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Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« on: November 22, 2015, 02:11:41 pm »
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: . 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 :sad1:







I know yes... It needs a wash lol  :grin:

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.





both wings were also done but I only took these pics whilst I was present with the vehicle.





rear bumper had some small parking scuffs etc so that was also attended to



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



Finally! My ED30 has its identity  :happy2:


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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2015, 02:14:33 pm »
Plans so far

Monday 23rd November - All 4 wheels will be subject to a refurb in anthracite or light grey
Tuesday 24th November- Fully valet including interior shampoo (all seats and carpets including mats)
Monday 07th December - Peron Intercooler install  :innocent:
Thursday 10th December- Stage 2+ booked at R-tech
« Last Edit: November 22, 2015, 02:33:28 pm by Tfsi_Mike »

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2015, 02:32:25 pm »
Living in the city centre terraced area of Leicester, It means I have no driveway or garage to work on my car...BUT that still doesn't stop me from working in the rain lol :wink:

I didn't have a before but, the paintwork did have some swirls and urgently needed attending to :fighting:

DONE



DOOR DONE, REAR 1/4 NOT



As you can see, the door has a much nicer glossy shine as opposed to the rear 1/4 panel





Quarter done





Looks much nicer than pre polish

I didn't take anymore pictures after that as I got carried away working on the car. It was also raining now and then, so I thought I'd get on with it

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2015, 02:33:44 pm »
Plans so far

Monday 23rd November - All 4 wheels will be subject to a refurb in anthracite or light grey
Tuesday 24th November- Fully valet including interior shampoo (all seats and carpets including mats)
Monday 07th December - Peron Intercooler install  :innocent:
Thursday 10th December- Stage 2+ booked at R-tech

Fixed that for you :P :P

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2015, 02:35:36 pm »

I hate not having a garage.  Im on the waiting list for one on our street. Just the waiting game

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2015, 02:36:05 pm »


This is the target  :driver:

Stage 2+ without the WMI

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2015, 02:39:08 pm »
Plans so far

Monday 23rd November - All 4 wheels will be subject to a refurb in anthracite or light grey
Tuesday 24th November- Fully valet including interior shampoo (all seats and carpets including mats)
Monday 07th December - Peron Intercooler install  :innocent:
Thursday 10th December- Stage 2+ booked at R-tech

Fixed that for you :P :P

Mike you ought to add exhaust system, downpipe, hardpipe induction kit, oem g diverter valve, rs4 fuel pressure valve and autotech HPFP internals to that list lol. I'll need to book a few days off from work to get everything installed hmm

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2015, 02:40:58 pm »

I hate not having a garage.  Im on the waiting list for one on our street. Just the waiting game

If I had a garage at home, I'd never be out of it lol. I'd probably have a home cinema in the garage with the ps4 installed lol :rolleye:

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2015, 03:00:20 pm »
@Tfsi_Mike is the airtech any good?

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2015, 03:21:55 pm »
I think they're Okay.  I haven't heard anything bad about them  :happy2:

Im considering swapping my APR for the latest THS with the results it's getting but with santa coming soon it might have to wait till the new year.


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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2015, 03:31:43 pm »
Looking a lot better now.

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2015, 03:33:24 pm »
Looking a lot better now.

thanks buddy :happy2:

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2015, 05:33:27 pm »
What do people think of the forge twintercooler? There's one for sale in the classifieds.

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2015, 06:28:26 pm »


Need to make time to go into TPS tomorrow and get the rs4 valve, oil, pickup pipe, new diverter.

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Re: Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2015, 07:28:09 pm »
Sounds like it's going to be a good build! I'll follow this one :)
Any cosmetic mods on the list?
And if your going to stage 2 or even stage 1 you should be looking at brakes and suspension upgrades too. Especially brakes!