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Updated 30/07/09 :
Well Unfortunately A Couple Of Weeks Ago An Astra Managed To Reverse Along The Front Of My Golf In The Work Car Park  Although I Wasn't Impressed At The Time Looks Like I Got Away Lightly Compared To The Astra  (Good Old Vw Build Quality) So On My Way Home I Called Into A Local Bodyshop To Get A Quote For The Damage Initially On First Inspection They Told Me £200 But After Having A Closer Look I Was Convinced That Most Of The Marks Etc Above/Below The Number Plate Area Could Be Rubbed And Polished Out  Which After A Little Work Turned Out To Be The Case And Now The Only Real Damage Was To The Rub Strip Which I Was Then Quoted £60 To Paint So I Was Much Happier As Also It Would Mean That The Radius Where The Rub Strip Goes Round To The Wing Would Be Painted A Job I Was Going To Do Because The Previous Owner Had Tried To Touch In Marks Either Side With The Wrong Colour Silver  So I Initially Booked The Car In For The End Of July After A Couple Of Days I Hated Driving Around With It As It Was So At The Weekend I Called Into My Local Vw Breaker And As Luck Would Have It They Had A Reflex Silver Rub Strip In So I Brought It Although On Closer Inspection I Knew It Needed Painting As It Was Badly Scratched But For The Money It Was Definately Better Than A New One So I Spent Some Time Rubbing It Down And Prepping It Cleaned It All Up And Primered It Looked Much Better Then The Following Monday I Took It Into The Bodyshop For Them To Paint And Told Them I Would Collect It Friday.
THE DAMAGE TO The ASTRA :

DAMAGE TO MY GOLF :








HOW It LOOKED AFTER RUBBING/POLISHING :




Well Picked Up My Newly Painted Rub Strip On The Friday Morning And Was Well Happy With Their Work And Also The Fact They Only Charged Me £40 To  So Now I Needed Some New Surrounds I Was Hoping To Get The Forum Ones But They Were Out Of Stock Until August I Couldnt Wait That Long So I Thought I Would Try 'Dubmeister' So Ordered Up A set Of 'Wolfsburg' Ones At Dinnertime And Saturday At 9.00Am They Duly Arrived (Excellent Service As Promised) So Over To The Stealers For Some New Number Plates And I Can Get It All Fitted And The Car Looking As New Again 
COST :
Rub Strip = £10
Number Plate Surrounds = £33
Number Plates = £29
Rub Strip Painting = £40
TOTAL COST FOR THIS MIS-HAP £112.00
Now I'm More Careful Driving Around Car Parks 

NEW NUMBER PLATES AND SURROUNDS :






I'm Happy With The Surrounds And How It All Looks Now Much Better 

Further Updates As And When Will Be Added. 
Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Updated 04/08/09 :
Well Decided On Some More Little Changes To The Golf And Having A Two Week Break Well What Better Time To Get Them Done  So Have Got My Neuspeed Induction Kit Air Filter And S.a.i Filters Washed And Cleaned And They Are Now Fitted Back On The Car And Looking Better I Was Suprised Just How Dirty They Were Also Wanted To Have A try At Tinting My Oem Side Indicator Lenses As I Was Fed Up With The Crap E-Bay Smoked Ones Misting Up Constantly And Painting My Front Grille All Black So Got Myself Another '25th Anniversary' GTi Front Grille Badge And Decided To Keep This One As It Is  Also Got The Front And Rear Brake Calipers Painted In Red Acheived A Nice Gloss To Them By Giving Them A Couple Of Coats Of Clearcoat Laquer Once The Paint Started To Dry All In All I'm Very Pleased With The Results And Was Definately Worth All The Work Just A Few Small things Can Make A Big Difference To The Looks.
PAINTED FRONT BADGE & GRILLE :



TINTED SIDE INDICATOR LENSES :




Had Another Idea Then Having A Spare Front Gti Badge What Should I Do With It Well Decided I Would Remove The Letters As They Were Already Painted Black And Use Them On The Tailgate To Replace The Other Ones-Subtle Free Mod Here 

BLACK ANNI GTI :


BLACK FRONT VW BADGE & GRILLE :





'RED' PAINTED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS :









