Jay's Jolf "GTI"... with a 1.9.. and 221bhp.

[torque777]

I stand corrected .....

sent using my own fingers

[alexmccabe]

Holy crap that's a lot of work. It looks so much nicer! Might have been cheaper to buy a 1.9 170 and remap though  haha

[alexmccabe]

Also, where did you get the Hella Celis lights from? I can't seem to find them anywhere!

[G40will]

What a great read! It's nice to see such a transformation from a standard car to what you have now without the 45 page thread to see the finished article.

[xjay1337]

great build thread mate.

How much is the piper system for a tdi. do you know at all?

Hey mate, I think it's around £270, if you go through UK-MKIVS (or just email Piper and say you are from uk-mkivs and saw the 1.9 TDI exhaust on Jays Mk5 and you wanted one) you'll get a discount and free shipping I do believe.

Holy crap that's a lot of work. It looks so much nicer! Might have been cheaper to buy a 1.9 170 and remap though   haha

Yes it would have but, I drive a mile and a half to work every day which would be no good for the DPF, even though it does get a run regularly. Plus the cost in terms of selling, and buying and then re-insuring would be quite high and the only thing stopping me from going to an ED30 or an S3 - Plus at my age, I can't even get insured on a base 2.0 140 for a reasonable price. Even with the mods and the power declared on my policy I'm paying under £1000.. a stock 2.0 140 is over double that!!  

Also, where did you get the Hella Celis lights from? I can't seem to find them anywhere!

I think I mentioned it bud, Ebay. But they are very rare now indeed, almost impossible to find. There are some on German Ebay I believe (or at least there were, as I was looking into buying a spare set to split) but they are around £320...

What a great read! It's nice to see such a transformation from a standard car to what you have now without the 45 page thread to see the finished article.

Thank you very much buddy. Haha, yeah, that's the only downside I suppose. A lot of discussion/banter/random stuff goes on uk-mkivs which adds character though, so I don't mind. 
I've recently bought a few bits of bodywork and hopefully will be buying some more if the guy gets back to me, and will be able to update with some exciting new additions soon.

[xjay1337]

Something I got through today and put on quickly as I went out for lunch... 



And I gave my car a quick wash after work (I say quick, it took me 2 and 1/4 hours..it's quick for me  ) and I just love watching the water behavior on my car..  seriously OCD/ANAL lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS5Z4TUeOzI&hd=1

[rich83]

What products mate?

[xjay1337]

What products mate?

Urrr...





I got more stuff tucked away in other bags and drawers.  

What's on the car there in that video is:

AutoFinesse Tripple topped with Collinite 476s (following a full paint decontamination, light refining and a pre-wax cleanser of course).
The glass is wearing Dodojuice Supernatural Glass Sealant, the glass was clayed and wiped down with IPA prior to application.

Yes I'm pretty sad.

[Veee-dubber]

^ sheeeet! thats a good effort! my better half would go mad if I stashed all my car products in the house haha!

[xjay1337]

^ sheeeet! thats a good effort! my better half would go mad if I stashed all my car products in the house haha!

Lol, luckily I don't have another half to have to worry about.
You think that's bad, I got a full set of front and rear lights, a clutch kit, centre console, EGR, EGR cooler, various pipes and connectors, original basic dash cluster and 3 spoke steering wheel in my bedroom.. it was only a few weeks ago I had a turbo and manifold being used as a door stop. 

[rich83]

Ahh... yeah collinite is good! 

[YL91]

Just read your build buddy, Im new to this forum and a non GTI member.. shame I got an FSI so wont be anywhere near as where you got to but im looking forward to what you will be doing next :)

Keep up the good work!

[rex]

Very nice project so far!  I like what you have done.
Keep up the good work!

[ukshaun]

Great transformation, I bet you love parking next to standard ones now and reminding yourself of what it use to look like.

Keep it up 

[Andy]

What products mate?

Urrr...





I got more stuff tucked away in other bags and drawers. 

What's on the car there in that video is:

AutoFinesse Tripple topped with Collinite 476s (following a full paint decontamination, light refining and a pre-wax cleanser of course).
The glass is wearing Dodojuice Supernatural Glass Sealant, the glass was clayed and wiped down with IPA prior to application.

Yes I'm pretty sad.

can i bring my car for you to wash