MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: M9xxr on December 13, 2014, 09:54:30 pm
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Right thought id start a build thread as been hovering around on here for a while.
So from the start, My girlfriend became pregnant and we were expecting a little boy. My life is now all about to change. So it was time for my pride and joy to go :(
My t5 had done me very well but i needed the money out of it to get a family car, move out etc etc.
so here she is (as seen in the new gti calendar)
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so after spending a load of money on airride, new wheels, and loads of other stuff the plan was completely scrapped. Van was sold and my heart was broken.....Bank balance looked good though.
My girlfriend had a mini cooper convertible but this was a useless car with a baby so that had to go. So started looking for a 5 door, baby friendly car. But this was by no means going to be a boring car. Im car mad. Ive always wanted a MK5 golf R32 but after bit of searching they were out of my price range, plus just under £500 to tax? So gti is second best....and arguably a better car for many reasons. I found a well specced 5 door gti in black (not really the colour i was after) not to far away and went and had a look, was really impressed with the car and agreed a deal with the mini so drove away in "our" new car.
so heres the first photos
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This is our family car, in other words my gf uses it everyday and I use it at weekends as a toy etc.
Im not very good at leaving stuff alone, but i new from the start i couldn't just do what i like to this car, it needs to stay a usable car. so no stupid wheels and really low... so the wheels from the van went out the window
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so i bought these instead
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my mate works at audi and hooked me up with some brand new centre caps, nut caps and audi dust caps.
I also bought a load of cleaning products a u.s spec grill and a mk6 boot badge.
Decided that i wasn't going to fit the grill till my plate was on. This took the best part of 8 weeks which annoyed me loads. Finally got the v5 and got the grill fitted,my plate on and fitted the mk6 badge! only minor details but started to look a bit like mine
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so after this the car remained the same for a while. i split the speedline's and had my good friend refurb the lips as the centres where ok for now. I had told myself i wasn't putting linglong tyres on them. So they were just put to the side and i was waiting to save for tyres. Having to support a family and being the only one with income everything is bit tight money wise(we all have choices so can't moan about it) so with the car if its not broke i can't really waste money on it. I was starting to get really bored of the car and really wanted the wheels on it and it lower. so after a bit of saving i decided id put some cheapish tyres (nankang :confused:) on the wheels and get them on the car. With a set of h&r springs for good measure. so called in a few favours here and there and I've ended up with this so far
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Car was filthy and only had my iPhone for pictures so will try to get some better with my camera soon!
I have endless plans for the car, i want xenons as it was the only thing the car didn't have that i really wanted,
my list to come
full respray
edition30 front splitter
mk6 sideskirts
mk6 gti rear bumper/splitter
mk6 miltek with decat
s3 intercooler
remap
stillstatic coilovers
mk7 steering wheel
decent tyres
r32 rearlights
wingback recaros/cs recaros trimmed to standard cloth
and on and on.
thanks for reading this far with out getting bored :happy2:
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Looks great so far :happy2:
However your list seems to be a bit more than "if it its not broke I can't waste money on it" :signLOL:
Seems like you've got the modifying disease.
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Looks great mate, this forum won't help you leaving things standard :grin:
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Do you not own the van anymore?
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Few more pictures to add, been a busy winter so haven't done much (anything) to it.
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still love it, even if i never really get to drive it. My new transit is brilliant too :driver:
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Stunning T5 having you got any photos of it inside
Going to keep an eye on this thread looks like you've got some epic plans
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Picked up some rs3 hubs, discs and calipers last night! they are huge!! also had my speed lines apart and refurbed matt grey!
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Roll on the weekend :grin:
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The Beast!! Need to get some photos of our cars together! (When mines not broken..)
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Got my brakes, hubs and wheels fitted just in time for players last weekend! Still not 100% on the wheels still, and the rs3 hubs have pushed the track out by 10 mm so need my front archs rolled and made wider! Need coilovers now as im not happy with how it sits! Heres some pics :jumping:
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Car looks well :happy2:
Where did you get the smoked plates from?
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Those Brakes :O Gimme!!
