New member from Essex/London

[Ricardo]

Hi im Ricardo,

I drive a MK5 Golf 1.6 Fsi SE - I know this is a GTI website but seems to be the best forum for us MK5 drivers! Im 19 and drove a Fiesta MK6 previous (best decision to upgrade). I live in Essex (Rainham) and quite into the cruise scene so you'll see me @ a lot of meets! Basically i picked up the car about 3 week's ago car was completely standard except the R32 alloys.  Been low on money so been keeping it simple with the mods! Just got a new job so will be able to concentrate on the car more!

Old car


New car


- Wrapped wing mirrors



- Fitted LED's all around



- HID's & Matte black badges



- Tinted rear lights R32 style



- Rear boot badge



- Fitted parking sensors



Also have painted calipers Red and little bits and bobs don't want to go over the top with mods!

How the car stands



Oh yeah forgot to mention VW's in the blood (Mums Scirocco)



Things to do

GTI Edition 30 Body kit

Exhaust (Unsure of make yet)

BBS CH alloys

Remap

Delete wiper

Skyline light mod

GTI headlights

Windows tinted

Wind Deflectors

Other little engine mods will update list as I go on!

Will try come down to any local meets but if not see you's about!

[Wooosh]

Welcome mate, by the sounds of things you've got some good plans for your MK5. Was you at the Stance Daily meet on Saturday? Car looks familiar.

[prp74]

Welcome from another Londoner 

[Ricardo]

Welcome mate, by the sounds of things you've got some good plans for your MK5. Was you at the Stance Daily meet on Saturday? Car looks familiar.

Yeah will hopefully be doing a build thread for it! & yeah I was haha you wasn't the united grey golf two cars along was you? You going to the lockdown?

[Ricardo]

Welcome from another Londoner 

Thanks is there a lot of Londoners? If so should meet!

[Wooosh]

Welcome mate, by the sounds of things you've got some good plans for your MK5. Was you at the Stance Daily meet on Saturday? Car looks familiar.

Yeah will hopefully be doing a build thread for it! & yeah I was haha you wasn't the united grey golf two cars along was you? You going to the lockdown?

Should be a good worth worth watching, I was parked next to a white Skoda Fabia mines a 3 door with an R32 rear?

[Ricardo]

Yeah I see it was quite jealous haha nice car man who done your indicator parking lights? Also where you get the r32 rear from? Have you got a build?

[SurreyED30]

monthly lakeside meet mate for all the london/essex/sussex/surrey owners, theres been 2 now and both were really good turn outs so it can only get better 

sweet car mate your plans sound good, are those Xenon headlights or aftermarket HID kit in halogen reflector type headlight 

[Ricardo]

Yeah Ill defo come the next one what's the details on it?

And yeah it's a hid kit in original headlamps

[SurreyED30]

Yeah Ill defo come the next one what's the details on it? its in the shows/events/meets section mate, were tryna decide a date that everyone can do atm

And yeah it's a hid kit in original headlamps, roll on lots of slagging there man 

[Ricardo]

Yeah ok I'll keep an eye out!

LOL I've had the car less then a month I couldn't put up with the yellow sh*tty bulbs haha it looks nice with a hid thou just need to save up for the gti headlamps not going to bother with the r32 xenons everyone seems to have them

[SurreyED30]

I know you've obviously just paid out for a hid kit but the osram nightbreaker unlimited + and the Phillips xtreme visions are really good bulbs mate for light output and most on here run with them.

Hid in reflector headlamps blind everyone  what's your beams pattern like mate?

[Ricardo]

Not that bad mate, and haven't really looked into them i had HID's on my fez so it was one of the first things i brought and no ones flashed me yet or complained i have pointing towards the floor to sort of prevent it blinding people

[SurreyED30]

Watch out for PC snotty bollocks  think you can be fined now and made to have a immediate mot within 7 days or some sh*t these days so I've heard

[Wooosh]

Yeah I see it was quite jealous haha nice car man who done your indicator parking lights? Also where you get the r32 rear from? Have you got a build?

Thanks mate and SI-R32 coded the US spec DRL's for me with VAGCOM VCDS, rear R32 bumper is from the dealers and the exhaust system from Milltek. No build thread i'm afraid.