MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: Cooper on June 15, 2009, 11:00:05 pm
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Owned my GTI for just over a year now, covered 27k in it and loved it :driver:
When I got it there was still a years warranty so I didn't want to do any major mods that may have compromised it, as I need my car for work.
First little mods were red GTI badges and open fog grills
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Next was some R32 rear lights and some cool blue interior bulbs, aswell as having all four Monza II's replaced under warranty,
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The car stayed like this for quite a while, until recently I lamin-x'd my front fogs yellow and bought some FK Koenigsport Silverline X coilovers from jonnyc, and an EVOMS intake from a member over on golfgti.co.uk, who thought it was too loud, I managed to get the coilovers, and intake fitted over the last week and then got my OEM bonnet bra today so I gave my car a clean and took some pics
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New wheels are getting fitted on Friday just in time for Big Fat Tour, they currently being refurbished by Wheel Repair Centre (taking advantage of the forum discount) so I will post pics up on the weekend, really looking forward to getting them on, here's a pic of them when they were last refurbished on my friends TT at Ultimate Dubs
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Since then my friend has just let them rot so they needed a refurb before they went on my car, pics to follow
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Sweet! More lowerrrrrr.. :smiley:
Looking forward to seeing the wheels too mate!!
What size are they? Offsets and widths? Also 5x112 yeah?
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Blimey those wheels are going to look PHAT!!!
Love the look of the car, the red badges go really well on Grey! :happy2:
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Looking good so far :happy2:
That deep dish is impressive are they the same rims as these.
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Looking good so far :happy2:
That deep dish is impressive are they the same rims as these.
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There the Turbo twists, very similar though.. Lovely rims!
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Cheers guys :smiley:
Sweet! More lowerrrrrr.. :smiley:
Looking forward to seeing the wheels too mate!!
What size are they? Offsets and widths? Also 5x112 yeah?
They are RH ZW4's fronts 8.5J and the rears have a deeper dish and are 9.5J, they are 5x112, but not entirely sure on the offset, I did a test fit before I lowered it to get an idea of what they'd look like
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They should be fine,
Think I will be lowering it a little more when they are on, just waiting till I get them on to set the ride height properly :happy2:
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nice rims :smiley:
is that the OEM "GTI" amblem or a copy ?? ,need a part number of it :) ,mine "china" copy is falling apart :D
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nice rims :smiley:
is that the OEM "GTI" amblem or a copy ?? ,need a part number of it :) ,mine "china" copy is falling apart :D
They are the OEM ones from oempl.us, the part numbers on the packing list are
Front - 1K6853679RED
Rear - 1J0853675AK
I think oempl.us make the front ones themselves though so get two of the rear ones and just pull the letters off the plinth on the front grill a stick the red ones on :happy2:
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The car stayed like this for quite a while, until recently I lamin-x'd my front fogs yellow and bought some FK Koenigsport Silverline X coilovers from jonnyc, and an EVOMS intake from a member over on golfgti.co.uk, who thought it was too loud, I managed to get the coilovers, and intake fitted over the last week and then got my OEM bonnet bra today so I gave my car a clean and took some pics
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Wow cooper the car stance looks amazing with the drop and the monza 18's it makes me want to get some monza.. :happy2:
Also how is the ride with the fk Konigsport have you played about with the Dampning adjustments.. :drinking:
Once again love you car and the STANCE
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Looks really well matey, with thise wheels on it is going to look something else :drool: Be sure to post plenty of pics when Gerry and the guys have worked their magic :happy2:
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Looks great mate! :happy2:
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Cheers for the comments :grin:
Wow cooper the car stance looks amazing with the drop and the monza 18's it makes me want to get some monza.. :happy2:
Also how is the ride with the fk Konigsport have you played about with the Dampning adjustments.. :drinking:
Once again love you car and the STANCE
The coilovers are good they have given me a nice drop and there's still loads of thread left on the adjusters to go lower, I think that they are on the firmest setting but they're not crashy, haven't played with the damping though as they are fine as they are
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wo this is going to look gorgous on them rims, cant wait to see the pics kep up the great work mate. :happy2: :smiley:
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Very nice mate, the ZWs are one of my all time favourite wheels so I'm always going to love them!
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looks nice! :happy2:
where bouts u joining the big fat tour?
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looks nice! :happy2:
where bouts u joining the big fat tour?
Thanks
Think I am doing the whole thing now, so will be in Hessle at 9:00 then on from there!
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looking gorgeous, i love the new rims!
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Got my wheels back today, couldn't be happier :jumping:
iPhone pics so not great quality but here they are:
Polished dishes with Tornado Red centres, they're going on tomorrow!
