GTI model questions

[Lima]

Thanks YDG, there's heaps of great info there!
One of the VW dealers near me have 2 GTi's, 1 99 model with the recaro's/sunroof and an 03 model with the non branded seats.

Being able to jump between the two had me convinced very quickly that I really wanted the deeper buckets. I can comfortably live without a trip computer, but after reading some of the extra gains/abilities of a chip on the drive by wire models had me thinking again. So which models DID have drive by wire? Vortex FAQ show 02+ cars with the AWP motor, but I guess that was US only?

I've got 4 cars that I'm looking at tomorrow, so fingers crossed!

As Pete said no Australian Mk4 GTIs had the DBW engines, they were all cable driven. DBW 1.8Ts delivered to Australia were/are New Beetles, Polo GTIs and A3s. Oh, and probably the A4s as well.

I used to drive an Oct00 build MY01 Mk4 GTI, at the time no options were available, although leather seats were a new option shortly after this. My Mk4 had the sunroof and Recaro seats as standard, along with Montreal II alloys. No trip computer though, and no remote central locking either!

[Lima]

Yeah, I own an 03 without the recaros, and I reckon they are pretty uncomfortable now that I’ve had it for a while, didn’t realise this when I first bought it though...
But, I didn’t know the older ones didn’t have a trip computer… I’m always looking at mine, what do the old ones have instead on that little screen?

These pics of the dash aren't great, but the best I have on file...



And one of the Recaros...


I reckon a rear hatch spoiler is a must as well...

[shami]

Love those seats...anyone know where i can get a set???

[TobyG]

Hi Sovereign... i have a question for you. Why do you have an image of a Honda Integra Type R tacho as your i.d. thingy ? If you're a fan of VW's, why not use an image of a VW tacho ? Or is a 6000 rpm red-line a bit underwhelming ? hah

[spa]

I reckon a rear hatch spoiler is a must as well...

yeah, where can i get me one of those...?
i've been wanting to get one!!


Also, I noticed when I was looking at gti’s, that the 99 model had a different cup holder, that wasn’t as fun to press as the 03, hehe

[sierra055]

Yeah, I definately want the rear hatch wing.
MiniGolf, are those photo's from your 00 GTI? Isn't that a trip computer below the odometer? Or is there an additional one in the later models?

It's a bit of a worry actually, have already bought some r32 pedal's and organising a chip.... and I still don't have an actual car for them yet!

[NGOLF.U]

dunno if this is true or not, but i was told that the glove box compartment is shaped perfectly to fit a bottle of wine flat.

[Lima]

Yeah, I definately want the rear hatch wing.
MiniGolf, are those photo's from your 00 GTI? Isn't that a trip computer below the odometer? Or is there an additional one in the later models?

It's a bit of a worry actually, have already bought some r32 pedal's and organising a chip.... and I still don't have an actual car for them yet!

That is where the trip computer would go, but the screen in my Mk4 only had warning lights, park brake lights and such, there was no LCD screen with fuel consumption, avg speed etc.

As for the rear wings, IIRC the run out model 2.0 Sport's had them, as well as similar dash cluster dials to the Bora V6 4motion as standard equipment. The spolier on my car was the OEM Volkswagen one, but Oettinger, Reiger and other usual suspects also make them. Check out http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/ or similar if you don't fancy going through your local stealer.

spa: didn't know about the change to the cupholders???

[spa]

spa: didn't know about the change to the cupholders???

Hehe, yeh, nto much difference… in the 99 model I checked out, the cupholders at the front were a fixed size (ie. round), in the 03 model, the cup holding bit extends for bigger cups…

[dancet]

Actually I discovered two new cup holders I didn't know existed the other day. So that makes it two in the dash above the stereo, two (dodgy) ones in the door of the glovebox when it's open, and the new ones I found...

Anyone know? hehe...

[sierra055]

behind the rear ash tray in the centre console?

[NGOLF.U]

bingo, THEY ARE CRAP THOUGH!

[sierra055]

bingo, THEY ARE CRAP THOUGH!

HAHAHA, sounds like you might have learnt the hard way??

Well, hopefully I can come home tonight saying that I'm the proud new owner of a GTI

[peedman]

Throw up some pics!

On the side, can you just replace the dash cluster for a pre-01 model to get the trip meter readouts??

[gpk_gti]

way too many sensors..... be a major headache ! never say never tho!