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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: illyun on 15 April 2007, 16:28
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Enjoy...
The Mk2 Golf GTI 16v - 79k on the clock and a lovely drive :evil:
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The Edition 30...
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Where's your ED30 pics!
Nice MKII. :cool:
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nice mark 2, looks very very tidy indeed :cool:
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Lovely pics Illyun, couple of questions for you if I may. Do you keep the bonnet bra on the car all the time? If so, does it not leave a line across the bonnet due to paint fade when you take it off? Being nosey now :wink:, whats the badge under the Ed30 badge on the boot?
Cheers,
Hully
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Btw, the number plate looks :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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ed30 doesnt look too bad either :cool:
suits black really well i think
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Very nice indeed! A clean black car looks the mutts nuts!
Is that aerial standard or an extra?
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Very nice pics, just a quick question, is the ed30 passenger side at the front bumper scratched?
Also how do you find the pearl black finish, looking at ordering either pearl black or grey. Ive owned black cars before and know they need more attention though just wondered if many scratches / small imperfections have appeared yet?
Also are those the smoked factory fitted tints?
Many thanks in advance for your reply matey :smiley:
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Looking good Illyun, my Black ED30 has now arrived at the dealers, just got to wait for the documentation to clear to arrange delivery!! Come on!!
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Very nice pics, just a quick question, is the ed30 passenger side at the front bumper scratched?
I saw that, looks like it's scratched real bad??
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What a lovely pair :smiley:what % of tint is that on the MK5 ?
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Very nice pics, just a quick question, is the ed30 passenger side at the front bumper scratched?
I saw that, looks like it's scratched real bad??
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I am guessing that this is the paint protection film that Illyun has applyed him self! If you are not carfull when waxing the car (No offence :wink:) then you get a line of wax on the edge of the film, hence it looks like a scratch! if you can be bothered like me you mask it off around all the edges first, but it can be cleaned out it is just a pain!
Where did you get your bra from mate????
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LOL :grin: :grin: :grin:
No scratches on the car - its just the wax on the edge of the stonechip protection - sourced from VW - I have temporarily put on until later this year when I have the money to get it done by Autofend or whoever they are.
The black paint hasn't got a hint of scratch or swirl marks anywhere as I had Autoglym lifeshine put on and have hand washed and waxed it 4-5 times since - almost every week.
Also the black Autobra is not on all the time so shouldn't give any problems as regards paint fade.
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I've heard elsewhere, that Turtle wax Ice polish, or some such name, is a particularly crap polish but is brilliant at wiping wax straight off the stone chip shield edge. Yet to be tried!
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Looks to me like the 'scratch' is actually a reflection of the white lines on the road!
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Awesome cars you've got there. ED30 looks sweet in black :cool:
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What a lovely pair :smiley:what % of tint is that on the MK5 ?
Not sure - its factory fitted rear-tints
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I love the valver! :sick:
I thought the front bumper was scratched too :cry:
:cool: Cool that its not! - That plate is the dogs mate
Enjoy your toys matey :wink:
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Thanks Doc... how the Range Rover Sport?
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Surprise surprise its just been sold!
Got a Range Rover TDV8 vogue being delivered today :wink:
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Bloody hell - you're just as bad as me! But then you've got a rational reason behind your car turnover.... I haven't :laugh:
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The car looks amazing and protecting it shows that you are a keen enthusiast.
Where can I get exactly the same front leather cover please?
Thanks,
av
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Looking fantastic!
I haven't been keeping track of the forums, but I recall thinking when you posted your first Ed30 shots that the car looked too high. Has it been lowered since? or just settled? as it looks :cool: now
PS - Are the mk2 pics taken in Ipswich? looks like Woodbridge rd (used to live there) - could be totally wrong, but I recall you saying you were Ipswich based)
Chris
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I dont really understand why you'd order another ED30 when you seemed quite disappointed with it at first - I've not been on here for a while so I may have missed your change of heart, but it sounded to me like you were R32 all the way!
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I dont really understand why you'd order another ED30 when you seemed quite disappointed with it at first - I've not been on here for a while so I may have missed your change of heart, but it sounded to me like you were R32 all the way!
I am an R32 fan BUT I can get one next year and the Edition 30 is a limited edition that I will keep for good. Plus it doesn't cost the earth for fuel bills.
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Looking fantastic!