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Thought id add some more photos...
planning on some new wheels very soon and some bilsteins, hopefully start looking at engine mods soon along with the usual pcv and dv valve change. decatted both cats on it too now and cut the centre box out but it now sounds a bit like a diesel on tick over and slow driving! My gf hates me and now wants her own car :signLOL:
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Very nice mate :happy2:
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Looking good. Love the alloys, really suit the car :happy2:
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Got my brakes, hubs and wheels fitted just in time for players last weekend! Still not 100% on the wheels still, and the rs3 hubs have pushed the track out by 10 mm so need my front archs rolled and made wider! Need coilovers now as im not happy with how it sits! Heres some pics :jumping:
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I'm not that familiar with the RS3 hub lower control arm setup other than the mentioned 10mm wider due to wider ball bearing. I have had the "normal" TT mk 2 setup which is alloy parts and allows for adjustable negative camber at the ball joint. This gives at max. Negative camber 7mm wider track on top of the hubs being 15mm wider so 22mm in total. If the RS3 hubs are of the same dimensions and you ad a further 10mm you will have trouble running your existing rims at the ET of 42-48mm. Rolling the fenders won't be enough. You need to look at Kerscher or SRS-Tec from Germany that makes 30mm wider front fenders in reinforced plastic. I had the Kerscher solution along with my TT mk 2 alloy front hubs and lower controlarms.
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Right time for a change on the wheels. so i bought some of these. Absolute bargain, in vw boxes with vortex paper work the lot!
car needs a serious clean but been sorting my exhaust out so ran out of time. Heres some pictures for you. Speedlines are now for sale too!
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Will try and clean it and get some better pictures this week. Need to sell my other wheels and hopefully order some b14s and some decent tyres!
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Filthy but still looks really good mate :happy2:
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Love those wheels but the OZ were much cheaper than the price VW asked for them. They suit well the mk5 too. :drinking:
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little update, Clean car pictures!
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Fitted my new rear lights
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Removed the red cover from the wrong side so the reverse light is now white as it should be and put a red bulb in for fog light
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Looking good! Have you got the R32 real lights for sale?
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they the 8x19's mate?
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they the 8x19's mate?
yeah mate et 41 :happy2:
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Gunna follow this thread. Got you on Instagram so recognise the lovely t5! New wheels look much better speedlines just don't work on the golf IMO lively wheels and every other car I've seen them on they look awesome but don't do it for me on the golf!
What's next then? Gotta do something with that plastic rear bumper! (Don't know how gti owners live with it)
Nice car though I'm sure it will be in a different league in a years time!
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Gunna follow this thread. Got you on Instagram so recognise the lovely t5! New wheels look much better speedlines just don't work on the golf IMO lively wheels and every other car I've seen them on they look awesome but don't do it for me on the golf!
What's next then? Gotta do something with that plastic rear bumper! (Don't know how gti owners live with it)
Nice car though I'm sure it will be in a different league in a years time!
ahaha cheers mate :) yeah wheels are a stop gap tbh, my gf still uses it daily so i can't take it off the road quite yet! hopefully ill pick some tarmacs or something soonish. Just waiting for my mate to move house then its going in for repaint in blackberry (t5 colour) and properly full edition 30 kit then ill rip the motor out of it and put a k04 lump in it. Love the mk5 and in no rush to get a newer car tbh. :happy2:
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Gunna follow this thread. Got you on Instagram so recognise the lovely t5! New wheels look much better speedlines just don't work on the golf IMO lively wheels and every other car I've seen them on they look awesome but don't do it for me on the golf!
What's next then? Gotta do something with that plastic rear bumper! (Don't know how gti owners live with it)
Nice car though I'm sure it will be in a different league in a years time!
ahaha cheers mate :) yeah wheels are a stop gap tbh, my gf still uses it daily so i can't take it off the road quite yet! hopefully ill pick some tarmacs or something soonish. Just waiting for my mate to move house then its going in for repaint in blackberry (t5 colour) and properly full edition 30 kit then ill rip the motor out of it and put a k04 lump in it. Love the mk5 and in no rush to get a newer car tbh. :happy2:
Sounds good man :) I fancy some new wheels but don't have loads to spend, and when I do I won't be able to justify spending loads on wheels when it could be money spent better elsewhere on suspension or brakes for me.
I like the ed30 pescaras just wish they were abit wider!
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Right time for a change on the wheels. so i bought some of these. Absolute bargain, in vw boxes with vortex paper work the lot!
car needs a serious clean but been sorting my exhaust out so ran out of time. Heres some pictures for you. Speedlines are now for sale too!
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Will try and clean it and get some better pictures this week. Need to sell my other wheels and hopefully order some b14s and some decent tyres!
Do the new wheels clear the brake setup? Any need of spacers?
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Right time for a change on the wheels. so i bought some of these. Absolute bargain, in vw boxes with vortex paper work the lot!
car needs a serious clean but been sorting my exhaust out so ran out of time. Heres some pictures for you. Speedlines are now for sale too!
