Thought I may as well get a thread up and going
I have owned my 04 plate GTI (AUM) for a roughly a year now, it stayed pretty much mod free for most of that whilst I just collected parts.
Having had a Bora on air suspension I knew from the get go that was what I would be doing with the Golf so I started saving and eventually everything started to come together.
Will be quite a pic heavy first page
First of all the obligatory "the day I bought the car pics." I picked it up with 40,000 miles on the clock so drove like a new car.
GTI by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
GTI by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
The first mod was to get rid of the headlights as most will know the standard MK4 ones are pretty useless. Saying that though they are quite an improvement over the Bora's.
But anyway, always loved the look of the OEM Xenons so managed to pick up a near mint set for a very good price.
Xenons by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Next on the list was the seats, Again I managed to come across a good deal on two front r32 seats. Still by far the best thing I have changed on the car, they are so much comfier than the standard sport seats and way more supportive over Recaro's. For anyone on the fence about them just do it, you won't regret it
R32 Seats by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Once the above was done, that's when the parts hoarding began. So over about 3-4 months I got:
Genuine Anni skirts
Anni Skirts by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Not pictured, genuine Anni rear valance (tdi version)
A Votex front valance
I attemted to spray it myself and went horribly wrong, so it's still in my garage waiting for some money to get it done properly!
Also got some US Spec rear lights too
US Spec Rear Lights by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
And then came the really important stuff!
Air suspension specs;
Airlift XL's and Airlift performance rear bags
FK rear shocks
5 gallon skinny tank
Accuair E-level kit with remotes
380C compressor, only one for now put a second is defiantly on the cards
And then came the wheels, again got a insane deal so these were just too good to turn down
They are OZ Futura's;
9j fronts et 20 with 205/45's
9.5j rears et 23 with 215/45's
One of the main reasons why they were so cheap was the previous owner decided to rattle-can them matt black
So with all those bit's collected that leads us onto the fitting which was done about a month ago, Massive thanks goes to Jaimie, Shammy and Stuart Tate (although all he seemed to do was ruin Shammys DA pads
)
Anway first on the list of jobs was to split the wheels and get paint stripping
Wheels in progress by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Wheel Splitting by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Wheel Splitting by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Wheel Splitting by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
And by far the worse job in the world, Stripping/polishing 140 bolts!
Paint stripper in action by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Refurbished Gold bolts by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
We then sent the centers to be powder coated Peal light grey so in the mean time we cracked on with the install which was a true drive way special
Boot Build by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Rear level sensor
Level Sensor by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
And the first of many notches
Chassis notch by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
Cheeky rear test fit
Rear Fitment by
Pat Ramagge, on Flickr
