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Author Topic: Lee's never ending project -Mk5 Golf GTI Tornado Red- soon to be bagged :D build  (Read 8499 times)

Offline chrisr763

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Wouldnt do the notch even if I had a welder  :grin:

Do you mean you won't do it yourself? Or never get it done at all?
I am still slightly unsure if I want to do it or not tbh.


Sorry, wouldnt do it myself!  :grin:

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Loving the progress bud, keen to see what 0.06's look like on a mk5, theyre pretty! Also keen to see how you get on with the air build as i certainly have it on the cards!
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Loving the progress bud, keen to see what 0.06's look like on a mk5, theyre pretty! Also keen to see how you get on with the air build as i certainly have it on the cards!
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Yea I think they are nice wheels.. Not seen them on a mk5 yet myself.
Ill keep ya updated :D I've always wanted air :)

Yes chris, parm was my contact :) I was talking to him at ultimate dubs aswell.

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Loving the professional so far Lee :happy2:

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Great progress mate, can't wait to see this on air. Autopilot V2 is an ama zing piece of kit  :notworthy:

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Making me want air a hell of a lot..... again  :ashamed:

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I'm not sure if ill get much today like i planed. Gotta take her in for MOT. And I'm shattered.. i was up at 5am for work. Only had 5 hours sleep haha.

Thanks for the positive comments guys...

Haha yea I do try and be "professional" I just want it to be done right lol.

Oh and yea the V2 does look like a good piece of kit :D

Offline LeeGTI89

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Tiny update... Finished installing air ride over the weekend.. It took 2 of us a day and half. Ill go into more detail later when I get time.. I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked because I was soooo busy I forgot haha!

Ill keep you guys updated soooooon.. :D :happy2:

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Sorry about the late update. I've been really busy last couple weeks.

Started mounting everything in the boot.. Manifold etc


Threaded the pipes straight through the 2 grommets that are in the boot. And the rear air pipes just go through the control arms, straight into the air bags. Then the front air lines I've just followed the brake lines under the belly pan. And the fuel lines under the belly pan on the other side.. Just used tie wraps to hold it in place and put the belly pan back on to cover them up.


I routed the wires through to the center console where the power socket it and the controller sits in there, the wire is long enough to reach outside the car for playing about haha :D



Ill finish up later. More to come xD

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Nice! get a vid up when your done!

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Looking good mate!

You from rawmarsh? Positive I've seen this nocking about and at the retro rides meet the other night!
Also very jealous of the air ride  :grin: keep it up dude!

I drive the white k1 Leon btw with the GIAC stickers sure you'll have seen me about  :happy2:

Offline LeeGTI89

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Rear bags where really easy to fit. Just had to cut the included bracket down if your using after market shocks like I am. I just ended up using a jig saw with HSS blade.

Then you have to drill the hole at the top of the spring holder bigger and put a "nut sert" in there then hand tighten the bag onto it. Pretty simple.



The hardest part of doing to job was taking out the anti roll bar! What a b*****d. Had to take all the sun frame off. And in the end ended up cutting one of the drop links to get it out. Because all the subframe had been removed I had to get 4 wheel alignment after..


Here's comparison to a Ap coilovers and new slam air bag:



Wired the ignition into the fuse box. Used a volt meter to check which fuse stayed live whilst cranking the engine.



That's all the photos that is got cos I was so busy fitting it. Any questions I will try and answer :D
Here's the controller turned on:


And some slammed pics... Car is filthy here though:








Some mint clean photos at elsecar mega meet.. I need to get the chassis notched tho because it will only go this low on the front.. Could go about inch and half more:





And the competed boot build.. (For now) carpeted.




Offline LeeGTI89

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Looking good mate!

You from rawmarsh? Positive I've seen this nocking about and at the retro rides meet the other night!
Also very jealous of the air ride  :grin: keep it up dude!

I drive the white k1 Leon btw with the GIAC stickers sure you'll have seen me about  :happy2:

I'm not 100% sure which car you drive. Ill keep an eye out tho haha.
Yea I did pop over to the retro meet after I came from elsecar mega meet.

PS ill get some photos of the side that ain't notched compared to the side that dosent need a notch..  :happy2:
« Last Edit: April 05, 2013, 04:38:53 pm by LeeGTI89 »

Offline LeeGTI89

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Nice! get a vid up when your done!
Yea I'm gonna record a video  :grin:
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Boot looks mega tidy mate, good work, looks so good! :happy2: