Golf number 10 Tornado Red MK5 GTI

[2704stacy]

So ive had my Mk5 5 since October and i thought it was time to start a thread. Ive had 10 Golfs over the years including GTI's from marks 1 to 5 and all in between. Loving the Mk5 but will always have a soft spot for the Mk2.

So this is how i bought her, totally standard, pretty clean overall but in need of a little love  some locking modules and a cam chain. Straight away I also replaced the Recirc valve, cam follower and PCV.



So the wheels bothered me as they were all kinds of corroded so i figured a quick paint would do for the time being



And i liked the darker look of the R32 ED30 tail lights, not being especially flush after the cam chain i took the cheapskate approach. For less than £10 I'm pretty pleased. I also got some A4 exhaust tips.



I got bored on Christmas Eve and my dash went from this.



To this. My daughters favourite comic character Harley Quinn.



A evening of ebay browsing landed me with these for the princley sum of £160, complete with racing slicks.



A few hours of work and £20 of materials took them to this.



I also noticed the rear springs had both snapped so a slight drop happened. Bit of pig but done without any VW tools.



And finally i got the wheels on.



Future plans are to tint the windows, do something with the exhaust to give it a little more volume, a remap and induction kit.

[prp74]

Looking good. Like what you did with the lights. The wheels were a bargain 

[AnDub]

Looks good man

What did you use for the lights?

[OLLIE_JETTA_MK5]

Got links for the tips mate ? And a small write up ? Move are gone beyond polishing now

[stacy2704]

Looks good man

What did you use for the lights?

i used this, and masked the bits i didnt want tinted with insulation tape.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401146952015?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

the tail pipes are these, the just slide over the stock tailpipes with a little tap with a rubber mallet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Stainless-Steel-Chrome-Exhaust-Tail-Rear-Muffler-Tip-Pipe-For-Audi-A4-B8-Q5/351758667960?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D16b2bebd75234629853e5bcd085a2596%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D331589901106

sorry it took so long to reply, i had to give up waiting for approval to make more than 2 posts and set up a new profile.

[bigrich690]

I love what you've done so far, keep up the good work.

[stacy2704]