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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Golf mk4 gallery => Topic started by: .Pat on 28 April 2012, 21:56
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Thought I may as well get a thread up and going :smiley:
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 :smiley:
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.
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6170/6168585363_d3d13f4940_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6168585363/)
GTI (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6168585363/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6168587527_633c909d02_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6168587527/)
GTI (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6168587527/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), 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.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7003/6452698883_1f6e5fdbcb_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6452698883/)
Xenons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6452698883/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), 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 :grin:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6452710563_6ab3038c03_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6452710563/)
R32 Seats (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6452710563/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), 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
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6701288507_cb27cd2018_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6701288507/)
Anni Skirts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6701288507/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Not pictured, genuine Anni rear valance (tdi version)
A Votex front valance
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/20111211_164452.jpg)
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
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6822618207_564f08872a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6822618207/)
US Spec Rear Lights (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6822618207/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), 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
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/adasdsa.jpg)
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/IMG_9058.jpg)
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
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/IMG_9040.jpg)
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/IMG_9060-2.jpg)
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 :grin:)
Anway first on the list of jobs was to split the wheels and get paint stripping
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6990792683_3f765d8268_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990792683/)
Wheels in progress (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990792683/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6990796787_148a1ef571_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990796787/)
Wheel Splitting (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990796787/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6844678858_a3cd858517_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6844678858/)
Wheel Splitting (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6844678858/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/6990807059_005b0ed74f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990807059/)
Wheel Splitting (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6990807059/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
And by far the worse job in the world, Stripping/polishing 140 bolts!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7011466613_c4e5a2da24_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7011466613/)
Paint stripper in action (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7011466613/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7055/6865359326_0338b8df28_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6865359326/)
Refurbished Gold bolts (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6865359326/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), 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 :smiley:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6893377852_2bbc09a1d8_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893377852/)
Boot Build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893377852/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Rear level sensor
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7039481089_40722637aa_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039481089/)
Level Sensor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039481089/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
And the first of many notches
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/7039484233_cdd2e4ae37_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039484233/)
Chassis notch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039484233/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Cheeky rear test fit
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6893393322_b0a10d1f74_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893393322/)
Rear Fitment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893393322/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
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Pretty sure we got the front to go low enough!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7039493631_31d32a1f93_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039493631/)
Low enough? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7039493631/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
False floor coming along nicely
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/6893816070_78922a5e8d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893816070/)
Boot Build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6893816070/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
We have touch down!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/7048739533_d8ee4a7017_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048739533/)
Front fitment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048739533/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Time to neaten things up a little :grin:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7048751123_1e717b6541_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048751123/)
Mess (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048751123/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/6902654744_951dbbd888_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6902654744/)
Time to carpet (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6902654744/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7102/7048757699_8c165362f9_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048757699/)
Boot build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048757699/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/7048762877_ff0a026c7b_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048762877/)
Boot build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048762877/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7048769713_9541584445_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048769713/)
Boot build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048769713/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/7048774927_4e16c2b4f2_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048774927/)
Tank (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7048774927/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
It was then time for some good old fashioned ghetto arch rolling
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/6907620862_f0b97940df_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907620862/)
Ghetto arch rolling (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907620862/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Which lead me onto driving too low :rolleyes:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5235/6907630428_f98ffd49db_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907630428/)
Too low (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907630428/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
And all the above lead to this (bare in mind the Votex front and anni rear valance are yet to go one and center caps for the wheels are yet to be sorted)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5336/6907637942_22945df340_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907637942/)
GTI on Air (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6907637942/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5032/6934337878_425ff3524e_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6934337878/)
Driveway Pic (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6934337878/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/7098839303_c3dde6b7d1_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7098839303/)
Nice and Clean (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7098839303/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
And then last weekend the Golf made it out to it's first show outing that was Springfest at Santa pod, was a great day until I had discovered that I destroyed a front dish on the drive over!!! :angry: :angry:
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac64/pat_1990/b7c7d388.jpg)
God knows how it still held enough air to drive home.
But still managed to grab a few nice pics of the "good side" of the car :grin:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/6960830470_2d0d5db0d1_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6960830470/)
My GTI @Springfest (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6960830470/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/6960989868_7b18f9e8d7_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6960989868/)
My GTI @Springfest (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/6960989868/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Which leads us up to present, I'm currently waiting for a new Dish to come from Germany so as soon as that is done the wheel will be split and fixed and back on the car ASAP.
So after enjoying the car for all of 2 weeks I'm now back on the Monty 2's temporarily until the OZ's are sorted
FAIL
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7225/7119465815_9fcf061e7d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7119465815/)
FAIL (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7119465815/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
Hope you enjoyed, sorry if the page loads slowly :grin:
Let me know what you think.
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Excellent Work M8... :smiley:
Must have cost a few bob!!
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Nice mate! Think I'm going to have a go at One of these threads my self!
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Proper sweet ride fella shame about the dish, those temps(wheels) just look so wrong but as you say as soon your new dish from Germany comes in all well again :wink:
Got any plans with the power?
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Brilliant first page to a thread. Looks like a good car you got yourself as a base to work from. I like the wheels you've picked - shame about the damage. Hats off to you too for working through the nuts and bolts. I'd have just given up and chucked them all in an acid bath or painted them myself. :grin:
Only thing slightly off for me is that the rear axle doesn't quite fit in the rear arch but I understand that's just a Mk4 thing.
