I have been thinking about possible upgrades for my MK5 GTI 200bhp 6spd manual car.. At the moment the most important thing to me is the front brakes as I think the standard ones are well, terrible!! I cant do anything with the car for another 11 months due to my full VW Warrenty the car has, but if I could, rather than going for all out and out power, I'm looking for some subtle, but good differences that would be well worth the cash to do.
As I've already mentioned brakes (I could upgrade the rears as well I suppose) what else would any of you do?
I've no considerations for amount of power or torque, as I said, I dont want something majorly stupid because I want to be able to sell it on and enjoy it day to day and especially if I'm driving it for a constant 3 hours up a motorway, I need it to be comfortable... Maybe something to give it a little bit more bark or noise whilst accelerating??
So far my thoughts are kinda with:
Brakes - AP's only, wouldnt trust anything else - fronts for sure, would rears matter?? MUST fit 17" wheels...
Possibly a front mount - Not sure what this might do to the performance?? Made the Scoob a lot different....
Air intake - induction kit or a simple uprated filter perhaps?
Dump valve maybe - maybe a blow off valve rather than a re-curc valve...
Any suggestions or thoughts about what I've mentioned so far?