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Will try and clean it and get some better pictures this week. Need to sell my other wheels and hopefully order some b14s and some decent tyres!
Do the new wheels clear the brake setup? Any need of spacers?
They clear it by a fair distance, but the Hubs help this. I know a guy with a caddy running a ttrs set up and they clear them
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Just to clarify @M9xxr (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10512), what were the Splits - 19x9? They seem to sit very proud and subtly aggressively :smiley:
After a set myself but not ready to pull the trigger just yet. They looked an absolute treat though :drool: and in that colour, big winner (although I won't have the rim lip, personally prefer to be boring and have the wheels all one colour :laugh: :grin:)
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Small update,
Car is away now for winter to be stripped out, caged, track prep all suspension, cdl conversion with a tte420. Going to be fun winter and even more fun summer :laugh:
Got started this evening with the interior rip out :ashamed:
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should have the dash out this weekend, ready to go for weld in cage in the next couple weeks :evilgrin:
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Haha knew you couldn't resist looking forward to seeing the progress over winter. Iknow it will be epic!
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You really meant it when you said you wanted to go racecar didn't you? :laugh:
As above looking forward to seeing the progression on this bad boy :happy2:
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Going to be watching this like a hawk
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:popcornsoda: :popcornsoda:
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Nice! Another great build to follow! :pomppomp:
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This cars so nice! Looking forward to seeing more updates! :driver:
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Blooming hell max. You will have to let me know when you've finished and I will have to pop up and you take me for a ride lol :driver:
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You nutter :P
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Little pointless update, removed the rest of the interior today (dash/curtain airbags/seatbelts etc) Need to get in the back with the grinder and remove all the rear seat mounts etc to tidy it all up. Cant decide on to rebuild my axx with forged rods and pistons or just get a cdl lump? can't find a definitive answer so will make a couple phone calls this week. Hopefully get the engine and box out in the evenings this week. Still wake up thinking I've ruined a perfectly good car :stupid: but i don't care :grin:
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My mate Jake is building his car at the same time (he's a bit ahead of me) in the same unit. It brilliant fun doing both cars together and I'm proper buzzing to get stuck in and getting them built. cheers :)
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From what I've looked at I'd just get the CDL lump mate, you can normally pick one up sub 60k for £2k or so and they have a better compression ratio for running bigger power.
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Looking forward to this one.
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Oh Jake, with the Fabia... he's a good lad.
Didn't realise you were around Newbury...
Just get the CDL engine, good for 450/500bhp.
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Thought I ruined my perfectly good MK6 for DSG conversion which looked like I hit a dead end. Got there in the end and its so rewarding!
Things look doubtful and bad before they get better afterwards! Stick at it mate and see it through :happy2:
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From what I've looked at I'd just get the CDL lump mate, you can normally pick one up sub 60k for £2k or so and they have a better compression ratio for running bigger power.
Yeah but that's the reason for new forged internals, they bring the compression down lower than a cdl lump and I know it's strong then. Cost wise it will work out the same but I'd have a better lump that should take abuse means I don't have to out lay a load of money in one go. Only big expense after that will be the turbo. I'll see, Engine is out tomorrow with fuel tank. Moving it next weekend to tylah Motorsport for some tubing :)
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what size tyres are you running on your votex wheels mate?
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Few more pictures for a update,
Dropped the car off tonight for its full weld in cage at Tylah motorsport. Very excited to see it all done. Heres some pictures from the last week and a bit of the strip down. Managed the engine and box out in 5hours on my own which i was happy with. (Im a carpenter by trade so not my profession) Fuel tank was something I've never even thought about removing but wasn't to bad, could of done with a ramp to get the car higher but still only took about a hour and no real drama. My time will turn now to stripping the block down for full rebuild :jumping:
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perfect combo
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No going back now...
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All ready for welding and gussets, over the moon with it all. Cant wait to get it back now!
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Got the car back today, couldn't be happyier with cage. Dean and his boys at Tylah motorsport have done a amazing job and the welds are works of art, very nice group of lads and even pushed my boy around on a mini moto he had to sit on! Time to get it to paint now!
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:drool: :drool: :drool:
Cage looks spot on. Looks like I know what's going to be happening to the car next year.
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Just my opinion, but get the CDL and go for a bigger turbosetup, i did a cupra BWJ in my mk 5 GTI and a Precision 5558 turbo which ran for a year and a half with a comfortable 489bhp and 546Nm without a sweat, same initial torque as a K04 but it just kept comming and peaked around 4500rpm, fantastic fun and with the right tyres very fast :)