Hello, this is my 2003 MK4 Golf GTI. It is my first car and something I don't plan on selling... unless someone were to offer a GT3RS :cool:. It was purchased on the 29th of May, 2020 with around 178,000 km's. It was mostly a stock car except for a JOM-style front lip, muffler delete and a set of 18" CSA Hotwire's (yuck). Here are some mediocre photos of when I first got it.
Shortly after purchasing it I had purchased a set of crystal smoked/red taillights from the UK. Here's a photo of the car on a trip down south, much lower with all the weight in the boot lol.
The next thing on the list was to paint match the front lip. Luckily I have a brother who works at a smash repair shop who painted it for me.
I was never a huge fan of the wheels the car came on especially the condition they were in and the paint was peeling but I was still hunting for some wheels. In the mean time I decided to get them re-sprayed in a Honda 'Tiger Eye Pearl'.
Not too long later I came across a set of 3pc SSR Alcyber's. They weren't in the best condition with two lips that had a lot of curb rash but it was a great deal. They also came with all 4 centre caps!
The specs are 17x7.5 +44 and 17x8.5 +44 and unfortunately they're '5x114.3'. When I decided to take them apart, I found the barrel and lip were welded which meant taking it to a local mob who sorted it out for me. This was around September I had the wheels taken apart and I placed an order for 2.5" lips from threepieceus which till this day I am waiting for :( (24/12/2021). Complementary barrel on barrel photo!
Time went on and I decided to get some new plates.
A few weeks later and I had my first incident whilst the car was parked at university. The y-piece connecting to the expansion tank decided to piss everywhere. Thankfully Seb from EuroRevolution sold me a replacement whilst I ordered a set of flanges from iABED -- which only took 3 days to arrive from Canada! Faster than getting express post from Sydney to Perth and it was the same price. :cookie:
TargaWest 2021 had come around which meant to put a high-vis shirt on and volunteer as an official. Here's a photo of the car at the Bullsbrook stage.
It is now October of 2021 and I finally pulled the trigger on a coilover setup. I opted for a set of ST XA coilovers. Now the car looks much nicer and feels much better.
Shortly after installing the coilovers I had parcel's coming from everywhere! A Littco L280 setup from the UK, 034 motorsport mounts + intake spacer from the US. CNC machined aluminium, adjustable top mounts from Russia. JustEngineering 'stage 1' tubular control arms from Canada. Reconditioned Saab Red injectors from Latvia and a ported manifold from Gavin.
Now because I haven't spent enough money on the car in the past few months, I decided to purchase another set of wheels. This time it was a set of OZ Racing Superturismo's from a GC8 WRX Version 6 (yay 5x100). It was for a good price and I couldn't say no -- same with my other set of wheels, there's plenty of issues with fitment. First of all it has a 1mm smaller hub so I'll have to get that machined sometime unless someone can recommend a DIY method? It could do with a paint refresh and the lug holes are only M12. I have ordered a set of M14 -> M12 studs which I'll run unless it's better to just get them re-drilled?
More presents arrived, this time a set of Ocean Tails from Germany! This set took 2 months to arrive but that's okay because it looks much cleaner. I'll be rocking these set of taillights until another set of taillights arrive soon ;)
There was a few days left till 'Day of Volkswagen' and I wanted to take the car to its first show. So that meant taking some parts out of storage and doing some work. First up was getting my AGN valve cover painted. Originally I planned on having it in a polished finish but I might have to leave that for another one!
I decided to paint it in a Lexus RC350 tricoat red metallic.
At the same time I also decided to get my side skirts painted. A few months prior I had ordered a kit from Switch Happy Euro in the UK which has been sitting in the shed for a while now. I went for a GLI Jetta front lip, 25th rear anniversary and side skirts. The front & rear valance will get painted sometime soon once I get my bumpers + bonnet resprayed with the new FK badgless grille ;)
The side skirts were installed 1AM the night before the show. Sikaflex was used with some screws on each end. I'm not too happy with how it's done but it'll do for now, at least they line up with the body fairly good!
Here's a photo of the car parked up at 'Day of Volkswagen'. Thanks to Horsepower Inc for the great shot!
Show was done and dusted, some nice cars rolled up, my favourite being Phil from Eurospec's 1.8T swapped VW Up that's a little too fast :emo_baghead:
Boxing day sales started and Coolerworx had some great deals that I couldn't resist. So I bought a short shifter!
Unforunately I can't upload any more photos so I'll end the first post here!
I think for now I'm done buying stuff and maybe I should actually install my pile of parts onto the car :rolleyes:
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