My diamond black GTI....now with Ramair CAI

[BarberVW]

Eh up,

Bought this end of December 2013 as a bit of a Christmas present to myself.
2006 GTI in diamond black perleffekt, standard with 71,000 miles, and a big spec.



















So there she is.

So far I've added amber sidelight bulbs, LED number plate bulbs, pressed metal plates, GTI seat plaque inserts, and tidied a few bits up.
It's just had it's coilpack recall done on Saturday and it starts a lot less rough now, generally smoother etc.

Just trying to keep it clean through this winter weather for now.

Any suggestions on what bits to tinker with etc, please feel free to let me know as I don't really know what I'm doing with mk5's.

Oh - this was my last car:



A wee little 1.4 with 60hp....the difference is night and day.

Thanks for looking!

[prp74]

Welcome, looks like a tidy well spec car there. 

Do you have any others mods planned?

[Leigh200sx]

Looks a well spec'd car there mate and clean too.

[Marc-5-GTI]

Wow, I'd went off black cars (had two) but that.. Wow! Looks awesome!!

[greygti]

Yep same as above I'd went rite of black cars but that is something else !! You had it detailed recently lol??

[N8KOW]

It just looks super tidy 

[BarberVW]

Welcome, looks like a tidy well spec car there. 

Do you have any others mods planned?

Thanks mate. Just the usual stuff really - i'm no scene stopper.

Looks a well spec'd car there mate and clean too.

Cheers, yeah it has everything I was looking for (and more!) except for a sunroof!

Wow, I'd went off black cars (had two) but that.. Wow! Looks awesome!!

Yep same as above I'd went rite of black cars but that is something else !! You had it detailed recently lol??

Thanks gents, means a lot, I do all the cleaning myself. Looking forward to the warmer weather so I can give it a proper going over. Black cars - the biggest love hate relationship of them all.

It just looks super tidy 

Thank you 

When it had it's coilpack recall, VW gave it one of their health checks and turns out my wishbone bushes are worn, which makes sense as there is a slight knock at low speeds so this'll probably be the next work. Function before form 

Best to get these things out of the way before the nice weather comes so funds can go towards mods! 

[BarberVW]

Hi,

See below for results of VW health check-



Can anyone advise whether this gives opportunity to upgrade anything? Different bushes / replacement wishbones etc?
Would this be a good time to install an anti lift kit?

Thanks

[Stevepd]

Very nice indeed

[Nino_Mk5]

Very clean looking GTI mate, paintwork looks amazing!

[LiamGTi]

How did you go about getting the recall done on the car, when i ring they just say to me nahh, its got none that are currently available.

So any help would be great.

[BarberVW]

How did you go about getting the recall done on the car, when i ring they just say to me nahh, its got none that are currently available.

So any help would be great.

Hi, I just rang up VW service department at local dealers, asked if there were any outstanding recalls against my reg, he dithered about a bit then said yes and confirmed it was for coilpacks, easy peasy. There will be a small square sticker on the boot floor under the carpet if your car has already had it with a dealer stamp and some codes on.

Hope this helps...

[BarberVW]

Looked under the engine cover today for the first time which was fun to get off and on.
Prompted into action by what lay beneath-



Doesn't appear to be the latest revision PCV unit so I'll be updating that in the coming weeks.

[LiamGTi]

This is going to sound hilarious, but how do you get the cover off I;ve been tempted to look under mine for weeks just CBA trying to work it out!

[BarberVW]

Hi mate, followed this guide:

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113978

Easy when you know how! Sort of