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Mav's Red Ed30 - More interior goodies - 28/10/11
« on: July 27, 2011, 07:23:58 pm »
Hi guys,

I'll treat this as an intro as well. My name is Pete, I live in Ye Olde Norfolk and I'm a Aeronautical Engineer for British Aerospace working at RAF Marham.

My car history has always been VW's. My first was a Mk3 1.4 CL, great car, well I thought so at 18 years old  :signLOL:, I then committed myself to the Mk3 and made my way up the engine sizes, 1.8 SE, 2.0 8v GTI & finally the 2.8 VR6. I then decided to go for something completely different.... a Corrado G60  :happy2: Still have the Corrado, it's currently undergoing major changes :)

Now the Golf, what can I say... puts a smile on my face every time I drive it... the end.





Spec;

5 door
DSG with paddle shift
Heated cloth/leather seats
Dual Climate
Puddle lights
Elec folding mirrors
Headlight washers
Rear parking sensors
OEM blue tooth
Tinted rear windows
Armrest
MFSW

I'm sure there's more but I'm just enjoying how it goes  :party:
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Re: Red Edition
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 07:43:25 pm »
Looks lovely!! What are the plans?
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Re: Red Edition
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 08:12:53 pm »
Quote from: JoeDarKa on July 27, 2011, 07:43:25 pm
Looks lovely!! What are the plans?

Cheers mate, plans... I'd like xenons & the RNS510 system, I had this in the Scirocco and loved it. Performance related, I've been talking to VWR and may get stage 1 but we'll see. I might just go for their panel filter first and go from there.
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - A few cosmetic mods 03/09/11
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 07:44:38 pm »
Hi chaps,

Nothing major or substantial, just a few subtle cosmetic changes today.

R8 Oil cap - Before



After



Edition 30 front grill badge - Before



After



Carbon Vinyl wrap on inserts of rear boot badge - Before



After



Very happy with the result  :smiley. This was an eBay job from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-MK4-MK5-Badge-Carbon-Fibre-Style-Inserts-GTI-/160646687394?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item256749eaa2 - 5 quid = Winner!

How the car looks from the front

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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - A few cosmetic mods 03/09/11
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 07:49:49 pm »
Looks good  :happy2:

Though one thing I feel I should point out is the carbon inserts aren't in the right way up, as the weave doesn't follow  :wink:
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - A few cosmetic mods 03/09/11
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 09:18:06 pm »
Quote from: alexperkins on September 03, 2011, 07:49:49 pm
Looks good  :happy2:

Though one thing I feel I should point out is the carbon inserts aren't in the right way up, as the weave doesn't follow  :wink:

Yeah I thought that when placing all the parts together before sticking on, there was no orientation I could have the stickers which made the weave flow, but for what it is it's not too bad I guess.
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - A few cosmetic mods 03/09/11
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 09:33:18 pm »

Nice touches mate!

Quote from: alexperkins on September 03, 2011, 07:49:49 pm
I should point out is the carbon inserts aren't in the right way up, as the weave doesn't follow  :wink:

Attention to detail lol
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - A few cosmetic mods 03/09/11
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 09:39:41 pm »
Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on September 03, 2011, 09:33:18 pm

Nice touches mate!

Quote from: alexperkins on September 03, 2011, 07:49:49 pm
I should point out is the carbon inserts aren't in the right way up, as the weave doesn't follow  :wink:

Attention to detail lol

Cheers Mike, for the money and minimal effort there reasonable changes. I must admit I'm the same, very particular but more so on my 20vT Corrado project  :happy2:

How's the Leon coming along?
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2011, 06:18:21 pm »
Hey chaps,

Again nothing major just another subtle touch to, this time, lift the interior. I recently purchased a chrome headlight switch from Demon666, cheers bud  :happy2:, so I thought I'd share the removal & installation should anyone be considering the same up lift.

Original headlight switch;



Removal procedure;

Position the switch in the 'O' position, depress the switch, it will push back approx 5mm or so, then rotate the switch clockwise the 12 o'clock position. It should look like this...



Carefully extract the light switch, remember there's an electrical connector situated at the back, the light switch should come far enough out to allow easy access to connector itself.



Simply disconnect the electrical connector and connect to the new headlight switch and carefully insert the switch back in to the recess insuring it clicks in to place and wallah, brand new shiny headlight switch.

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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2011, 06:30:01 pm »
nice cra, think they look best in the red as well ;)
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2011, 06:36:23 pm »
how much did you pay for this mate ? want one !!!!!!!!
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2011, 07:06:24 pm »

Loving the mini mods!

Leon is steadily coming along  :happy2:
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2011, 07:26:54 pm »
Quote from: ukshaun on September 10, 2011, 06:30:01 pm
nice cra, think they look best in the red as well ;)

Cheers Shaun, yeah red is a safe colour with a Golf as they usually use it in their press releases etc. But a candy white one would do strange things to me  :laugh:
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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2011, 07:28:09 pm »
Quote from: OLLIE_JETTA_MK5 on September 10, 2011, 06:36:23 pm
how much did you pay for this mate ? want one !!!!!!!!


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Re: Mav's Red Ed30 - Headlight switch fit 10/09/11
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 07:31:54 pm »
Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on September 10, 2011, 07:06:24 pm

Loving the mini mods!

Leon is steadily coming along  :happy2:

Cheers Mike, I have a few more up my sleeve but all in due course. Glad your Leon is coming along, what's your next mod in mind?
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