show us your mk4 (golf/bora)

[fuzion]

alright, so many mk4 owners as of late and very little info on everyones vehicles!

max 4 pics, from when you bought it, until now, background info on what bought with and what your plans are (realistic plans, not the oz-lotto $15mil you'll never win cuz i will.... lol)

always good to share, so others get ideas and inspiration for their own rides (also known as the 2 minute noodle diet to get parts lol)

[ranton-inc]

Mkiv R32



When Purchased
- 50,000kms
- Schrick Cams
- Milltek Cat Back
- Chipped
- HPA Clutch, Shortshifter and Gear Ratios.
- S3 Strut Brace

Additions
- Various Hitman Mods Puddle lights Sound systems
- Cupra Splitter
- Distance to Empty and always lit gauges
- Various Colour Coding
- Rear Brace
- Slotted Rotors
- sound Deading
- KeyFob Windows..

Wish List
- Haldex Controller
- C/F Enginer Cover
- Better Computer Chip
- Anti Roll Bars

[shami]

When I bought it in 2006:
Stock as a rock
19,000km

Current:
50,000kms
GIAC Chip
KW V2s
AEM CAI
GFB BOV
Front strut brace
KO3s with some port work
TIP
Custom 3" DP
BBS CH 18 x 8.5, 10mm spacers on the rear
Black grill
HIDs
Alpine head unit, splits, amp and 12" sub
H&R front and rear sway bars
Saber boost guage
R32 steering wheel
Momo gear knob
Isotta pedals
Aftermarket alarm (anti-theft), integrated turbo timer
Nuespeed intercooler pipe

Want:
Front mount intercooler
Front and rear skirt, waiting to be sprayed and put on
Maybe an exhaust
Ferrari red leather retrim (although Fuzion would shoot me!)
Separate amp to power the sub
Side skirts (maybe)
Black headlights
R32 silver interior pieces

2006:


2008:

[No457 Snowy]

Love that Black R32 mate.

Most have probably seen these shots but they're all I've got. Here's the details of my sordid affair, from the early casual fling with a bigger set of.....wheels, to the full blown, wallet sapping mistress she is becoming.

Seems innocent here:



The face:



The Ass:



The Heart:



The Details:
20th Anniversary Body Kit
R-Line Wheels
KW Coilovers
KW Front Anti Sway Bar
Neuspeed Rear Adjustable Anti Sway Bar
APR Tuned ECU
APR Turbo Inlet Pipe
APR Throttle Body Hose
APR Turbo Back Stainless Exhaust
APR Dog Bone
EVOMS V-Flow Intake
R32 Mats
R32 Pedals + Dead Pedal

Eventually I would like to get my Neuspeed lower intercooler pipe on somehow.

Not sure about future plans, they just seem to pop into my head then I work on them but I've always wanted the car to be kept sort of OEM+ looking and not too rad.

That reminds me, short term, a R32 steering wheel would be a nice addition straight up.


Snowy

[99gti]

July 08:


And now:



Car was stock as a rock when I purchased it. A fair bit has happened in the last 13 months...

Mods to date:

Engine:
APR chip
Neuspeed long ram CAI
ABD Turbo intake pipe
Neuspeed Pancake pipe replacement
APR R1 Diverter valve
3" Dump pipe
200 cell high flow cat
Remus rear box

Suspension:
KW V2 coilovers
ECS Tuning bushings all round
Whiteline Front and Rear sway bars
TST rear stress brace
Wiechers Sport Strut Brace

Wheels/Tyres:
19 x 8.5 BBS LM's Front
19 x 10 BBS LM's Rear
Falken 215/35/19
Pirelli Pzero 245/35/19

Styling/Accessories:
.:R32 leather Konig bucket seats
Neuspeed oil cap
Neuspeed brake fluid cap
Neuspeed power steering fluid cap
Forge strut top caps
Matte Silver interior trim
White LED number plate lights
Blue LED interior lights
Hella colour magic red/crystal tail laps
Crstal side indicators
6k HID conversion
Boser hood extension
De-badged tailgate
Badgless black grill

Next lot of mods in the process:
Tomorrow the FMIC gets done.

Then:
Pelequin LSD, ECS stage 1 clutch, K04-023, S3 exhaust manifold, S3 dump pipe, S3 injectors, 4 bar FPR, 3" MAF housing, Custom code tune

After that is done, I'll be doing mainly asthetic mods to clean up the remainer of the car. Not too sure else what I want to do to it - I should be pretty happy once that's done.

[No457 Snowy]

Great Photos Neil.

Snowy

[99gti]

Great Photos Neil.

Snowy

Likewise mate - your car looks so clean!

I can't take credit for either of the shots. The photos were taken by Steve and John - my camera skills are about as good as my cooking skills (non existent).

[No457 Snowy]

Shami, those wheels are my favourite BBS rims, CH's aren't they? Love em.