'RED' PAINTED REAR BRAKE CALIPERS :







Further Updates As And When To Be Added. 
Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Updated 15/08/09 :

Decided That I Would Start Searching For A Set Of Cloth 'Recaro's' While I Had A Few Days Of My Holiday Left I Wasn't Really That Bothered If They Were Non Heated Tbh Just As Long As I Could Find Some  Anyway I Can Always Retrofit The Heating Elements At Some Other Time If I Decide To Do So Well Searched On E-Bay And As Luck Would Have It I Found A Set From Somebody Breaking A GTi In Doncaster And He Was Asking For £180 I Wasn't Going To Refuse That! So Phone Call Later And They Were Mine  So Travelled Down The Other Day To Go And Collect Them Obviously I Didn't Expect Them To Be 100%  Once There I Had A Look Over Them And They Were Just Generally Dirty And Imo A Bit Of Hard Work Cleaning Them Up Would Soon Bring Them Up To A Decent Standard To Fit Into My Car The Only Fault I could Really Find Was Just The Normal Wear To The Drivers Side R/h Seat Cushion Bolster So At Some Point I Will Be Looking To Get The Kit From Vw And Replace The Foam Etc Anyway I Spent Just Over 3 Hours Giving Them A Good Hoovering And Cleaning Them Up To Get All The Dirt Out Etc And Once Finished I Was Really Pleased With The Overall Result Of How They Have Come Up Compared To When I First Saw Them  Managed To Get Them Fitted Yesterday With Help From My Good Mate Jonny(turbo) Cheers Mate I'm Really Pleased Now That They Are Fitted And Its Transformed The Interior They Are Much More Comfortable Than The Sports Style Seats.
PICS AFTER A GOOD CLEAN-UP :






AND FITTED  :










Much Better 
Only Problem Was My Airbag Connector Was Different From The One On The Sports Seats So Took The One Off The Old Seats And Cut The Airbag Connector Off The Recaro's Re-Fitted The Connectors From The Sports Seats To The Recaro's Keeping It As Oem As Possible Trial Fitted The Passenger Seat And Connected The Airbag Plugs And Ignition On It Threw The Airbag Light Up On The Dash And Airbag Fault On The Mfa  Checked With Vag-Com And Me And Jonny Traced The Fault To A Loose Black Wire On One Off The Connectors I Had Made Up  Rectified That And Re-Connected All Back Up No Warning Lights This Time  Once Both Front Seats Were Fitted And Connected Up Re-Checked With Vag-Com And No Faults Or Warning Lights Job Done And Happy!!

Further Updates To Be Added As And When. 
Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Updated 22/08/09 :

Just A Little Update On Sunday I Decided To Change My Jom Rear Springs Around With The Closer Coils Being Fitted Towards The Top As Other Members On The Forum Who Run The Jom Set-Up Have All Fitted Their Springs This Way So Now Mine Are The Same And Now They Have Settled Over The Week To Me If Anything The Rear Looks A Little Lower Or Maybe Its Just Me  Also Had A Little Bit Of Bad Luck With My Whiteline Adj Rear Arb After Me And Jonny(turbo) Fitted His Rear Arb His Seemed Alot Better Fit Than My One So We Removed Both To Compare As My Left Hand Side Droplink Seems To Be At A slight Angle And Pulls The Poly Bush Slightly On Inspection Of The Two It Seems For Some Reason That Mine Is Twisted At The Adjuster End Of The Arb Hence My Problem Re-Fitted It For Now Anyway And Spoke To Damian At Dpm Who Supplied My Arb He Has E-Mailed Whiteline And They Have Agreed To Replace Mine As Soon As They Get Stock In One Will Be Sent To Me Hopefully During The Next Two To Three Weeks So As Soon As I Recieve It My Old One Will Be Removed And New One Fitted Top Marks To Damian In Resolving The Issue With No Fuss At All 
Also This Week I Ordered A Set Of Bora Sports Instrument Foils As Well As A GTi Footrest Pedal 

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Updated 22/08/09 :

Well This Week Although Not On My List Of Things To Do  I Ordered Myself A Stainless Steel 'GTi' Footrest After Seeing Pics Of Rhys's And Alan D's Fitted Didn't Need Much Convincing To Realise It Would Be Worthwhile And Also Having Looked At A Post From Wazzzer For Some E-Bay Bora Sport Instrument Foils For £33 Delivered They Seemed Like A Worthy Upgrade So Both Were Ordered Well Got The Footrest Fitted Yesterday With Ease Also Put In Some Red Tape To Highlight The 'GTi' Definately Contrasts Well With My TT Pedals And Finishes Off The Footwell Nicely Imo The Bora Foils Are Oem Quality But Needed Some Minor Modification/Trimming Required To Get Them Fitted I managed To Get Them Properly Sorted Last Night And Re-Fitted Back Into The Car Earlier This Morning Despite All The Work Fitting Them I Must Admit I'm More Than Happy With How They Have Turned Out Both Daylight And Night Illumination Is Of Oem Quality So For The Money They Are Definately Worth It 

'GTi' STAINLESS STEEL FOOTREST & BORA SPORTS FOILS :



FOILS FITTED BACK INTO CLUSTER BEFORE FITMENT INTO CAR :


'GTI' STAINLESS STEEL FOOTREST FITTED :




BORA SPORT FOILS FITTED :




GENERAL PICS OF FOOTWELL & INSTRUMENT CLUSTER :



BORA SPORT FOILS/CLUSTER ILLUMINATED :




Thats All For Now But Future Progress Will Be Updated And Added Here   
Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Updated 29/08/09 :
After Seeing Wazzzers Double Din Head Unit It Convinced Me To Get One Ordered  As I Liked How It Looks And Like The Idea Of The Double Din Fitment So Ordered One And It Arrived Thursday Morning And Got It Fitted Last Night Spent An Hour Today Setting It All Up As I Wanted And Tbh Well Worth The Buy Sounds Really Good For The £130 Price Tag.
KENWOOD DPX313Y :

FITTED,AND SOME ILLUMINATED PICS ALSO :









Also Decided To Paint My Interior Rear View Mirror 'Mattblack' But That Didn't Happen As After Masking The Glass And Leaving It Outside Prior To Priming It The Wind Caught It And Yes Blew It Onto The Patio  All Was Not Lost As I Managed To Aquire From My Local Vw Breaker A Black One To Replace Mine For The Sum Of £10 Bargain!!
NEW BLACK R/V MIRROR :


AND FITTED :


Nice Easy Modification Over The Vw Standard Fitted One And Looks 

Well Thats All For The Time Being Further Updates Will Be Added.
Thanks For Looking/Reading.

MATT.

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Updated 06/09/09 :

Scanned My Car Last Weekend And Got A Couple Of Fault Codes (17705,17963) Had A Read Through A Link Rhys Posted Awhile Back To The 17705 Code And Rang R-Tech And Got Some Useful Information/Help From Topher Cheers Mate  So Wednesday Called In At My Local Dealer And Ordered Some Parts:

1 x 1J0145834A Hose @ £7.03
1 x 028129748 Gasket @ £1.81
1 x N10518901Clip @ £4.57
2 x N0245033 Clip @ £4.91 Each
 
So Yesterday The Job Involved Removing And Cleaning The Side Mount Intercooler And The Throttle Body Started The Job And When I Got Down To Removing The Pancake Pipe I Came Across My Problem!!! There Was Oily Residue On The Upper Hose To The Turbo And The Clip that Clamps The Hose To The p/c Pipe Was Loose!! (Well Could Turn With My Hand) The Second Cause Was The Hose To The Lower Smic Connector One Of The Jubilee Clips Was Loose To And Not Fitted Correctly In The Sealing Area!! I Tried One Of The Jubilee Clips To Loosen And It Just Snapped  Set About Cleaning The Smic And Managed To Empty A Full Tin Of Carb Cleaner  I Was Suprised How Oily The Smic Was As Well As The P/c Pipe And Upper Intake Hose!! Once All Cleaned And All Dried Out Set On Withe Removing The T/b And Gave That A Good Clean It Was A Little Dirty To I Was Abit Suprised As It Was Cleaned Out Approx 10,000 Miles Ago New Gasket Fitted And Re-Assembled And T/b Re-Adapted All Good Rest Of The Work Was Straight Forward And Took The Car Out Last Night To Give It A Little Run  Well The Idle Seems Alot Smoother Now At Least And The Car Seems To Pull Harder To Holds Peak Boost Well To (Hardly Suprising As I Must Of Been Pissing Boost!!) Imo Was Well Worth Doing The Job And At Least I Found The Cause Of My Problem(Hopefully Anyway) Had It On Vag-Com To Last Night And No Fault Codes So All Good
NEW PARTS :

