MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: Jeffchiz on May 09, 2014, 08:45:05 pm
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I decided to needed to grow up and get a nicer daily car, had a budget of £5.5k, had loads of cars in mind but i knew i would only be happy with a golf gti.
This one was on ebay for £6k
Chose it on a number of factors:
-Brand new 6 month tax disc (doesn't even start until next month)
-Long mot
-Full service history
-Recent bridgestones all around
-Optional 18" monza alloys (ideal for upgrading to r32/s3 brakes) and 6 d changer
-79k miles, low for age and low for the price, most are well over 100k
-Only 2 owners
-Lastly she accepted my offer of £5.5k
I'm going to do the following:
-replace PCV valve (DONE)
-service (DONE)
-Chrome tipped h/light switch (DONE)
-Front wings replaced under warranty (DONE)
-Longlife back box delete (DONE)
-ED30/R32 rear light mod (DONE)
-Pressed plates (DONE)
-Rev G DV (DONE)
-remap (DONE)
-S3 wishbones (DONE)
-Michelin PS3's (DONE)
-Aluminium mirror switch (DONE)
-R32 rear (DONE)
-Sachs 550nm clutch and oem dmf and slave (DONE)
-higher temp brake fluid (DONE)
-thermostat (DONE)
-cambelt and water pump (DONE)
-refurb the alloys (little tatty, might go a darker colour)
-Lower
-powerflex engine mount
Would love to upgrade to the ko4 turbo(s3 spec), turbo back exhaust, fmic etc but that is a lot of money and i could do with paying the car off first lol
Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match
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on the sunday after buying it on the thrsday i had a low oil pressure light come on! not good!
so the car was booked in at the local german specialist and they picked up on various valves/sesnors that needed replacing and an oil breather that was blocked alon with other dodgy repairs where parts had broken and bits were missing, got the car back yesterday with a £500 bill!!
Safe to say this has been scanned in and emailed to the dealer, there is no warrenty on the car but every motor trader have legal responsibilities and i want the majority of this paid off by them.
On a plus point ive changed my insurance saving me a shed load of money, i was paying £90 a month on the vts and they put it up £30 per month to £120, i did some comparing last night and ive got it down to £37!! fully comp, i also went through top cash back so i am getting £25 back, im also cancelling a magazine subscription, these two savings are basically paying the monthly repayments on the loan BOOM!
Just got an email back from the dealer basically telling me to do one because I didn't give them chance to fix it themselves, which unfortunately is their right however they said they will give me a free full service when it's due which is next month which will save me about £300 so I can't complain to much
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clean car :smiley: my insurance on my ED30 was a pleasant surprise too !!
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Looks pretty mint
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Welcome mate. Good list of mods planned :happy2:
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Looks good. Shame about the issues but I think that tends to be always the way with older used cars. For the money I think these are spot on, I set out with a similar budget back in February when I got mine and have been very happy with it.
I was thinking with your alloys, it looks like they've already been refurbished in the past? The 18s are Diamond Cut from the factory but yours look silver. Suits them nicely IMO :happy2:
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Very nice :happy2:
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Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match
On the bumper you will see that there is a small step down and it looks like a separate section. You should get the outside bit coloured to match the car, but leave the inside textured plastic. :)
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Interesting mix of pedals there with the normal GTi brake and clutch with an R32 accelerator.
Looks a nice car though :happy2:
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Looks good. Shame about the issues but I think that tends to be always the way with older used cars. For the money I think these are spot on, I set out with a similar budget back in February when I got mine and have been very happy with it.
I was thinking with your alloys, it looks like they've already been refurbished in the past? The 18s are Diamond Cut from the factory but yours look silver. Suits them nicely IMO :happy2:
i was starting to wonder why some were diamond cut thats a bit of a bugger :S lol
Interesting mix of pedals there with the normal GTi brake and clutch with an R32 accelerator.
