Reflex silver Tdi with a hint of .:R

[w80ody]

Hello folks!

Thought I’d start a thread showing the bit and bobs I’ve done to my GT Tdi.

Bought the car just over 2years ago; at the time I was looking for a Mk4 R32 or Mk5 Gti and came across this one  which had already had an R32 kit & leather interior. In hindsight it’s been a good decision as my annual mileage is way higher than I estimated despite working oversea half the year!

Before I bought it, it had:

Full R32 bodykit incl rear lights and leather interior

I’ve added:

Eibach Pro Springs
Custom centre back stainless exhaust with 4" milltek style tips
Bluefin remap
R32/Gti rear spoiler
Gti darkened headlights
Removed the front fogs that were fitted previously.
Stubby aeriel
Centre armrest and roller tray cover
Had a Neuspeed filter on and just swapped over to a friends K&N performance airbox

Have 4 sets of wheels I juggle between:

Winter:
17” Audi S4 Avus with Dunlop WinterSports

Summer:
18” Genuine R32 18 Zolders
18” Genuine Audi RS6 style S lines in A3 et54 fitment
18” BBS CH reps  

Current plans are:

Looking for a Gti brake setup as finding the Tdi setup a little inadequate on the roads up north!
Remove at least front tints, previous owner put them on and I can never make my mind up on them.
Custom R32 grille: ebay buy that had damaged lower slats replaced with crappy looking mesh and sprayed matt black. Looked ok but playing with a few ideas and will get it wrapped when I'm next home.
Eibach Sportlines: picked up a set to see how it looks a touch lower.

Just fitted a 2 post lift in the new workshop I’m fitting out with 2mates which now means I can play musical alloys more often!


Anyway, here's when car was first purchased: silly looking front fogs, no spoiler or dark headlights and sitting too high


After fitting the eibach pro springs


Had a custom exhaust made up for it; sounds surprisingly good (for a diesel)



Fitted Gti headlights as I hated the original silver ones



At same time fitted a Neuspeed filter - plenty of room to get access with lights out!


Summer spec with BBS CH reps



Winter spec with Audi S4 wheels with winter treads


A few pics of the Golf in winter wonderland







After a long winter it was ready for a bath!!



Put back on the BBS a few weeks ago with the help of our 2 post lift now installed in workshop


But they didn't stay on for long when a set of A3 offset S lines came up for sale locally and this is how car currently stands




Comments/suggestions welcome  

[matsu]

nice mate-love the R front. better than the gti if i,m honest!!
and def prefer the simplicity of the audi wheels!!
very smart
matsu

[golfman]

Hi there welcome along to this excellent forum
great looking diesel you have there do you have any more plans for it?
how about inside anything doing in there?

scott

[gttdigoof]

Very nice,

personally I prefer the BBS look to the s-line wheels though but from experience the s-lines are easier to clean

[w80ody]

Cheers for the comments

I bought the BBS wheels from scoty on here, had them on for last summer, still like them but a little bored of them. And yes your right the S lines are far easier to clean!

Golfman; I see your in Dundee…I’m passing through all the time due to girlfriend in St Andrews & sister in Broughty Ferry: will have to pop in by when I’m next home and see your specced up golf!

Not really that much plans for inside already has full r32 leather and armrest; would love a complete solution for linking iPhone to headunit but would need to change can gateway & swap my iPod dock for MDI before I can fit an RCD510

[Andy]

loving it so far

[golfman]

Cheers for the comments

I bought the BBS wheels from scoty on here, had them on for last summer, still like them but a little bored of them. And yes your right the S lines are far easier to clean!

Golfman; I see your in Dundee…I’m passing through all the time due to girlfriend in St Andrews & sister in Broughty Ferry: will have to pop in by when I’m next home and see your specced up golf!

Not really that much plans for inside already has full r32 leather and armrest; would love a complete solution for linking iPhone to headunit but would need to change can gateway & swap my iPod dock for MDI before I can fit an RCD510

Sounds like a plan mate
just give me a shout the next time you are passing!!!
i can also do your can gateway for you too

scott

[w80ody]

Scott

Just noticed on your signature that you have vag-com....cruise control was on my to do list but didnt want to pay the dealer rates to fit it so will give you a shout about coding that 

Out working in Qatar till June which gives me plenty of time to plan my next modifications when back home!

[golfman]

No problem

scott

[rachel]

wow! this is just how i want to style my GT TDI... was it fairly straight forward to bolt the R32 Back Box onto the exisiting TDI system?

Good work! 

Rachel

[Gtiain]

Very nice 
Although is that an 'R' badge on the back? You should change it to GTD! 
Unless you want a 'R' copy offcourse 

[JulioTDI]

What are your opinions on the intakes over stock? Any differences/gains?

[w80ody]

Rachel:
If you have a look at this thread http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,28829.0.html
That should answer your queries regarding fitment of the r32 style exhaust, I have a custom setup on mine – it's not made from adapting an R32 backbox.

Gtiain:
The badge - haha well before I got it it was badged up front&rear as an R32...the wannabee copycat guilt trip set in quickly so debadged it to just the .:R at the rear. Have toyed about with a few badge ideas like .:R20 as it’s a 2.0 or putting the Rline badge. When I was debadging it it became a .:R23…

I like the idea of the GTD but I see that suiting a GTI kitted up TDI better.

JulioTDI:
With the both intakes I didn’t expect any gains/better response…it was an experiment to see if we could increase the noise you get when you back off the throttle on the TDI which I’m led to believe is from the pitch change of the VNT (then again I could be speaking crap!) and yes it did increase that noise noticeably.

I’d say the K&N enclosed filter box gives slightly better response which I guess is due to the Neuspeed being an open to engine heat.

I've no pictures of the K&N box fitted as yet (currently 3000miles away from car!) but will get up soon, its a nice fitting piece of kit but quite expensive as far as I'm aware. I borrowed it from a friend who had it on his tiguan rline so no idea what he paid for it.

[Gtiain]

Whatever you do it looks great mate. 

[rex]

Nice car!
If I may, there is one thing (only one  ) that is not for my taste: the front mud flaps. I am not a big fan of those but it's you taste that matters.
Drive safe and keep up the good work!