Just bought a GTI - Few questions

[bristol]

Hi. Just bought this GTI but I dont know alot about them. I bought this as a run around as it was going filthy cheap whilst I sell my other car, then this and buy my new one. Its a stage 1.. No idea what that means  Has a BMC CDA intake, forge DV and its mapped. Apparently running 210bhp. My other car is lighter and more powerful so doesnt feel that quick to me tbh. Heres a few pics, needs a few bits doing to it, needs a pair of wing mirriors and a rear light. Also going to re-spray the front splitter as its been hammered with stone chips.





Theres a few issues with it, nothing major just wondeing if these are common problems. One is the interior lights, they work if you tap them... one rear one works sometimes and the other one doesnt, same with the door lights, they seem to work sometimes, then both work, then only one etc... Cant help feeling its something to do with this 



Whilst were on that topic, anyone have a wiring diagram for the audio harness or someone who can tell me what colours are the constant live, switch live and earth? The DVD headunit doesnt work atm, but the wires are a mess so will re-wire it tomorrow... properly, thats if who ever attempted it hasnt blown it up lol. Also looks like someones had a fight in the back as the bracket that holds the arm rest down has snapped in two and the rear cup holder is broken. Apart from that its all fairly good.

So my wish list stands at:

Rear driver side light
A pair of electric mirriors with covers
An arm-rest bracket thing, or a blank for the center console
A rear cupholder assembly... or blank!

[bristol]

And can someone tell me if the wheels are rs4 reps? Because if they are Ill get my pal to refurb them for me to gunmetal or silver, he owes me a favour 

[barrym381]

And can someone tell me if the wheels are rs4 reps? Because if they are Ill get my pal to refurb them for me to gunmetal or silver, he owes me a favour 

the wheels are worth more than half what you payed an keep them polished  an f17 bad has 1 breaking on here the same colour for your mirrors

[bristol]

Ah thats good to know. I think its too late for them, they're already bubbling under the laquer so I might have to powder coat them all one colour to get them presentable. At one point someone cared about this car you can tell, Ill breath some life back into it.

Ill get in touch with him about those bits, thanks bud.

[tdi_blu]

Looks like it has a Anniversary body kit on it aswell if its a genuine or not still worth a few quid plus it looks like its lowered as it sits nice.Looks a bargain that mate if you sort the bits out on it nice find..

[cooki]

Lovely looking gti that mate will look even better with a little tidy. Nice price aswell.
Buy a Haynes manual to find the wiring information or even google should be able to help.
eBay for the arm rest bracked and cup holders. They are forever on the bay mate

[dasan]

Mk4 golfs have a common fault on the doors as there is a solenoid within the door latch/deep within the door.
This causes the door light issue, do you get the buzzer with lights on door open? If you do, you might also get doors auto locking if you don't put the key in the ignition, and alarm going off. So be careful you don't lock your keys in by accident.

For the price it looks good, if it runs okay has an MOT thats great. Like others have said its got some decent aftermarket stuff on it which should things go seriously wrong will pay dividends if you strip her down.

Good luck

[AD1.8T]

If you find yourself wanting to spray them wheels please dont il buy them then you can get the painted rs4s lol

[bristol]

Thanks for replies. Ill look into that solieniod today. Ive got a day off so going to go through the car with a find comb. Need to clay the paint too as its got tiny little bits on one side that pick off if you get them with your nail.

Its got 6 months MOT on it and runs perfect. Needs the rear passenger caliper backing off as its sticking from where its been sat for a few months with the hand brake on tight.

If I post a picture of the turbo, will you be able to tell me if its a k03 or k03s, or is there any way of telling bar reading the engine code? Also how can I tell which engine it has? I understand there are two types, one with stonger internals than the other

[barrym381]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=89491.0
how to find your engine code