hello im new to the forum, im 17 and have recently bought my first car! There are a few things i want to do to it such as tint the back 3 windows, get the front bumper re painted due to the silly previous owner, refurbish the alloys which have been lighly curbed and adjust the tail pipe. Would be good for any comments on what you think and how i could sort the tail pipe out just to make it fit in the cut out more central. Also about lowering, if you think it needs it? Thanks for Any comments! Ant

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 wow dude nice first car, it looks beaut, so much nicer than my B reg 950 Fiesta L(that was my first car)

 very nice first car! few things id change but as is, very nice

about the tints. you might like the fact that limo black al around the back looks nice (like i did) but in the night, you can barely see anything outside so if i was you dont get limo black especially on the rear screen. 20% around the back would look descent and if you put anything on the front, technically it is illegal but if you do get the lightest tint which allows someone to see the driver through it in the night then i dont really think the coppers would be so fussy about it but thats up to you really

 Awesome looking car mate. Likeing the smoothed anni valances. Get that grilled painted black and get it lowered. Looks good without tints TBH!

Yeah, ,get your tip shortened and maybe a slightly larger tip put on but dont get a huge one....Try to keep it OEM.

Dan

I'd look into a new back box to fit that gap mate as that tip is way to small, With my old car i got a new back box welded on to fit a gap £100 all in, easily worth the outcome of it and didn't sound bad either, Lowered and a sprayed front bumper that will look lovely mate, Maybe consider colour coding the sides yourself then that will set it off, 35% rear and 50% front tints is the best in my opinion, check out my build thread on my signature to check em out, Nice first motor

looks good for a 1.4 mate ! just gota do something about that exhaust ;)

Colour code the rub strips, door handles, lower it on a decent kit 35mm, put some Aero wipers on front and back, sort the exhaust out, then I'd say the exterior is complete!

Nice car.

 Welcome to the forum mate. Great first car you will soon have VW flowing through you. I would colour code door strips.

paddy

welcome to mk-ivs mate!!

as above really smart first car looks mint!

get it dropped down a bit (not that i can talk) and straighten up the tailpipe and its where abouts are you??

 Get it lowered, and a nice exhaust on there, and you are sorted.

Nice car for a first car

Looks really nice, lose the R badge and sort out the exhaust

 Welcome matey :D

Mint first car.... You can adjust the rear exhaust by the clamp which attaches to the rubber seal. Just get two pliers and start bending until it fits

But I'd get a new bigger one and they sound fairly decent on the 1.4as long as you get one with baffles in it!

Lowered, colour cde the sides and handles.... You got a nice first car :D

Best of luck with it

 Thanks for all these comments, really good hearing the advice. I live in Norwich alex atari so quite a way away from you! Theres been a few comments on lowering the car about 35 mm, just wondering what parts would i need to do this, i dont knoe much about lowering atall, but have seen you can get away with just changing the springs if it isnt a great deal and aslo if you are on a tight budget. Just wondering if that is true? Thanks again. Ant

If you change the springs you should really change the shocks aswell as the standard ones take alot of wear and tear and soon enough you will need new ones anyway.

Looks really nice. Needs the rear lowered slightly.

Love the smoothed bottom bumpers aswell.

 Very nice! I'd just drop it 35mm, and get that pipe sorted,

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There's a anniversary back box (which is what your rear bumper was desgined to fit) I don't think it'll fit straight on, but you might be able to make it fit using reducer pipes.

 cheers but is it bad if i just replace the springs? cos tbh im not really going for performance as its a 1.4 and i have a budget! i just want it to look good if you get what i mean. thanks for the help and links

That's a really nice first car!!

If you're on a budget, there's a thread floating around with budget mods. I like the idea of colour coding but that's £££'s! How about going the opposite way and buying some black fablon to do the grill and b pillar? I've done a chop for you.

I've lowered it a little too so you can see what it'll look like.

Just needs that exhaust pipe straightening out and you'll have a great looking car.

davemk:

That's a really nice first car!!

If you're on a budget, there's a thread floating around with budget mods. I like the idea of colour coding but that's £££'s! How about going the opposite way and buying some black fablon to do the grill and b pillar? I've done a chop for you.

I've lowered it a little too so you can see what it'll look like.

Just needs that exhaust pipe straightening out and you'll have a great looking car.

That looks amazing! thanks for the chop! do you reokon you could paint the handles and the side trims for me please? cos ive got to re paint the bumper as the preivous owner hot something and the paint had cracked so i may be able to get the handles and trims done aswell at the same time. I really like the idea of the black B post pillar as it feels like its all one window if you get me. Thanks Ant

Looks sweet, why not paint the roof black aswell if your going down the black and red theme

Here you go...just a quick chop.

 That looks amazing...Crys out for a three door red golf...

Well Dan, it just so happens that I might be selling mine.......

davemk:

Here you go...just a quick chop.

No problem.

Turbodaz:

Looks sweet, why not paint the roof black aswell if your going down the black and red theme

cheers :) yeah thats a good suggestion, but expencive? lol im really loving the look of the photoshoped images. Just looked at your build up, looks impressive. The tints do look really good with 50% and 30% on front. Ant

davemk:

Well Dan, it just so happens that I might be selling mine.......

:O! lol Wheres some pictures of your car mate? dont remember seeing it...

And I think my next golf will have to be a toranado red R32... (3 Door! )

welcome to the forum mate, iv got a red 1.4 as well! happy days! iv just fitted an induction kit at the weekend and im loving it.

 i got a red 1.4 S as well lol and same wheels but in black

IbanezDan51:

 

:O! lol Wheres some pictures of your car mate? dont remember seeing it...

And I think my next golf will have to be a toranado red R32... (3 Door! )

Mine's canyon red, which is pearl. 3 door.

There's some pics on here - February COTM.

 cheers for all the comments. Just wondering if this suspension kit is ok for lowering my car, or if anyone knows of any other suspension kits for about 200 - 250. thanks for any help. Ant

iv got coilovers, their getting fitted on the 12th. mine are hottuning ones got them for £160 of ebay!! Bargin! lol

I'll let you know what they are like when they are on the car if ya want! but iv been told they are good for the money.

 cheers, that would be really helpful! how much are they costing to get fitted? thanks ant.

well im getting the car fully colour coded and the coilies fitted at the same time, total price is 250ish (garage im using is very good value!) so i reckon for fitting it would be about £100.

in total £260 for coilovers is very good, especially as i was going to pay 300-400 for just springs!