Jeffchiz's Golf *R-tech stage1 244bhp 325ft/lbs* *Cambelt change*

[Jeffchiz]

I decided to needed to grow up and get a nicer daily car, had a budget of £5.5k, had loads of cars in mind but i knew i would only be happy with a golf gti.

This one was on ebay for £6k

Chose it on a number of factors:
-Brand new 6 month tax disc (doesn't even start until next month)
-Long mot
-Full service history
-Recent bridgestones all around
-Optional 18" monza alloys (ideal for upgrading to r32/s3 brakes) and 6 d changer
-79k miles, low for age and low for the price, most are well over 100k
-Only 2 owners
-Lastly she accepted my offer of £5.5k

I'm going to do the following:

-replace PCV valve (DONE)
-service (DONE)
-Chrome tipped h/light switch (DONE)
-Front wings replaced under warranty (DONE)
-Longlife back box delete (DONE)
-ED30/R32 rear light mod (DONE)
-Pressed plates (DONE)
-Rev G DV (DONE)
-remap (DONE)
-S3 wishbones (DONE)
-Michelin PS3's (DONE)
-Aluminium mirror switch (DONE)
-R32 rear (DONE)
-Sachs 550nm clutch and oem dmf and slave (DONE)
-higher temp brake fluid (DONE)
-thermostat (DONE)
-cambelt and water pump (DONE)
-refurb the alloys (little tatty, might go a darker colour)
-Lower
-powerflex engine mount

Would love to upgrade to the ko4 turbo(s3 spec), turbo back exhaust, fmic etc but that is a lot of money and i could do with paying the car off first lol

Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match
























on the sunday after buying it on the thrsday i had a low oil pressure light come on! not good!

so the car was booked in at the local german specialist and they picked up on various valves/sesnors that needed replacing and an oil breather that was blocked alon with other dodgy repairs where parts had broken and bits were missing, got the car back yesterday with a £500 bill!!

Safe to say this has been scanned in and emailed to the dealer, there is no warrenty on the car but every motor trader have legal responsibilities and i want the majority of this paid off by them.

On a plus point ive changed my insurance saving me a shed load of money, i was paying £90 a month on the vts and they put it up £30 per month to £120, i did some comparing last night and ive got it down to £37!! fully comp, i also went through top cash back so i am getting £25 back, im also cancelling a magazine subscription, these two savings are basically paying the monthly repayments on the loan BOOM!

Just got an email back from the dealer basically telling me to do one because I didn't give them chance to fix it themselves, which unfortunately is their right however they said they will give me a free full service when it's due which is next month which will save me about £300 so I can't complain to much

[blakeyrallye]

clean car  my insurance on my ED30 was a pleasant surprise too !!

[JaseGti]

Looks pretty mint

[prp74]

Welcome mate. Good list of mods planned 

[J400uk]

Looks good. Shame about the issues but I think that tends to be always the way with older used cars. For the money I think these are spot on, I set out with a similar budget back in February when I got mine and have been very happy with it.

I was thinking with your alloys, it looks like they've already been refurbished in the past? The 18s are Diamond Cut from the factory but yours look silver. Suits them nicely IMO 

[Sjw_Vw]

Very nice

[alexmccabe]

Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match

On the bumper you will see that there is a small step down and it looks like a separate section. You should get the outside bit coloured to match the car, but leave the inside textured plastic. :)

[MikLSP]

Interesting mix of pedals there with the normal GTi brake and clutch with an R32 accelerator.

Looks a nice car though 

[Jeffchiz]

Looks good. Shame about the issues but I think that tends to be always the way with older used cars. For the money I think these are spot on, I set out with a similar budget back in February when I got mine and have been very happy with it.

I was thinking with your alloys, it looks like they've already been refurbished in the past? The 18s are Diamond Cut from the factory but yours look silver. Suits them nicely IMO  

i was starting to wonder why some were diamond cut thats a bit of a bugger :S lol

Interesting mix of pedals there with the normal GTi brake and clutch with an R32 accelerator.

Looks a nice car though 

i was also wondering if the accelerator was an r32 item, cheers for clearing that up 

Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match

On the bumper you will see that there is a small step down and it looks like a separate section. You should get the outside bit coloured to match the car, but leave the inside textured plastic. :)

this option has also been going through my head it would definitely be a cheaper but effective option

[Jeffchiz]

Finally got my private plate on a car since i took it off my bmw almost a year ago i knew all my in between cars wouldn't stay for very long so i didn't fancy paying another £105 until i got a car i knew i would be keeping, it would go on my long term project however there is a chance they might want to inspect the car and the car is in no fit state to be taken anywhere lol

[TommyR]

Nice base car and plans sound good

[Jeffchiz]

I took the car for a service down at jabba sport last monday before i went to le mans, and all seems good, good tread on tyres, recent brakes in good condition, wheel bearings all good and new etc only issue they found was that the front console bushes are a bit worn but still mot passable. Because of the issues i had straight after buying it i was dreading this service in case something else came to light but thankfully not!

Gotta get the cambelt done next year on the next scheduled service.

I also bought a chrome tipped headlight switch due to my old one being a bit rough where nails had chipped away at the rubber

[Sjw_Vw]

Looking good

[ultimateauto]

Very nice example

[J400uk]

Very nice example

Agreed but I'm slightly biased to standard looking Black GTIs  ... does seem tidy though!