OLD CLIPS & HOSE :

AND REMOVED FROM THE SMIC :

ALL NICE & CLEAN :

FINALLY FITTED & SECURE!! :

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Also Decided That I Would Like To Spray The Wing Mirror Covers So Obviously Black Was The Choice So While At Vw The Other Morning I Also Ordered Two Mirror Cap Covers
3B0857537GBRU Cap @ £21.85
3B0857538GBRU Cap @ £21.85
I Had Planned To Spray Them Myself But Wouldn't Have Much Time So I Dropped Them Into The Bodyshop I Use And They Said They Would Paint Them For £40 Well Picked Them Up On Friday Afternoon Before Work All Painted And Was Well Happy With The Job They Have Done  So After Finishing My Other Job On The Car Saturday I Finally Got To Fit Them In The Afternoon

MIRRORS ALL PAINTED :




AND FITTED :













Well Thats All For Now And As Usual Any Further Progress Will Be Posted In Here.

Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Update 13/09/09 :

Well After Posting Up The Other Day With A View As To Black My 'B Pillars' With Mine Being A 5 Door Gave It Some Thought  And Decided I Would Go For It As Really Its A Cheap Mod So It Could Be Reversed If I Don't Like It Well Got Hold Of Some Matt Black Fablon And Made Myself Two Templates For Reference  After Work Yesterday As It Was Decent I Thought Lets Get It Done First Off I Thought Mmmm Maybe Not Such A Good Idea Lets Forget It But Re Trying A Different Way I Found It Easier And Managed The Rest Easily And Have Made A Good Job To Looking At It Took 2 And 3/4 Hours To Do It In The End But I Am Happy With It Stands Out From Other 5 Doors And Is Noticeable And Subtle Also Thumbs Up From Myself For This 

AND NOW BLACK 'B PILLARS' :






JUST RANDOM PICS AS IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY  :





Thats All Again For Now But As Usual Any Changes Etc Will Be Posted Here As It Happens 
Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.

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Update 20/09/09 :

Decided That I'm Removing My Neuspeed P-Flo Induction Kit T Go Back To The Oem Set Up With A Pipercross Panel Filter Drilled & Smoothed Lower Airbox And The DSG Intake Upgrade 
So Gave Trade Parts Specialists A Call On Thursday And Ordered
1 x 1J0 805 962 GB41 Air Duct @ £3.07
1 x 1J0 129 609G Pipe @ £24.70
1 x 1J0 805 965 EB41 Adjuster @ £1.97
They Were Delivered Yesterday First Thing So Over I Went To Pick Them Up  But Looking Through The Parts I Found That The Air Duct Was Wrong  Had Recieved A Std 1.8T One So They said They Would Re-Order The Correct One For Tuesday I Decided I May as Well Take The Correct Parts With Me To At least Be Able to Do Something This Weekend So The Fitting Will Have To Wait For Now...... So Set About Smoothing/Drilling The Lower Airbox And Decided To Paint The Upper Cover In Black Started With This And Before Clearcoating I Wasn't Happy With How It Looked And I Had Used All My Paint I Couldn't Be Bothered To Go Back Over To Halfrauds To Get Some More Paint So Managed To Find Some I Used Awhile Back And It Was Aluminium Colour So The Choice Was Made Then  Got It Painted And It Looks Good Now So I'm Happy With How Its Turned Out Just Needs All Fitting Now.

SMOOTHED/DRILLED LOWER AIRBOX AND DSG INTAKE PIPE :


DSG Intake Pipe Much Bigger Than Std One 

PAINTED UPPER AIRBOX COVER :



Will Be Updating After I Fit The Dsg Intake 

Thanks For Looking/Reading :

MATT.