so whilst having a look at the mechanism I rubbed them down and repainted them.
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Pulled (http://)the mechanism out and stripped it down. One of the spindles was almost siezed solid. I am amazed it hadn’t blown a fuse or burnt the motor out.
Cleaned up and re greased and put back, this has improved the wipers they seem quicker and smoother to park position and saved them failing further down the line.
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Next issue I had put up with for 12 months was intermittent drivers door lock, which most of the time didn’t work on the key fob.
Checked the wiring in the body door grommet but no broken wires.
So decided to by a new lock mechanism and hope it would cure it.
Had to be a genuine part £287 from the dealers but managed to find a new one on EBay for £150.00
Followed a great guide from the humble mechanic.
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All bolts put in order of where they fit.
All went back together nicely with no issues , cleaned up the inside of the door before refitting the door skin.
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All works correctly and the door handle feels alot better to use. Probably because the cable was rest correctly according to the guide.
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Whilst I had the door skin off it was easier to treat some rust on the sill right under the front corner of the door, the paint looked like it had worn away from the door catching it but there was plenty of clearance .
My go to products bilt hamber de oxit gel and por 15 paint.
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This car used to belong to a member on here, Richard. There is a massive Members Ride thread on it about 100 odd pages.
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This car used to belong to a member on here, Richard. There is a massive Members Ride thread on it about 100 odd pages.
Yes I know, I bought it off Jamie who's a friend of Richard. It's a really good car with some excellent upgrades. I'm just going through all the age related issues and usual mk5 problems.
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Yep... that was mine. Bought it at 13,000 miles and it had the sh*t kicked out of it until I sold it on 160k. Still miss it. If you think about selling it let me know. I would happily buy it back.
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Yep... that was mine. Bought it at 13,000 miles and it had the sh*t kicked out of it until I sold it on 160k. Still miss it. If you think about selling it let me know. I would happily buy it back.
It's in good hands Rich, can I ask you a couple of questions via PM?
I'm a bit behind on this thread of what I have done to the car. Went for mot today passed with one advisory, minor corrosion on rear sub frame. That's on the list of jobs.
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Sure :-)
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Back last June I took the car to Pip automotive ltd to have a carbon clean ,injectors cleaned and serviced and a new thermostat whilst the inlet was off.
The injectors were actually still in decent condition for the mileage baskets weren’t too bad.
Car is a lot smoother and peace of mind to protect the engine.
Car warms up much quicker now with the new thermostat, the car still had the original fitted so that had done pretty well. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260411/46c11a5d5705f1455355af389933d3b3.jpg)
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The car came with a nasty pattern bonnet which didn’t fit properly and was rusting on the inside.
Was a shame to have to replace it as the top was mint with PPF fitted.
Fitted a genuine used bonnet in the right colour. Also bought a pair of genuine wings in the correct colour which were very good as they were replacements. In storage for the time being but had to have them.
One of the wings is now obsolete from Volkswagen.
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Replacement bonnet fitted , need to have a look at the headlight alignment and the bumper. Will do that when changing the intercooler.
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Nice work👍🏻 Great to keep it nice :happy2:
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Looking good mate, just realised that this is your thread!
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Looking good mate, just realised that this is your thread!
Yes mate, I'll get some pics up of the mk1 at the weekend and some of the strip down of the edition 30.
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Finally a few pics of my other gti , mk1 with 1.8t. Stock look but most parts have been upgraded.
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MK1 looks mint mate, not often you see them in silver, I love the wheels too, are they Zender Turbos? Or those Renault 16v ones?
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Mk1 looks sweet, sits so well :happy2:
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MK1 looks mint mate, not often you see them in silver, I love the wheels too, are they Zender Turbos? Or those Renault 16v ones?
Zender turbos complete with original caps , security bolts with key.
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Mk1 looks sweet, sits so well :happy2:
Thanks mate, needs a few more fine adjustments but it's nearly there.
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Zender turbos complete with original caps , security bolts with key.
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Wow…..proper Rockinghorse sh*te! looks class mate!
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Wow…..proper Rockinghorse sh*te! looks class mate!
Nice one mate.
Finally made a start on the rear end strip down, no surprises to what I found.
I wasn't going to drop the rear subframe this time but looking at it, it makes sense to do it all in one go!
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Side skirts off next to see how badly the sills have gone from having holes at the end. This is turning into a can of worms!!
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Uh oh!!! And it starts, aye it makes sense to get it all done in one go if ya can have the car off the road
Aye it looks a bit crusty there like, hopefully once you get it ground back it doesn’t go too far 🤞🏻
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
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The rest of the inner arches don't look too bad. Looks like the previous owner had tried to slow it down with some sort of under seal.
One of the rear coil overs was locked solid, no wonder the ride was so bad !! .
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Hi, just read your thread😍👍🏼
You're doin a Great job😉
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Got the sill covers off , back corners of the sills will need welding , fronts were better than I expected. Pretty pleased compared to some I had seen.
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Dropped out the rear axle, it was pretty badly rusted, too far gone. I am going to find a better condition one .
Made up a couple of blanks to block off the brake lines, they came undone ok. Had to be careful dropping the axle.
Even though the car had had new arms I am going to fit all new super pro bushes.
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Got the axle all stripped down.
Badly rusted, don’t think it would have done many more mot’s
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Picking a replacement up this week, which will need stripping for powder coating.
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Plenty of life left in that subframe.....
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Plenty of life left in that subframe.....
You are welcome to have it as a memento :wink:
Found a replacement subframe from a jap import mk6 hardly any corrosion and a bonus of having the xenon levelling bracket and sensor. For another job further down the line.
Subframe is stripped ready for powder coating. Can’t believe how poor they were protected from the factory.
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Looking good mate! I must admit my subframe looked worse than that and I powdercoated it 😂 hopefully it will last haha!
Nice job on finding a good one though, looking forward to the progress!
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Looking good mate! I must admit my subframe looked worse than that and I powdercoated it 😂 hopefully it will last haha!
Nice job on finding a good one though, looking forward to the progress!
It was a lot worse than my mk1 rear beam. The rust has eaten really deep in places.
This will save time and money at the powder coaters as it won’t take as long to clean up,and will look better.
Plus I got the xenon levelling bracket and sensor .
Dropping it all off tomorrow, then onto the underside this weekend if it cools down.
How are you getting on ?
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It was a lot worse than my mk1 rear beam. The rust has eaten really deep in places.
This will save time and money at the powder coaters as it won’t take as long to clean up,and will look better.
Plus I got the xenon levelling bracket and sensor .
Dropping it all off tomorrow, then onto the underside this weekend if it cools down.
How are you getting on ?
Aye defo makes sense! Hopefully as ya say should be coming together a lot sooner!
It’s getting on OK, progress has slowed as we have been away on holiday, I’ve taken some time off with my little lad and I’ve also been waiting for some bits!
I’m hopefully gonna get an update on there by the end of the week. I have finally started bolting bits back on though haha. It feels like ages but technically only been about 2 months in total and that is working on it the odd afternoon/evening