Snowy.

[shami]

Shami, those wheels are my favourite BBS rims, CH's aren't they? Love em.

Snowy.

Thanks mate! CH's they are, got them dirt cheap as well, although thinking of going black with them what do other mk4ers think?

[D3bb4]

That looks awesome! inspiring even!

Are there any more for cheap? I'm looking for new rims soon i think.

[quozl]

Haven't we done this before? Like at least 3 times previously

Anyway here goes

Model/Year: Golf MKIV R32 / Build Dec 03 / Complied Feb 04

Bought it new in Feb 04, all modifications done since then. Only around 35000km total on it in 4 years.

Mods:
List of current modifications
APR ECU Upgrade –
Valet, Stock, 98 and 104-Race Octane programs
Fault Code Erase& Throttle Body Realignment
Security Lockout & Anti Theft Programs
Custom Programming to Enable Left Foot Braking

VF Engine Mounts
VF Pendulum Mount

KW Variant 3 Coilover Suspension
KW Springs in various rates
KW Motorsport Adjustable Top Mounts

Custom Fabricated Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Pagid RS 4 Brake Pads
Castrol SRF Race Brake Fluid
OEM Slotted Front and Rear Rotors

OEM DSG Intake and Airbox to meet CAMS specs (larger intake than AU version)
K&N Filter
Removed: BMC Carbon Dynamic Airbox due to CAMS M2C2 class regulations

APR / B&B Catback Exhaust

Haldex Blue HPP AWD Controller

Forge Rear Adjustable Control Arms - top and bottom arms

HPA Short shift

H&R front 25mm adjustable swaybar
H&R rear 21mm adjustable swaybar

Tomas Sport Tuning Rear Stress Brace

Dieselgeek Panzerplate Skidplate

OZ Superleggera 18 x 8 Wheels times 6
Toyo Proxes R888 R rated tyres

CAMS/ FIA approved Custom Fabricated Roll Cage
CAMS / FIA approved Sparco Pro 2000 Seats
CAMS / FIA approved Sparco 6 Point Harness’s
CAMS approved 2 x 1KG Fire Extinguishers
CAMS approved First Aid Kit
CAMS approved safety triangles
CAMS/FIA approved tow hooks front and rear
CAMS/FIA approved secondary bonnet tether
CAMS / FIA approved Kill Switch

Sparco #383 Steering Wheel
Momo 8015 Hub
Sparco Rally pedal set
Sparco Navigator Foot Brace
Sparco Rally Tool bag

Stilo Helemets - Driver and Nav
Stilo Intercom System
Monit Rally Computer with remote reset

Asthetic upgrades: Graeme has done the distance to empty thing and illuminated needles with his E-prom re-programmer.

Upgrades Waiting Installation
Hydraulic Handbrake with separate master cylinder
Will be gutting the remainder of the interior and going to a full weld in cage as pictured in my gallery on the last page of the upgrades section

The car has a CAMS log book that allows it to be entered in CAMS / FIA sanctioned tarmac rally events in the M2C2 classification.

Which is
M2 = Cars having a 0-60mph acceleration time from a standing start of 4.8 to 6.8 seconds in standard form.
C = Contemporary 1998 Onwards
2 = Capacity 2501cc to 3500cc

The CAMS Modern Tarmac Rally rules are pretty strict on what you are allowed to do to the car so unfortunately any FI option is out. There are still some options open in the rules for NA mods so I will investigate these but I'm pretty much at the limit of what's allowed for the modern class (EG: No after market cams allowed, no FI, No after market headers etc)

Thanks to the following companies for their on going support and excellent service.

Waxit.com.au
Inmotive (KW)
Harding Performance (APR)
Michael Weber Prestige and Performance
VF Engineering
Sherrin Motorsport
Dulvari Prestige Detailing
Norm Singleton Fabrication
The Racing Room
GP Cars
Trackside RC

Numerous pictures available at My RDefined Gallery






Cheers Al

[DubSteve]

I still really like that photo I took one of my better ones from that day

[ranton-inc]

OEM DSG Intake and Airbox to meet CAMS specs (larger intake than AU version)

Ive never heard of this mod?

any pics? part numbers??

[quozl]

Ive never heard of this mod?

any pics? part numbers??

It is the European MKIV R32 DSG Airbox and intake, the airbox looks almost exactly the same as ours though the intake pipe is a larger diameter. No pics sorry.

I'll get the part numbers from Graeme today when he is up and about as he ordered the parts for me and I will post them up. As a side note we tested the grams per second of air intake with Vagcom while using the BMC and then with the OEM DSG intake and airbox and the difference between the two was negligible.

Cheers Al

[hutchjnr- MTM GTi]

Nice car 99Gti...
Very nice

What did you do to the paint? Did u get a re-spray or was it just waxed/ polished really well??!