MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: B6NVW on June 18, 2014, 03:58:34 pm

Title: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 18, 2014, 03:58:34 pm
Hi guys, my names Ben. New on here!

Picked my golf up on Monday and loving every second of it so far. Not new to golfs but new to the mk5.

I've been looking for a while to try and find one with the right spec, leather because of the kids and xenons for me were a must!

Managed to get one with heated leather, xenons, satnav, steering wheel controls, parking sensors and 18" monzas - not diamond cut though unfortunately.

Anyway here it was the day I got it

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Although the paintwork was in fairly good condition I wasnt 100% happy with it so cracked open the DA and took a trip to halfords to stock up.

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I could tell the paintwork had been looked after well and polished regularly as soon as I got the hose on it so I decided to get the meguires claybar kit out and strip it all back. This made so much difference and showed up about 1000 more scratches!

So heres a quick shot after a clay and polish with the menzerna and DA.

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Then that was that for yesterday.

This morning I decided to give it a quick was again just with water to remove the dust that had settled overnight and then got the autoglym super resin polish on top.

Left the paintwork at that and here it is now.

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That was it for the outside for now, ill be giving it a coat of g3 wax at the weekend after another wash.

Started on the inside, really pleased with the  only needed a quick hoover and going over the dash and dials with meguires interior detailer -really good stuff!

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Theres a couple of bits I need to get tidied up, so my list of things to do is

New oil filler cap
New intake pipe
New exhaust tips

And this is why
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Forgot to say this car has also been remapped but its just a generic one so will be getting it checked out and a proper map put on once funds allow. As well as getting it into the bodyshop for rear bumper, skirts and splitter to be colour coded.

Oh and a wheel refurb in there somewhere!

Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: Dave7692 on June 18, 2014, 04:59:53 pm
Looks good, the paint really came up well  :happy2:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 18, 2014, 07:24:43 pm
Here's a few more

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Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: prp74 on June 18, 2014, 08:59:45 pm
Great job. Good spec car  :happy2:

Any more plans?
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 18, 2014, 09:47:52 pm
Quote from: prp74 on June 18, 2014, 08:59:45 pm
Great job. Good spec car  :happy2:

Any more plans?

Thanks man,

Not really atm other than mentioned. Just want to start by tidying up and trying to make it mind.

The exhaust tips are really past it now so I want to get that sorted. But also dont want to buy a complete system so im think im getting some nice ed30 tips welded on instead.

Then onto the bodywork. Still wondering why vw didn't colour code the skirts and front and rear splitters!

Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: rich83 on June 18, 2014, 09:51:46 pm
Welcome... black 5dr are the fastest.  :happy2:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: bbfb10 on June 19, 2014, 08:11:59 am
Nice car. Very similar to mine. Will be interested in this thread. I need to learn how to get my paint work looking so good.
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 19, 2014, 09:37:06 am
Quote from: richwig83 on June 18, 2014, 09:51:46 pm
Welcome... black 5dr are the fastest.  :happy2:

Thanks, I agree!
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 19, 2014, 09:39:49 am
Quote from: bbfb10 on June 19, 2014, 08:11:59 am
Nice car. Very similar to mine. Will be interested in this thread. I need to learn how to get my paint work looking so good.

Thanks man, all you need is some time, patience and the right products. Im sure you could achieve this finish by hand with a little more time and effort if you dont have a DA
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: bbfb10 on June 19, 2014, 09:44:15 am
Im a total noob when it comes to car cleaning. Gradually building up my supply of products, would love a DA, but nervous, lve heard they can do more harm than good if you dont know what youre doing.
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 19, 2014, 11:53:10 am
Quote from: bbfb10 on June 19, 2014, 09:44:15 am
Im a total noob when it comes to car cleaning. Gradually building up my supply of products, would love a DA, but nervous, lve heard they can do more harm than good if you dont know what youre doing.

Yeah I was the same at first, tested it on my girlfriends mini first haha.

Seriously though you cant go wrong with this, also has adjustable speed so you can start it slow and build up speed as you get more confident
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 23, 2014, 02:18:59 pm
So im a week into ownership and still loving it as much as the day I got it if not more. I went for my first spirited drive last night, with the car in manual using the paddles on the steering wheel. Really is an awesome bit of kit.

Also.. could not believe how well this thing goes round corners!

Another quick wash today (making the most of my time off work) and we went to alton towers a few days ago so the car was a dusty, fly splattered mess.

