Had my Golf since last December, but haven't posted any pics up, so since having the coilovers fitted last week, I thought id make the effort:

Jetta/GT front next.

Comments welcome...

 looking very nice - i love those wheels

 Looking tasty !

Thanks for the replies :)

 How low have you dropped it? The stance is real nice

The coilovers are all the way down (-70mm) atm, although it may have to go up as it is rubbing on the front passenger side arch liner. :s

 Matt, that is looking awesome. Can't wait to see the jetta front on it.

dino87:

 Matt, that is looking awesome. Can't wait to see the jetta front on it.

Cheers Dean!

Yeah Jetta front will be the icing on the cake! :) Hows you?

Was good until my car insurance renewal came through LOL

I hate shopping for car insurance....

dino87:

Can't wait to see the jetta front on it.

x 2

Update: Carried out the front end swap yesterday after collecting the bumper from Keswick. As with all things the swap should have been relatively easy to do, in preparation I had read up everything going on the internet, however I soon realised they skimmed over the details! :lol: Stripping everything off was relatively easy until it came to freeing the front panel from the radiator, at which point I had to enlist the help of my brother, to stop the radiators dropping out. A few issues arose as we started to switch parts, and the list of new parts required continued to grow (various nuts, bolts, screws etc, 2 bumper runners, fog lights etc etc) Also found that the fog light on the standard mk5s are different to those used on the Jetta/GT/GTI at which point I had to seal them in bags and tape them to the lower front member. Also had issues with fitting the lower vents as the clips on the bumper as they had been given some generous coatings of paint. Oh then I decided against the chrome Jetta grille! :wacko: When will it end??

 Nice to see somebody else with the jetta front,excellent job done there mate.

 hi matt

ive been following your thread on clublupo,even though im not a member

ive been lookin at the prostreets and was wondering how much they were and where was cheapest?

also what do you think to them?

lookin hot by the way

I have been really happy with the ProStreet S kit, the handling on the MK5 as standard is excellent anyway, so tbh I hadn't expected to notice too much difference, however it has vastly improved the handling, although ride quality has been sacrificed (quite bumpy and harsh).

I bought the kit from Venom in the end, and I think it was around £600 (they were the cheapest I found)

Thanks for the comments

I have never appreciated the chrome look on the front but this looks really neat and tidy a job well done

Sits nice and low as well

madandy:

 

I have never appreciated the chrome look on the front but this looks really neat and tidy a job well done

Sits nice and low as well

I think it helps that I changed the grille bars from chrome to the GT black ones, I felt it would be too chrome heavy.

Thanks for the comments.

Madandy - What Golf you got? Im in Carlisle so will keep my eye open for you! :)

 Looks excellent Matt.

that looks really good!

I don't usually like the mk5 but that looks awesome !

 Looks mint with those wheels.

mfa-gti:

Madandy - What Golf you got? Im in Carlisle so will keep my eye open for you! :)

madandy:

mfa-gti:

Madandy - What Golf you got? Im in Carlisle so will keep my eye open for you! :)

Hi Matt   Same as you mate. Black GT, RS6 alloys  and an extra large dollop of BHP 

 

I'll keep an eye out for ya! :)

lost 3 of the 8 bars so I matte blacked a rough GTI grille I had, and bought the lower centre honeycomb grille.