MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: Polo6n1600i on July 26, 2013, 06:34:41 pm

Title: My new toy!!
Post by: Polo6n1600i on July 26, 2013, 06:34:41 pm
Seen on eBay locally, my dad decided to buy it for me (I'm a little skint from getting my jetta fixed!)

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Listed as 127k, it's had 6 previous owners, upto 2006 it had only 88,000 on the clock. Over the last 2 years its only done 12 miles, this passed year with the previous owner he added a further 5000 miles.

It's rough around the edges, has a few running problems. My plans are to restore it to full factory spec, with a few oem+ mods - it's got some very hard lowered springs & shocks. They need to come off!!

Spent about 3 evenings cleaning all the crud from under the bonnet
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Sorted the vacuum leak too!!

Spent this evening doing a few things to the car:-
Genuine set of Bosch W7DTC plugs
New ignition control module
Swopped back to old MAF
Put the original tail lights back on
Colour coded plinth replace with black textured one
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More parts being collected tomorrow, new expansion bottle, temp sensors, fluid level sensor.

Also going to sort the brakes out soon, handbrake is almost non-existent, the rear discs and pads need changed.

Any feedback gladly received! :-)
Title: Re: My new toy!!
Post by: JoeDarKa on July 26, 2013, 10:31:55 pm
Looks smart!
Title: Re: My new toy!!
Post by: Bernhard30 on July 26, 2013, 10:47:34 pm
That brings back memories. A white Mk2. Lovely..
Enjoy it.
Title: Re: My new toy!!
Post by: Rab89 on July 27, 2013, 01:24:19 pm
good project
Title: Re: My new toy!!
Post by: Polo6n1600i on July 27, 2013, 07:09:04 pm
Just had Trev up from Edinburgh for me to change his fan set & clean out his EGR.

The golf's just had new dash speakers, switched live to the headunit. And also decided one modern aftermarket piece of equipment needed to be fitted - parrot hands free kit.