MK5 Golf GTI
General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: Dec on June 25, 2010, 12:40:09 pm
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Hey all,
Been poking around for a couple of days as I was reading a sweet build thread, and so thought I would say hello even though I'm not a mk5 or even a real VW owner anymore :ashamed:
Bit about myself..
So I have had 2 golf's, not mk5's though but had a 1.6 Driver mk2 (at 17) as my first car, got it for £300 and all I did was have problems with the carb and lower it 60mm :laugh:
Then for my second car (at 18) I got a mk3 16v gti brought from a guy on edition 38. Was already pretty modified, so all I really did was change the wheels on it. Coilovers were knackered so couldnt drop it more, but as I did 20k between january and october in it, It wouldnt really have been a good idea to go any lower! :confused:
Now I currently have a 2004 Audi A3 2.0tdi (at 19), which I brought last October. Initially, I wasnt going to do anything to it, and as I do quite a lot of miles It was going to stay standard. But going for a 170bhp petrol to a 140bhp slow & heavy diesel, I very quickly got bored of it, and finally got round to putting coilovers on around a month and a half a go. I would love to do more to it, but insurance is too expensive (less than the two previous cars though) and running costs (servicing/diesel/tyres) all mean that I don't have a lot of spare cash to throw at the car, so it will be slow progress really. Got a puncture today so would love to find some dirt cheap wheels to throw on, but otherwise I will probably leave it as it is for a while then put some replica's on.
Anyway, thats pretty much it! Heres a few pics of the cars for the hell of it:
Mk2 - not really sure what I was doing
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl96%2FDec_012%2FDSC00256.jpg&hash=4e11367789712acc4c428059cb8ebd66a39b693b)
Then went to this:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl96%2FDec_012%2FDSC02704.jpg&hash=cedcc6c8aa3ee58d8d324391a74ca4c9287626da)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fl96%2FDec_012%2FDSCN3061.jpg&hash=6ee9ea6ae0958ffc1cbaf8ad856e265e57c338c0)
Mk3 - brought with the merc wheels, the BBS Solitudes went on for a couple of weeks until inters where I swapped them on the way back for the Keskins
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FDec_012%2FCar%2FIMG_9785.jpg&hash=fc16c161c12e228b0c9183b7ffb987a1347894bd)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FDec_012%2FCar%2FSDC10306.jpg&hash=914d061499593d8bd819b24ac269d8394dfa70aa)
Inters '09:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FDec_012%2FCar%2FImage002.jpg&hash=5402acad566a477f745632f44917bd2c1b128f0e)
Keskins, 7.5" front, 9" rear in Satin black
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FDec_012%2FCar%2FDSCN3222.jpg&hash=932291549db409ee3f7f7fca37d77378f7a332d5)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1413%2F4607844299_5abc59e8b4.jpg&hash=6691a12336c2ec979743300c47e8a31b90d0051a)
Then Finally, the Audi :sick:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm2.static.flickr.com%2F1094%2F4609019455_eee1942f56.jpg&hash=e9661ab54e8e78be0ea8e318ce3e3751c297bbb2)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4033%2F4697212035_eaee5023cd.jpg&hash=35cf22b380c6839cf58b829ca2097313a9b302c2)
(new one was before coilovers)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4066%2F4432438056_a4eec799de.jpg&hash=b4183eff636584838ecc416fd83bcfa91624dc2b)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4036%2F4483995997_197b3f8a10.jpg&hash=24003f920209ea9f447d86d058f66571289bce73)
Being just the base 'SE' model, it was stupidly high, so even though its on coilover's, I have only wound them down to slightly lower than standard S line suspension. I need it to be practical unfortunatly so haven't been too over adventurous! Only other things done are service stuff like cambelt and brakes being changed, and I vinyl wrapped over the grandad spec wooden trim inside!
I regret selling the Mk3 so much, I should have attempted a diesel engine swap really!
Thanks for reading :)
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welcome to the forum-
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Hi and Welcome :driver:
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Welcome chap! :drinking:
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Welcome Fella!
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welcome fella ^^^ who's the blonde :signLOL:
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Welcome along :drinking:
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Thanks guys :grin:
welcome fella ^^^ who's the blonde :signLOL:
Haha just a friend, my current gf doesn't like it one bit though lol
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just thought i would ask lol..... and they never do
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Lol :wink: and nope, pretty much a pain in the ass lol
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lol bein onli a few years older than you i know of them bein a pain in the arse very much.... dats y i got rid off mine and decided 2 stay single :signLOL:
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Yea think im still learning on that front! Would deffo work out cheaper being single anyway :grin:
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yep more money= more mods in my book :evilgrin:
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Haha yea I would have had a higher spec car I think, along with a few choice mods to go with it :scared:
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you certainly would pal :booty: :booty: :signLOL:
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Welcome along fella :pomppomp: :smiley: