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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on Today at 05:34:01 pm »

Got to to do the exact same job on my Edition 30, be interested to see what you find rust wise and how you get on.

Like you I will use the bilt hamber rust remover, I'm going to bare metal my inner arches and any rusty areas of the boot floor and then paint with a 2K epoxy followed by raptor . You can get it  all in cans now. That will be a better job than the factory did.

How's the mk1 ? is that finished ?

Aye mate, pretty much the same craic like, get it all clean and get it zinc primed and painted up.

Only found a small hole at the moment like so im suitably impressed…..the arch liners were holding a massive amount of mud haha!

Aye MK1 has been “done” for a while now, it needs a few bits still as they always do but I’ve done about 2000 miles in it since I finished the conversion, hasn’t skipped a beat tbh

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Boot lid not openimg.

« Last post by iHuzjak on Today at 01:08:39 am »

I’ve been on this problem for months now. Not everyday but from time to time when I have time. Fixed the wires in the rubber as they were spliced from opening and closing. Changed microswitch for button on lid(VW badge) and changed latch for locking. Still says safe mode on prelatch and won’t open my boot lid. I’m getting voltage on all pins for latch but on pin4 only getting voltage when latch is closed. I attached photos to see example of error and problem. If anyone have an idea what could it be.

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Members Rides / Re: 20 Years powered by RBS

« Last post by mk1mad on Yesterday at 12:40:49 pm »

What a great find the  black mk3, right place right time.

 8v not the fastest  but they do drive nice in everyday traffic.

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on Yesterday at 12:30:54 pm »

Got to to do the exact same job on my Edition 30, be interested to see what you find rust wise and how you get on.

Like you I will use the bilt hamber rust remover, I'm going to bare metal my inner arches and any rusty areas of the boot floor and then paint with a 2K epoxy followed by raptor . You can get it  all in cans now. That will be a better job than the factory did.

How's the mk1 ? is that finished ?

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Cosmetic/Interior Modifications / Re: front bumper conversion

« Last post by ZoliWorks on June 07, 2026, 08:18:19 pm »

Posting this here in case anyone else comes across it in the future.

GTI, GTD and Jetta share the same front mount, standard golfs use a different one. To get the bumper to fit perfectly without cutting anything, you need the correct radiator mount. The same crush bumper fits both but you need the correct size X plate to be able to bolt it to the hood latch area.

Regular golf front bumper and radiator mount




GTI, GTD, Jetta front bumper and radiator support

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 07, 2026, 06:21:12 pm »

And so it begins……..
























Plan is to get everything on the body buzzed down with a wire brush then get it coats with Bilt Hamber deox gel, then zinc primed and back to silver when required.

Bought all new Febi arms and everything, wheel bearings, basically everything needed for the front and rear refresh.

Will post more pics on here as I get on

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Loss of power

« Last post by GVK on June 05, 2026, 08:32:29 pm »

Could be loads of different things, as you know, it needs to be scanned. Could be overboosting, underfuelling...anything I'm afraid.

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Mk5 General Area / Loss of power

« Last post by Joeb3006 on June 05, 2026, 06:42:49 am »

Morning all, my GTI is stage 1, recently when driving under heavy load, I get total boost loss, and the car goes into limp mode. No lights on the dash though. Then with a quick ignition on and off, everything goes back to working until I boost under heavy load a fire times and then the same thing, total loss of boost.

I was then sat in a lot of traffic and booted it to get away, EML came on, and again total loss of boost. But this time after an off and on, I still have no boost.

I know I need to give it a scan but I’m currently in the south of France and without a scan tool.

Has anyone had a similar experience and if so, what was the cause?

Thanks in advance guys


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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 powered by RBS

« Last post by RBS on May 29, 2026, 12:36:52 pm »

Last week we went to my Cousins wedding….🥳🎉🍻🇭🇷
Took the Eddy back out of the garage after 1 month… did a little service & check up…
A 5 day road trip 😅 from Betina to Zagreb then to Osijek to the wedding and after to Bošnjaci and back home to Betina…
Eddy loved it to drive a bit more & longer😎

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Members Rides / Re: 20 Years powered by RBS

« Last post by RBS on May 29, 2026, 11:09:51 am »

Also the fully refurbished BBS RS 722 waiting to be mounted😍