New member with a black golf gti dsg

[B6NVW]

Hi guys, my names Ben. New on here!

Picked my golf up on Monday and loving every second of it so far. Not new to golfs but new to the mk5.

I've been looking for a while to try and find one with the right spec, leather because of the kids and xenons for me were a must!

Managed to get one with heated leather, xenons, satnav, steering wheel controls, parking sensors and 18" monzas - not diamond cut though unfortunately.

Anyway here it was the day I got it



Although the paintwork was in fairly good condition I wasnt 100% happy with it so cracked open the DA and took a trip to halfords to stock up.





I could tell the paintwork had been looked after well and polished regularly as soon as I got the hose on it so I decided to get the meguires claybar kit out and strip it all back. This made so much difference and showed up about 1000 more scratches!

So heres a quick shot after a clay and polish with the menzerna and DA.



Then that was that for yesterday.

This morning I decided to give it a quick was again just with water to remove the dust that had settled overnight and then got the autoglym super resin polish on top.

Left the paintwork at that and here it is now.





That was it for the outside for now, ill be giving it a coat of g3 wax at the weekend after another wash.

Started on the inside, really pleased with the  only needed a quick hoover and going over the dash and dials with meguires interior detailer -really good stuff!



Theres a couple of bits I need to get tidied up, so my list of things to do is

New oil filler cap
New intake pipe
New exhaust tips

And this is why



Forgot to say this car has also been remapped but its just a generic one so will be getting it checked out and a proper map put on once funds allow. As well as getting it into the bodyshop for rear bumper, skirts and splitter to be colour coded.

Oh and a wheel refurb in there somewhere!

[Dave7692]

Looks good, the paint really came up well 

[B6NVW]

Here's a few more

[prp74]

Great job. Good spec car 

Any more plans?

[B6NVW]

Great job. Good spec car 

Any more plans?

Thanks man,

Not really atm other than mentioned. Just want to start by tidying up and trying to make it mind.

The exhaust tips are really past it now so I want to get that sorted. But also dont want to buy a complete system so im think im getting some nice ed30 tips welded on instead.

Then onto the bodywork. Still wondering why vw didn't colour code the skirts and front and rear splitters!

[rich83]

Welcome... black 5dr are the fastest. 

[bbfb10]

Nice car. Very similar to mine. Will be interested in this thread. I need to learn how to get my paint work looking so good.

[B6NVW]

Welcome... black 5dr are the fastest. 

Thanks, I agree!

[B6NVW]

Nice car. Very similar to mine. Will be interested in this thread. I need to learn how to get my paint work looking so good.

Thanks man, all you need is some time, patience and the right products. Im sure you could achieve this finish by hand with a little more time and effort if you dont have a DA

[bbfb10]

Im a total noob when it comes to car cleaning. Gradually building up my supply of products, would love a DA, but nervous, lve heard they can do more harm than good if you dont know what youre doing.

[B6NVW]

Im a total noob when it comes to car cleaning. Gradually building up my supply of products, would love a DA, but nervous, lve heard they can do more harm than good if you dont know what youre doing.

Yeah I was the same at first, tested it on my girlfriends mini first haha.

Seriously though you cant go wrong with this, also has adjustable speed so you can start it slow and build up speed as you get more confident

[B6NVW]

So im a week into ownership and still loving it as much as the day I got it if not more. I went for my first spirited drive last night, with the car in manual using the paddles on the steering wheel. Really is an awesome bit of kit.

Also.. could not believe how well this thing goes round corners!

Another quick wash today (making the most of my time off work) and we went to alton towers a few days ago so the car was a dusty, fly splattered mess.

Spent some time on the exhaust, still not perfect but at least I can tell its there now. Nothing worse than dirty tips 

[J400uk]

Looks very tidy. Best colour and gearbox too 

[usmangti]

Looks really nice mate   IMO the inners on your wheels need to be painted a darker colour, just to set the wheels of a bit

[B6NVW]

Looks really nice mate   IMO the inners on your wheels need to be painted a darker colour, just to set the wheels of a bit

Thanks mate, not sure what to do with wheels, they need a refurb but also want to get some diamond cut ones. Looks so much better imo.