MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: 2004 golf gti
Post by: spall10 on April 08, 2013, 10:44:58 pm

is there anything different with the 2004 to any of the newer mk5 golf gti, such as common problems etc such as for example my civic type r had an alarm problem being 2003 as its common fault

any help?

Title: Re: 2004 golf gti
Post by: spall10 on April 20, 2013, 05:31:05 pm

any help hopefully picking one up tomorrow

Title: Re: 2004 golf gti
Post by: garrardrj on April 20, 2013, 06:32:34 pm

A 2004 should have had a recent cambelt done in 2012/13 (Second one) , if not knock £400 off the price immediatley
 :innocent:

Title: Re: 2004 golf gti
Post by: dmac1969 on April 20, 2013, 07:26:58 pm

Look for rust in the front arches - my 2005 car had this so a 2004 will probably be going here.