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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2015, 05:37:19 pm »
Nice!! What are them headlights any pics of the light up buddy

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2015, 05:42:55 pm »
Nice!! What are them headlights any pics of the light up buddy

They are just the factory xenon lights and ip get a picture later when its dark of them lit up  :happy2:

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2015, 05:46:58 pm »
Looks much fresher with the painted grilles, takes years off it! One more job added to my list then.

Also approve of the eddy/r32 lights.

Good to see nice mods on another Tornado Red, helps me plan mine

Oh and there really isn't much between a GTI and R32. My GTI has a shade under 300lb/ft from 2500rpm (thanks to R-Tech).... makes it really strong and punchy, and honestly - bring on the R32s..... I'd leave them behind.

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2015, 05:53:54 pm »
There not standard on the gti are they? Are they from the r32 looking for some brighter lights as mine just don't cut it

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2015, 06:06:33 pm »
Looks much fresher with the painted grilles, takes years off it! One more job added to my list then.

Also approve of the eddy/r32 lights.

Good to see nice mods on another Tornado Red, helps me plan mine

Oh and there really isn't much between a GTI and R32. My GTI has a shade under 300lb/ft from 2500rpm (thanks to R-Tech).... makes it really strong and punchy, and honestly - bring on the R32s..... I'd leave them behind.

Cheers mate, I've had a browse at your car, looking good. I'm planning a visit to R tech later this year maybe, did you go stage1? And did you get the dsg remapped (if it is a dsg)

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2015, 06:08:21 pm »
There not standard on the gti are they? Are they from the r32 looking for some brighter lights as mine just don't cut it

They are an optional extra, I think the r32's have them as standard.. Have a look on ebay etc and olin the for sale section on here. There is normally a pair up for grabs and they look much better as well as lighting the whole road up  :happy2:

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2015, 06:12:38 pm »
Yeah just stage 1. I made sure I replaced the pcv, cam follower and diverter valve a few weeks before I got the remap.

It's a brilliant map, smooth but really strong. It flies now.

I've got a manual box.

Might go for an uprated HPFP and exhaust/decat at some point and head back down to have them tweak the map to stage 1.5 / 2 or whatever it'd be.

But for now I'm more than happy!


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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2015, 07:24:20 pm »


Excuse the dodgy photo!
« Last Edit: September 02, 2015, 07:26:18 pm by AJP »

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2015, 08:29:07 pm »


Excuse the dodgy photo!

Nice man, the bottom 2, runs I think they are, are they before and the top 2 are after? Couldn't read it 100%. What mods did you have at the time?

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2015, 08:35:27 pm »
Yeah I think he did 2 runs pre map to log etc, then came back and did 2 more with the new map. Was a good few hours at it, and it shows.

No surging, spiking, flat spots etc, and big torque for a k03.

The reputation of R-Tech is justified.

That's bone stock. Just the map.

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2015, 08:54:22 pm »
Spraying the front grill was a fantastic shout! I was at a show recently and they were a MK5 there which just had a full respray but for some reason all his front grills were nearly grey they were so faded! let down the car so much! :happy2: :happy2:

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2015, 09:22:36 pm »
Awesome Stuff!!

Love it!

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2015, 11:31:50 pm »
Cheers am new to this site so will not let me comment on things for sale any reason why

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #28 on: September 03, 2015, 01:02:06 am »
Cheers am new to this site so will not let me comment on things for sale any reason why
I think you have to have a set number of posts before your allowed to comment etc. There is a rules or guide thread in the for sale section and that tells you how many posts you need.

Awesome Stuff!!

Love it!
Cheers man

Spraying the front grill was a fantastic shout! I was at a show recently and they were a MK5 there which just had a full respray but for some reason all his front grills were nearly grey they were so faded! let down the car so much! :happy2: :happy2:
Thanks, ot didn't take long to do, was nice and easy you just gotta give it a good wipe over first  :smiley:

Yeah I think he did 2 runs pre map to log etc, then came back and did 2 more with the new map. Was a good few hours at it, and it shows.

No surging, spiking, flat spots etc, and big torque for a k03.

The reputation of R-Tech is justified.

That's bone stock. Just the map.
Impressive stuff  :happy2: I will be going after an air filter and precat delete  :driver:

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Re: Alex's Tornado Red GTI
« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2015, 03:05:08 pm »
so been spending money again and still have some stuff on the way.

Got my H&R's fitted 30mm drop... ignore the background hah



Also got caught doing 35 in a 30 and the road had recently changed from a 40 down to a 30 and i didnt know  :congrats:  :fighting:
So got myself a snooper to try and help me keep the points down. hoping to get offerd a course as its my first offence.  :sad1:



thats about it for the moment but got some more stuff happening soon if everything goes to plan  :happy2: