On the 5th of November, I made a trip to Stockport to purchase a Edition 30 GTi. I wish I had taken pics of it but I was so overly joyful lol, I got carried away and didn't take one.
The very next morning, my friend picked it up before I went to work as I wanted the vehicle slightly tinted to give that OEM look. I told him that I wanted it looking like factory tinted glass and not to go overboard lol.
So at 5:15, I arrive at his house to discover the idiot had tinted the
whole car and what looked like, the fronts had also been tintied
![stupid :stupid:](https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/Smileys/newsmileys/stupid.gif)
. I didn't think much of it as I didn't want to start an argument and drove off lol. It kinda looks like a drug dealers car
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I know yes... It needs a wash lol
![Grin :grin:](https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/Smileys/newsmileys/grin.gif)
A week after that, I had the car washed (promise) and I discovered a few stone chips and the front lower splitter had some scrapes which were only visible if you were on the floor and looked up lol. I knew it was there, so I booked it into my friends bodyshop who did me a good mates rate and had bits and bobs done on the car.
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both wings were also done but I only took these pics whilst I was present with the vehicle.
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rear bumper had some small parking scuffs etc so that was also attended to
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finished
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I then did some detective work and realized that VW didn't issue the plaque numbers on these as they did on the MK4s. A couple of phone calls later and this happened
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Finally! My ED30 has its identity
![happy2 :happy2:](https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/Smileys/newsmileys/happy2.gif)