Pete's Steel Grey GTI

[PJC430]

Loving the pictures Pete.

You defo need to get the black plastics painted, really finishes the car's exterior off!

Out of interest, where did you get your OEM Xenons from? I notice you have the headlamp washers, were these already on your car or did you have to retro fit them?
Im looking into getting xenons as i think they really are a must have on a car such as the GTI, havent got washers so was contemplating a retro fit... a bit of a ball ache though if you ask me! Dont quite understand the legal requirement for headlamp washers but if thats the law then thats the law!

PJC

[rdfcpete]

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EBay for the Xenons. Picked them up for £360.00 delivered.
Car came with the winter pack so had the headlight washers.

[rdfcpete]

As you can see, some massive updates 

This however is a mod I should have done a long time ago. I think it looks great for less than £10 

[DJM]

Car looks stunning mate. Where did you get the pressed plates made up?

[rdfcpete]

Car looks stunning mate. Where did you get the pressed plates made up?

Thank you ever so 

PM me re. the plates and I'll give you the details. £25 for a set though, fully legal 

[Grizzle]

Excellent car nice little mods subtle too ;)

[rdfcpete]

^ Thanks Grizzle.

Few little updates;

- Found out that my Kufatec MDI cable interrupted all my attempted RNS510 upgrades, so disconnected it (Thanks Stu  ) and upgraded to 2760
- Put the V7 maps on too
- Enabled ViM on the RNS
- Replaced my faulty RNS drive with a kosher one
- Got the car all sh*tted up at Latitude festival after a treacherous weekend for the car  , then gave it a mini detail/going over

My Dbilas has arrived and will be going on soon 

Just some post wash pics as I've little else to update with for now:











Can never capture the Xenons properly 















Played with the fogs as running lights option in VCDS (off road) @ 50% brightness











Needs claying' fairly desperately as there's underlying tree sap and tar that simply won't come off without clay & tardis, so that's top of the list with fitting the intake  Got a feeling Stage 1 + will follow...

Did I say I was finished?!   
Cheers.

[big al]

Pics are a bit big arent they Pete.....
You should come to Awesome on Sunday and make the most of a discount and get stage 1 done, hell, I may even get it myself, and then stage 2 as well.

Car is looking really good now, all the mods you have done are high quality, and none of those crappy £5 Halfords mods.

[GarethB]

Car looks awesome Pete,

I'm collecting my steel grey GTI on Saturday - if I can get it looking anywhere near as good as yours, I'll be a very happy chap 

[rdfcpete]

Pics are a bit big arent they Pete.....
You should come to Awesome on Sunday and make the most of a discount and get stage 1 done, hell, I may even get it myself, and then stage 2 as well.

Car is looking really good now, all the mods you have done are high quality, and none of those crappy £5 Halfords mods.

 
Hmmm, I'll see  Maybe PM you. Are you going for big power? I'll be looking for a progressive map at this stage.

Thanks for the comments too 

Car looks awesome Pete,

I'm collecting my steel grey GTI on Saturday - if I can get it looking anywhere near as good as yours, I'll be a very happy chap 

Thanks Gareth. It's just a series of OEM+ subtle changes really that I always wanted to do. You should get yours looking as you want it fairly easily too in comparison 

[rdfcpete]

Little bitta' tinkering:

[big al]

Looks cool against the colour of the paintwork.
Was going to do the same on my rear badge but decided to go for the MK6 badge instead.

[rdfcpete]

Hybrid intake on - Dbilas pipes & Pipercross cone filter


No massive change. Sounds slightly different, bit more chatter and it feels like torque response is ever so slightly sharper.

[rdfcpete]

The GTI has been replaced 
Three + ace years of one of the best cars I'll ever own  Doubled my power from the last vehicle and owning an iconic badge was great.

A friend of mine now owns it so it's gone to a decent home which was more than nice to have as an option.

I spent the best part of 9 months on and off working out what I could replace it with, it wasn't easy whatsoever. I know lots talk of it being a headache as the GTI is such an accomplished all rounder'.

Looking at a property means the fuel bills had to be cut so this is it's replacement:



2010 A3 Black Edition 170 TDI 3 door. First ever diesel - very happy with it. Already seeing 17mpg-20mpg increases on par drives over the GTI on average which is exactly what I'd hoped for and it drives very well. Half the tax costs & some mods will see par stock GTI performance from what I've researched - it was a no brainer'.

Lots of plans for it so I'll do a thread in rides.

My only guilt with the GTI is that I didn't map it at all      Thou have sin.
This is a certainty for the Black 

I still think I'm the only forum member ever to fit lightweight performance wheels to a car that was 99% engine standard  The Turini's look very tidy though so that saves a few blushes.

Cheers.

[fab5freddy]

Best of luck with the new motor Pete, she looks a cracker