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Lovely choice on the colour mate, going to look awesome!
Ill pop over some time next week for a nosey if you like?
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dammit cooper what are you trying to do to me!! :rolleye:
i luuuuuuuuuuuuuuurve those rims that colour. im having a hard enough time trying to pick future wheels for my BMP without you messing with my head!! :signLOL:
they look amazing!
cant wait for pics
matsu
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I was thinking of doing my Merc wheels Tornado Red, god damn you they'll look too similar! :sad1:
They look friggin' awesome though! Nice one!
I reckon they're about ET42, my Mercs are ET46 on the back and they're flush with the arch, and almost touching everything in the arch!
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WOW! They are gonna look awesome when they are on, be sure to post plenty of pics :happy2:
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Cant believe i missed this! Looked great at the big fat tour! :happy2:
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Looks really nice!
Can you tell me where you got the bonnet bra from? A link maybe?
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Very nice :happy2:
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how does the evoms intake sound. im playing with the idea of one
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Cheers for comments :smiley:
Lovely choice on the colour mate, going to look awesome!
Ill pop over some time next week for a nosey if you like?
Your welcome to pop over and have a nosey if you like Jonny, just let me know and I'll make sure I'm around!
how does the evoms intake sound. im playing with the idea of one
EVOMS sounds great, if you search on youtube there are videos of GTI's with them fitted so you can get an idea
Will get some pics up of the wheels fitted shortly, just can find the lead for my digital camera
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Finally got round to getting some pics up with my new wheels on, also added some yellow H7bulbs to the main beam as the reflection in the headlamp ties in well with the lamin-x'd yellow fogs
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Rear
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May still go lower as there's still plenty on threads on the coilies and room in the arches although the stance is looking pretty good to me
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Looks good Cooper.. :happy2:
What are the width and offset of the wheels and tyre size on rim as i can see you have some strech going on and it looks just right to me :drinking:
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Looks ace that matey! :drool: :drool:
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holy sh*t...oops sorry censors but dammm fella they cool shmart!! :jumping:
but i think they would better on bmp so please feel free to post them to essex forthwith :jumpmove:
loving that look.........not jealous at all no no no no :sad1:
more pics!
matsu
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Looks good Cooper.. :happy2:
What are the width and offset of the wheels and tyre size on rim as i can see you have some strech going on and it looks just right to me :drinking:
Cheers
Fronts are 18x8.5J ET59 with an 8mm spacer as the wheels would have been grinding on the struts and the rears are 18x9.5J ET46. They have got 225/40 tyres on so the fronts are fine and there is a bit of stretch on the rears but nothing silly :wink:
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So I haven't updated this in ages, made a few changes.
Discs and pads needed changing a few months ago so got some Zero Sixty grooved and dimpled discs and Hawk HPS pads all round, then had a custom stage 1 map put on by a local tuner (www.bigfishtuning.co.uk) top bloke and will remap anything for £250!
Also got another set of Monza II's to run over the winter as I didn't want my RH's getting ruined by all of the salt on the roads. They were cheap and needed a refurb due to a bit of kerbing but I went the cheap route with a bit of inspiration from our friends over the pond and got some matt black plastidip. Really good stuff, really easy and gives a great finish. Can only tell they'd been kerbed when you look closely so they were fine to run over the winter. Also Plastidipped the Wing mirrors and front grill mask.
Also modified my US spec front end cover so that I could use it with my number plate on show, any way here's come pics of how it's currently looking after a good clean today, even cleaned my engine bay! Not great pics by the way, iPhone camera!
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Really liking the way that it looks on the black wheels so considering having my RH's refurbed similar to this
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My old wheels came up well mate :happy2: Car looks 8) well done I wouldn't mind my CH reps doing like that if you want something to keep you busy :happy2: :grin:
Darren
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Very Nice mate. :happy2:
I think my next one will be grey! :love:
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Your car is amazing :O
But i personally don't like the mud flaps :/
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My old wheels came up well mate :happy2: Car looks 8) well done I wouldn't mind my CH reps doing like that if you want something to keep you busy :happy2: :grin:
Darren
Yeah they look pretty smart and like I say you can barely seen the kerbing unless you get right up close to them.
Plastidip is really gud stuff, can see why the yanks love it so much, only took one spray can to do all four wheels too!
Your car is amazing :O
But i personally don't like the mud flaps :/
Thanks.
I know what you mean, they're more about function than form though, work in the middle of no where and just trying to keep the build up of crap to a minimum. Looking at getting my lowers colour coded soon though and doubt I'll keep them on after that.