Shadow Blue GT TDI 140

[OldSpeckledBen]

Well after selling my Type R, due to its drink problem, I decided I wanted economy again as I had an Ibiza FR TDi before the Type R and although it's not a GTI  it's a GT TDI 140

It took me a while to find the specification I wanted but the waiting and looking everywhere paid off and found this Shadow Blue GT TDI with Xenons, heated leather, dual zone climate, ipod integration, cruise control, the full MFD display, multifunction steering wheel and rear tinted windows.

After a few days of having the car I debadged the Golf and 2.0 so it now just says TDI, hopefully people will think its a 1.9 

I also bought a K&N panel filter which seems to make the car pick up a little quicker, although it could just be in the mind 

I plan on doing a few more bits and pieces just to make it my own, maybe some different wheels, colour code the rear bumper and some R32/Edition 30 rear lights.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone gives   

Here's a couple of pics of my Golf;






And then today something turned up courtesy of DPM performance, who I can highly recommend 


A mate of mine will be fitting them in a couple of weeks.

Cheers,
Ben

[Andy]

ooh look forward to the pics--

[Raffe]

Nice colour, look forward to seeing the mods.

Another ex Honda owner here having had a Mugen DC2 Integra Type-R, a DC5 Integra Type-R and an EP3Civic Type-R which was Supercharged, miss them all sadly

[Matto]

Nice car mate. Looks a good spec and in the best colour  I'd take all the badges off. They won't know what it is then. Plus makes the rear look alot cleaner.

[OldSpeckledBen]

Nice colour, look forward to seeing the mods.

Another ex Honda owner here having had a Mugen DC2 Integra Type-R, a DC5 Integra Type-R and an EP3Civic Type-R which was Supercharged, miss them all sadly

Cheers  

There some awesome Honda's you've had there   especially the DC5 Integra, i love them.
I had an EP3 Premier Edition Civic which was completly standard, although I do miss the power a little, I took that to the Nurburgring, which was an amazing experience and can't wait to go back there in the summer in the Golf.

[OldSpeckledBen]

Nice car mate. Looks a good spec and in the best colour  I'd take all the badges off. They won't know what it is then. Plus makes the rear look alot cleaner.

Cheers mate 

Yeah I couldn't quite believe the amount of extras it had when I found it and the fact it was in Shadow Blue was an awesome bonus 

Yeah thought about taking them all off but I don't mind showing people they've been beaten by a diesel  I know what you mean about it looking cleaner though, I might take the badge off later on if I get bored one day.

Cheers,
Ben

[gtlee]

Very nice example,I see you got the H&R springs over eibachs what are the advantages if any as I'm still deciding.

[Matto]

Very nice example,I see you got the H&R springs over eibachs what are the advantages if any as I'm still deciding.

Me too.

[OldSpeckledBen]

Very nice example,I see you got the H&R springs over eibachs what are the advantages if any as I'm still deciding.

Cheers 

Yeah I bought the H&R's as they're model specific,these ones are for the GT Golf and they're an even drop of 30mm all round whereas I think the Eibach Sportlines are 25mm front and 20mm back or 50mm front and 35mm back 

I didn't really want to go more than 30mm as I know the sump is quite low to the floor on the TDI's, hopefully it doesn't scrape with these springs on, they're being fitted at the beginning of next month  I shall post some pics when its done 

Cheers,
Ben

[AjayB]

Let us know how the springs are dude, im in a dillema on which ones to get now as i have the 35H&Rs but they just cause too many problems for me..

[OldSpeckledBen]

Let us know how the springs are dude, im in a dillema on which ones to get now as i have the 35H&Rs but they just cause too many problems for me..

Ok matey will do 
Oh right, thats got me a bit worried about how low mine will be  What kind of problems do you have??

Cheers,
Ben

[AjayB]

Im thinking the 30's on yours will be fine.. the 35 H&Rs are really meant for the standard golfs not the GT's so that probably why im facing the scraping all the time! 

[OldSpeckledBen]

Im thinking the 30's on yours will be fine.. the 35 H&Rs are really meant for the standard golfs not the GT's so that probably why im facing the scraping all the time! 

Hopefully they'll be ok  Oh right that doesn't good, that's what i'm worried about the scraping of either the arch or the sump as I still want to be able to drive the car enthusiastically    Although the springs are progressive ones so all being well they should be ok.

Cheers,
Ben

[John GT140]

Looks like the extas list has been well used . looks like a very clean gt 140.

[OldSpeckledBen]

Looks like the extas list has been well used . looks like a very clean gt 140.

Yeah I think the previous owner ticked alot of the boxes  the one thing it hasn't got that I wanted is the 18" Charleston alloys 

Cheers,
Ben