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Offline mkmg76

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New from Ireland
« on: July 01, 2013, 11:40:28 pm »
Hi all, new member from Ireland. I've been snooping for a while and this looks to be a great site. I've bought a White MK5 2 door with leather and DSG about 4 months ago and have been busy with it. (i'll post pictures if i can figure it out!) I've also got a 1983 Mars red MK1 tucked away at home in the garage for special occasions and have just sold a black anniversary GTI TDI MK4 so its safe to say i'm fond of the marque!  :happy2:

I've been away from VW for a while having been in Evo's for a long time, the drop in power is taking a bit of getting used to again but the upgrade in comfort/equipment more than makes up for it......never mind the extra cash in my pocket from the extra MPG!

I'm sure i'll be picking some of your brains at some point regarding technical stuff in the near future but thats it for now!

(Hope the pictures work!!)

Before:

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Front Afterwards:

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Rear Before:

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Rear Afterwards:

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MK4 and MK5

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MK1:

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My old Tommi Makinen Evo:

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All the best,

Michael.
« Last Edit: July 02, 2013, 09:58:07 pm by mkmg76 »

Offline Supernova

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Re: New from Ireland
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 05:46:52 pm »
Hi, I'm from Ireland as well driving a white MK5 GTI too. Loving what you did around the fog lights, never seens that before and it looks really well! :happy2:

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Re: New from Ireland
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 09:59:58 pm »
Thanks a lot, it was a big risk as i had never seen it done before but had it in my head for a while. Turned out great, i'm really happy with it.

Where are you based in Ireland?

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Re: New from Ireland
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 11:13:39 pm »
Hi Michael,

Welcome along bud. It's a great site with plenty of info and helpful folk.

Have I seen you parked up in Turners Cross on footie nights?

Lovely looking motor  :congrats:

Living in Cork City myself  :happy2:

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Re: New from Ireland
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2013, 11:25:33 pm »
Hi Michael,

Welcome along bud. It's a great site with plenty of info and helpful folk.

Have I seen you parked up in Turners Cross on footie nights?

Lovely looking motor  :congrats:

Living in Cork City myself  :happy2:

No, not me buddy, i'm in the Drogheda/Dublin area so a bit far for footie!!

Cheers for the kind comments, I've got a few bits in mind for the interior including possibly a MK6 steering wheel and retrofit
cruise. I had to get the outside sorted as it was completely standard when i bought it as you can se form the pics and just looked l
like every other GTI (or 1.4 for that matter!) on the road.  :surprised:


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Re: New from Ireland
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2013, 11:29:08 pm »
welcome to the site Michael!

I am Dublin based!

Paul
Red 2008 GTI, H&R ARB, b12 suspension, walk, milltek non-res full exhaust, forge IC, tarox 10 pot big brake kit, RS4 valve, Forge SSK, Autotech HPFP, Xenons, K04 Turbo, Quaife LSD, South Bend stage 3 Daily with SMF clutch, XB and UB Unibraces