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Thanks mate...

Right I've done something similar on my local site so I thought I'd share it with you lot as well. I'll start from the beginning with a list of my planned a current mods, then I'll let the pics do the talking. Anything with a next to it means it's bought and probably waiting to be fitted lol

I bought my Golf off my mate just under 2 years ago as myself and the wife needed a car to replace both her Corsa and my Escort RS Turbo. I'd spent an obscene amount of money on the Escort to get a magazine feature so it was time to start afresh. My mate was selling the Golf for £4600 and it only had 46k on the clocks! It was in very good condition so we had to have it...

Exterior:

Replica Anniversary front valance 
Genuine Votex side skirts
Colour coded 4motion rear valance
Colour coded rear Sharan badge 
enfig perfect fit aerial   
Colditz dealer plate surrounds 
Dubmeister pressed plates 
Aero wipers 
Mk5 door mirrors 
HID conversion 
Anniversary style (joey) Depo projector headlights
colour coded wing indicator blanks
Heko wind deflectors
US rear lights
Tinted mirror indicators
Smoked US side markers

Wheels:

18" Mk5 Golf Monza replica wheels painted in Alfa Romeo Grigio Carbon
10mm Eibach spacers at the front
15mm FK spacers at the rear

Brakes:

Audi TT carriers 
Front - Seat Leon Cupra R Brembo 4pots with 323mm discs and Brembo pads 
Rear - 256mm vented discs with Brembo pads
Red calipers
HEL braided brake lines
Custom intermediate braided rear brake lines

Interior:

Silver/black Net Optic dash parts 
Newsouth Mk6 Golf boost gauge
blue LED door pin lights 
Anniversary interior light with W8 stlye LED downlights
Bora vents 
Aluminium instrument rings 
Audi TT pedals 
Mk5 Golf R32 steering wheel 
Beetle Sport door aluminium pins 
Immo3 Bora Sport cluster with white/red LED backlights
Miles to empty and lit needles/gauges
Ford Galaxy Highline needles
Comfort indicators
Passat mirror switch
Anniversary style black interior
A-pillar pod
US centre console
R32 style door triggers
Richbrook Speed top leather/aluminium gearknob
Auto headlight kit

Suspension:

FK AK Street coilovers
Audi S3 upper front strut brace 
Audi S3 lower front strut brace 
Rear strut brace 
Whiteline adjustable rear ARB 
Whiteline adjustable front ARB
30mm poly wishbone front bushes
Poly ARB bushes
Audi TT wishbones
Audi TT hubs
Audi TT Roadster subframe bushes
Fabia VRS rear beam bushes
Supersport poly top mounts
S3 steering rack
Audi TT Superpro caster adjustable poly bushes
PSI Tuning poly rear spring caps

Engine:

Carbonio CAI with G-Reddy cone filter
K03s turbo 
THS FMIC
R-Tech Stage 2 custom remap
Forge 007p
2.5" stainless exhaust with twin tailpipes
3" decat
Audi S3 washer bottle cover
Later spec battery cover
Silicone boost hoses 
Audi TT short shift kit 
PCV system removed
Saikou Michi Stage 3 catch can
SFS supersize TIP
THS PCR pipe
Forge adjustable actuator with yellow spring
NGK 7 spark plugs
C20LET yellow injectors
VR6 MAF housing
Devils Own water/methanol injection kit
Badger5 ported exhaust manifold
TFSI coilpacks
Ignition amp removed

Transmission:

ABF single mass flywheel 
Techniclutch VR6 clutch
THS FR3 Engine mounts
R32 dogbone mount
B&M replica short shift kit


ICE:

Kenwood DPX303 headunit 
Pioneer 17cm speakers

I'm a bit of a sucker for ebay so most of these bits were bought on there either second hand or brand new.

The first bits I picked up were a new headunit



and a set of crystal indicators, this is them compared to the old ones...



next were a set of coilovers...



followed quickly by a Forge recirculating dump valve in anodised black...

I had to then move on to some essentials, the header tank sensor gave out and was constantly telling me my water was too hot so a repllacement was needed. I was shocked at how cheap these are from the stealers!

old one



I also changed the pollen filter as my windscreen kept misting up in the mornings

New vs old...



I grabbed myself a set of Anniversary replica GRP sideskirts to get sprayed with my other parts...



I also bought myself an N75J valve and made a sub loom for the W8 light, to save cutting my original loom about





and a Tourag torch, which is so handy to have!



I then replaced the walnut interior with lower spec matt black parts. The prats that I couldn't repllace were sprayed with satin black.

before



and after



and the W8 light fitted...

I hacked the passenger side grille about so the air flow was available for the CAI



found these up at Inters and had to buy them





and some German style plates to compliment them



I put my Wolfsburg state seal and the German MOT equivilant sticker on them as well to make it look bit more authentic



I also fitted my Sharan badge



Some shots of it in the sun

I fitted some Audi TT pedal covers and while I was there I thought it would be nice to fit the matching dead pedal as well as the standard plastic one fitted in the Golf is a bit boring.

This is how I did it...I drilled a hole into the Golf dead pedal and cut a slot into it for the locating tab.





The TT pedal has locating tabs down one side but I only needed one so the others were ground off to give a cleaner look





then all bolted together and looks like this



and fitted, like this



looks spot on now and really updates it without being too OTT

I also fitted some tacho rings



The column pod was rubbing on the back of the steering wheel so I modified this slightly...

I cut out this section...



so it would sit like this...



My exhaust was knocking a bit so I invested in an R32 dog bone mount, which made it feel like a new car!



I made sure all the lights worked in the Bora vents before fitting



The tacho rings and the pod fitted along with the Newsouth gauge



I bought some S3 upper and lower strut braces from the local stealers







Bora vents fitted



A k03s turned up on ebay for the right price so I've stashed it away in the shed for a later date

I ordered this handbrake lever cover but I didn't realise it wasn't a genuine item. But as I had it I wasn't going to waste it so I put it aside for fitting another day



My MOT told me my brakes were shot so this was an ideal opportunity to upgrade to 312mm discs. I found some bargain Mintex front discs and pads on ebay so these were purchased and stored away

then on to the strut braces...

3x8mm holes on each



then a quick test fit to make sure I'd drilled the holes in the right place



then I painted the bare metal in the holes with a touch up pen. I did this twice to make sure it was all covered



The bolts/washers/nuts I used



While I was there I thought I'd fit the bottom brace, what an absolute nightmare of a job

Anyways I got it fitted after nearly 2 hours of fun



and I also fitted a bit of black silicone pipe rather than the blue rubber thing that was on there



the strut brace finally fitted in place, bit of a mission on my own trying to feel under the arch and tighted the nuts at the same time...







The whiteline adjustable ARB turned up along with the 312mm carriers