I haven't been keeping track of the forums, but I recall thinking when you posted your first Ed30 shots that the car looked too high. Has it been lowered since? or just settled? as it looks :cool: now
PS - Are the mk2 pics taken in Ipswich? looks like Woodbridge rd (used to live there) - could be totally wrong, but I recall you saying you were Ipswich based)
Chris
It seems to have settled. As for the Mk2 it is in Ipswich near Woodbridge Rd but it may have to go as I have been offered around £5750 for it with the BBS RS001s and the guy knows someone with another 3-door Oak Green 16v - 1 owner - with 27k miles who may take around £10k for the car :cool:
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a 27k car! wow, sounds a gem,
Do you still have the other mk2's and mk1?
Fond memories of living in Christchurch Park area, I recognised that road as being one of the roads oout east towards BT.
Ed30 looks fab now, wheel/arch proportions just right.
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Say hello to my mate Steve - that's his Primera opposite you.
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Illyun, both cracking motors! :drool: :drool:
I bet Mrs Illyun just loves you, though, for only getting a 3dr, and not five, especially when tying to strap little Illyun in the back seats!!! :nerd: :smug:
Serious :nerd: question, though. Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors ??? :huh:
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Serious :nerd: question, though. Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors ??? :huh:
Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.
Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?
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Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?
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Yes mine does this and I have always thought It was a shame as it would look a lot tider if it was tucked away to! I hope it is a fault and it can get fixed!
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cannot you not just take off the wiper and move it down? are the wiper arms on splines? i know on the MKIV they are.
though looking at the pic it looks as if it would catch the A-pillar.
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Serious :nerd: question, though. Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors ??? :huh:
Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.
Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?
I'm not on about the actual screw-on valve caps. It is actually the valve "stems" - on my GTI, and RS4, the stems are metal, and are bolted into the rim, and have an electrical pressure sensor and transmitter actually inside the tyre. On Illys pics of his Ed30, he seems to have the old skool rubber valves, which don't have any kind of pressure sensor.
I am aware that the Golf TPMS uses the ABS wheel speed sensors, and measures differencies in rotational speeds, but this is nowhere near as accurate, nor as quick as the systems which also use actual pressure sensors. The earlier ones must use a combination of both systems. Looks like more cost-cutting!
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Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?
If you have the rain sensor, leave the wiper switch in the first (intermittent) position, and the ignition on - then the wipers actually park in a raised position - sort of "ready for action" :wink: :nerd:. They also use a "variable" park mechanism, whereby they actually park in a different position each time, presumably to prevent wear to the actual screen!
Try moving the wiper switch to off, and then turning on, then off your ignition again, and watch the wipers "twitch".
If, after trying that a few times, and you are still not happy with the high park, then, as Rhyso states, simply move the arm slightly and reposition it a little lower. Just make sure that you still keep the "overlap" between the two swept areas, at the top of the screen, near the internal mirror, and the rain sensor!
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cannot you not just take off the wiper and move it down? are the wiper arms on splines? i know on the MKIV they are.
though looking at the pic it looks as if it would catch the A-pillar.
Plonker :wink: - that would be if he moved the drivers side too much, not the passenger side, which is what seems to be the problem!! :laugh: :laugh:
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Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?
he was on about the passenger side :rolleyes: :tongue:
look at pic again :rolleyes: if he moved the passenger side one it looks like it would catch the bottom of the a-pillar (passenger side) on the way up!
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Serious :nerd: question, though. Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors ??? :huh:
Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.
Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?
I'm not on about the actual screw-on valve caps. It is actually the valve "stems" - on my GTI, and RS4, the stems are metal, and are bolted into the rim, and have an electrical pressure sensor and transmitter actually inside the tyre. On Illys pics of his Ed30, he seems to have the old skool rubber valves, which don't have any kind of pressure sensor.
I am aware that the Golf TPMS uses the ABS wheel speed sensors, and measures differencies in rotational speeds, but this is nowhere near as accurate, nor as quick as the systems which also use actual pressure sensors. The earlier ones must use a combination of both systems. Looks like more cost-cutting!
I too should of been clearer, the valve stems are now plastic...
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Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?
he was on about the passenger side :rolleyes: :tongue:
look at pic again :rolleyes: if he moved the passenger side one it looks like it would catch the bottom of the a-pillar (passenger side) on the way up!
Righty, I think we had crossed wires! :rolleyes:
I though you meant it would catch the A-pillar on full sweep, hence my comment about the passenger side - doh. :embarassed:
Now I understand what you are saying - however, even if the passenger side blade was even lower, it still wouldn't actually catch the A-pillar, 'cause the black rubber trims are actually a "U" shape, with a recess for the rain water to drain.
