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#1 ·
Hello everyone. This thread is about my daily drive. It is a Golf MK5 in anthracite grey bought sometime ago and always in the family. I had it in the past for track use, however when I took over my Big Turbo Audi, some of you know in here, I let this one stay in the family, although I always liked it for me. Just bought a new A3 TDI some days ago, so this one, had to come back to my hands and become my daily commuter.

Here are some photos taken of it. I think you will like what I will do with it.

Started like this.



A lot of dirt on the car and non care signs by my father







So I gave it some TLC to change that.

Started by debadging it for a clear rear end.





Then a small detail..from this



To this



Removing unnecessary weight



And after a detail session with the known procedures,car got some of its old dignity back.





RS4 replicas, soon to be replaced



Some scratches and swirls under the Golf and Gt logo.



Nothing my sweet Kestrel can cope with - some DA love with 3M Extra Fine Compound







Perfect!





Then it was time to do something I had also done in the past - de-wipering the rear end









Now we are getting somewhere



:thumb:​
 
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#2 ·
Some more info about the car.

It is running
-ECU Software Upgrade for some time now, had made almost 230hp back in time
-63mm Catback Exhaust
-Audi S3 8p FMIC InterCooler
It also had a Cold Air Intake in the past, however it is now on stock air box. We shall see if I will do it again.

Exterior-wise the car has had some changes too
-CARACTERE rear wing
-Debadged
-Black emblems and mirrors
-OEM GTI Side Skirts
-OEM GTI rear valence
-Parktronic system
-Llumar Window Tint
-FK Headlights with Xenon fitted in main and dipped beam

Interior wise, pretty much stock with all the extras it came with, except for some details like carbon fiber knob, alcantara shift boot, HERTZ 3-way speaker set. In pretty good shape too, except for some defects from daily use while i didnt have it. All will be fixed though, you know me.​
 
#13 ·
So I need to change some little things here and there, so lost no time, and started ordering things.

Here are some of those

New Grilles for the front, went OEM and opted the GTI MKV ones like in the past





Ordered some new indicators, cause one of them is hurt



And also ordered a new Light switch :D



Cheers​
 
#15 ·
Nice looking car, well done, but I'm curious; what is the reason the rear wiper has been removed? . . . I not sure about Golfs but I have a Mk2 Focus and in the wet on the motorway if you didn't have a rear wiper you would see absolutely nothing, maybe Golfs don't have that problem. . .
 
#21 ·
Here is some more work I did on the car yesterday evening.

I had ordered some things from the stealership, which arrived. They were mostly new door handles, electrical window switches and a tailgate trim. Let's see how it went.

Heavily scratched door handle - not by me of course





This could not stay like this as you can tell

Started removing the door card



Wont be staying in the car



Fresh stuff



Yeap, that's more like it





And same goes for passenger side door handles and switch

Before - possibly from some kind of deodorant :censored:



During



And afterwards, all in place



I also changed this piece, which was not cheap at all - but let the interior down a bit, so had to be done



oem GTI / .:R32 Black piece



And lastly, wheels needed to be smartened up a bit . . .

So, from this



I found my Carbon Fiber OZ caps, and also bought some OEM Vag Wheel Bolt caps, and finished it off like this



Yes, much better, dont you think



Cheers everyone.​
 
#29 ·
:thumb::thumb:

Great job, doc! Awsome interior on this GOLF!
Thanks Fotis

Hmmmm sounds rather like a case of aesthetics taking priority over safety, but each to his own I guess :rolleyes:
LoL, you are funny. So I guess all sedans are dangerous too not having a rear wiper ? LoL again. Then again, you must have not heard of products like Rain-X.

Oh well, to each his own information on things he hasnt tried himself. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

I think doc lives in a place that never rains.
Correct me if I am wrong

Anyways, its nice to see the golf turning up the way it supposed to be.
How come you didn't plasti dipped the handles?

Will you be doing any correction on paintwork?
I wanted it oem new. That is why.
I will be doing some correction on the paintwork. Not that the car is needing it badly, but just for fun.
 
#30 ·
What hp did have to start with?

Love it, I have a tornado red four door, great car just need to sort out a few rattles. Never seen that interior colour, looks good

I'm looking to get front sensors and tpms sorted soon, I don't have the optic system so trying something bespoke....will post when I get round to it.

Good thread!
 
#32 ·
Got one of these in black



which is normally for carrying helmets, but can be used in the trunk of an everyday car, for transporting various things, like tools, umbrellas, i-pads, jackets, and it has anti-slip material so as to not move when driving.
Very clean, totally suggest it. :thumb:​
 
#35 ·
So time for some more maintenance work today.

First of all let me show you the SPARCO helmet box I was talking about.



Very clean and tidy - love it.

Now, an issue I noticed is that the left side of the speakers wasnt heard as well as the right one. So off went the door card again with no second thoughts to find out what was happening



HERTZ unit revealed



And also some searching behind the head-unit, reveilled a bad connection from the past



All done,, re-installed, and ready for our next case to solve - Reverse light wouldn't go on, when reversing, and what is more, my park-tronic system was not working



Changed the bulb, checked the park-tronic wiring for cuts, even changed it to be sure, bought a new OEM reverse-light switch, installed it - yet nothing. So it was time to go around the car to find out where the bad connection was . . .

No bad connection here



No bad fuse



Nothing on the passenger side too



And, what do you know, we have a winner



OEM wiring gone bad through time. Made a new perfect connection and wrapped everything with my favorite Tesa fabric tape so as to be sure in the future.

What do you know . . .



It works.

More to come guys - Cheers :)
 
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