Looks a nice car though :happy2:
i was also wondering if the accelerator was an r32 item, cheers for clearing that up :happy2:
Might fit the r32 lower half of the rear bumper as i feel the rear bumper lets the gti down, it looks like a base model bumper with an exhaust cut out, the r32 bumper is a nicer shape, if i do this then ill get the sideskirts and front splitter colour coded to match
On the bumper you will see that there is a small step down and it looks like a separate section. You should get the outside bit coloured to match the car, but leave the inside textured plastic. :)
this option has also been going through my head it would definitely be a cheaper but effective option
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Finally got my private plate on a car since i took it off my bmw almost a year ago i knew all my in between cars wouldn't stay for very long so i didn't fancy paying another £105 until i got a car i knew i would be keeping, it would go on my long term project however there is a chance they might want to inspect the car and the car is in no fit state to be taken anywhere lol
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Nice base car and plans sound good :happy2:
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I took the car for a service down at jabba sport last monday before i went to le mans, and all seems good, good tread on tyres, recent brakes in good condition, wheel bearings all good and new etc only issue they found was that the front console bushes are a bit worn but still mot passable. Because of the issues i had straight after buying it i was dreading this service in case something else came to light but thankfully not!
Gotta get the cambelt done next year on the next scheduled service.
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I also bought a chrome tipped headlight switch due to my old one being a bit rough where nails had chipped away at the rubber
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Looking good :happy2:
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Very nice example
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Very nice example
Agreed but I'm slightly biased to standard looking Black GTIs :P ... does seem tidy though!
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cheers guys, im torn do i tidy the car up a little next ie refurb wheels and do something with the rear bumpers and maybe some eibach springs, or go for a remap and leave the asthetics for a little while
been offered a carbon diffuser from a user on my saxo forum for £150 brand new that would look nice with a c/c bumper, but then id need a nice shiney new back box, cant have this tatty thing ruining a carbon diffuser!
if any one is interested this is what hes selling
Carbon dash inserts £75
Carbon door inserts £75
Carbon centre console grab handles £75
Carbon rear bumper diffuser £150
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couple bits of tidying up, firstly i replaced my nasty aerial
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i also tried to polish the headlights with the meguirs restoration kit, did an ok job but im going to have to get more sand paper and give it another go
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and lastly i went to vw and booked a slot with their warranty manager about my rusty wings, he took pics and paint depth readings and he seems positive ill have a couple wings fitted for free :D should get a phone call from their bodyshop in 5 working days to book me in
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and ill get a quote to colour code the front splitter, sideskirts and rear valance
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Good work on the lights
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Good luck with the wings
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Isn't it 50/50 now with rusty wings?
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no, warranty managers have been sent a bulletin saying cars up to 10 years old are eligible for the wings to be sorted, and as the guy at vw said paint work is a grey area every case can be different nothing is clear cut so you cant anticipate what will happen in your case going by someone else's experience, you just have to book a slot and get your car looked at
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Got the phone call i was waiting for today! The bodyshop have told me I can book my car in so got it in asap which is this monday 4th august, and even better im getting a courtesy car, there was me thinking id get a mk7 gti/gtd but it turns out its a citoren c1 :( however she said i can contact the dealership and see if they have a more exciting car to have for the week
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Dropped my golf off at the bodyshop today and picked up this little beaut!
