Hi all, about time I made of one these so here goes.
Bought the car two years ago from Verve in Glasgow after trading in my trusty 1.2 polo.
So this is the old polo on a trip up north.
and this is the golf on the day i collected it.
Next up was good wash and mini detail then a tint on the rear windows by Pentagon Auto Tints who i have used numerous times previously always a good job.
Although i want too keen on the monzas to start i was turned by a photo of a lowered mk5 on the 18" so i found a set that were in poor nick and had them refurbed by Chameleon in Renfrew seemed to be a good job!
On the car
Then a trip to Awesome's Detailed summer bash 2011 in Manchester (seeing a MPG i was happy with)
The cars on show forced a purchase from Bart on here.
Full Turbo back Milltek with a optional decat and resonated.
Then the next of the performance mods
Neuspeed P-Flo bargain at £85 delivered on Ebay and very easy to fit.
Next up needed some more noise as i found the resonated Milltek too quite.
This was my Chirstmas from a loving and understanding girlfreind.
Milltek non res pipe and Eibach Sportlines.
Milltek was straight on and i personally love the noise now a few months passed before i could face doing the sport lines.
No during photos as i forgot but a few afters.
Fronts
Backs
New shortened drop links too
This was a god send
The Car before it fully settled
A few months happy motoring then this happened one morning
Disaster.
Narrowed it down to a faulty ABS sensor and Steering control unit and steering angle sensor and a dangerous wheel bearing.
Took a slight tap with the hammer and the whole bearing split
All sorted
Then off a nice run up north
Car was amazing on the roads up there new Verdestine Tires were a brilliant purchase imo.
Decided the brakes were a bit past it last month so new set of OEM disks and pads a silly decision as i should have looked to uprate but done now
Rear
Then during the hot few weeks we had i felt the car was running very hot so a ghetto cold air feed was made.
Thanks to a mate working for an extraction company for the pipe.
Can see it popping up in the engine bay with my painted engine cover and new filter on intake.
A few snow foam pictures of the car recently
So thats it.
Next up?
Cruise control retro fit and an APR remap. Thinking of going stage one although the car can go more so i appreciate the power gains between stages.
Cheers,
Campbell.