Black ED30 no.1408

[Donx22]

So i picked her up a couple of weeks back now. Have been lurking on here a while not registered and I know my way aorund a Mk5 should we say....

No 1408, 1 former owner (was told it was a woman also) never been mapped say vagcom! and VW only services up to 65k, specialists thereafter!

So I have a grey Mk2 20vT that I have been working on a few years and really wnated a grey mk5 gti but then this 1 popped up and I had to have it lol. All important Sunroof which I needed (don't know why just really like them!)

So the idea is to keep this as quite a standard car compared to the Mk2 as this will be the daily and alos the nice car for the missus to drive lol

Unfortunatly lived most its life on the motorway so front end is quite road rashed  and has always seen car washes by the looks of it, its littered with swirls when I picked it up!

Has been treated since then to a good clean, several hours with an orbital and some S17+ followed by 2 layers of black hole and some supernatural. Now looks how she should, even though I was trying to jump in and out the riain with it and stop half way through a panel a few times it looks a million times better!


Obligatory Shell Station Shot!







so as far as keeping to quite standard.... I have done a couple fo bits in the last few weeks to make it the car I belive it should have come form factory. Will have to upload those pictures later as currently at work!

One thing that is definatly planned is some bigger brakes... not to sure wheteher to go S3/R32 route or the BBK, suggestion please to what people are runnign would be great! I dont want to upset the balance of the car but moving from Brembo's in the MK2 to this is errr scary! 

I need to have words with DaveB tro see what the best option would be. Origanl thoughts are BBk fronts and s3 rears good balance and not to much pedal stroke, but want to know what you guys are running really! 

[GTI.Dav]

Looks very clean! Nice find especially with the sunroof, I love mine.

[Rab89]

So shiny

[Donx22]

So some of the parts that's have gone on in the last couple of weeks.....



Made a huge difference to the vehicle response time, drastically increased, works very well with the OEM dampers, I put brand new on all round as fronts where leaking when I inspected, still subtle ride and road confidence is much better now!





This has made a huge improvement to the way the car responds to the throttle, from setting off but has made a noticeable difference to the cars behaviour mid corner! Another benefit is the feeling of having a connected front end! One downside is that I am getting more gearbox whine into the cabin but only a small amount.

And the big on....


Was sitting it on the MK2 bonnet for a size comparison, will upload fitted images later!

[Donx22]

here we go!

 

lower mount fitted, very easy tbh probably all of 30 minutes including getting old one out!



Correct me if i may be wrong but I believe the intake to be made by ITG for VWR, sounds great, pulls very hard for a standard car!

[Andygtiiii]

I've just had s3 front brakes on my gti mate can't fault them

[Dave J]

Lovely ED30 there, and some nice mods too. Do you have any after pics of the car with the VWR springs?
These are fast becoming the choice for mine, as IMHO the other popular ones look a bit low, whereas I hear these lower by only 20mm.

[Donx22]

I can stick some photo's up 2moro, yes your right, I'd say only 20-25mm drop, really does transform the car though, response time has drastically decreased, yaw rate gain and roll delay is now much better and more balanced to suit the car.
That under sprung (wallowy) feeling from standard is now gone and steering feel has slightly improved!

My understanding is that VWR have done a lot of testing for this kit, and it's made by eibach.... Can't go wrong!
I've used eibach and Sachs in the past both in development tuning stages and final OEM sign off and find there quality to be some of the best OEM available out there (we're not talkin Öhlins here mind!)

I Have driven a few different setups in different mk5s and I really do like the VWR kit, coupled with work I've done in the past with them I thought it was a safe bet to go with this kit, really do love it! Even the missus likes the ride quality!  lol if your local to Wiltshire more than welcome a ride! Also around midlands quite often if this helps!

[Donx22]

This may help...VWR/Eibach Springs are:

Front Spring:
Lowering range: 20-25mm
Spring rate: 31N/mm
Wire diameter: 13.25 mm
Coils: 6

Rear Spring:
Lowering range: 20mm
Spring rate: 33N/mm
Wire diameter: 12.5mm
Coils: 8.5

Plus a nice little certificate to go in your handbook and not have to worry about issues at the dealer! 

[Dave J]

I can stick some photo's up 2moro, yes your right, I'd say only 20-25mm drop, really does transform the car though, response time has drastically decreased, yaw rate gain and roll delay is now much better and more balanced to suit the car.
That under sprung (wallowy) feeling from standard is now gone and steering feel has slightly improved!

My understanding is that VWR have done a lot of testing for this kit, and it's made by eibach.... Can't go wrong!
I've used eibach and Sachs in the past both in development tuning stages and final OEM sign off and find there quality to be some of the best OEM available out there (we're not talkin Öhlins here mind!)

I Have driven a few different setups in different mk5s and I really do like the VWR kit, coupled with work I've done in the past with them I thought it was a safe bet to go with this kit, really do love it! Even the missus likes the ride quality!  lol if your local to Wiltshire more than welcome a ride! Also around midlands quite often if this helps!

Appreciate all the info! Sounds like they have made more of a difference than I thought springs might. I'm very happy with the standard damping on the mk5, but the more I get used to the car, it does roll a bit more than I would like - so I'm thinking of springs and ARB's.

Many thanks for the offer - very good of you, but I'm a bit of a way from you (I'm in Berkshire). Let me know if you're ever passing through to Wiltshire on the M4 nr Reading.

[Donx22]

hows that mate?   

apologies for all the Honda's.....

[Itsagthing]

Awesome dude looks like mine identical haha mines on aps and rides beautiful

[SlammedGTi]

Sits great.

[welikeaps]

Love the edition 30. Can I ask where did you buy the springs and engine mounts?

[MC71]

Welcome on board! 

Car looks really good, VWR mods are a good choice.

Have a look at the NQSBBK (as developed by DaveB) for your brake upgrade and if combined with the S3 rears it will give a great, balanced package. If your keeping your Pescara wheels, you'll need spacers as not a lot of BBK's will fit under them.