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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: bonedriven89 on 20 March 2006, 16:34

Title: interior
Post by: bonedriven89 on 20 March 2006, 16:34: Hi

I want to buy a 1.8 mk4 gti. Looking online it seems the have a wood surround as standard. Is this on all of them and if so does anyone know if you can get a replacement one - aluminium or black - anything but the wood finish!!!
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Post by: Say bye bye on 20 March 2006, 16:49: NAAAASTY isnt it?! lol i got rid of mines... you can get replacements but they are expensive, if you want the original aluminuim ones their off a golf anniverary or r32 and cost roughly Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£140? just for the centre consol part not inc door handles, ash tray etc. There are a few people who do these stick on aluminuim look kit for around Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£40-50 on ebay.
Title: Re: interior
Post by: bonedriven89 on 20 March 2006, 17:11: Cheers mate

What did you do about the ash trays etc ? and do you know if all 1.8 gti 's come with the wood trim?
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Post by: kingturbo on 20 March 2006, 17:18: you can get the ashtray cover as well they do 2 for the dash depending on whether you have air con or climate control plus they do door handles for 3 and 4 door models expensive though
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Post by: bonedriven89 on 20 March 2006, 17:23: sounds like a pain in the arse to be honest - ive noticed the V5 doesnt have any crappy wood trim - is the 1.8 Gti better or worse than the V5 - i know theres about 20bhp difference but dont know any more about it. - Any help would be good, cheers.
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Post by: GazB on 20 March 2006, 21:20: The 1.8t is far more tuneable
Title: Re: interior
Post by: Say bye bye on 20 March 2006, 21:52: Luckily i got the whole lot of a mate, ash tray tape surround door handles foot pedals :cool: he was breaking one and he owed me a favour or two :tongue: dont judge a car by its wood trim!! as gaz said there is a lot that can be done to a 1.8t plus as far as i know the V5 dont come with recaros?
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Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 20 March 2006, 22:51: 1.8 T everytime. Don't forget than you can get standard (non-anniversary) 180 turbos as well as the 150's. Depending on which 150 we're talking about, then 220ish bhp is available for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£400-Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£500! :cool:

You'd have to remortgage to get that much power out of a V5! :grin:
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Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 20 March 2006, 22:53: ps Look at www.awesome-gti.co.uk & www.vwspeed.co.uk for your yummy interior goodies!
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Post by: nadlad on 20 March 2006, 23:58: to take the center and side door trims do u just wedge a flat headed screwdriver and lever them off pls
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Post by: bonedriven89 on 21 March 2006, 12:01: cheers for the advice = thinks thats decided it 1.8 gti it is then - thanks Ivor for those web sites - looks like i can change all the wood for aluminum which will look quality.

when you say get 200bhp out of it, is that just by chipping it ?

Anyway cheers - if anyone knows of someone wanting to get rid of a 2001 1.8 Gti in Black would be very interested.
Title: Re: interior
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 21 March 2006, 14:04: It's not really a chip, it's the ECU being 're-mapped' to increase the power. Do a search! :wink:
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Post by: VWmaindealer on 21 March 2006, 22:39: V5 is all noise. They used to be known by dealers as the gentlemans GTI because it was only old people who bought them. Seriously! They were popular as autos as well because you couldn't get an auto GTI.

The engine does sound nice but the 1.8T is much more flexible.

just my tuppence :smiley:
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Post by: nadlad on 22 March 2006, 00:16: vw main can u find out how much a wood dash cost from stealers, and also are all the parts just clips i.e do u just lever ure old ones off and clip the new ones in place