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Its a bag of nails, steering is so vague you get nothing and then it suddenly turns, when it does turn you roll out your seat and get sea sick, it doesn't accelerate, it gradually increases in speed, sounds like a tractor, and the boot is better described as a luggage compartment
my 9yr old golf with 84k feels better than this car a few months old with 9k
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Do you know if that 10 year warranty includes wings that have already been replaced? Both mine were changed by previous owner by VW through warranty but the passenger side has started to bubble slightly again. Also was it a quote from VW you were getting for colour coded side skirts and splitter? I too am looking to get that done but can't decide whether to get the edition 30 splitter or not
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Do you know if that 10 year warranty includes wings that have already been replaced? Both mine were changed by previous owner by VW through warranty but the passenger side has started to bubble slightly again. Also was it a quote from VW you were getting for colour coded side skirts and splitter? I too am looking to get that done but can't decide whether to get the edition 30 splitter or not
not a clue mate, i would've thought it would, its still their fault that they are rusty and if its still under 10 yrs old then i think they have to do it, but just pop in to your nearest dealership takes minutes to book an appointment with a warranty guy, then he only takes about 10min to take readings from the car then within days i had the phone call from the bodyshop was very pleased
i havent got a quote yet as it was all a bit rushed this morning ill try to ask someone when i pick the car up, its all very executive there lol its not like some back street bodyshop, you dont even see a worker that gets their hands dirty just an office with computers and women lol i wanted a ed30 splitter and r32 rear bumper but ill be happy with just it all c/c with some nice shiny tail pipes, bit of de-badging, maybe a de-wiper and some r32 rear lights, i think that'll smarten up the rear end loads
their website quoted me £180 for my 18" wheels to be refurbed which seems reasonable
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bodyshop rang me up today again to inform me that the wings are being replaced as the rust had eaten through so it couldn't be repaired (to vw's standard) which im very happy about
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Picked my car up yesterday morning and very happy with the results, all in the guy said its about £800 worth of work done :D I got him to start writing me up a quote to c/c all the plastic bits, refurb the wheels and he said instead of re-painting the rear nearside quarter panel (badly scratched and key'd) he can machine polish it for an hours labour to get it 80% better it guessed
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They need properly machine polishing... lots of polishing marks in that near side wing
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They need properly machine polishing... lots of polishing marks in that near side wing
yea (if i go back) ill get them to run a machine polisher over it while they are doing the rear panel
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My car is booked it at longlife tomorrow to get a back box delete, i went it last saturday and i picked a twin 2.5" outward rolled tail pipe, soon after leaving the shop i realised i had made a mistake sent them an email and rang them and they are going to have a selection of designs waiting for me to choose from when i go in, but they dont have any 3" pipes available so i think im going for a twin 3.5" inward rolled with a black slash (to replicate the oem look)
original pipes i chose
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what i think ill go for
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pic of a miltek should look very similar but slightly larger
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did a video of my oem exhaust will upload a new one tomorrow for a comparison
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Had my back box delete done yesterday, very happy with it, unfortunately they didnt have a twin 3" inward rolled, only a slash cut or a 3.5" inward rolled, we tried the 3.5" rolled but it didnt fit in the recess properly so i went for the slash cut, but now its on im very happy with it :D ill get a video later on, excuse the dirty car
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Hi
Can you let me know how much did this exhaust set you back?
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Hi
Can you let me know how much did this exhaust set you back?
I'd like to know this aswell.
Also, is this a specialit thing long life donor will most exhaust places do it?
What's the difference like in the tone and volume?
Cheers
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i paid £150 for it, the tailpipe on its own is £60 then the extra pipe work and the 2-3 hours labour it took them, was more than i expected but they stuck to their quote but its not something they do everyday so was hard to quote for
and no its not just longlife that do it, any custom exhaust garage can chop your back box off and weld on some pipe on but ive my mates have had longlife exhausts before and i was happy with the bends and welds on their exhausts so i went to them over a place like powerflow which can get very mixed results lol
the noise is a little louder on idle, gets quite loud as you pull off but strangely gets to not much louder over standard higher in the revs and is pretty quiet at cruising speeds which is good, it does have a nice burble though
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I'm looking forward to see the video of it done. Been thinking about doing something like this to mine to make it abit more fun sounding but I'm still debating it
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Seriously considering this for mine....especially with those pipes...want to hear how it sounds...!! :happy2:
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Liking what you've done :happy2:. I had a full turbo back exhaust system done by a longlife exhaust specialist, and I am very pleased with it! :happy2:
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finally got a video today
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Sounds nice mate :happy2:
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thanks, hoping for a bit more popping when i have the pre cat removed. My gf said she would pay for my wheel refurb for my bday, ill ask for some lowering springs from my parents so all i really need to pay for now is my pre cat removal and remap (ill probably get rtech to knock the cat out before mapping),
Before i buy a new headunit ill buy an aux cable to replace the ipod lead that came with it and try and get one of the nice little aux sockets to replace one of the black buttons
Ive also got some black tinting spray to have a go at the diy r32/ed30 rear light mod, might also dewiper and debadge not 100% sure though ive already bought rainex so i should really do it
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I had a go at doing the ED30/R32 rear light mod, really happy with the results. rear end is starting to take shape now, i tried to dewiper but it was being stubbon so i gave up, on other cars ive taken a hacksaw to it but im not doing that to this car its either coming off properly or not at all, i also planned to debadge to day as well but I'm in two minds about it so again i chickened out
old lights off
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Cleaned and dried
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masked up
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one coat
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few coats
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more coats..
