My Mk5 2.0 GT

[boardyuk]

Hey everyone I'm Adam currently in Great Yarmouth but from Reading originally. This is my first car and I'm pretty new to anything car related so please bare with me. I've got a fair few things I want to do with the Mk5 cosmetically, but going to wait until a GTI is on the cards before I really start messing with performance...maybe. The car itself is a 2004 and as far as I'm aware the engine is as standard as it comes 2.0 FSI near enough 150bhp apparently. Nothing else has been altered on the exterior (I don't think) and I'm trying to keep it as standard looking as I can.

Internal kit spec when I got it -

Full leather interior
Standard wheel
RCD 300 Head unit (Nasty!)
6-disk changer
Bury bluetooth phone kit
Full climate control
Heated seats
Electric sunroof (Can't work out why when you have climate control..)

Changed already -

Replaced the pathetic RCD 300 with an MFD2 (Upgraded)
Installed an XCarKit iPod dock in the glove box (Removed)
Personal plates (Absolute nightmare!)

Initial list of mods -

Mk5 GTI flat bottom wheel (Done-Upgraded)
Highline cluster (Done-Upgraded)
Cruise control (Done)
RNS 510 to replace the MFD2 (Done)
Bluetooth module for RNS (with phonebook feature ideally) (Done)
Replace interior bulbs with white LEDs (Done)

Updated list (Page 7 19/2/15) -

Mk6 flat bottom wheel (Done)
Xenon projector lights (Done)
Mk6 Reversing camera (Done)
Mk6 Highline white cluster with blue needles (Done)
ABS pump upgrade (Done)
Door warning lights (Done)
Mk6 Climate panel (Done)
TPMS (Done)

Still to do -

Armrest MDI from CD changer
Full OPS
17"/18" GTI / R32 wheels
Harder suspension (possibly lowered slightly)

Just after giving it a good clean while visiting my parents in Reading.


Most recent pics from this weekend while after sorting the plates.










Just after ripping out the RCD 300 sorting all the cabling out for the XCarLink and Bury kit.


MFD2 installed along with the XCarLink hidden away in the glove box.

[Biano44]

You're in luck......The forum Guru, Eddie-NL just happens to live near you and will be able to sort out all of this :-

GTI flat bottom wheel
Highline cluster
Cruise control
RNS 510 to replace the MFD2
MDI to replace the changer in the armrest
Bluetooth module for RNS (with phonebook feature ideally)

For you as an when you need it.

Great first car.

[boardyuk]

Oh that's just brilliant luck thanks for pointing that out Biano44! I'm hoping to get some of it sorted this month if I can before my trip down to see my parents again so will need to see if I can get in touch with Eddie somehow.

Thanks, so far I'm impressed with the car, my dad's had a Mk4 GTI TD, Mk5 R32 DSG, and now has a Mk6 GTD so I knew roughly what to expect from it but had no idea how nice they are to drive, so different to the Kia and Polo I learnt in.

[Sjw_Vw]

Very nice and great colour . Look forward to seeing what you do with it

[boardyuk]

Thanks Just out of curiosity is this Shadow Blue? I love the colour but never know for sure which blue it is and I might just end up looking for a GTI or GT Sport front bumper, looks so much nicer than the one on it now 

[DamoP]

i have the mdi kits in stock 

[boardyuk]

Got a nice little package delivered to work today.

New interior super bright white LED bulbs


Front before and after




Rear before and after






I've still got the glove box and boot ones to install as I didn't get around to doing those at lunch. Will need to order some more for the footwells, and vanity mirrors as I completely forgot about those. They look better even in daylight, I'm not a fan of the standard yellow bulbs in anything, even swapped as many bulbs at home to pure white LED.

[Sjw_Vw]

Good stuff . Looking at doing all my interior with LED soon.

[Yorkie92]

Hello
Where did you get your LED's from? Really want some but not sure which ones to go for lol
I will probably see your car about as I live in lowestoft but spend a lot of time in Yarmouth 

Yorkie

[boardyuk]

Good stuff . Looking at doing all my interior with LED soon.

Thanks  I'm so glad I did convert everything to LED it's completely transformed the look at night, well worth doing.

Hello
Where did you get your LED's from? Really want some but not sure which ones to go for lol
I will probably see your car about as I live in lowestoft but spend a lot of time in Yarmouth 

Yorkie

I got the LEDs from XenonBulbs.co.uk who also have an ebay shop. The kit I got was this one but I managed to count the number of bulbs for my car wrong even after 3 times checking so need to order a few more http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281211702333.

I was based in Lowestoft for about 4 years but moved around May as the company I work for moved to GY. I really don't miss 'the bridge' at all and from what I've been hearing that's got even worse recently.

[boardyuk]

Decided to put the rest of the LEDs I had in today for something to do. Only had the glove box and boot ones as I'm still waiting for the others to be delivered. I'm really liking the look of these so far, went down to the car the other day at night and took a few photos on my phone so they are a 'little' grainy, will get some better ones when I remember the camera.

As you may have guessed I have a habit of taking photos of everything I do, it's my way of keeping track of things, rubbish memory for this sort of thing!

Glove box before and after, and the boot after.






Night shots of LED interior (Taken through the windows)






Not sure whether to change the footwell bulbs as well or leave them as they are, any opinions?

[K9]

nice car u got there 

i do say you change the last bulbs to white xenon-look 

[Yorkie92]

Those LED's say ten in a pack but don't you need 12? lol or am I counting wrong?
I think you should change the footwell lights as well 

[lukemk5gti]

I like the xcarlink in the glovebox.

Which one did you get?

I also have an MFD2 and would like to get ipod and Bluetooth connectivity setup for my iphone 5s to the MFD2. Have you done this with the xcarlink?

[boardyuk]

nice car u got there 

i do say you change the last bulbs to white xenon-look 

Those LED's say ten in a pack but don't you need 12? lol or am I counting wrong?
I think you should change the footwell lights as well 

Thanks  Nope your not counting wrong Yorkie92, you do need 12 but I managed to count them wrong and didn't add the rest on to my order  I'm now starting to think the footwells will be changing to LED too now so will have to order those later!

I like the xcarlink in the glovebox.

Which one did you get?

I also have an MFD2 and would like to get ipod and Bluetooth connectivity setup for my iphone 5s to the MFD2. Have you done this with the xcarlink?

Thanks   I got this one http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/product.php?productid=4&cat=2&page=1 which seems to work pretty well. I wanted to keep the use of the CD changer too for some reason so this was the only 1 that didn't just plain replace it. The iPod can be controlled via the MFD2 with the XCarLink but I didn't bother with bluetooth as my car came with a Bury kit installed when I got it and just seemed like a bit of a waste to get rid of it at that stage.

I will probably be selling this stuff soon as I want to switch out the MFD2 for the RNS510 soon (prefer the look and touch screen) and will use the SD card and MDI instead of the XCarLink. I'm also hoping that I'll be able to get a bluetooth module for it to replace the Bury kit and possibly add voice control