New ride: '02 MK4 GTI

[leighaus]

got some 3M CF vinyl (wich is actually textured) to redo the interior, and decided to have a play first (as i cant open my pass door, so interior will have to wait to do it right). Test came out nice, i really like it. theres a bit where i cut a little too close and a tiny smidge of chrome can be seen, so ill redo it in a bit once the interior is done. breaks up the front of the car. hopefully it weathers well. it should be good for around 5 years.

[leighaus]

Took out the crusty champion plugs and put $100 worth of ngk platinums in. Also drained, flushed and refilled some fresh coolant. All in preparation for the tune I'm about to get.


Will re upload all my photos that got deleted in this thread too.

Edit - also ordered a dog bone mount from powerflex to fix my tramping issues which will only get worse with more power .

[leighaus]

Viezu tune and dump pipe ordered, awaiting install date.
powerflex dogbone mount going in today to help deal with even more wheel shudder that will come with power.

and bought some more grip:

~6 weeks away

[leighaus]

dogbone bushes was all easy until i had to compress the new bushes to get the bolt going. took a while. ended up using two spring compressors which worked a treat once i finally realized the bloody nut was in upside down causing it to be 1mm out and start cross threading.

all done. underside of dash vibrates on idle now, which ill have to fix up, but other than that, its pretty good. feels a bit firmer in the way it handles power, but nothing drastic. good cheap mod.


POWERFLEX!


artsy ****...

[leighaus]

fixed all broken photos in previous posts

[leighaus]

ordered some new taillights, which ill have in 2 weeks.

[grtuned]

Dare I say it - they bring a touch of the 9N Polo to the MK4 Golf

Have to agree.

[kendog]

yes speed, those are the ones..

Where are they from? They look a bit more 'legal' and 'crisp' than mine. I think I'd only change if I got a defect notice though.

[dubster99]

Where are they from? They look a bit more 'legal' and 'crisp' than mine. I think I'd only change if I got a defect notice though.

VW Golf MK4 Semi-Smoked Tail Light Special Edition L&R | eBay I think these are them.

I'm wondering if they would look good on car even though my car is blue :/ looks really good on silver!

[JustCruisn]

VW Golf MK4 Semi-Smoked Tail Light Special Edition L&R | eBay I think these are them.

I'm wondering if they would look good on car even though my car is blue :/ looks really good on silver!

Golf should have square/angular tail lights. I hate the MK5 tails. MK6 is better as they went away from circles.