A massive thanks to all the other VW Golf owners who've posted up advice to everything I could've ever asked for, that's why I haven't needed to post.
I've now owned a MK5 Golf GTi '55 plate with 28K on the clock for about 2 months and I'm chuffed to bits, two visits to the dealer has made my wallet lighter but it's been worth the money.
No plans to modify or tweak - I've done that with the last two cars and I'm dead chuffed with the stock setup.
Keep up the great work MK5GolfGTI forum, very proud to be a member of the new community.