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Cooper:
Been a member on here for quite a while now from when I had my Mk5 but though I'd throw up a thread about my current cars

Copied from a local forum I use........

So at the backend of last year I decided to get rid of my Mk4 GTTDI, Mk4 R32 and the Missus’ Yaris and get two new Golfs. With a baby on the way the R32 and her 3dr Yaris weren’t very practical so I bought Mk?Craig’s ex demo GTD and a shiny new Golf R!

Bye bye R32 :wave:


Hello GTD and Golf R





And after their first wash……


First thing I did was get an RNS 510 OEM Sat Nav for both of them and the plan was not to mess with them as they were fine as the were apart from a few OEM+ mods, however it wasn’t long before I spotted a set of H&R lowering springs that I thought would make the GTD look a little bit better so after fitting them and some yellow Lamin-x to the front fogs here it is




Not the best pic, but I’ll get some better ones next time I give it a wash!

And onto the R, again this one wasn’t going to be modded but I thought where’s the fun in that, so I’ve been spending a bit of money getting bits together which should be going on in the next couple of weeks
First thing I did was fit a Forge PCV Catch Can, as a preventative measure to stop all the valves getting coked up and restricting the engine


Then onto the bits I’ve got waiting to be fitted……..

I’ve got the turbo back Milltek non res exhaust



VW Racing Intake



Autotech HPFP, no photos of this though as it doesn’t look any different to the standard one, it’s just the internals that are uprated

Forge Front Mount “Twintercooler”


Bilstein B16/PSS10 Coilovers


H&R ARB’s


Whiteline uprated Droplinks and a Vibrotechnics Lower Engine Mount

Also got a Whiteline Anti Lift Kit and Bump Steer Kit, but haven’t got photos of them

And finally I’ve got some VW Racing 6 Pot front brakes which are currently away being fully refurbished in Candy White to match the car
   



Plans are to get the bits all fitted and a remap which will put me at stage 2+ which is roughly 360-380 bhp and similar torque figures.
I’ll  not be able to get more power from the car without going Big Turbo or WMI but I’ve got no plans to do that as it’s still a daily driver.
Also got a few other little bits and pieces coming, which should tighten up the chassis and the and I’d like to get a Haldex Controller but I’m in no rush to do that as the Gen 4 Haldex System is massively improved over what was in my Mk4 R32, the only immediate plan is to get some new wheels, I’m fancying either Compomotive MO6’s of MVS’ but want to wait until I’ve got my brakes fitted so I can work out clearances

Plans for the GTD are to fit some spacers I’ve got in the garage to the rear to sort the stance out as the rear wheels are a little tucked with the standard offsets and then DPF and EGR removal and a remap to roughly 210bhp and about 350 ftlbs of torque and 60mpg :D I’ll also be fitting the standard 345mm brakes from the R on to this one once I’ve got the VWR brakes onto that one.

Cooper:
So I had the car up to BFT this morning for a session on the Rolling Road before I started fitting the bits I've got waiting to go on so I've got a baseline and can see the effect of the mods.
Anyway, the car is completely stock apart from the Forge Catch Can which offers no performance gain, and it would seem I have quite a healthy car.......


The official stock BHP for those that don't know is 270bhp

After this I had a spare half an hour so thought I'd get cracking and managed to get my VW Racing intake fitted


I also got my Forge DV with a yellow spring fitted but forgot to take a picture so will get one tomorrow!
Initial thoughts are the car seems a little more responsive, although this may just be the placebo effect it's hard to tell, roll on tomorrow when hopefully the exhaust and chassis mods are going on :D

Cooper:
So finally got round to taking a few pics of the mods while I was fitting my front mount today, also found this one of a comparison shot of the the stock downpipe vs the Milltek 3" Downpipe


So here's one of the Front Bilstein B16/PSS10 Coilover fitted

Really impressed with the quality, here's one of the adjuster at the bottom of the strut


One showing the Whiteline Adjustable Droplink

And one showing the H&R ARB, I forgot to get a comparison shot against the stock one

Here's one of the Whiteline Anti-Lift Kit fitted


And here's the Tyrolsport Deadset Collars on the chassis bolts



I took the car for a 4 wheel alignment at Teesdale Tyre and Exhaust and the car handles great now, feels really sharp and there's no roll and the ARB's are on the softer setting and the coilovers are set around the middle for the damping settings so there's plenty of adjustment still to be played with

Also got one of the Forge DV before i started on the front mount


So here's the front mount on

and this is it with the bumper back on, quite discreet unless you know what you're looking for


First impressions are the car seems more responsive, I'll have to get back down to John's to get it on the RR to see what the improvement has been to the car without it being mapped yet.

Still haven't got any pics of the rear after fitting the Milltek and also none of the rear suspension as I haven't had the rear wheels off since it was fitted!

Just waiting on my calipers to come back from being refurbed and will get them fitted followed by a remap and then it's pretty much done until I get some new wheels but there's no rush for them!

Cooper:
So finally got some pics of the brakes back after the refurb, just waiting for them coming back to me in the post and then will hopefully get them on weekend after next just before the meet

Just waiting for the VWR decals to be re-applied and the carriers for the rears are being re-finished as Jonny at Brake Caliper Refurbs wasn't happy with the finish the first time round!

Also got a few shots of the R courtesy of Rado-Steve on the way to and from Le Mans for JohnMc's stag do over the weekend

Cooper:
So the calipers are back and should be going on this weekend as long as they fit behind the wheels



Also does anyone what these wheels are:


They're advertised on the Pulman VW website as part of the VW Racing Upgrade package they offer but they're not the same as the wheels shown on the VW Racing's own Website and I much prefer these ones!?
http://www.pulmanvolkswagen.co.uk/vwr/otherproducts.php
They look similar to the Sportec wheels but these only have 9 spokes whereas the Sportec wheels have 10, any ideas?

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