Around the middle of last year I fell out of love with my previous car and after much deliberation of what to have next, I decided a Golf R was the one for me! Before buying the R I had fancied a TTRS and went to view a couple towards the end of last year, but to cut along story short, I didn't end up buying either. I have always enjoyed the look of the mk6 R and I also the rarity of them is something else I like (Apart from when it comes to locating/buying one).
One of the criteria of the new car was it had to have a lot of potential for modification, especially as it has less power from the factory than what it replaces. After a lot of research and coming across Hurdy's build thread among others I had made my mind up.
So after checking autotrader/pistonheads/ebay almost every day for a few months I found this Deep Black example and after viewing and test driving it, as well as a helping of peer pressure, I bit the bullet and brought it.
(Points to whoever can guess my old car in the background
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My plan for it even before buying it was to get it to S2+ ready for the summer, so after a week or 2 the first mod was purchased - an Evoms intake kit.
Next up was a Peron intercooler, after reading a lot of good reviews about them. This was fitted last week after much swearing and a couple of broken plastic clips.
And this is where i'm up to now. Exhaust is next I think, which was going to be a Milltek but after a few people have said about it i'm quite tempted by a BCS. Would be interested to hear opinions from anyone who has got one of these.
Future ideas after S2+ are wheels and coilovers, and possibly a BT build in a years time or so.
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@joms6r Thanks for reading, James.
