Manos Candy White GTI

[mano]

Candy white GTi is my 2nd GTi
Had my first at 18 now being 19 getting a bit of a break by the insurance company and they let me mod the car
so never been into progress threads before so here goes from september till now


Start with the old gti nothing special







kinda look like an idiot uploading this picture but here goes. got bored of the red gti, never liked red cars, buying the red one was spur of the moment. so time to change



only picture i have of the car standerd



 was dead good having two gtis for a month or so untill i sold the red one, funny going out in one and going home and changing, friends was like wtf


gave 11300 for it, 36k on the clock off some family that was mega mega loaded. there lad got the rear bumper fully painted edition 30 style and the hubs red also

that got changed within 2 hours of being home.. painted bottom half black and the hubs black again.


coilovers onnnnn same day

[mano]

picked up an r32 rear bumper and time to smoooth it, being a jack of all trades got a plastic welder and got burning plastic into it..






completeed and painteddd also tinted the reflectors, and got the lower painted gloss blackk

[mano]

some pictures of my car a friend took, was only a few days after i got it so hardly any mods on it

not sure if i had the usa front grill in these pics but had the rotiforms fitted...


pics taken by a mate and i never got a copy so ive just print screened  them off facebook ..








then my fav of the night ...




please dont talk cameras or anything to me as i no nothing, i just turned up with my car. they used 3 cameras, loads of lights, flash guns ect ect...

[mano]

[mano]

random picture now of one my other cars. finaly finished it and got it road legal .. introducing the slag





the next thing with the white golf was it didnt have privacy glass.. i mean could just get a film but it doesnt look correct. so decided to buy some VW privacy glass and get swapped over

got a old bootlid off ebay and removed the rear screen from that and bought the side windows from TPS with a HUGEE discount ;)



sexy black glasssss much beettter



then the glass fitted with the glue drying


adult upload image

thn had the fronts done to the same shade, i no its illegal but i just dont care. my insurance no and its declaired that the fronts are tinted

[mano]

subframe kept coming loose so did the bolt and spacer job . Straight from TPS




BUMPERR ON AT LAST .

was waiting a few weeks for Nige to hook me up ;)

so was waiting for my TBE with 200 cel cat to be ready before slatting the bumper on.




20 minutes up the motorway to pick the babey up :D

dead impressed with BCS's work and nige and co.



off to a mates garage to fit the exhaust, couldnt wait to fit it that i went very fast back down the m6   and couldnt wait for it to cool down, went straight on the ramp red hot.

its really not a good idea to be undoign the downpipe when its pritty much glowing hot BUT . go hard or go home






the car at its watering hole and a mate posing ... 

[mano]

treated myself to a VCDS Hex Can

so decided to buy the

* MDI Kit
* Cruise controll
* RCD 510

also did all the other VCDS stuff like the beep, no seat belt beep, doors locking ect







incase you havnt realised the rotiforms came off the car, got fed up with the scrubbing and spent the money on a holiday with the gf.

they was et35 and just couldnt give fast so got bored.

some pictures in the snow one afternoon








for a new set of wheels i decided on the BBS pascaras, got a set off a lad on here, sound guy got them for a good price  
need a refurb where they had been curbed

was a easy fix jsut got out the TIG welder welded them up took about 30 mins and job was a good'un


then had to go for the white and black look so gave them a paint



half way threw painting after flatting them off between coats. so no shine , didnt get a picture of them finished.

[jameelno1]

Wow  want more!

[mano]

and some personal fav pics to follow down a mates fabrication place.. goign to get a picture of it inside the factory next to a 72 ft yacht .. but that shall be soon












and some Kw v2's now fitted

[mano]

and that takes us to today.

brief summery of the mods

- BCS TBE
- Smoothed R32 bumper
- Privacy glass
- Tinted fronts
- Colour coded splitter
- Colour coded rear valance
- Tinted rear lights
- RCD 510
- MDI
- Cruise Control
- Carbon mirror covers
- KW V2
- USA Front grill
- Magnets on plates


whats next?

currently working on carbon fibre center console also many other carbon fibre interior parts

little taister... ;)




merc alphards shall hopfully be the near future soon also...

anyway, comments welcome also anybody giving me sh*t also welcome. love a bit of banter so dont be shy to tell me
what you think

[Little_Dave]

Lovely looking candy white  Looks alot better on the black pescara's than the BLQ's

IMO Red and White cars always look great with dark wheels

Looking forward to seeing what you do to the interior and all those carbon bits 

Dave

[scooba]

Hi Mano, good work loads off mods done quickly well done ,did I read correct you are 19 ,How much is the insurance on a GTI at that age

[mano]

Yeh am 19 for the white gti I was paying £1200 quid standerd but with all mods its £1985. Thatcar in my name me as main driver ect

Few days after my 18th I bough the red one and paid 1600 for the year.

[andrewparker]

Look OK, but would be far nicer as a 5 door.

[mano]

I often wake up in the morning regeting not buying a 5 door. Then I could have gone to shops and took people to school and looked like a real teenage dad.