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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: JamesT on 05 May 2007, 20:51
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Finally i have got my GTI! When i got home from picking it up last wednesday i noticed a crack/split in the windscreen and the 6cd changer wasnt working! Took it down the stealer today and they will replace the windscreen and fix the 6cd changer! Was very nice about it - great service and best of all free of charge! Here are some pictures!
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/carfront1.JPG)
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/carback1.JPG)
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/carside.jpg)
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/wheel.jpg)
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/mainunit.jpg)
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/pedals.jpg)
How big is the accelerator!!
(http://www.tlbinteractive.com/car/glove.jpg)
I need to get some wax/polish as black is a b*tch to clean! So if you have any recommendations on what to get i would appreciate it!
James
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Great choice of colour :wink:
Personally, I use Meguar's products, but others such as Autoglym, Zymol and Swissol are quality products. Depends on what you want and how fastidious you are. Don't just settle for a polish, get a clay bar, paint cleaner, polish and rich wax to protect the paintwork and keep the car looking great.
http://www.meguiars.co.uk/
Washing and drying are critical to avoiding scratches and swirl marks, especially for dark metallic colours - use the 2 bucket method, some very good tips here:
http://autopia.org/
Got any pics of the windscreen fault - mine appears to be delaminating at upper/lower offside corners - appears as a small grey line which is getting bigger :shocked:
Enjoy.
Cass
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Hey Cass
According to the guys at VWVortex that greyish line at the bottom of the windscreen is a common fault. TT will probably be able to explain better why the line is there but I believe it has something to do with the windscreen and a sort of plastic film that pulls apart. (However I stand to be corrected).
VW should replace the windsreen free of charge though :smiley:
Do you have any pics of the windscreen Cass & JamesT?
Cheers
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I will take some pictures when the rain stops :(
Took it for a drive last night and what a car!! It just eats up the corners no problem. Got 135mph down the motorway but ran out of space - could of got more easily.
I keep making up excuses to drive the car! Its just .... :shocked: :drool:
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I will take some pictures when the rain stops :(
Took it for a drive last night and what a car!! It just eats up the corners no problem. Got 135mph down the motorway but ran out of space - could of got more easily.
I keep making up excuses to drive the car! Its just .... :shocked: :drool:
ELLO...ELLO...ELLO....I gather that was a "private" motorway young fella mi lad! :laugh:
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Of course :grin: Oh wait that was Kmph :cool:
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All my radio buttons and stuff are shiny metal not grey like the pics above, is your car brand new?
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Nice looking car. Similar to mine abeit the 18" monzas and dsg.
I have tried a few polishes/ waxes. The pic below is from using Zymol. However, IMO the beading doesn't last long. I have now put a layer of Muguiars Gold Class Liquid Wax just to see if it is any better. :smiley:
I noticed a sticker in the back window, Heritage of Bristol. Just out of interest, is this where you got your car from?.
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All my radio buttons and stuff are shiny metal not grey like the pics above, is your car brand new?
Ditto and was thinking the same thing!
All looks very nice though :smiley:
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Yes Pintman :) Very friendly people. I have never waxed/polished a car before so i have no idea what i will be doing :laugh: . In regards to the buttons, its 2 years old so :huh:
Im planning to fit the Sat Nav unit MFD2 or something if i can find one for a good price!
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Not unlike my black beast. Good choice.
I bought a satnav unit off dj.kolia on Ebay for £379. Much cheaper than a stealer would want for it. Easy fit, just be careful where you place the GPS antenna. I recommend the ebay guy, he was really helpful and easy to deal with.
Try Meguiars carnuba wax, makes my car have a lovely deep shine. Also keeps the old mk4 looking sweet even for her 65k miles.
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got my gti 2 weeks ago and totally loving it
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glad your in love nikki, still love mine and have had it 7 months :wink:
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Hey JamesT...Nice choice of colour :wink: Dont worry im having the same problem with my car, its such a b!tch to keep clean...but when it is clean, it makes you feel proud! :grin:
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P21S canubau wax is good. at £19.99 its a bargain. Use the P21S bodywork cleanser polish and then apply the wax! Makes my black golf gti look the dogs toilet parts!
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Athol,
Re. Sat Nav - collected my ED30 on Saturday - had dealer hard wire Road Angel for free unit cost £379 (also Parrot bluetooth installed free)
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JamesT - looks good in black. However, where are your floor mats? The GTI standard spec included carpet mats front and rear!
The windsreen issue - as bonded windscreens are considered (and designed that way too) part of the overall structure of the bodyshell, they are subjected to - and must also resist - certain torsional and bending forces. As laminated screens consist of two thin outer layers of glass, and a "sandwich" filling of a special flexible plastic type polymer (this is the bit that holds the glass together after an impact causing glass fracture). Any repeated bending of this polymer will render it opaque - in a similar way that the old fashioned dymo tape went white if you bent it! :nerd: