Well I've been on here for a while now, so I thought it was about time to do my build up post! Especially as I now have it looking how I've wanted it to look for a while. So I'll show you how its changed since owning it from Febuary 2007.

 

Here's a few pics of when I got it in all its standard glory:

 

 

 

 


The first couple of mods I did was to fit a Carbonio air filter, Forge 007p recirc valve, and a Forge carbon fibre engine cover:





 

The next few mods were some anniversary style headlights and a rear aero wiper:







 
After this I decided to go for german style number plates and surrounds (stubby aerial at some point as well!):




Then I ordered myself a genuine anniversary bodykit and got this fitted along with the Milltek anniversary style exhaust:




 

 And then last weekend I applied the finishing touches and fitted some Oettinger RE 18" alloys along with some 40mm Eibach lowering springs... enjoy:











 

I really like how its looking now and don't think it will change much from now on. Other mods which aren't visible are:

- Jabbasport remap to about 210bhp

- N75J Valve

- ECS Tuning lightened flywheel and uprated Sachs clutch

 

There is still pleanty more to do as always though and plans for the near future are:

- Fit K03s turbo

- Lupo mirrors

- Us Spec rear lights

- R32 steering wheel

- R32 interior trim + door handles etc.

- Coilovers at some point + rear ARB

- Bigger brakes all round

 

A big thankyou to everyone that's helped me out with various parts and information up to now, and a very BIG thankyou to fellow forum member Alleyroo (Andy) for helping me over the time I've owned it (including the one time its let me down!), and for helping me fetch + fit the alloys and lowering it last weekend


Comments welcome..

looking great dude, nice to see her now she's clean too lol. Now lets start with the major tuning session instead.........just when you thought the wallet was safe lol. Looks like you'll be stealing the lime light at the meet tomorrow.

Andy

Another good build up thread on the forum, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at the meet

jdl

What you up to at the weekend mate? Thought we could get the wishbone sorted and polish the inlet manifold. Also we will give it a quick once over for the dreaded MOT, including fixing your dodgy reverse lights.

Andy

Sounds good to me mate Thats if my wishbone arrives...

And would be great to get it ready for the dreaded mot  

Well i can remember quite a few things from my machanic days that use to be checked for MOT's so will make a list and check what we can, counting that you're wishbone arrives as you said.

Andy

A few new pics from the weekend after a wash, also now sporting standard headlights (which i think i prefer!) and standard plates:

Comments welcome....

That looks fantastic mate.

Absolutely love those rims too - they're different to anything else I've seen on a Golf and suit it perfectly.  I also think ya did the right thing by losing the pressed metal plates - looks much better on standard ones IMO.

Nice work - are ya planning on showing it off at any meets this year?

Wigster.

Looking at the photos side by side and I agree that the standard headlights look much better dude, however I do want them back at some point lol. The car's looking spot on though mate.

The pics turned out much better than I expected too.

Andy

mr_wigster:

That looks fantastic mate.

Absolutely love those rims too - they're different to anything else I've seen on a Golf and suit it perfectly.  I also think ya did the right thing by losing the pressed metal plates - looks much better on standard ones IMO.

Nice work - are ya planning on showing it off at any meets this year?

Wigster.

Cheers mate I like how it is now, and as you say you don't see these rims very often. I did only take the german plates off for the MOT but after seeing the normal ones back on i think i prefer them as well!

I'll be at the usual shows this year in it yes - hopefully have a bit more done to it by then too, and i still want it lower all round

Goody 

alleyroo:

Looking at the photos side by side and I agree that the standard headlights look much better dude, however I do want them back at some point lol. The car's looking spot on though mate.

The pics turned out much better than I expected too.

Andy

Haha you can have them back but your cars going to have to put up with its black eyes for the meantime The pics came out very well mate

Goody 

Pat:

that looks nice mate I too went back to standard headlights after some Anniversary lights

Thanks mate It's strange as anniversary lights was one of the first things i wanted to do to it - but looking back at the pics i really don't like them anymore! They just seem to make the front end TOO dark...

Goody

Ideally I'd have some OE Xenons but I think the chance of that happening on the cheap is next to nothing!

A few more pics from last weekends meet

Loving the futura yellow one your parked next to mate, now there's a real car lol

Andy

Pat:

Ideally I'd have some OE Xenons but I think the chance of that happening on the cheap is next to nothing!

What model's got these Pat? I'll ask around for you

alleyroo:

Loving the futura yellow one your parked next to mate, now there's a real car lol

Andy

Haha I don't know mate I just thought it was abandoned

Goody

It sailed through it's MOT this morning, I'm not used to cars passing first time mainly due to previously owning Fiats and Peugeots

Glad she got through the MOT without any problems mate, time to stick a de-cat on now lol

Andy

alleyroo:

Glad she got through the MOT without any problems mate, time to stick a de-cat on now lol

Andy

Me too mate Yeah i think after this weekends rolling road, we need to think about getting the K03s fitted and possibly a de-cat as well

Goody 

Sounds like a good plan to me mate. We'll fit the k03s and hopefully I'll have my new laptop by then so we can remap it at the same time for you.

Andy

alleyroo:

Sounds like a good plan to me mate. We'll fit the k03s and hopefully I'll have my new laptop by then so we can remap it at the same time for you.

Andy

Sounds good to me mate

Few updates.... fitted the us spec rears last weekend, and also have the H&R spacers for the rear ready to fit. Will get some pics up when they're on and it's not raining

A few pics from GTi spring festival yesterday:

Goody

Looking good mate!

Damian @ DPM

Looking spot on mate. Love that first pic at pod.

Andy

Cheers for the comments

Now that it's on coilovers it just needs the fronts adjusting to drop it a bit more.

nd1.8t:

A shining example mate, I'd say go easy from here because it's looking spot on, it's just the finishing touches now to my eye. Well done for modifying with such a stealthy approach. Excellent!

Cheers Nath! To be honest it won't change much from here. Like I said above the front needs adjusting lower and I want some Lupo or R32 mirrors and thats it for the exterior. Then I can move onto more engine mods and interior mods

Sorry to hear about yours though mate I hope they do a good job of fixing it and it comes back on the road stronger

lookin good me old mukka, ill take some more snaps of it at the next meet n get editin em.lol ps we need to organise a photoshoot.lol

Today, with the help of Alleyroo and Davo01, we fitted the R32 front brakes:

Before:

The two discs side by side:

After:

And a nice view when we were out giving them a test:

Goody

 Looking good mate, think I've finally managed to drain all the brake fluid out of myself that I soaked up from the floor lol. I love that second to last pic mate, makes the brakes look huge. You'll have to bring the rears around next weekend and I'll get the spacer made for you.

Andy

 are you changing the rears to R32 brakes as well mate?

The fronts look awesome BTW!!!

Im sooooo Jealous

not that im a nagging parent but have you delcared this on your insurance?

Would this be declared as a modificaton - in theory its an upgrade.

lim_walk:

 are you changing the rears to R32 brakes as well mate?

 

The fronts look awesome BTW!!!

Im sooooo Jealous

Cheers for the comments Yes the rears are to be fitted as soon as we have some spacers made up, as the hubs on 4wd vehicles are different

As for the insurance - they're not declared at the moment but they will be at some point this week - I won't be using the car until the weekend you see... but yes they would be classed as an upgrade as they aren't standard

Goody

 It's stupid that you have to declair things like brakes IMO, making the car stop better should not effect your premium as it's safer, where as big turbos are a different matter (hint hint goody)

Andy