Hi People,
Right, I've just today bought an 03 Golf GT TDI 150. It's a black 5 door with black leather with a full VW service history, 1 lady owner and just over 80k on the clocks. It's in lovely condition with a couple of small cosmetic things that need looked at. I'm really happy with it, amazed by how much it pulls and how comfortable the things is.
As for modifying I have to admit I'm more into keeping it simple and original. Bringing it back to it's best. Having said that, I'm not going to tempt fate as I can image that may change. I'm also going to show my age by admitting I quite like the wood effect trim in it (oh dear)!
Anyway, I have a few questions that I'm sure you lovely people will be able to help me with.
Question 1 - Tyres
The car has two newish tyres on one side and two that need replacing on the other. I have no idea why they'vre been moved about, I'm guessing it's a sellers trick so they hope one side looks good and the other isn't checked. Anyway the new ones are not a premium manufactured tyre so my thinking is to replace the old ones with something half decent and follow with the others in the new year. I've got BBS 16'' Monrteals so I'm looking for a good pair of tyres that will fit. What are your recommendations and what kind of price per tyre would we be looking at?
Question 2 - Wheel Nut Plastic Covers
My plastic covers are going white/black and need tidied up a bit. Has anyone sprayed them or do you buy them on ebay?
Question 3 - External Boot Release Handle Thingy
Mine is showing signs of rust, is this a common problem, can these be found easily and would rust have spread from this? I'm obviously keen to sort this asap...
Question 4 - Local VW Specialist
I've seen on the internet that TSR Performance are local to me (I'm in Taunton) and I see they used to have a good reputation, my question is are they reputable now? As I have one of these PD diesels I'm really aware that it needs to be serviced by someone who knows what they're doing. Has anyone here used them with their diesel golfs? Also I've had county cars put a card on my previous motor a while back (I had a VW Passat). They're near in Bradford on Tone. Anyone know of them?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help with the above, and I'm looking forward to getting to know some peopke on here.
Cheers,
Vekio
