mk5_tdi's build

[GoLfMan]

how did I miss this thread! Man looks great! Met you when you were getting your ecu read by Timmeh.

Come down to one of the BBQ's at Tim's factory every Friday so we can check out your car!

[jazd]

Lookin fantastic! Love the tail lights against the blue.

[dylan8]

ooo super RS, imjelly.
cant wait to see this in person.

[transporterq]

Quick question, where did you get the "new stainless steel 'TDI' scuff plates" from and do you have any pictures of them fitted to your car? Thanks, Peter.

[mk5_tdi]

LOL! Seen this car a few times in Kilsyth South. Chick's mate in the unit opposite me has it know. Was trying to sell him my JDM-002 Number plates... Small world

Sweet wheels btw!

haha yeah small world, they liking the car? miss it, had heaps of power and was so grippy
but just got a bit over imports, wanted something more comfy for daily duties

how did I miss this thread! Man looks great! Met you when you were getting your ecu read by Timmeh.

Come down to one of the BBQ's at Tim's factory every Friday so we can check out your car!

Yeah will do man, had a few things going over my side so havn't been over that way in quite a while (missus lives in Clayton, so usually around the area on weekends) should be there next weekend and if I am I'll drop in

Lookin fantastic! Love the tail lights against the blue.

Yeah me too, I couldn't find another new river blue car running these tail lights so was unsure how they turn out.
But the result speaks for itself

ooo super RS, imjelly.
cant wait to see this in person.

Will be trying for some meets/cruises to meet everyone soon
Like to see other peoples cars myself haha

Quick question, where did you get the "new stainless steel 'TDI' scuff plates" from and do you have any pictures of them fitted to your car? Thanks, Peter.

These are the scuff plates, haven't got a fitted pic yet, but I'll post on up soon
VW Golf Mk5 (03-09) 5dr TDi Stainless Steel Lockwood Door Sill Protectors | eBay

Installed the Dieselgeek short shifter today after work as well, must say shifting is so much easier and faster

[mk5_tdi]

Not much of an update,
however I've been speaking to Nik Brewer from Uber-stealth and will be having a side mound stealth 8" sub box made up for the car; takes 30days to make and plus postage will be quite sometime before I will be receiving it
But in any case I'm prepping for the install, already have a JBL GT0804 8" speaker that a mate gave me out of his Soarer he was wrecking.
Purchased this wiring kit so i don't have to cut/join into my factory loom for the head unit

and will be purchasing this amp to power it
PUNCH Amplifiers - PBR300X1 - Rockford Fosgate®
its tiny, as you can see in the pic


So once its all done it should be quite a neat install. Nik also mentions that the carpet he uses is an exact match to the VW's factory boot carpet, which with me being a perfectionist I'm really happy about that

[mk5_tdi]

Got my rear muffler delete today from Glenroy exhaust, cost $180 and had new twin tips welded on
so exhaust is completely straight through now haha, sounds great
Will probably be selling the Milltek rear muffler and tips soon
I've also ordered the above mention amp, and box is currently been made

Work's been hectic atm so hard to keep playing around with car too much

[jazd]

Hit this guy up for some top quality Dyn Audio splits -

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f24/mkv-jetta-custom-subbox-dyn-3-way-splits-69431.html

[mk5_tdi]

Thanks man, will look into it

[lhennessy]

which exhaust you gonna sell ? can you show me the pic coz im intereested in a nice exhaust... are the MagnaFlow any good like this one? MagnaFlow Stainless Steel Muffler to suit Golf Mk5 GTi | eBay

[mk5_tdi]

PM me your email and Ill send you some pics of it
It looks similar to the magnaflow one, but this is all stainless steel
Have a look at Milltek on eBay you'll see a lot of them.

[lhennessy]

Hey man, been looking at your TDI as i bought mine... (06 United grey, manual, sunroof and leather) how low do you sit? (if you have measured?)
do you have any recordings of your exhaust note?
much cop attention?

[mk5_tdi]

last time i had atape under there from what I could measure it was about 55ish mm at lowest point
No recordings of the milltek system though, its not much louder than stock but gives a nice note on WOT

[getjet]

Hey man, been looking at your TDI as i bought mine... (06 United grey, manual, sunroof and leather) how low do you sit? (if you have measured?)
do you have any recordings of your exhaust note?
much cop attention?

Your p plate will be the cop attention. Sad but true.
There's YouTube clips of this with milltek systems. There's a link on the first page of my build thread...

[mk5_tdi]

dropped my car off at Centerline and had my alignment finally, turns out it was spot on since it was lowered anyway
running -1 degree camber front and -2 degrees at rear sitting flush all round