Chris' Mk5 GTI Golf

[J-VW]

Bummer about the sump plug man must have been like that from the last service recently. New plug and washer was used iirc

 

[Ceebl]

Aye it's no big deal dude, was just relieved it was nothing worse tbh lol

 

[Ceebl]

Test drive done! the adapter def lets the blow off noise out. its nice, not too loud or obvious under normal driving and sounds great when you are going for it!

 

[Broomy]

Lovely motor mate, wish my wedding was over & done with to get an exhaust on mine

 

[Ben]

Looks class Chris, great example by the looks of it, HTD. And good lad getting a blow off, must have for a turbo car imo!

 

[Ceebl]

Full tank of petrol gone in 2.5 days and I don't care, its been great!
Yes Ben, I thought the turbo noise should be let out more! Can't wait to build the savings up again and get some more stuff bought, it def needs a high flow fuel pump next, really struggles to maintain boost with the stock pump. The map on it is really aggressive! Love it though!

 

[jayme]

Very nice motor mate, Health to enjoy.

Have a notion of one of these myself, looked at a few things and imo its hard to beat a mk5 gti. Prob be the end of the summer before i start looking though.

 

[Lyons]

Lovely stuff.

Any plans? Headlight washers to pair with the xenons and a mfsw would be nice OEM mods if you were that way inclined.

An RNS510 would be the best purchase too.

 

[redanni]

Perfect daily driver right there, and perfect colour

 

[Ceebl]

Plans currently are rear tints, high flow fuel pump then coilovers+spacers as needed... It will take a few months to get the money together for all that I'm sure.
Once she's running and sitting right I will start to look into items such as the radio and mfsw upgrades!
@Lyons are all these cars able to take a mfsw? Just a matter of bolting on? Something need set on vagcom?
Also was it you had a post years back about retrofitting cruise control to these? Not a big necessity for me but I'm interested lol

 

[big_pete]

@BBSBOY is the man to speak to about software upgrades

 

[Broomy]

I'd love cc on mine too. It's the only thing I miss from my last car. Think it's circa £200 to get set up on the golf iirc? Cost me £40 to retrofit to the astra ffs

 

[Ceebl]

If anyone hears of a high flow fuel pump for sale off another car give me a shout... I probably wont be looking to buy one for a few months but if there was a 2nd hand one going cheap out a car I would be tempted!

 

[Boabybooster]

Think I seen this in carrick today near fortfield BP, looked well.

 

[Ceebl]

Aye you may have, I live round the corner from there! Im always around carrick! was that you in the soarer making a bit of noise on the way past?

 

[Boabybooster]

Aye you may have, I live round the corner from there! Im always around carrick! was that you in the soarer making a bit of noise on the way past?

Yes, the v8 and the exhaust that's fitted makes it a wee bit noisy. Good noisy though.

You GTI looked clean wheels are a nice shade against the red.

 

[Ceebl]

She's reasonably clean... bit dusty from 2 days driving and those wheels attract dirt instantly after washing, it is heartbreaking haha. Yeah I love a bit of V8 noise! If you see me sitting about don't be a stranger, RMS sticker on right side of rear window and a CRZ reg, its me! I'm always up for a chat with fellow RMS'ers haha

 

[Lyons]

Plans currently are rear tints, high flow fuel pump then coilovers+spacers as needed... It will take a few months to get the money together for all that I'm sure.
Once she's running and sitting right I will start to look into items such as the radio and mfsw upgrades!
@Lyons are all these cars able to take a mfsw? Just a matter of bolting on? Something need set on vagcom?
Also was it you had a post years back about retrofitting cruise control to these? Not a big necessity for me but I'm interested lol

MFSW will probably need a steering control module and slip ring.

I got Agnews to fit cruise to mine just as I believe a wire is needed to the ECU.

 

[Ceebl]

MFSW will probably need a steering control module and slip ring.

I got Agnews to fit cruise to mine just as I believe a wire is needed to the ECU.

Can you remember how much they charged? I assume you already had the MFSW with the cruise control buttons or where are said buttons located normally?

 

[Lyons]

I never got round to doing the MFSW on mine. The cruise was £200 odd though.

Try Steven too, but from memory I think the wire thing is a bit of a pain.

 

[Broomy]

CC would be on the stalk I'd imagine, I have the MFSW & there is no CC button(s)

 

[Broomy]

If you fancy having a go yourself http://uk-mkivs.net/topic/28588-detailed-cruise-control-retrofit-golf-mk5-pics/

 

[Lyons]

CC would be on the stalk I'd imagine, I have the MFSW & there is no CC button(s)

Ah, missed your question about the buttons ceebl. Yes, a new left hand stalk s required.

 

[Ian A]

If anyone hears of a high flow fuel pump for sale off another car give me a shout... I probably wont be looking to buy one for a few months but if there was a 2nd hand one going cheap out a car I would be tempted!

If your not already, get on to http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php Loads of good stuff pops up regularly.

Been on there loads lately scouting edition 30 info.

 

[Mark_C]

Did the cruise control stalk on the Skoda last weekend, took about half an hour. Mine had the wire to the controller though, but really, if you have to run the wire it isn't that big of a deal.