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final pictures, couldnt find the sd card for the dslr so phone camera had to make do
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Good job with those lights, look just the part.
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Wht did you use for the rear lights? looking good!
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looks really good now--are you colour coding the bottom valance
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cheers guys, i just used e-tech tinting spray, ive always used it on other cars, in various colours.
I do want the valance painting weather it happens or not im not sure, i want wheels refurbed, lowered and re-mapped before anything else happens.
I got some pressed plates the other day, not sure whether to put them on as is, or buy some surrounds
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I had the low oil pressure light come back on which for those following the thread would remember it came on just after i had the car, the garage basically sorted out everything that was noticeably wrong and the light went off, 5 months later back on, which basically meant one thing; take the sump off and inspect the pump, the gauze on the feed pipe was clogged so that and the sump have been cleaned up as well as other faults the garage found
also had an mot done, only failed on a split cv boot which they fixed and also polished my headlights and took a nail out the n/s/r tyre and plugged it which were advisories
bill still came to £700!! so pretty skint now!
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£700?!! :surprised:
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One of the remaining advisories on my mot were front tyres having low tread on the inside, so for my birthday I asked for a couple of Michelin Pilot sport 3's, Tom5190 has them on his s3 and recommended them over my bridgestone potenzas which i currently have and even I noticed they arent very good so i took his advise ill get them fitted when i have my wheels refurbed which im hoping will be my xmas pressie ;) I'll then buy my self another couple of ps3's probably early next year when the rears need changing
Im also going to buy some front radius arm bushes as that is the last advisory
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girl at work also made me an awesome cake
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looked better in person but the details up close are great she really went through my fb with a fine tooth comb but got annoyed when she put the fog lights on the wrong sode of the grille ha
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finally got around to getting my pressed plates on today, no more nails sticky pads should do the job!
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Just replaced my DV Rev B, i removed it at the weekend and it was fooked, picked up a Rev G tonight and just got it fitted, seems to pull better now
Bought it from TPS for £38, VW wanted £70 for a rev D, which is strange considering TPS is part of the VAG group where they get all their parts from.. also tried telling me the D is the same as the G 'its just a different manufacturer', so i just hung up in the end.. you cant tell them anything.....
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I got my car mapped today at r-tech, very pleased! By far the cheapest place at £290 and that is with the car mapped on a rolling road (not just road tested after the map is loaded like most places), so they also include before and after figures with a graph (again some places charge extra for this, even if they have a dyno) and lastly which I really wasn't expecting was that I had 5 maps loaded on to the car which i can change by using the pedals and the ignition, very cool and geeky! Which is ideal if the clutch starts to slip I can knock it down in power and torque.
She made 196bhp and 220ft/lbs standard and then 244bhp and 325ft/lbs after, so almost 50bhp more (25% more power).
