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Offline Shaun-m

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MY RED MK5 GTI , LOW CLEAN AND ALPHARDS
« on: August 14, 2013, 08:05:24 pm »
Hi

 my name is shaun actually been on here for about a year so thought it was about time I did a brief readers ride on my golf .

brought the car from my local dealer just under a year ago decent mileage and condition so the price was right and I was happy  :happy2:
took it straight home and gave it a proper wash , the only negative about the last owner his up keep wasn't the best lol



keep it nice and clean for a good few months added a few nice touches to the inside .




only little but just gives it that bit of freshness.
after a few months of saving a came across some practically new coilovers for sale on been on a friend of mines car for 3 months from new
and he was splitting his golf parts for a new project so I snapped the up .
KW V1's


then set about fitting them to the car although it was still on the standard wheels and big tyres I couldn't wait so we fitted them and was much happier with how the car looked .




once we lowered the car the following week I took the car to my brother and dads unit "the spray shop " were he gave the car  full job (wash , clay , wash polish , machine and seal )







very happy with what my bro did  :smiley:

Next stop was a exhaust upgrade so I popped up to " exhaust uk " in Sheffield just went for a subtle twin car back vewry impressed sounds awesome but not to loud just right .




after eventually getting the car back to a clean state that I was happy with and it been lowered naturally the standard wheels needed to be replaced so these came along  :innocent:



Mercedes al[phards fronts 8.5 rears 9.5

had all four wheel centers re-polished and sealed and 4 new tyres and fitted to the car oncve the weather improved early this year
this is how it looked .




to say I was happy was a understatement coilovers still had plenty of room to come down front and back but I was happy a the height for now  so the car pretty much stayed that way up until recently when me and a load of friends were making the trip to Holland to the car show M.I.V.W so I decided to tidy the brake calipers and lower the car some more ready for the trip .

BEFORE

AFTER


nothing special just a rub down quick primer couple of coats of bright red job done looked 100% better lowered the car on the fronts some more and the rears gave it one last clean before heading off .

Last clean




couple of pics at the show  :smiley:





random petrol sation in Belgium my favourite picture
 


so that's pretty much where my car is right now and I am loving every min I have a list as long as my arm of things I want to but it just depends which direction I take the car in either watch this space hope you all like ( sorry and the amount of pictures  :wink: ).

shaun
« Last Edit: October 06, 2013, 06:50:12 am by Shaun-m »

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2013, 08:23:36 pm »
Very smart  :happy2:  That paintwork looks awesome.

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2013, 08:28:22 pm »
Looks great. Wheel specs?


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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2013, 08:30:04 pm »
That looks Great. Love the wheels against the red!

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2013, 08:31:09 pm »
Wow.

One of my favourite cars on the forum.  :happy2:

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2013, 08:48:12 pm »
look excellent - just needs the rear balance colour coding now  :happy2:

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2013, 08:59:36 pm »
thanks for the warm welcome and comments  :happy2:

look excellent - just needs the rear balance colour coding now  :happy2:

 you reckon ? sometimes I think it does but I like how all the lower trim is black I think if you do the rear then you have to do the rest ? so it matches .

Looks great. Wheel specs?

fronts are 18x8.5 et35    rears are 18x9.5 et40  cheers

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2013, 09:24:17 pm »
Welcome on board! :drinking:

Great looking GTI fella, paint work looks immense, a really good job that.  :congrats:
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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2013, 09:32:50 pm »
Looks amazing mate, my fav wheels

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2013, 10:36:07 am »
Looks immaculate!

Makes me want some coilovers...  :drool:

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2013, 03:11:50 pm »
Lovely motor mate..almost seen myself in it..it's that shiny!!  :signLOL:

Quick question, where did you get the GTI sticker for the interior silver strip above your glovebox?

I've been looking everywhere for one...or is that sprayed on  :signLOL:

Cheers

Meeky  :happy2:
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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2013, 06:56:33 pm »
Lovely motor mate..almost seen myself in it..it's that shiny!!  :signLOL:

Quick question, where did you get the GTI sticker for the interior silver strip above your glovebox?

I've been looking everywhere for one...or is that sprayed on  :signLOL:

Cheers

Meeky  :happy2:

cheers meeky I got the sticker made up by a local sign writing shop took 15mins max

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2013, 09:49:50 pm »
Looks great nice stance
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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2013, 03:30:23 am »
looks like my car same spec until i returned to standard:( quick question have you taken helper springs out ? could never get the stance like yours , my front always looked high?looks good

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Re: my red golf gti (picture heavy )
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2013, 04:32:12 am »
looks like my car same spec until i returned to standard:( quick question have you taken helper springs out ? could never get the stance like yours , my front always looked high?looks good

hi mate the fronts still have about 25 mm left to go down and the rears are set about 15-20 from the bottom of the adjuster so there both not set right to the bottom that's why I went for the KWV1's there is loads of adjustment on them .