Looking forward to reading more :smiley:
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Awesome build :cool:
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Excellent Work M8... :smiley:
Must have cost a few bob!!
Cheers dude. Yeah it's not cheap, but like I said above I got a few very good deals which always helps :smiley:
Nice mate! Think I'm going to have a go at One of these threads my self!
May as well
Proper sweet ride fella shame about the dish, those temps(wheels) just look so wrong but as you say as soon your new dish from Germany comes in all well again :wink:
Got any plans with the power?
Thanks dude, yeah driving on the Monty's is a right pain as you can't get low enough and turn corners lol
Eventually yes, coming from a 1.6 with 100bhp 150 is enough to keep me entertained. I tend to drive so low that the last thing you need is to go lower :grin:
Saying that though I would love to get this to Stage 2 eventually, but will hopefully get to stage 1 in the next couple of months.
Brilliant first page to a thread. Looks like a good car you got yourself as a base to work from. I like the wheels you've picked - shame about the damage. Hats off to you too for working through the nuts and bolts. I'd have just given up and chucked them all in an acid bath or painted them myself. :grin:
Only thing slightly off for me is that the rear axle doesn't quite fit in the rear arch but I understand that's just a Mk4 thing.
Looking forward to reading more :smiley:
Ah man those nuts and bolts took me about 5 hours to do, luckily it was sunny and my girlfriend was kind enough to keep me stocked up with Jack Daniels :cool:
Yeah quite a lot of people don't like how mk4's sit on air, I kind of like it but apparently there is a way to fix it which I may look into. IIRC it's a plate that you bolt to the hub however it also acts as a spacer and to counteract the the spacing they add 4 degrees of camber which is going to destroy tires way to quickly seeing as I do 50 miles a day.
Awesome build :cool:
Cheers buddy :smiley:
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looks sweet :cool:
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awesome build mate, need to get me some gen side skirts :drool:
will u b at any of the london meets? WED or HomeGrown?
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Looking good love the boot build nice and subtle mate ! Those spacers for the rear axle are generally called stance plates you wont find nothing about them if you search spacers i was looking into them couple of weeks back, i dont believe you can get them off the shelf anymore though and also almost every thread i read say there a big no if your on air which is a bit of a bummer as thats when you need them most lol
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looks sweet :cool:
Cheers dude
awesome build mate, need to get me some gen side skirts :drool:
will u b at any of the london meets? WED or HomeGrown?
I will try my best but money is really tight after buying a new dish and also have the service/MOT due in the next two weeks as well
Looking good love the boot build nice and subtle mate ! Those spacers for the rear axle are generally called stance plates you wont find nothing about them if you search spacers i was looking into them couple of weeks back, i dont believe you can get them off the shelf anymore though and also almost every thread i read say there a big no if your on air which is a bit of a bummer as thats when you need them most lol
Haha that's the one, I couldn't for the life of me remember what they were called! :grin:
Yeah I knew about the ones that did not work with air but Innovative designs are going to be releasing, in fact I think they have already a Rear axel hub relocation plate and that is the one I was attempting to explain albeit very poorly :grin:
Here is a link to the thread on Edition Link Here (http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=424637). This set up can be used with air.
Couple more pics from Springfest
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/6957890630_a80922356a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexatari/6957890630/)
DSC06953 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexatari/6957890630/) by Alex [Atari] Thomason (http://www.flickr.com/people/alexatari/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/6957893114_0e1483bdc7_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexatari/6957893114/)
DSC06962 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexatari/6957893114/) by Alex [Atari] Thomason (http://www.flickr.com/people/alexatari/), on Flickr
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No excuses I hope to see u there lol homegrown was a really good meet. Had over 130 cars for the first one :cool:
Top marks for shamstar and smuj for sorting it out :smiley:
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This car has a f**k load of win as far as I am concerned! Sorry to read about the rim, I look forward to it being sorted and more updates :)
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Well after the nightmare with the buckled wheel, the OZ's are back on and the car is now running tip-top after a well needed service
I'm happy :grin:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7188104910_45734fe970_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188104910/)
Boot build (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188104910/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7188079252_cdbc5f1d9f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188079252/)
Golf GTI on OZ Futura's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188079252/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7188963232_4050cd0e8c_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188963232/)
MK4 GTI OZ Futura's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7188963232/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
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Lovely few pics there buddy! You know, I can't decide weather the OZ's look better with or without the centre caps! They look great either way!
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really like those rims, work so well and look excellent
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Lovely few pics there buddy! You know, I can't decide weather the OZ's look better with or without the centre caps! They look great either way!
They do seem to be splitting opinions at the moment, I really like them and think they set the wheels off.
If the OZ's weren't re-drilled then maybe I would prefer without but otherwise they just look a little messy lol
really like those rims, work so well and look excellent
Thanks a lot dude
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5322/7199099602_3f7f54bcda_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7199099602/)
MK4 Golf GTI OZ Futura's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dubbed_bora/7199099602/) by Pat Ramagge (http://www.flickr.com/people/dubbed_bora/), on Flickr
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Looks stunning :cool:
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:cool: