Current modifications;
InteriorGTI seats
GTI flat bottom steering wheel
Kenwood DNX520VBT
Trim panels body coloured (reflex silver)
OEM Armrest
Lockwood sill plates
OEM chrome headlight switch
Stealth enclosure sub box with Kenwood sub and amp.
Newsouth performance boost gauge and pod
ExteriorFk coilover kit
Shortened drop links
Chassis notch
Hub upgrade with 312mm discs on thhe front. Drilled and grooved rears.
BBS CH 18" wheels
GT front bumper with matte black centre grille
Xenon headlights
Projector fog lights
Flared wheel arches by est. 10mm
GTI rear diffuser
Mufflerectomy with twin pipes.
Matte black roof wrap and wing mirrors
Tinted side repeaters
OEM roof racks with Thule wind fairing
Boot de-badged
Rear wiper delete
Votex front lower splitter
EngineDarkside EGR and EGR cooler delete
Decat with straight through pipe
Darkside custom remap and hard cut limiter
I shall try cut a long story short...
I bought my Golf back on boxing day last year, a completely standard TDI sport 6 spd. FSH with a few bodywork issues including rusty front wings and some scrapes here and there for £4500.
Firstly I took her to my cousins body shop to get the front bumper smoothed and re-sprayed, the following day I fitted JOM coilovers.
De-wipered with a glass blanker from overseas ( can't remember the company name)
I then got a friends tinting company to matte black wrap the roof and wing mirrors.
New wheels were up next along with a GTI rear lower bumper and GTI style exhaust tip mufflerectomy.
My knackered old discs and pads were on show more than ever now with the new wheels so I opted for drilled and grooved mtec brakes all round (for show only, this car doesn't go fast enough to need them)
GTI side skirts were next, purely because I think they make the car look wider/lower with out touching the suspension
I also retro-fitted some fog lights in, having to make the harness myself and buying a OEM switch with the fog light attachment. This is because I got bored very quickly of my smoothed bumper, and found a reflex silver GT front bumper on eBay for a reasonable price.
After going to a few shows, the air suspension bug got me hard. So it had to be done! I went for the airlift autopilot V2. Unfortunately because mine isn't a GTI, I have 50mm front hubs instead of the GTI's 55mm, and airlift only make 55mm front struts. Luckily there was a way round this by fitting MK5 top mounts on to MK4 front airbag struts. This was done for me prior to sale so I didn't have any hassle. Then was on to fitting it. with a couple of mates we had all the install done including boot build and chassis notch with in a week. We had a hiccup with a faulty rear bag, but luckily that got changed straight away under warranty.
I was getting annoyed about the fact I couldn't go as low as I wanted because of tyres touching the arches all round. I had bought 2 new wings a few months prior and decided it was time to get all the bodywork up together. I spoke to a guy I deal with a lot through work at Beenham bodyshop, and he suggested as well as getting the wings on and other issues sorted, to get all the arches pulled. I could have just bought smaller tyres, but she is a daily driver and I have a small family to think about also! So in the end I had both front wings fitted, rolled, and pulled, rear arches pulled by roughly 15mm each side, rear bumper resprayed and both sides of the car resprayed. While she was in the bodyshop I thought I'd get the front end completely finished by fitting GTI xenon headlight.
That is pretty much where I am with the car, also fitted a GTI steering wheel from a top guy on the forum called Dave J. So this is how she is right now.
All comments welcome, good or bad... Thanks for reading
Also a shameless plug, but I'm on Instagram where there's a lot more pictures of updates on my car, username stu_nc88. I'm useless with build threads but I'm hoping to keep this one up, as this forum has helped me a great deal over the year!