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Im also fitting audi S3 wishbones at the weekend and probably get my ps3's fitted along with a brake fluid change to motul rbf 600 in preparation for going to the ring
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hi jeff
rtech remap did they take the decat out before the remap
if so did they do this all in price of the remap £290
how much better is the car now pulls better all the way
244 bhp 325ft/lbs is some high power and torque
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hi, no they didnt take the cat out or the pre-cat out if thats what you are asking. They advised me to get the pre-cat taken out by the company next to them (dynodaze, as r-tech now just do mapping) this obviously keeps the car legal, with an uprated panel filter they said I should get 250bhp from past cars they've tested, which tbh isnt far off a stage 2 set up,
the car is like a rocket ship now! ha keeps pulling nicely like a train up to the redline, but with the weather as it is and me living in the country Ive had very few chances to go for it, ive knocked it back down the the standard map this morning due to the snow
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Been in the north east visiting my old mate tom so i could kindly use his unit and his help!
We got up early and after a fuel and coffee stop we got up to his unit and got the car inside after picking the S3 arms up from TPS along with a new thermostat and coolant (due to me being unorganised i didnt get nay brake fluid in time)
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emptied the boot
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got the car up on stands, got the front wheels off an went around the corner to have my michelin PS3's fitted
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Then once back at the unit we started on the wishbones, old gti vs new s3 arms
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First one fitted (stupidly I forgot to order ball joints but mine are fine so no harm done
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Tom fitting the second one (he loves pic of himself on my threads)
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Final pic of both wishbones and wheels/tyres fitted, drove much nicer on the way home :D
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Unfortunately we didn't realise how much of a ball ache the thermostat is or should i say how much of a ball ache it could be, either way its buried behind other components and it was getting late in the day so that will wait until next month when hopefully ill do another visit with the brake fluid and the bottom powerflex engine mounts, a bit more ring prep :homme:
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jeff coming along nice s3 wishbones how much are they from TPS
do they come with the console as well
just remember to get the tracking done as the new tyres might wear out on the inside
whats next on your list pre cat delete and panel filter
what the difference with s3 wishbones i know they are lighter
does it ride better less roll soild on a bend apex
thanks for all the updates and reply
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great remap results considering the pre cat is still there. I had to remove mine to get those figures.
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great remap results considering the pre cat is still there. I had to remove mine to get those figures.
so gti mkv 197 bhp std v remap 250BHP
r tech remap bhp ?? about 50 bhp
pre cat bhp ??
panel filter ??
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jeff coming along nice s3 wishbones how much are they from TPS
do they come with the console as well
just remember to get the tracking done as the new tyres might wear out on the inside
whats next on your list pre cat delete and panel filter
what the difference with s3 wishbones i know they are lighter
does it ride better less roll soild on a bend apex
thanks for all the updates and reply
They were £225 from tps and yea they come with the consoles, as well as the lightness they also have solid rubber mounts compared to the voided gti bushes, basically the gti bushes have holes in them to allow more movement but makes the steering less precise
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great remap results considering the pre cat is still there. I had to remove mine to get those figures.
well every dyno is different impossible or should I say pointless comparing different dyno's, the only thing they are good for are comparing before and after results, so on other rolling roads I may make less power but it dose show a 48bhp increase which Yea is a good figure :) and I dId make 196bhp standard which shows the dyno is actually pretty accurate as they are 197bhp standard
Saying that I would've expected to have lost more power over 9 years so it might be over reading a bit but I've known other standard gtis making over 200bhp which I would imagine is a little bit of a lie
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My clutch has started slipping which is exactly what i imagined so as soon as the funds allow hopefully in the next couple weeks I'm buying a sachs performance clutch rated up to 550nm or 407ft/lbs, along with oem LUK flywheel, bolts and slave cylinder.
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Get the LUK DMF from the Ed. 30. It's stronger than the one from the GTI. It also comes in the mk6 R20. :wink:
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Get the LUK DMF from the Ed. 30. It's stronger than the one from the GTI. It also comes in the mk6 R20. :wink:
cheers ill look in to that :) i assumed they were the same as the clutches are the same
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I think I remember your name from e46zone? You had a 320ci with engine problems or something?
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yea thats me :happy2: i replaced the engine in it, very impressed you remember
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Get the LUK DMF from the Ed. 30. It's stronger than the one from the GTI. It also comes in the mk6 R20. :wink:
Not true. GTI & Ed30 share the same DMF.
