MK5 Golf GTI

Right ive been knocking around this forum as a member for a while now and as a visitor even longer. I dont think theres a way of better introducing myself than in a build thread so here goes 

My name is Sam, im 24 and i live here


We Cornish are an odd bunch but one thing is certain, we bloody love our VW's 

My car history is all french sadly but the last one was an insane amount of fun,

This is my 140bhp 106 GTi, it weighed just 920kg so as you can imagine it was good fun 






.........Oh yeah, i forgot to add, it also had silly doors. They were on the car when i bought it (cheap as it was f*cked) and my original plan was to remove them but they were fun 

The problem with this was (believe it or not) it was always broken so i used my girlfriends car while it i was repairing it,
It wasnt a bad run around, fullSS, panel filter samco hoses, lowered and Borbet A's.


Sadly it looks sh*te in these pics but there all ive got lmao

This had 225k on th clocks and never skipped a beat, its a rare colour and it was in superb condition (when it was polished)

Anyway, enough of the old sh*te, in with the new.
Me and my partner decided to get a mk5 between us for now, and after searching for a while we found one at our local VW and to put a long story short, we bought it on christmas eve,




Went and weighed it and its a heavy old brute, 1360kg


sh*t iPhone pics but we all know what a standard mk5 looks like.

Specs :-
- 36k miles, FVWSH
-iPod connection
-Lux pack 1

Not high spec but its certainly a step up from a 106 and a mk2.

Im not modding straight off as im waiting for my warranty to run out, plus im getting married next year which turns out to be expensive, however i will when i can, hopefully for players (September)

My plans are:-
-silly lows
-silly stretch (As i know how you guys love that sort of thing)
-Induction kit
-Full SS
-FMIC
-re-map (R-Tech ideally)
-Double din headunit
-retrofit Cruise
-retrofit Armrest

Thats it for now but im sure the plans will change the more i hang around here 

Cheers for reading 

Polished it to death a few days ago, also added some road legal pressed plates,



And added these seat plaques,

And a boot tidy for all my cleaning goods,

Looks a good model to start with. Best colour to 

Hey Sam

Looks well, the reflex takes a few polish's to get it up to standard  

Health to enjoy !

Have fun modding  

Looks great, best colour too. Where is the boot bag from?

Nice car there mate, well done

Quote from: Banham on April 29, 2013, 01:13:27 PM
Looks a good model to start with. Best colour to 

Agreed on the colour 

What polish are you using?

This.....

Also megs 'ultimate quick detailer' and megs 'ultimate quick wax'

The bag was on the Bay for about £12 ish i think, pretty heavy duty and has velcro on the bottom and the back of it 

Thank you for the love guys, it is awesome although im starting to need a bit more go  i went to Audi a couple of days ago and picked up a rev G, will put it on soon, but i dont really think there is a boost leak as it does pull well, however the whistle is very noisy so it could be worth ago.

Tidy looking example there mate..... When mines finished your have to inform me of some decent meets down your way as I have family in Ivy bridge and will be looking for an excuse to visit them 
Sorry to hear about the wedding as that could of funded some serious modding   

Quote from: MattR32T on April 30, 2013, 12:32:32 AM
Tidy looking example there mate..... When mines finished your have to inform me of some decent meets down your way as I have family in Ivy bridge and will be looking for an excuse to visit them 
Sorry to hear about the wedding as that could of funded some serious modding   

Haha, yeah it is gonna get in the way but i dont mind  if anything comes up mate ill give you a heads up 

Hi mate.
Nice car. Best colour. 

Nice car looks a good starting place. Like your old mk2 also

Cheers guys  the mk2 was a gem, i think my mrs is missing it big time!

Very nice - the right colour choice :happy2:Along with low miles

Quote from: bright blue on May 01, 2013, 08:32:51 AM
Very nice - the right colour choice :happy2:Along with low miles

Yeah really chuffed with it and the silver really is a gorgeous colour, with the mileage being so low it ended up being more than i wanted to spend but im glad we did. 

My mate took this picture yesterday while i was waiting at the pumps, it was a gorgeous day