Jamie's Black 5 Door GTi *Sold* Now driving an S3

[prp74]

Looks good. Liking the alloys, really suit the car 

[RBS]

 
Love the look of Porsche rims on a golf!
 

[jayha11]

Its been a hectic month full of weddings and birthdays for me so progress has been somewhat slow.

I gave the interior a deep clean last week paying attention to the steering wheel as I wanted to get rid of shine that had built up over time. I used a vanish magic pad and its came out really well going back to a matt finish


I also had chance to get my new 'stubby' aerial on..



The car will be on our stand at Inters on Sunday 10th July which I am really looking forward to! I have a fair few bits to get done before this however...

Fit new front rolled wings
Machine polish headlights again
Re-charge the Air con
Fix paint chip on rear bumper
Remove NS rear brake disc dust shield (Rattling)

I am still deciding how much further I should take the MK5 as the thoughts of a MK6 R are starting to get unbearable 

Thanks for reading as always 

[jayha11]

I have been on the prowl for a pair of wings for the last few months after finding out the original wings had received some additional paint since leaving the factory 
This had proved a lot more difficult than I first thought! First I tried a reputable paint shop selling new (non genuine) wings painted to your requirements. Upon receiving them there were paint runs, lacquer defects and shoddy polishing leaving more swirls than my 11 year old Golf has! After some exchanges with the seller they went back and the hunt continued...

Friday I found an LC9Z 06 plate Golf that had just arrived at my local breakers under a destruction order by the police. A short drive and £120 lter I was the owner of a pair of very clean and rust free wings 

I spent Saturday cleaning up the insides and hitting them with a good coating of underseal to hopefully ensure some longevity. I then battled the typical English weather managing to get one of them swapped over.

Original crusty wing


All stripped down


Built back up


I am pretty happy with how it went. The only stumbling block I had was the torx headed bolt located behind the door, I had to heat this up to remove and sourced a replacement from VW. The fit is spot on, all panel gaps are as before which is a great result. No more crusty wing! Hoping the weather dries up so I can swap the drivers side over too this weekend.

Thanks for reading

[dronners]

looks much better 

[Dan648v]

Don't suppose you have a link for the aerial do you? A bird or bloody cat has been chewing mine by the looks of it!

[jayha11]

Don't suppose you have a link for the aerial do you? A bird or bloody cat has been chewing mine by the looks of it!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400920248990?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

That's the one I've got

[jayha11]

Had a great weekend with the MK5. Spent the majority of Saturday with my DA polisher and the paintwork came up great!




And a few snaps parked up at Inters







Thanks

[AIR_CHILLED]

@jayha11 yep saw your car there mate very nice too!

[dronners]

love that picture of the stand. hope you dont mind me stealing it 

[BezzaB]

All the little things make such a big difference. Car looks mint mate. Could you tell me where you got the chrome window switches from? Been looking on eBay but don't fancy ordering them from China as they probably won't turn up. Cheers

[jayha11]

All the little things make such a big difference. Car looks mint mate. Could you tell me where you got the chrome window switches from? Been looking on eBay but don't fancy ordering them from China as they probably won't turn up. Cheers

Thanks for the kind comments! Switches are Ebay China specials mate! Think they cost £25 and took about 2 weeks to come. If your paying via Paypal your protected if they didn't turn up 

[just_coolnuh]

Soo clean, didn't think i'd like it with the twists but looks great how its stanced!

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[jayha11]

I will be putting my Golf up for sale soon as will be looking to buy either an ED30, MK6 GTI or an S3

[jayha11]

I was genuinely gutted to see the Golf drive off into the sunset on Tuesday, hope the new owner looks after it. I did point him to the forum so will wait and see if it pops back up on here. Really loving the S3 though!