LUK DMF is the one to get, but go for a Helix clutch over Sachs. Alex at AKS will do you a great deal :happy2:
Not true. Check your ETKA beforehand, please.
DMF PN:
-GTI: 06F105266AC (BWA/BPY)
-GTI Ed. 30: 06F105266AD (BYD) -> 06F105266AG
-mk6 R20: 06F105266AD (CDLC/CDLF) -> 06F105266AG
The clutch is the same in both GTI and Ed. 30. The R20 has a different clutch.
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My clutch has started slipping which is exactly what i imagined so as soon as the funds allow hopefully in the next couple weeks I'm buying a sachs performance clutch rated up to 550nm or 407ft/lbs, along with oem LUK flywheel, bolts and slave cylinder.
Pretty sure LUK / Sachs has to be matched...
LUK flywheel.. get a Helix clutch.
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My clutch has started slipping which is exactly what i imagined so as soon as the funds allow hopefully in the next couple weeks I'm buying a sachs performance clutch rated up to 550nm or 407ft/lbs, along with oem LUK flywheel, bolts and slave cylinder.
Pretty sure LUK / Sachs has to be matched...
LUK flywheel.. get a Helix clutch.
AFAIK I agree. Contact Sachs Performance before ordering to be sure. A Helix is a great choice too. :smiley:
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In another thread I made I explained the different types of sachs clutches. In the dmf version you can get clutches for luk and sachs flywheels because gtis use a luk flywheel and tdi's use sachs flywheels so they make a clutch for both sorts. .. Then they make them to fit smf's as well
Why do people say helix clutches are better anyway?
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yea thats me :happy2: i replaced the engine in it, very impressed you remember
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Thought I recognised the name from somewhere...
MK5 looks good. R-tech's maps are pretty awesome, mine was mapped by them to 330bhp and it pulls so hard! Going to back to them once I've done a few things for more power :party:
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In another thread I made I explained the different types of sachs clutches. In the dmf version you can get clutches for luk and sachs flywheels because gtis use a luk flywheel and tdi's use sachs flywheels so they make a clutch for both sorts. .. Then they make them to fit smf's as well
Why do people say helix clutches are better anyway?
Few people had problems with Sachs, IIRC TFSIMike is getting a bit of clutch slip with his.
Never heard a bad thing about Helix clutches (accept they sent me wrong clutch :signLOL:)
Alex at Aks has fitted hundreds of both but prefers the Helix
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yea thats me :happy2: i replaced the engine in it, very impressed you remember
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Thought I recognised the name from somewhere...
MK5 looks good. R-tech's maps are pretty awesome, mine was mapped by them to 330bhp and it pulls so hard! Going to back to them once I've done a few things for more power :party:
I'd probably change my username but I made it up when I was 16/17 when I was on zsoc, used it for about 7 years on saxperience where I spend most of my time so I like to keep it the same as I get people like you recognising on random forums.
To say I'm pleased with the r-tech map would be an understatement! Would love more power but I think I'll just move on to a k04 powered car when I get rid of this
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In another thread I made I explained the different types of sachs clutches. In the dmf version you can get clutches for luk and sachs flywheels because gtis use a luk flywheel and tdi's use sachs flywheels so they make a clutch for both sorts. .. Then they make them to fit smf's as well
Why do people say helix clutches are better anyway?
Yes and no. Lets start from the beginning...
The very first 2004 MK5 dervs came with an LUK flywheel, but the flywheel is a slightly different depth on the friction face to the LUK flywheel that the TFSi uses. This is a pita for knowing what kit to go for. Most of the BKD engines used LUK flywheels, even though ETKA states they are SACHS that are fitted. SACHS flywheels seem to have been used from around 2007 onwards on the PD140, but all the PD170's had LUK.