Spent some time on the exhaust, still not perfect but at least I can tell its there now. Nothing worse than dirty tips  :laugh:

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Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: J400uk on June 23, 2014, 09:36:06 pm
Looks very tidy. Best colour and gearbox too  :happy2:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: usmangti on June 23, 2014, 11:39:47 pm
Looks really nice mate  :congrats: IMO the inners on your wheels need to be painted a darker colour, just to set the wheels of a bit
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 25, 2014, 05:31:27 pm
Quote from: usmangti on June 23, 2014, 11:39:47 pm
Looks really nice mate  :congrats: IMO the inners on your wheels need to be painted a darker colour, just to set the wheels of a bit

Thanks mate, not sure what to do with wheels, they need a refurb but also want to get some diamond cut ones. Looks so much better imo.
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 25, 2014, 05:34:20 pm
Quote from: J400uk on June 23, 2014, 09:36:06 pm
Looks very tidy. Best colour and gearbox too  :happy2:

Cheers mate. Was originally looking for a tornado red one but cant beat black.. when its clean anyway, just gets dirty so fast!
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 25, 2014, 05:36:57 pm
Just back from a 200 mile round trip to leeds to see some family
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Pretty happy with 36mpg too!! Does this sound about right obviously motorway driving, mixed speeds due to traffic and no cruise control as it doesnt seem to be working?
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: Hurdy on June 25, 2014, 09:49:04 pm
36 mpg on a steady cruise isn't too bad for a GTI. I have seen higher, but it is in the ballpark.

OCD cleaning tendencies are a must with a black VW.  :happy2:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: J400uk on June 25, 2014, 10:43:12 pm
Yeah 36mpg sounds about right to me for a long run. You can touch 40mpg but mid 30s would be about average for motorway journeys. Cruise control helps and its not unknown for the original stalks to fail so that might be worth replacing.
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 27, 2014, 03:04:30 pm
Back to work on monday so today I went to my local vw and had some new number plates made up for my private reg.

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Followed by a trip to the post office to spend 265 on a little bit of paper that goes in the corner of my windscreen  :sad1:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: z00bz on June 27, 2014, 04:18:06 pm
Looks nice - iv given up on my exhaust tips but they still look alot better then when I bought her in Dec'13 - They looked as though they NEVER had been cleaned  :mad:
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on June 28, 2014, 10:16:33 am
Quote from: z00bz on June 27, 2014, 04:18:06 pm
Looks nice - iv given up on my exhaust tips but they still look alot better then when I bought her in Dec'13 - They looked as though they NEVER had been cleaned  :mad:

Yeah mine looked a mess, didn't think they would be recoverable but not actually too bad. Going to get a mix of grades of wire wool and some autolsol today and see if I can get them any better
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on July 20, 2014, 01:20:15 am
So I got my paperwork through from dvla so got my plates on

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And I ordered a some poorboys black hole and a little test pot of dodo juice wax. The black hole is amazing and so easy to use

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Didnt get chance to use the wax as it got too hot.

Still need to get some new brakes and still indecided what discs and pads to go for on the standard calipers.
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on August 30, 2014, 01:00:14 pm
Been busy working so haven't had chance to play with the car much, or even drive it!

Gave it a good machine polish and wax last weekend and came up a treat, getting more confident with the DA now.

Heres an arty pic, also sprayed the badge black.

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Title: Bens black 5 door dsg gti
Post by: B6NVW on September 14, 2014, 05:18:27 pm
First proper long journey in the golf, 380 miles to be precise and i even managed all of that on 1 tank of fuel which i was very pleased with! The fuel light literally came on as i turned onto my estate.

Absolutely filthy when i got back, covered in seagull sh*t and salty sea air so gave it a good clean and fitted my new smd led interior bulbs. Got a kit from ebay for 20quid and really pleased with the outcome.

Heres some pics

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Ill try and get some more pictures at night to show the difference.

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Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: K9 on September 14, 2014, 10:13:01 pm
are the leds canbus error free? link?
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: DamoP on September 14, 2014, 11:46:17 pm
Quote from: K9 on September 14, 2014, 10:13:01 pm
are the leds canbus error free? link?
+1
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on September 15, 2014, 09:07:27 pm
Yep error free, no problems for me yet on day 2.

[ebay]http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=140547920140&alt=web[/ebay]
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: B6NVW on September 15, 2014, 09:10:13 pm
That didnt work then..

Try this http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=140547920140&alt=web
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: mandeep_vw on September 16, 2014, 11:04:36 pm
Looks good!

What did you use on the exhausts? need to do mine!
Title: Re: New member with a black golf gti dsg
Post by: Sjw_Vw on September 17, 2014, 10:07:19 am
Very nice GTI :happy2:. Great spec, great colour and love that you look after it :smiley: