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[Chippy V5]

Ok, so this isnt going to be the fastest or most exciting build (theres a lot of really top notch cars on here). So here we go

This is how she looks today







Not too shabby for £800 hey. Of course the tow bar will be lost soon, and a tidy up is next on the cards. First however is the MOT!!

My plans are to keep it clean and simple, im on a small budget. Nice wheels, drop the suspension (static to start with then to air when i dont have to lug a buggy around) I want to keep it looking as OEM as possible so hidden exhaust system and maybe look to have an ipod lead retro fitted to the standard Gamma ICE.

If anyones got any ideas on wheels let me know. cousin or because i dont know where to begin. Thanks

[THEngland]

Hey
Nice car for such a small price!
Like the OEM+ ideas you got, think thats the style atm, and its great

 

As for wheels, Rota Grid are reet nice
Or OEM Wheels such as Mk6 Talladega, Scirocco Twist wheels or even 4Motion wheels i have []
Good luck, will keep my eye out for progress [:D] 

[Chippy V5]

I love the scirocco wheels. But I'm not sure if I want 18s or go with the 16 bbs 

[Chippy V5]

 After failing the MOT ive decided to cheer myself up a bit, so i bought this

And some of this

and did this

Whilst on the bay, i also won a (very) cheap set of loweing springs and a Fabia rear wiper.Just wating for a day off so i can get them fitted.

Now ive just got to fit the new Lambda sensor and get a new windscreen. (the cold and snow caused a small chip to turn into a huge crack[whistle] the day before the test[:@] )

Then all thats left to do for now is get a new head unit and decide what wheels to get.

Hmmm decisions[8-)]

[THEngland]

Just about to wrap my insides pal!
Unlucky about the MOT, hope it passes mate

 

Your trim looks tip top in the carbon fiber [Y] 

[Chippy V5]

Thanks mate. It's strange how something simple as a bit of vinyl can make such a big difference. Ild love to see how yours turns out

[dan_b]

good buy for the price i would say mate looks good. i wrapped the interior of mine and it does make a big difference alot better to look at.

used to have vtecs then? cant beat the sound of vtec at 10k. always had hondas before my last golf.

[Chippy V5]

good buy for the price i would say mate looks good. i wrapped the interior of mine and it does make a big difference alot better to look at.

used to have vtecs then? cant beat the sound of vtec at 10k. always had hondas before my last golf.

It's the greatest sound in the world. I had an EJ9 with a B16b conversion, ITR cams and intake with full spoon exhaust.  Kinda miss it but had to get a 'sensible' car 

 

[dan_b]

lol yeh i miss them, had a ej9 with b16a2 for first car then 2 ek4s then a ek9 and a ep3 before getting the golf gt tdi when lost me job and now the gti turbo.

[Chippy V5]

Can't beleve you have to do all this to change a radiator! [brick]   
Fabia rear wiper, stubby ariel, obligatory sticker.

Smoked indicators

Impulse buy wookie. Not sure if I can leave him to the elements.[8-)]   

[unitzero]

I love the scirocco wheels. But I'm not sure if I want 18s or go with the 16" bbs 

 

please don't do 16's 

[Chippy V5]

I love the scirocco wheels. But I'm not sure if I want 18s or go with the 16" bbs 

please don't do 16's 

May car my rules lol. I really have no idea on what wheels, but wheels will be the last thing I get for her. 

[Chippy V5]

Finally the rain has held off long enough for me to get a couple of bits done that were bugging me. First was the little triangles inbetween the windows on the rear door. They were quite rusty so I gave them a sand down and spray

 

 

Didnt have any newspaper so used an old copy of ppc 

 

Not the greatest finish but I'm happy...... For now

And finally took the tow bar off. And in the process found out one of the studs on the light unit had broken off [:@]  so the plastic is just a precaution incase it rains while the araldite drys

[Chippy V5]

Long overdue an update, finally managed to give her some clean oil, although I'm gonna have to do it again soon as I couldn't get the filter housing undone! [brick]

Also replaced the plugs and leads, got an air filter coming and did this

Not 100% sure, might redo it body colour.  Theres some difference in colour front to back and places where the colour is a bit thin but it's not like it's on permanent show[paperbag]

[Chippy V5]

An almost 400 mile round trip, and thanks to Luke TDi for the swap. I now have a (two tone) Bolf [In-love]

 

 

I was actually suprised how easy the swap actually is. All I gotta do now is get it sprayed blue, some lows and wheels[:S]

[xJay1337]

On a mk4 Estate the Bora front looks great, not so sure on the hatchback. Conversely, the Golf front end on a Bora looks mint! Aside from the blut blut grills.

What's next?

[Chippy V5]

Next up besides from paint is lots of lows and then try to decide on some wheels [help]

[Chippy V5]

I'm really proud of my Heidi. After after oil, plugs, leads and air filter change we did around 850 miles this week on £110 of petrol, and ran soooooo smoothly. But got bored so played a game of leap frog with an MG ZR. 

[Chrispduckk]

looking forward to the development of this build... and looking forward to the next meet [] Really like the engine cover & the window triangles, need these done myself!

[Chippy V5]

Thanks mate. Yeah looking forward to the next meet too. Hopefully should be a bit lower by then. 

Ive come up with a 'short' to do list, in no particular order

Paint

Joms

Pressed plates

Laminx/fly eyes

ARB + polly bushes 

Exhaust

Re map

Wheels

4mo splitter

Uprated brakes

Head unit

Rear window tints

Recaro seat for the little one

So not much to do then [:S]

 

[Chrispduckk]

May i recommend doing the brakes way before any engine / performance mods for obvious reasons, also sell me your 312mm brake set up  [H]

[Chippy V5]

312mm???? I thought the 10v only had 288mm. [8-)] time to get the tape measure out me thinks 

[Chrispduckk]

These have 312mm as standard (i believe):

Audi TT, Golf 4 Anni, Skoda Octavia VRS MK1, Golf 4 V5 170,Golf 4 V6 4 Motion

[Chippy V5]

Mines the 150. According to ultimatespecs.com she has the tiny 288mm discs [cry]

[Chippy V5]

So i decided i didnt like the chrome look on my wheels, so i decided to spray them completely black

And this evening gave Heidi her weekly bath as well as i could before getting bitten to death by gnats!

[Chippy V5]

Got a nice moody picture of her this weekend

[danpalmer1993]

Really liked this at the meet, will look lush when sprayed [Y] and nice to meet you as well [B]

[Chippy V5]

Thanks mate and you, I met so many new people this weekend ive forgot whose car is whose [:$] I will be getting my ass down to some more meets and shows to remind myself

[danpalmer1993]

Just dropping this here []

[Chippy V5]

Thank you very much. Got some good comments for this so ill be doing some more colour coding over the next few weeks. Anyone know where i can get some orange caliper paint?[*-)]