The reason that SACHS list versions for both types of flywheel is because in Europe (not UK) and America, the MK5 GTi came as a TFSi and a TSi. All the TFSi cars used LUK, all the TSi cars used SACHS (on an 8 bolt fly). The MK6 GTi uses SACHS, ED35 and R uses LUK.
LUK flywheels that are fitted to the AXX/BWA/BWJ/BYD/CDL all seem to be the same strength, its just the free play that is different.
06F 105 266 AD (now AG) - 18 deg free play max
06F 105 266 AC - 15 deg free play max
06F 105 266 K - 17 deg free play max
They all have the same max rock.
Helix kits firstly are slightly better priced than the Sachs. Clamping pressure also seems to be greater allowing them to handle more power and the pedal feel is nicer.
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To be honest I didnt really look in to the diesel engines as it doesnt concern me, either way im looking in to LUK flywheel and a LUK fitment sachs slutch so there shouldnt be any issues.
From what ive seen Helix are more expensive, awesome gti sell the helix for £470 without postage and the sachs clutch ive found is about £415 with postage from germany, how much do you sell helix clutches for?
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To be honest I didnt really look in to the diesel engines as it doesnt concern me, either way im looking in to LUK flywheel and a LUK fitment sachs slutch so there shouldnt be any issues.
From what ive seen Helix are more expensive, awesome gti sell the helix for £470 without postage and the sachs clutch ive found is about £415 with postage from germany, how much do you sell helix clutches for?
Hannah should have popped you an email with prices?
I can do the Helix clutch kit for £460, which includes the slave cylinder and 6 cover bolts.
In the UK the Sachs kits are more expensive than the Helix. The exchange rate is in our favour so I guess that's why a Sachs kit from Germany works out cheaper atm.
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Yea even with postage it's cheaper to get from Germany, amd wanted £990 for sachs clutch with flywheel slave and bolts, I couldn't see the email I'll take another look Cheers!
What slave do you supply? So I'd just need the flywheel and bolts then.. It's tempting. .. I haven't got the money right now anyway I'm looking at 1-2 weeks until I order anyway its a good chuck of money doing a clutch on this car ha
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Hi mate, I'm guessing your car was on the original clutch? How many miles has it done? Thanks
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It's on just under 90k when I put it back down to the standard map there isn't any clutch slip
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Finally bought my sachs clutch couple weeks ago, turned up yesterday and I got the oem luk dmf, slave and bolts from euro car parts, and replaced my mirror switch with an aluminium tipped one, just window switches to go and new handles if I fancy forking out for new ones
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My mate was breaking a black r32, so i had the rear bumper and back box off it, it also had a perfect 3D boot handle so he chucked that in for free to replace my white wormy one.
Long story short im not fitting the oem r32 back box, im having the same guys that made my back box delete make me a new one but with r32 tail pipes on Thursday, ive chosen 3" inward rolled tips but might change to bigger ones on the day
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Thought I'd do some niggly jobs before the car goes in for the exhaust tomorrow.
As i mentioned I picked up a new 3D boot badge/handle
Old-
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As you may know you have to remove the rear wiper assembly to get the badge out, you may remember I was thinking about de-wipering it a while back. I used moderate force to get the wiper off, didn't budge so I got the hacksaw out and cut it off, so that made my decision for me! While i was at it i decided to whip the GTI badge off as well, was corroding around the edges so off it came. Also replaced the boot trim (got it from the R32 as mine was cracking)
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Finally gave the car a clean and and polished the boot where the badge was and put some auto glym bumper care on the lower plastic ready to be clipped on tomorrow :D Will have to get a grommet for the rear window tomorrow and hope it doesn't rain tonight!
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Just realised I never posted pics of the finished r32 rear! These pics were from last week just after i got home. Very happy with the outcome, i ended up going for 3.5" outward rolled, opposed to the 3" inward rolled.
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Looks great! :happy2:
Good choice on the diameter but I prefer the inward rolled tips. :smiley:
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This weekend saw my sachs clutch being fitted :)
My Motul RBF 600 fluid turned up last wednesday
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I lined the pressure plate up with the LUK flywheel to make sure i got sent the right clutch for my flywheel, it fitted perfectly.
