My 3rd Golf !!!

[millar95]

Hi guys been on the forum for a while but have never got round to posting anything!

I've had 3 golfs so far and mk5 has been the best by far !!

My first one was a mk4 tornado red anniversary pictured below next to my dads edition 30 



I then sold that and got a mk6 in candy white! Great car but the 110bhp diesel was a bit boring 



And finally onto my mk5 GTI, it has a miltek turbo back exhaust, neuspeed P-flo intake and GFB divertor valve and has been colour coded !



Thanks for looking 

[samiul11]

Cant see the pictures 

[millar95]

mk4 tdi Anni + Edition 30


mk6 tdi


Current mk5 gti


Ps3's


RCD510 Headunit
Before:


During:


After:


Went to the scottish car show a few weeks back and got a snap in the carpark 



Thanks Guys hope the photos tie in with the previous post above 

[RC84]

Looks great mate, really like the Anni aswell

Mine was also parked in the car park at the SCS, I didn't see yours though. You look like you must be quite close to me judging by the pic outside Audi at whistleberry. I haven't seen it out and about though.

[millar95]

Thanks mate! Yeah im just round the corner from the merc garage in Hamilton, small world eh 

[millar95]

Another update 

Golf was due a service so decided to treat it to some new spark plugs and coilpacks... Preventative maintenance and all that   

So I sourced the parts from a few places online and managed to spend a small fortune !!

I got:
millers nanodrive 5w40
NGK iridium Sparks
Red top coil packs
Magnetic sump plug
All filters changed
And I decided to use the k&n recharge kit for my neuspeed cone as I beleive they are pretty similar 





I also found a photo in the sun from a few weeks back just after I machine polished it and couldn't believe how purply the metallic black is in direct sunlight 

[akbarirfan]

Loving that last pic!

What paint have you got?

[millar95]

I'm not sure on the code or anything it's metallic black but changes colour depending on the lighting 

[millar95]

so went to Cleanfest yesterday in my dad's edition 30, been for sale the past month but still no interest 

[GTIEagles]

Nice set of cars

[millar95]

So since the weather had been good the past few days I thought it was time I put my girlfriends new stripes on her mini since I kept putting it off ! 



After washing it and putting the stripes on we I painted the calipers red to tidy them up a bit as her new wheels were quite open !

Before


After


I usually use hamerite smooth but  ended up with halfords high temp paint and id say it gives a more red look instead of the hammerites more orangey appearance 

I also tried my dads editon30 wheels but really didnt like them on my car 



I couldnt believe the size difference even though both wheels are only 18" so decided to stick with my own atm but currently on the look out for some team dynamic 1.2's or rota grids 

So after all that last night I managed to curb my first ever wheel an absolute peach whilst driving  so will need to give the lip a rub down and touch up to hide the mess 

[RC84]

Great job on the mini calipers mate, they look superb. I take it from the pics they were done in situ and not removed? Did u just mask everything off? Looks a decent match for the gti calipers aswell. Brushed or sprayed on? Cheers

[millar95]

Thanks mate ! yeah painted in situ. Steel brushed everything and wiped the calipers and hubs with some degreaser. I just covered the caliper with a cloth and put cardboard behind the disc to cover most of the wheel arch etc and sprayed the hub with hammerite smooth silver spray paint. I just wiped the excess off with degreaser and spun the disk round a bit to get the spot that was hidden.

For the calipers I just used a tin of the red halfords paint and a half inch brush and gave them 2 coats each! Came up really well!

[bluebert92]

Those calipers have come up beautifully! My golf has them dingy grey ones, but as luck would have it I'm off work tomorrow and I'm going to attempt this!

[millar95]

You can't go wrong! Nice and easy way to smarten things up