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Offline SKAVIA

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DBP Stage2+ Ed30 - Xenons Fitted!
« on: December 23, 2009, 06:20:04 pm »
Hi all - thought I would finally put some pics up on this site as I'm at home with some time on my hands!
It's a great site and was good to meet some of you at the Surrey Rolling road earlier this month:
So here goes:
The car is a Pearl Black 2007 5 door Edition 30 - build No. 0142 on the plaque which we all petitioned for! :pomppomp:
I bought it brand new and the factory extras were Hi Line, iPod prep and MF wheel (from what I can remember!).
Here's how it looked when I got it:


After joining the GTI forums, the mods slowly started!
First and easiest was the black front badge and lowering springs (bought off Joes GTI  :happy2:)




I thought the back looked a little skinny so added some 10mm eibach spacers...


After that is was the Revo Stage 1 and K&N panel filter (thanks to GazButMk5)
This totally changed what was quite a nice car to a rapid machine! Made 313 bhp on the rolling road at AmD which I thought was quite generous...
Made 293bhp just recently at the Surrey RR (running on 95 RON which I got seriously told off for!!! :ashamed:)

Next mod was changing the standard head unit for the Kenwood DNX 7200 (after some advice from Hurdy  :drinking:)
The unit is a touch screen double din unit with DVD player, Garmin-based Sat Nav, Full iPod control with video, bluetooth and reverse-camera input). It's also got dual zone so the back can play DVD or CD while I can have my iPod or Nav at the front...nice.
I fitted the reverse camera myself - just above the number plate - has infra red so works in the dark... :evilgrin:

Also had the windows tinted all round - not too dark but just enough to protect the inside (and the baby!) from the sun...


After clocking up over 32,000 miles in the past few years, there really hasn't been many situations the GTI hasn't been able to handle: from safely ferrying the baby around with its ISOfix seats, carrying large loads with the seats down, to beating 996 Porsches in the rain (obviously not all at the same time!) :signLOL:

The wife also drives the car and had introduced the alloys to a few kerbs :fighting: so I had the wheels re-furbed recently.
Decided to change the colour at the same time to something a bit darker...

I got the front splitter done in matte as well....

At some stage I also got the open front grills....!

I de-badged the front and back and painted the rear badge black too...

I'm happy with the car the way it is although I have just got a full set of S3 brakes and a WALK kit which will be going on in the new year  :wink:.
Future mods will probably include a quiet performance exhaust, filter and HPFP, stage 2 map....oh and a quickshift kit, dogbone insert.....maybe some coilovers.... :laugh:
Hope you like the car.... :xmassmiley: :party: :party:
« Last Edit: January 24, 2012, 01:38:24 pm by SKAVIA »
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2009, 07:05:28 pm »
Very nice, love the wheel colour too  :happy2:

And... ferrari  :drool: :drool:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2009, 07:06:43 pm »

Looking sweeeeet dude! :happy2:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2009, 07:08:00 pm »
very nice mate ...what double din head unit did you get
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2009, 07:29:16 pm »
Quote from: paulk on December 23, 2009, 07:08:00 pm
very nice mate ...what double din head unit did you get

Cheers guys - glad you like!  :happy2:
Unit is the Kenwood DNX 7200 - it's been superceded now but it still does everything I need it to  :smiley:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2009, 07:34:17 pm »
Quote from: Aparoon on December 23, 2009, 07:05:28 pm
Very nice, love the wheel colour too  :happy2:

And... ferrari  :drool: :drool:

Thanks! Not sure what colour it is - I chose it off a colour chart with a million other greys on there! :confused:
I got it done in Matte as I was after a stealthy look - made sure I got a pot of touch up as well as I haven't got around to buying the wife another car :wink:
The Ferrari is tucked up for winter - not sure how long I can keep it with the baby now     :sad1:
2007 was a good year for cars!  :jumpmove:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 07:38:26 pm »
Some nice changes there Skavia, nice to meet you at surrey.

Its difficult to gauge what grey comes out in a colour chart.

i should know, have a set of Pescara's in a different shade also.

Must admit, prefer the look of the GTi and badges on the front grill more so.

Have a great xmas

steve
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2009, 07:51:25 pm »
Quote from: Phil Mcavity on December 23, 2009, 07:38:26 pm
Some nice changes there Skavia, nice to meet you at surrey.

Its difficult to gauge what grey comes out in a colour chart.

i should know, have a set of Pescara's in a different shade also.

Must admit, prefer the look of the GTi and badges on the front grill more so.

Have a great xmas

steve

Cheers Steve - was great to meet you too (and Phylis!).
Know exactly what you mean about the grey - in end it was just a rough guess as to how it would look as the colours look so different in natural light and with different laquers - I'm happy with the final outcome though  :smiley:
Badgeless took me a while to get used to - looked empty at first but now used to it and my stealthy look! Soon to be added to with black S3 calipers all round. May just get the VW Racing Badge on there off DaveB to add some subtle red.
Debadging also helps avoiding the boy racers when carrying precious cargo  :innocent:.
Oh and also nice to surprise them when a 'normal' golf leaves them in the distance  :evilgrin:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2009, 08:42:56 pm »
Really a nice setup you have. And you have thought about every mod before you got it done, I hope you will like the new brakes, did you get the parts needed??  :happy2:  :xmaspresent:
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2009, 09:01:15 pm »
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Cheers guys - glad you like! 
Unit is the Kenwood DNX 7200 -


spot on ..i have the same can you get your to auto dim with the lights myn doesnt seem to want too
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2009, 09:12:15 pm »
Quote from: danishmkvgti on December 23, 2009, 08:42:56 pm
Really a nice setup you have. And you have thought about every mod before you got it done, I hope you will like the new brakes, did you get the parts needed??  :happy2:  :xmaspresent:

Thanks Jake - will slowly but surely get as crazy as your car!  :grin:
Will pick the brakes up next week then get the bits needed to fit them (pipes etc).
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2009, 09:16:56 pm »
Quote from: paulk on December 23, 2009, 09:01:15 pm
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Cheers guys - glad you like! 
Unit is the Kenwood DNX 7200 -


spot on ..i have the same can you get your to auto dim with the lights myn doesnt seem to want too

I haven't tried tbh - I think the lighting matches the car perfectly - do you find yours too bright?
Maybe Hurdy will know how to do this as he has the same unit.......
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2009, 10:57:55 pm »
Thats a fine looking motor, like the colour choice for the wheels.
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2009, 11:12:03 pm »
Maaaan I want my Eddy back  :sad1:


looks sweet.
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Re: Black Stage 1 Ed30
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2009, 11:38:28 pm »
Looking good :santa:

I think that is possibly the first "murdered out" ED30 :happy2:

http://www.murderedoutrides.com/
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