New ride: '02 MK4 GTI

[leighaus]

Yea, would rather avoid the A pillar / above dash option. if i end up downgrading my gauge, ill get the steering shroud replacement.

so today i fitted the billy boat stainless exhaust. took a fair while to be honest (3 hours all up) and still needs some slight adjustments i think. great exhaust though.

heres some pics of the interior. Bit washed out from the flash, ill get some good day shots when we get some decent weather.





i paid 8,500 with nearly a years rego, rwc, which included a new windscreen, new front pads and rotors, new shock mount rubbers, and its got a near brand new clutch and alternator as well.

will be lowering it this weekend coming all things going to plan.

[leighaus]

also quick question. why do my seats not have the recaro stitching, yet the others with recaro stitched, look the same. And also on that note, engine cover. Mine has a 1.8redT, most other GTIs ive seen have the 20V on them. is this something to do with the year they were released, or is my cover not from a golf gti ?

[audi-tone]

Great price dude!
Id be guessing that because it's a later model those things are different. You have the half mfd on the dash by the looks of it though? Earlier models didn't have this..

[JustCruisn]

There was a change around 2002.5 or somewhat.
Recaro seats swapped for 1/2 MDF & remote locking.

I swear someone did a thread on this a while back.

[leighaus]

just been driving the lil girl around. getting used to its german ways. love driving it. Spent a couple hours pulling the glovebox out of the dash, then taking the glovebox door off, then prying it apart. The locking mechanism was completely apart, so the door would not stay up. Fixed the internals and then glued the two halves of the door back together. and shes all working. so happy with that. cost me nothing.

Will have my lowered springs on monday by courier (massive issues with the seller on ebay, paid nearly a month ago). so ill fit them and hopefully be happy with improved handling and ride height. otherwise ill be pulling them back out once i get some coilovers from the UK.

[governor22]

mate, looks fab. Love the recaro seats and the steering wheel in those models is just awesome... how many k's has it done ?

[leighaus]

just clicked over to 180,000. doesnt bother me, as its got full service history, runs sweet as and i paid bottom dollar for it. I'll check out the turbo condition soon with a mate and if its starting to get on in its age, ill upgrade anyway. All other aspects asides from some bushings have been replaced.

bought a little present for myself today. Gave up trying to fit my beloved blitz gauge into something OEM looking and bought a smaller gauge.
garrett mechanical gauge

[leighaus]

also ended up buying the vent gauge holder that dubaddiction sells. Must say its the most expensive piece of plastic ive bought in a while.

grand final this weekend (got tickets, go cats) so ill finish the install next week off. basically just have to pass through the firewall and change over the vent and im done. Will also be installing the lowered springs i recieved in the new week.

[leighaus]

went for a drive. all working fine, however its peaking at only 4psi. i believe a stock gti should be around 7psi. Mine is stock asides from a cat back exhaust. Guess ill have to look around for boost leaks and start testing parts. great!

[leighaus]

ordered a few parts from ECS... cant wait for them to arrive.

[Adzismad2]

Nice man!

Loving the gauge, looks micky!

[leighaus]

got a lil bundle from ECS yesterday.

installed the N75 ecs race valve, installed a new audi diverter valve and installed a telescopic carbon fibre antenna. I had already bought a stubby, but the reception was SHOCKING. The telescopic is good quality and gives good reception. photo tomorrow if youre lucky.

Also installed a new fuel filter today in a hope to solve my loss of power/boost. Whilst its a great service option, it didnt fix the issue of not even hitting 5 psi (nor did the n75/DV, cleaning maf).

So unless someone has any bright ideas, i guess it has to go into a workshop to be looked at (hard with my line of work).

[type 17]

Nice install I knew it would be a better fit than a massive gauge.

Car looks neat.

[ohsnap!]

Grab a vagcom cable from ebay and either vag com or vcds lite (both the same, vcds lite is just a newer and free version of vag com). Or if you really want you could spit out some extra cash for VCDS full. Definitely worth it just so you can run diagnostics and don't have to guess, not to mention you'll want it to reset the Service reminder and any CEL's you'll get while you fiddle with her bits...

[04BLACKMAGICGTI]

i bought a the N75 race valve and a load of other stuff from ecs the other day . was it easy to install?and notice much power diff?