The Wifey-Mobile: The GTi She Didn't Want...

[prp74]

Looking good. Good job on the lenses 

[Lyons]

Wheels look well. Any more photos?

The smoked lights aren't to my taste personally.

[Monster_Mike]

I've got a 5dr Black GTi too.. thanks for the inspiration.. liking the smoked rear lights too..

Mike

[FJ1000]

One of the things I've been meaning to get to is tinting the front windows....getting done tomorrow. Car was looking good when I dropped it off so grabbed a couple of pics while I was waiting for my uber to arrive:





I reckon I could get away with 15mm rear spacers, might give it a go to fill the arches better.


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[FJ1000]

Been a while since I posted some pics, so here we have a few from Donington on Monday. Fun day, but unfortunately it didn't end all that well!







After my bro-in-law put a hole in the sump and damaged a wheel on the sausage kerbs at the chicane. Luckily, found a replacement wheel on ebay, and no other damage apart from the sump. Could have been bad if we tried to run the engine after the sump started leaking oil. Should all be fixed later today. 

[Rob1]

Nice looking MK5 with some nice touches, however I'm sure your wife does not like those seats, I have a lovely set of standard leather front seats which I am more than happy swap 

[FJ1000]

Nice looking MK5 with some nice touches, however I'm sure your wife does not like those seats, I have a lovely set of standard leather front seats which I am more than happy swap 

Hahahha! Nice try. Although she probably wouldn't notice if the seats were swapped. I don't think she'd notice that the car has now been bluefin'd either if I didn't tell her.

Do you know what, on the track that day as my bro in law lost control the thought that went through my head was "if he stacks it, and it's a write off, how am I going to find another GTi with the same seats!?".

Luckily he didn't stack it, but he'll never live this down now. The whole family has been taking the piss out of him non stop, which has been quite entertaining. "Oh no Jeff is turning right, watch out!!!!"

I'm pleased to report that the car was back on the road by Wednesday, thanks to the speedy work by Volks Autos in Sutton.




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[FJ1000]

By way of apology to the Golf for the hard time it had last week...

Had a pioneer Apple CarPlay head unit fitted, with iPhone cable run to the compartment by the handbrake. Installer did a nice neat job...the surround fits perfect too.

All interior lights swapped for LEDs too, and fitted one of Olsen-72's USB sockets.

Also found a dial in the glovebox....is that what I think it is?

















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[Deako]

It's to enable/disable the vent which lets aircon into the glovebox. Good for chocolate bars in summer. That's about it.

[FJ1000]

It's to enable/disable the vent which lets aircon into the glovebox. Good for chocolate bars in summer. That's about it.

Ha, thanks for that, started getting my hopes up it was refrigerated and I just hadn't noticed!

At least my yorkie bars will be safe now


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[Shoduchi]

You can use it for a small bottle of water, or something like it. The glovebox isn't really big enough to put there much.

[Nickd57]

I didnt even know you got gti wingbacks

[lukemk5gti]

I like the apple car play! How much and who installed?

[FJ1000]

I like the apple car play! How much and who installed?

Cheers, so do I! I wish I got the same unit for my other car. I got a more expensive pioneer unit (AVH-X8700BT) but needn't have bothered, the SPH-DA120 does everything I need. I think it looks better too.

I got it installed by Safensound in Thornton Heath, chap called David. I highly recommend him; very diligent, wants to do a good job, and reasonable prices.

He did me a good deal on the headunit itself as a one-off, as I've had a few things done by him. On top of the unit cost, he charged me £69 for the fascia, steering control module and aerial booster + £49 installation.

[Mk6Sam]

That Apple Car play looks great!! Works so seamlessly with iPhones and the screen looks great too.