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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Cupra Turbo on 27 March 2004, 17:11
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Just thought of summet, and I'm guilty too..
We're all singing the Golf GTI praises ... how good it is etc ..
Yet, we modify them?
... Dizzie has a 1.8T mk4 engine in his ... was the mk2 engine not good enough?
I have a Magnex exhaust... was the original not good enough?
.... I cant be bothered listing anymore ... just summet I thought of..
Has "ANYONE" left their car standard (re-spray in the SAME colour doesnt count... neither does replacing standard bits that are broke with other standard bits)
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k&n is a no no aswel.
my digi engine is completely standard and im happy
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Blu - is the rest of ya car standard?
I suppose firing in a CD player is ok ... cos tapes are dated now
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got a tape player :-[ with 10 disk changer :), 2 12" subs ad an amp
erm...
non original alloys, had lowering springs but i changed them for coilovers (cheaper to fit coilovers at the time) erm and a full stainless exhaust which i would want to change to standard to be honest.
this all came with the car so im not complaining.
ohh and i had to change the wiper to the lay flat position coz im a hypo ;D
wat u changed then GTi?
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its all down to unique touches and head turner mods i guess ::)
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Lol ... so ya not standard then blue...
I've done this
Sony ICE
VAG Front skirt (optional extra... does it make it none standard??? hmmm)
Bodykit sprayed bodycolour (make it none standard?)
Smoked fog lights (VW part as found on the mk3 Anniversary)
Magnex Exhaust
K&N 57i
Red brake calipers
Golf GTI door sills
VW Golf Mk4 bee-sting aerial (Actual VW part)
... plus other mods
So Im NOT standard.... not my a long way... im closer to a Mk3 Anniversary than a normal GTI lol.
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Most of the things on my car are standard. The paint, interior etc... The grille isn't, but its from two, to a four, which i standard on most golfs, so that does't count!! Up until a few days ago my shock absorbers were also all standard, and original 16 yr old!! Even my battery is 10 years old, and its not a really expensive one either. I won't be modding my car ever. I am one of those people who thinks it looks good as it is.
I think why people modify their cars isn't just to "improve" it, but because they're bored, or like to just constantly fiddle!! I bet if you gave them a car that didn't need any mooding, or anything, they'd try to find something!! I suppose i'm the same too!! I really would like an old heap and totally renovate it, that would be cool!
I think there should be a post like, most annoying mod, or a poll, modded or original. Might do that later..
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big up jmallows for leaving it standard... I hated my black plastic bodykit and HAD to spray it ... and the front skirt had frayed so that was the reason behind going to VW and getting an alternative skirt.
... the rest? ... the bee-sting aerial had a chuck of rubber missing and I liked the "twisted" mk4 version better.
Red calipers - first mod ... done to look different as I wasnt changing the wheels.
Door sills? ... early golfs seem to get rust down there so I washed, polished and covered the area up.
Magnex? cos the original was a pee-shooter
K&N - for the noise
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Did i also mention that until two years ago it had onlt had one owner, my dad? I remember when we went to buy it, he kept it good for 14 years or so, now its mine. And now i'm not going to get rid of it until its 200k at least!! Sometimes i want to get like k&n and stuff, but money puts me off. Things like that good, what annoys me is when people lose the badge, the spots, and have just one wiper. But i dont like to criticise others cars as lots of people have done that!! I have done one non-standard mod, but you wouldn't notice unless i pointed it out, that's a twin washer jet on the back, cleans the window FAR better!!
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speak for youself m8
i've spent shed loads putting my Mk2 16v Campaign back to exactly as God made it in 1988.
Tin
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wouldnt do anything permanent.. just wanted to tidy it up :)
at the moment, apart from the stereo equipment my car is stock.
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Mods list: ;D
Interior: Stripped out with a nice new set of red rally peddles. Stripped out from the front seats backwards.
- Monster Shift light and tacho with multi colour functions
Exterior: -Black Side repeaters.
-Black VW emblem on the front grill.
-De-badged on the rear
-bee sting arial
-Shaving in progress - side pannels, licence plate gap.
-Front and rear Big bumper kit
-RA-design Front lip
-Front eye browe
-60mm drop all the way round
-2 one off hood scoops, adapted from a Opel MK2 ASTRA GSE
Engine: -Green Carb Filter
-Sports spark plugs
-a 4-2-1 GTI headder
-New 3inch piping
-Super Sprint twin pipe backbox
(cam gears comming soon)
Ice: -A new Sony CD facia :D WOOT!
-2 GTO tweeters hidden in the dash
-2 larger GTO speakers hidden in the back
-bee sting arial
Rollers: - 15 inch OZ Hydras Wrapped in Toyo Proxys
Suspension: -60mm drop on the all round
-Boge sports springs
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not much then. a weekend's work ;D
gl
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lol thats the list of whats on the car, The list of future work is about 5 A4 pages long.
Including a Frankenstine B18 Honda Swap ;D
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My Polo is unmodified, and I wouldnt have it any other way ;D
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Suspension and alloys are all I'm planning to change. :)
Standard Mk4 suspension is a bit soft.
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I've only done things that can be put back . The exhaust was already on when i bought it Ive replaced the shocks for boge turbo's the wheels can obviously be changed back as can the steering wheel, gear knob etc.
Ive advertised it as standard on e-bay bar the exhaust but put that i can supply the bits separate. Should apeal to more people that way.
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my mk2 is totally standard apart from the 16inch alloys. all my moneys going on my camper so its ready for the shows
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Mines a green Rivage cab, totally standard, apart from a CD player & a couple of different leccy window switches as I couldn't find any originals. Some cars look good modded but others need to be left as nature intended them, Rivage cab coming under this category :)
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I think a few mods here and there are good so long as they don't change character of car too much!!
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All cars are a compromise anyway.
Modding it is just swinging the compromise to the your favoured setup.
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gives it more of a personal feel too.. kinda like peeing on territory markers.. lol
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My Mk2 16 is just about standard and I plan to keep it standard.
It's got smoked side repeaters which a previous owner put on, but I will probably change.
The only other difference from standard is the Pioneer 6x9s in the back shelf, again something done by a previous owner, but I may swap it back to a plain shelf or maybe stealth shelf.
Obviously a CD head unit.
The black VW badge on the grill was standard on 16v Mk2's I think.
Mind you, in an ideal world, I'd like to have two Mk1s; a completely original Campaign and also a clean looking one with a mental engine and drive train conversion. ;)
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the only mod i have done is a k+n panel filter, thats it, but im in the process of polishing the alloy bits under the bonnet and cleaning the engine and painting bit etc. oh i also got 3 vdo's