Justin's MkIV R32 Golf

[dainese]

Long time coming perhaps?

Thought I would share with everyone as I just finished my last exam a few hours ago

Bought the car in August of 2009, from a lovely gentleman in Melbourne. Was advertised on ozvolks, and didn't make it to carsales.
Flew down to inspect. Flew back to buy it, and drive it back to Sydney.

Straight after the Melbourne to Sydney drive:



So when I bought her she had 59 xxx kms, and following list of items

• APR ECU Tune
• StaSiS (Koni) Coilovers
• Carbonio carbon fibre CAI

Stasis Coilovers:




Being a mechanic, I did my own work and maintenance.

Shark Fin antennae. Awful radio reception with standard OEM HU. Kenwood one fared much better



Kenwood Head Unit




Defi Racer Gauge - Oil Temp, new south performance offset pod



Dynamat driver's door. Only Driver's door as I have not allocated anytime to it in more than a year I think.



Adjustable RCA Gruvenparts:

[dainese]

Custom catback exhaust from the States. Not my preferred sound, but the performance increase was hard to ignore. So much so, I sold the old OEM one to Dylan

Cold start:


Rev and Blips


Drive by:



Part Throttle:




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Painted the grille black. The horizontal slats look 90s. Honeycomb would be nice, buuut I am not made of money




Removed the 'dingleberry'




The car went through 3 sets of suspension. Why?

Because, IMO the MkIV has too short of travel for the suspension:


I am now sort of content with the HPA SHS Coilovers.

Bilstein PSS

[dainese]

And finally HPA SHS Coilovers


Afterwards:


P6070771 by daineser32, on Flickr


P6070772 by daineser32, on Flickr

I bought a set of Porsche Twists off a 911.
Specs
F: 18" x 7.5" ET50
R: 18" x 10" ET65



In Marrickville.


At a recent Dinner meet (not selling coilovers of course)


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[dainese]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q...018_175648.jpg
So next up is:

SSR SP1 Professors

F: 19" x 8" ET37
R: 19" x 9" ET37







Recaro from a Lancer Evolution V

Should be in already but the place that sent it, couldn't even send all the parts required the first time around. Waste of time and money!



Also have H&R sway bars

and my missus got me a Cupra Lip for my birthday

02 April 2012
Fixed exhaust rattle
nanolex protect wheels
paint clips
upgrade rear sway bar

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[team_v]

Looks great.
Love everything you have done to it.

Hope to see this one stick around, there have been way too many .:R's go to the carpak in the sky recently.

Love hte blue too, probbaly my favourite colour for the .:R

[Bflat]

Twists ftw

[dainese]

Looks great.
Love everything you have done to it.

Hope to see this one stick around, there have been way too many .:R's go to the carpak in the sky recently.

Love hte blue too, probbaly my favourite colour for the .:R

haha, thanks.

I know ey! Way too many going to car heaven.
Do you think the 'sky car parking' is under cover?

Twists ftw

Twists are nice!

[dainese]

26th December 2011

Yesterday

Was meant to change the faulty HPA SHS COILOVERS, but courtesy of 2 companies i have the incorrect ones with me.

I instead, changed the dogbone mounts, and installed the cupra r lip that my missus got me for my birthday 4 months ago.









And a little digression here:

Girlfriend had her Polo Gti crashed into by an off duty taxi driver (yes, they do drive badly as you had thought).
Polo, ruined: intercooler, LCA, shock guard, bumper.





So we found out we could hire a car and be reimbursed for the costs. The missus booked an audi a3, but they didn't have it when she went to pick it up.
So. They gave her an 2010 audi a4 1.8t





Merry Christmas Nd have a happy new year!

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22nd January 2012

Converted all lugs, into studs. H&R Studs, cut to length.

Also got some neat looking nuts from USA. and Finally fitted:




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[dylan8]

feel free to post me the R32 seats if you dont like them...
Shame about the polo. hows the A4?

[dainese]

feel free to post me the R32 seats if you dont like them...
Shame about the polo. hows the A4?

Haha, will have to store them somewhere.

The A4 is much refined.
Good ride quality (mainly from the high profile tyres)
Good noise insulation, but loud tyre noise.
All the switchgear is top notch, as is the materials and fit.
Seats are nice, and the steering wheel is a little thin in comparison to R32.

The 1.8T is a good engine, and very economical. The 8 speed auto gearbox is clunky at low speeds (it drops into first gear too easily, and jerks while still rolling at low speeds to accelerate). the 'S' mode transforms the car. In all other modes (manual included), the throttle response is very doughy. to the point of feeling numb. S mode sharpens this up to close to manual transmission response times and holds gears for longer, keeping the turbo on song, and the driver engaged. Quite impressive.
Brakes are not progressive, and are way too touchy. Quite annoying actually. But the pull well.

Boot space is also amazing. VERY deep and quite wide. With the option to fold down the rear seat backs (easily done too) it turns the car into bigger than Hatch carrying capacity, albeit without the height benefits.