First Mk5 Gti - Tornado Red

[gunnellgti]

Hi there, just brought my first Mk5 Golf and wanted to upload some pics of my progress! Let me know what you think. 

When i picked her up




First job was to replace the centre caps with shiny new ones from vw.... the corroded one pictured was the best of the 4 ..


Nice touch 5 for 80p 


Took a trip up to Awesome in Manchester and picked up a Nuespeed P flow CAI :

(Need to get my hands on an engine cover to cut up if anyone has one?! Having difficulty locating a second hand one)
Picked up a set of these while i was there:


Next i installed some Ram-Air ducting from the fog light up into the intake:


Will be getting the open fog grills for summer so the hole is potentially only a short term thing.
Keys didn't have emblems on them so put some on!


Got round to cleaning up my black and crusty exhaust tips (still more work to do on these)

Parking sensors on the back right hadnt been repainted red so did that :


Heko wind deflectors arrived:


This is where i'm up to at the moment after some 'paint restoring' red wax from turtle wax. (Good product) 


Wrapped my fogs yellow to see if i like them:


Next job is fully restoring my headlights as they are heavily corroded!
If anyone has an engine cover for sale please let me know as i'm desperate for one!
Sam

[samx300]

Welcome to the club mate  FYI: Pics aren't showing :-/

[gunnellgti]

Thanks man!
(are they working now?)

[Andy]

Welcome to the forum,soon nice mods so far,only thing is make sure the metal valve caps don't seize on to the valve

[K2 NYJ]

Car looks good man, you got many plans for it?

[gunnellgti]

@maxitrol Thanks i wasnt aware of that issue! Will keep on top of that.

[samx300]

Thanks man!
(are they working now?)

Hey Sam, yes mate, they're showing now I love the Tornado Red colour - what else have you got planned for her other than tidying up the headlights? Not going for Xenons?

[Andy]

@maxitrol Thanks i wasnt aware of that issue! Will keep on top of that.

i fit tyres for a living and see it a lot--Had a customer last week who had put them metal caps on to his tmps valves but they had siezed on and the only way is to replace the tmps sensors at £100 each so total of £400 for valve caps that cost £4 of ebay

[prp74]

Welcome to the forum. As above xenons would set the front end off. There is a set in the classifieds at a bargain price 

[gunnellgti]

@maxitrol wow... what a nightmare. They might have to come off then ... 
@samx300 Me too, never been a fan of red cars but this caught my eye! As you say would love a set of xenons but money is tight as i'm a student so they might have to wait and ill just whack in some bulbs for now! Other than that planning to chop up an engine cover to fit back on, get a mk6 or late mk5 badge and get her remapped! Need to check my dv first though.

[rashg60]

Cheap engine cover for sale on the forum:-

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,104801.msg1020048.html#msg1020048

Welcome to the Tornado Red club 

[airbagaaron]

Looks like a great base! Enjoy it! 

[gunnellgti]

Restored my headlights this weekend heres some before and after shots:
Before

After

Comparison

How they are looking at night now, very happy with how bright they are on standard bulbs!

[gunnellgti]

Absolutely hate a naked engine so finally managed to get hold of an engine cover from a broken Gti to chop up. (For 20 quid which i thought was a bargain)

Still may take of that bit on the right hand side to reveal the intake but not sure yet.
Before and After:


Very happy with how the front ends looking now!

[rashg60]

I've not seen the engine cover like that before, going over the intake pipe - it looks really good. I'd be inclined to keep it, as it looks part of the design/engine cover.