T_J_G - MK4 Golf 20vT

[jv]

[T_J_G]

So after selling my Golf 4 TDI 110 I wanted a bit more power.

So I went and bought a MK4 GTi with a 1.8 Turbo engine.

It's black with 3 doors and looked like this when I bought it:



First things first were some German plates and a rear aero wiper...





After Meguiars 3 stage products she looks like this:



And then I went to a VW meet and it rained:



This caused problems. Firstly the cover covering the pollen filter was broken resulting in a wet passenger side floor!





Ever since this has happened the car has been struggling with it's electronics, which resulted in me breaking down and being VERY unhappy.



So I got a tow to a garage and ended up with a new fusebox on top of the battery. Got it sorted at mates rates so weren't too bad.

Just fitted black interior handles to remove some of the wood inside  and GolfGTI stickers on the side windows.

Tomorrow she's going to get washed, clayed, polished and then waxed. So expect some pictures. 

Things I want to do soon are:
stubby aerial
Paint interior trim piano black
And get my German plates on.

Then I'll start looking at lowering, remap, and so on...

[T_J_G]

Forgot to mention I replace d a faulty CD changer too...

Ordered stubby aerial and bought a new tyre today. 

And gave it a good wash/clay/polish wax



Just ordered some plain black interior pieces in a war against the wood trim. I ordered:
-air con surround
-cup holder cover
-ashtray cover
-diagnostics port cover.

Need an R-Line gear knob to match.

[T_J_G]

I got fed up of the dirty wood trim but didn't want to go down the aluminium route. So I replaced the handles with black ones from VW speed. And ordered some interior trim from the dealers although I can't order the side strips as I didn't want a whole new radio cage!

I've got the part numbers for plain black trim if anyone wants them?

This is how it started out  (NB the camera has made the wood look even worse):



And after 15 minutes and £22 it looks like this:



Now when I get spares for the side trim I'm going to spray them metallic black (same as my car) and get the R-Line gear knob and hopefully it should look good. I wished the black trim I bought was a bit blacker though  May get a new DIN sized cubby hole as mine's a bit scratched.

Tim

[T_J_G]

Stubby aerial fitted



 Spraying of interior trim should be done intime for Brands Hatch meet tomorrow!

Tim

[T_J_G]

Picked up a Forge 007p for £45 on ebay just a minute ago so that'll be going on shortly. 

Interior trim about to be refitted. Pictures soon.

[T_J_G]

Todays efforts:

I was expecting my DV to arrive today and was going to fit it but it hasn't so I guess it'll be here on Monday. 

Firstly I decided to fit my German plates that had been sitting in my bedroom:


During (how I wish I could drive with no front number plate...)



After:





I was still bored so decided to remove the rear 'GOLF' badge, so i heated it up with my sisters hairdryer prised them off and spent the next 45 minutes removing the glue left behind. Used lots of water and in the end Meguiars Paint Cleaner helped remove the last bit that were a pain to remove.

Before:



After:



I've also finished spraying the ash tray cover so I'll fit that and get pictures of my finished interior trim at some point.

Next plans:
-await arrival of DV and then fit
-decide and buy a new gear knob
-buy new mats
-buy some Anniversary sills.
- I have also been eyeing up the 312mm upgrade and the sharan badge modification to smarten the rear!

[kniterider]

looks sweet mate, i remember doin my black mk4 many years ago, i totally de badged, removed the rear badge ( its a secret but you can, and split em and spry em black without any effort...) and refitted it , and then removed the wiper and it all lokked something like this....




sorry for the plates... this was in 2005 before german ones were the 'scene' plates to have lol....

think it cleaned up the mk4 rear end , no end!! lol

[T_J_G]

looks sweet mate, i remember doin my black mk4 many years ago, i totally de badged, removed the rear badge ( its a secret but you can, and split em and spry em black without any effort...) and refitted it , and then removed the wiper and it all lokked something like this....




sorry for the plates... this was in 2005 before german ones were the 'scene' plates to have lol....

think it cleaned up the mk4 rear end , no end!! lol

that looks cool although I want to keep my rear wiper. And i'm still unsure of doing the badges black, I may use the smaller Sharan badge but really unsure of black.

[T_J_G]

Today I got this:

Forge 007p Dump valve



Then ten minutes later



Tim