Thought id finally start a thread on here!
Bought my 06 gti over a year ago off the workshop foreman at my old work and done a few wee
Minor changes to it since.
Started out like so after a pretty major cleaning session on it:
Ran it like this for a while which was a change as i usually make changes straight away.
Bought a carbonia intake for it off one of my mates whos on here(graeme) so fired that on as the first thing!
Unfortunatly the dreaded rust started on the wings and ended up the paint flaking pretty major!
Thankfully managed to get a score through warranty though and got 2 new wings and while it was in i got the bonnet and bumper painted to freshn the front end up!
Now the body was getting better i wanted to lower it. Searched about for ageeees seeing what to go for and ended up just going for FK's. Some folk will say they are poor but for the
Money i cant fault them. Only thing i knew from previous coilies on my old golfs was they would rust and seize! Sorted this out by using clear laminating film on the bodies and PTFE tape up and down all the threads!
3 months on and there still like new! Fired on new top mounts and bearings when i fitted them too!
Sadly one of the diamond cut monzas got cracked before the coilies went on but this was kinda to my advantage as i wanted to change them any way. I settled for CH reps. Had them on a mk3 vr6 i had befre and always loved them!
While i was doing the coilies decided to do the subframe mod too so fired in the washers and new subframe bolts from audi
Last sort of recent thing thats iv done is wrap a few parts in 3M carbon fibre vinyl. Got the b door pillars done and the front grill wrapped:
Was playing about with different colours for the gti stripe. Work in a digital print shop so lots of spare vinyl kicking about. Ran it gloss black for a bit and thought of running it lime green or yellow but decided just to go back to red.
Only other small changes iv done is red interior mats, black gti badges and generally kept on top of maintenance. Fitted 2 new rear calipers to it and gets an oil change about every 3k miles.
How it sits the now:
Couple with my mates edition30:
Future plans are r32 rear lower bumper but still with gti exhaust exits. Possibly colour code the skirts and an ed30 front splitter colour coded. Inter cooler, exhaust and a map.
Scott