Looking again at Illys, the passenger blade is still parked in the "black" area of the glass, so it wouldn't actually impair vision anyway! :nerd:
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lol - no worries; normal problem with threads. You start talking about one thing and several other topics get thrown into the mix! :laugh:
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Serious :nerd: question, though. Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors ??? :huh:
Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.
Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?
I'm not on about the actual screw-on valve caps. It is actually the valve "stems" - on my GTI, and RS4, the stems are metal, and are bolted into the rim, and have an electrical pressure sensor and transmitter actually inside the tyre. On Illys pics of his Ed30, he seems to have the old skool rubber valves, which don't have any kind of pressure sensor.
I am aware that the Golf TPMS uses the ABS wheel speed sensors, and measures differencies in rotational speeds, but this is nowhere near as accurate, nor as quick as the systems which also use actual pressure sensors. The earlier ones must use a combination of both systems. Looks like more cost-cutting!
I too should of been clearer, the valve stems are now plastic...
Rubber - you mean RUBBER (ooo errr, misses!)
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Yeah whatever! Not metal anyway.
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Illyum....a nice pair :cool:
I've got a Mk2 16v in the garage and a Ed 30 on order :wink:
Chris
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What a superb pair! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
I love those classic alloys on the Mk2.
Did the Mk2 come standard with a black VW emblem on the front grill?
I thought I had a cool plate but "E30 VW" is awesome. Thanks for sharing your pics.
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Bit late BUT both look mint & love the mk2. :cool:
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Looks like i missed this post as well - both looking lush. Would like to see how your ed30 looks like now with all the mods on.
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illyun, that mk2 is incredible. thats basically my ideal one! the colour, the number of doors, everything! excellent choice!
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It looks like this :cool:
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Taken yesterday.
But I don't have the Oakie anymore :cry:
Looks Fab illyan, dont let Greenouse see it!!, he might just like it :wink:
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nice pics ilyun!! that mk2 is stunning! :drool: :drool:
oh and re-size your sig :grin:
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Illyun that looks amazing! :cool:
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VERY COOL ! Number plate !
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It looks like this :cool:
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Taken yesterday.
But I don't have the Oakie anymore :cry:
Looks Fab illyan, dont let Greenouse see it!!, he might just like it :wink:
Schweeeeetttttttttt.
I like that. A lot.
And you also haver an R32.
I hate you. :smiley:
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Looks just right! Your red lined BBS match the grill red line perfectly! Subtle but distinctively individual :afro:
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Looking very cool illyun :cool: We need pics with the R and the MK1 too!
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Thanks for all the comments guys... I'll be posting pics of the Dubs as soon as the R32 arrives. :cool:
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Car looks spot on. Was wondering how black bbs ch wheels would look on a black car and they look very nice. I think the red detail around the wheel is the icing on the cake. I was thinking of getting the black edition bbs ch when i hopefully get round to start modding, but i'm not sure how they will look now compared to the wheels you have on.
By the way, your front left wheel looks awfuly close to the curb (almost off the curb :shocked:)
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Car looks spot on. Was wondering how black bbs ch wheels would look on a black car and they look very nice. I think the red detail around the wheel is the icing on the cake. I was thinking of getting the black edition bbs ch when i hopefully get round to start modding, but i'm not sure how they will look now compared to the wheels you have on.
I was a quite worried about whether they would go together with the car, but as soon as they went on I knew it looked right. Its the red lips that make the difference. and I think without them it might not work.
By the way, your front left wheel looks awfuly close to the curb (almost off the curb :shocked:)
They are off the curb! They were never driven onto the pavement in the first place :wink:
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My two faves the MK2 and MK5 happily living together in a happy home :grin: :grin:
Very nice! :wink:
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Nice pics & wheels :smiley: :smiley:
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Mate, lovin' the car. Esp. the red-lipped rims - I thought about doing similar to my car but wasn't sure.
Didn't know the GTI originally had metal valve stems rather than rubber ones! Feel a lil short changed now!
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Looks great Illyun :afro: :wink:
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Looks great Illyun :afro: :wink:
Thanks.. I'm honoured, seeing as its a complement from one of the original red lip pioneers :kiss: :kiss: :grin:
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is that your real reg no ? e30 vw , i wanted that but was nt available at the time :wink:
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is that your real reg no ? e30 vw , i wanted that but was nt available at the time :wink:
Yup thats the one.. I thought about it for a couple of months then got it in Feb 07...