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Detailing / Re: Best wax for black?

« Last post by joel on July 10, 2026, 03:11:35 pm »

Collinite 845 for me on black, it's cheap and lasts stupidly long. Fusso Coat's also popular if you want an easier on/off. Honestly on black the prep (clay + polish first) makes way more difference than which wax you pick — a mediocre wax on a properly polished panel beats a premium wax on a panel with swirls still in it.

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Detailing / Re: Headlight restoration by hand?

« Last post by joel on July 10, 2026, 03:08:35 pm »

I tried so many ways to restore headlights. Using DIY methods such as WD-40, lemon + soda, toothpaste, these usually last couple days max weeks. Then I tried the Turtle Wax headlight restoration kit, which lasted around 1 year, and then I could see headlight to become yellowing.

I did some research and found a headlamp restoration service, based in Streatham; they did pure magic, headlight look even better than using all the methods above. It's been over a year, and they look like after restoration. I keep them clean; I don't use washer pressure when washing them.

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Mk5 General Area / High line cluster part numbers for retrofit.

« Last post by GTI 500 on July 10, 2026, 01:00:55 pm »

Looking to fit a high line cluster into my 2005 mk5 golf GTI, 3dr manual (have mid line at the moment), what part number cluster would i need to look out for or does it noy matter as it will be coded in??

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on July 09, 2026, 08:44:22 pm »

Making some good progress on it, shows how much rust a mk5 can hide. Caught it at the right  time.

Looks like I definitely  need to take off the sill covers, did you have any problem getting them off ?

Well impressed with that carpro pearl never seen that before.

Where did you get the sheeting for covering the car? btw got some pic's up of my mk1.

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by mk1mad on July 09, 2026, 08:35:40 pm »

Finally a few pics of my other gti , mk1 with 1.8t. Stock look but most parts have been upgraded.

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on July 08, 2026, 11:36:27 pm »

So, been finding the time to get on with bits between work and other things but I feel this is going into full restoration now haha…..I need to keep myself from stripping the entire thing 😂

Everything has been cleaned and wire wheeled/flap disc’d then applied with the De-Ox gel and covered with clingfilm to keep it working over the next 24 hours.

I’ve also checked the rust “hole” - yeah it was worse than I thought but still not the worst I’ve seen, I’ve also discovered another in the drivers side front, weirdly at the top rather than the bottom corners…….but I should be able to tackle these myself as I’ve done a bit of this type of stuff before.








Also had to drill out and re-tap the subframe bolts that snapped….they were absolutely SOLID 😂







Finally, whilst I’ve been waiting for some more bits to turn up I decided to clean up all the wheel arch liners/plastics, I can fully vouch for this CarPro Perl - absolutely transforms plastics





Car is now all masked up and ready for some seam sealer/primer/stonechip/paint - all the stuff is done at the powder coating place so just need to go pick that up, however I’m leaving it there until the car is ready for it because I’m running out of space 😂



Hopefully next post should be it welded up and painted!

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Members Rides / Re: New car: R32

« Last post by Andy on July 08, 2026, 11:19:10 pm »

Valeo rear lights fitted

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Mk5 General Area / Wiper settings - rear wiper on reverse?

« Last post by slipd on July 06, 2026, 09:27:15 am »

Hi guys,

I've haven't had a proper play yet since getting my car back from the garage but I'm sure a setting or something has been changed/reset...

I'm used to my rear wiper automatically kicking in when I put the car in reverse (and it's raining) or when I've manually triggered the front wipers, like I did this AM because there was dew on the windscreen.

Is it a rain sensor setting somewhere?

Thanks!

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Members Rides / New member. 1.4 to gti swap

« Last post by Shaangujjarx on July 03, 2026, 09:03:28 pm »

Hey guys been a while since I've been on these forums. Here's my on going project started life as a 1.4 Gt sport now running complete GTI bwa Running gear. Still a few bits to do but she's coming together now.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Squeal after cat change

« Last post by blake on July 03, 2026, 05:49:10 pm »

I had it smoke tested today as the garages its been to think its just uncovered another problem. Culprit is the hose from pcv in the photo, anyone know part number of it? Also its simple enough to detach from the top but has anyone got any experience removing the other end, i cannot get my hands in there.

It’s the taped up one.