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I drove up to my mates unit, 170 miles away, on Friday, We cracked on with it early on saturday morning, go it parked up and jacked up.
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Unfortunately when we removed the passenger drive shaft we noticed the end cap had been damaged previously leaking cv grease, we rang up TPS and they said the cap can be bought separately for about £3 Brilliant! Except they didn't have any in stock until Tuesday, unfortunately, being 170 miles away from home this wasn't an option as I had to be at work this morning! So this will have to be changed at a later date, thankfully the way the drive shaft bolts to the flange its not like CV grease will be splattered anywhere.
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Got the box off after a lot of trying, never had a box be so stubborn coming off!
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Old worn clutch
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We cleaned the box up, oil had been dripping on it for a long time, the leak has been fixed a while a go, now ive finally got a clean box!
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Flywheel being torqued up
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New clutch plate
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New pressure plate
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Box back on, took less time than taking it off!
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And this was where we left it for the night
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Early Sunday morning we rebuilt rest of the car, bled the clutch with some standard fluid just so we could take it for a test drive and all is well! Clutch is definitely heavier and more of an on/off feel, it feels good :)
The next task was to change the brake fluid, mainly for going to the Nurburgring later this month, but when we checked the old fluid needed to be binned anyway
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Last job just putting some screen wash in and thats the end to my very busy weekend
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Then on the long journey home i went past this beaut!
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Had a puncture on one of my gti alloys, not sure if im buying new tyres and refurbing or buying some BBS VZ's, in the mean time ive got these a4 wheels to keep me going only cost me £150, pretty good condition, 7mm tyres on front and 5/6mm on back BARGAIN!
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Ive also finally bought my chrome tipped window switches, the interior door handles were looking very worn so i sanded them down and painted matt black, best £1.60 ive ever spent, would've cost me £75 to buy new ones off ebay, i also did the blanks on my steering wheel, did get before pics but cba to upload them atm, but you all now how tatty the handles get!
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Visited my mate in his unit again. I was due a second cambelt and waterpump change, annoyingly enough the cambelt, waterpump and bearings had loads of life back in them, however it would have to be done at some point in my ownership now i dont have to think about it again plus i got to fit the thermostat that has been kicking around for ages.
All my new parts from TPS
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Jacked up, engine cover and washer bottle/expansion tank removed
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Alt belt and bottom pulley off
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Engine mount removed, however i have to horrid one piece cambelt cover so its an absolute pain to get the mount base out!!
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We were stuck at this point over night just no room to get it out!
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Next morning after using brute force it came out would love to know the proper way of doing it! belt and pump off
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New belt and pump on
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Genuine parts used, because the one i took out wasnt genuine i couldnt get my surcharge back!
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With everything off we took the laternator off as its an ideal time to acess the thermostat, old one off
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Pretty much back together
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Checking bleeding went to plan
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Had a puncture on one of my gti alloys, not sure if im buying new tyres and refurbing or buying some BBS VZ's, in the mean time ive got these a4 wheels to keep me going only cost me £150, pretty good condition, 7mm tyres on front and 5/6mm on back BARGAIN!
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Ive also finally bought my chrome tipped window switches, the interior door handles were looking very worn so i sanded them down and painted matt black, best £1.60 ive ever spent, would've cost me £75 to buy new ones off ebay, i also did the blanks on my steering wheel, did get before pics but cba to upload them atm, but you all now how tatty the handles get!
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Do you have a link to the chrome switches please mate?
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Forgot to add my ring pics in!
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Little photo of the view from out accommodation, can see the track in the distance
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Do you have a link to the chrome switches please mate?
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drivers side http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321666791418?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
passenger side http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331574928610?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Cheers are you happy with the quality?
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Cheers are you happy with the quality?
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yea very happy! they feel much 'newer' and solid compared to my old ones
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Great thread. I'm looking to buy a similar gti, this is great reading.