2008 GT Sport TDI 170 DSG

[jason_rmh]

That's great, thanks.

[Golf_GT_TDI]

That's great, thanks.

No worries, picked mine up yesterday £47.23 inc VAT from TPS 

[bbfb10]

A lot of work going in to this. Do you have a to do list?

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Sills are sorted, it went into VW Shrewsbury Monday of last week for both sills (O/S front corner visable rust, N/S just had very slight corrosion starting on inner sill/door shut)
Agreed 50% with me to pay £116, whilst it was in they called to say they had found corrosion starting on front wings as well so were offering to fit new front wings free of charge, I picked up the car on the Friday and it looks fantastic, so glad to have the rust on the sill sorted out for winter

Bought some front mudflaps and a 12v socket cap to replace the cig lighter...


New bonnet lining fitted...

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Small update; new front shocks fitted, also going to be fitting Skoda LED foglamps/DRL's. Plus I bought an Edition 30 rear bumper valance, it just needs a little plastic welding to crack by numberplate area...




Also bought in a 6m DAB antenna cable ready...

[Beattie]

Cars looking great. The colour is what I would have preferred but ended up with black. Keep it up!

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Thanks  My last 3 cars have been black so fancied a change, after seeing a few nice grey Mk5's in the flesh I decided to hold out for the right one to come up.

I bought the Mk6 style auto headlamp switch as well (without front fog) ready to try with disabling fogs and setting up as DRL's, then fitting the Skoda LED units.

I should have a RCD510 DAB arriving mid week, need to order the 6R0 Polo aerial as decided against (for now) modding the roof to fit the 2015 6C0 Polo aerial I bought.

Hopefuly also get round to plastic welding the bumper as well at some point during the week.

[Rob1]

Small update; new front shocks fitted, also going to be fitting Skoda LED foglamps/DRL's. Plus I bought an Edition 30 rear bumper valance, it just needs a little plastic welding to crack by numberplate area...

Nice purchase that will compliment the car perfectly 

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Thanks looking forward to getting rid of that stock bumper.

Plastic welding time...

[j8ekt]

Looking forward to seeing the bumper all fitted 

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Had a day off work which worked out well as RCD510 arrived this morning along with a SD card from Amazon, I also picked up the aerial adaptor from TPS in the afternoon then cracked on with installing, loving the RCD510 so far, seriously recommend if you are considering

Oh I ran the DAB extension cable from the stereo to down under the glovebox then coiled it and taped it ready for me to run it along sill when aerial base and antenna arrive and get installed but to my surprise there is decent DAB reception from the cable alone! 

[bbfb10]

Headunit looks good, much better than the standard one.

Bumper should give the car a much better look too, interested to see how you get on with the plastic welding.

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Cheers will get pics before and after of the bumper

DAB aerial arrived today...

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Yesterday afternoon I finally got round to fitting the anthracite upper tailgate trim panel so the black headlining conversion is complete 

Then I finished running the DAB extension cable to the c-pillar and dropped the headlining at the rear (c-pillar trims and rear grab handles removed) to fit the Polo DAB aerial, space was a little tight but got it done so that's another job sorted

Next jobs...
Plastic weld Edition 30 bumper
Drill out 3x sheared bolts in subframe that hold undertray up at the rear
Clay, polish and wax

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Gave the interior a clean, the drivers footwell took most of the time...