My Daily Commuter • Golf MKV GT

[mgpdoc]

Decided to reinstall my Thule bars

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Before

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And afters

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During the lockdown i made some orders . . . .

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Gave a shot at some Depo Headlights, which are very good quality copies of OEM bixenon headlights

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quality was much better than expected to be honest

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More on that later

Removed some parts from the trunk to be left at the trim shop for some alcantara treatment

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Next to my red Audi things

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Wanted to add an Audi triangle in the OEM location

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Sourced two new ones

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Ready

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Also bought some Thule Roof Rack Pads, same like the ones i have for my red Audi

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Installed

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Really like them

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More to come

Cheers

Mike

[C2_mad]

clean as always!

[mgpdoc]

Hope everyone is doing well these days.

Decided to put some time into my beloved Golf.

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This is mostly sitting in the garage, and not much dirt or sun has seen it lately, however there were many areas to improve, as you will see in the process.

First of all here is a video, for those of you that prefer animation

https://youtu.be/BK7aDg4yOZU

Now onto the pics and the explaining of things that went on.

First up were the wheels

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Golf | Wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

The smell was strong with this one

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Golf | Wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

They came out amazing in my eyes, and tires were finished with Car pro Perl.

Tips were looked after

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Also captured some greek sunshine while i was there

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Then a proper hand wash

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Front grille was looking a bit tired

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So some Perl was added there as well to enhance the plastics.

Filler after cleaning and Perl treatment

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Interior of trunk had some overspray from the old days i had painted an interior trim prior to retrofitting a black alcantara headliner

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After the acetone treatment

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Treating every rubber seal with Perl

Trunk wiring harness rubber seal before

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And after

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Windshield

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Sunroof

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Some reflections after drying it, and before applying some protection , which came in the form of the old AutoGlym Ultra Deep Shine with some Meg's NXT after it

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It wasnt bad at all

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But it can be even better so why not.

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My custom bottles lol

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And some finished pics of today's work.

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Cheers , thanks for watching

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Mike

[TEASY]

Furthermore a really nice MK 5 - great car!
Keep it up!

[mgpdoc]

I thought I had updated this, but seems like i havent.

Did a maintenance service, due to time, no kilometers

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And also changed a battery went for a proper Delco one

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Removed the old one

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New one in

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Cheers

[Kalin]

Love it, love it, love it!

[mgpdoc]

As with the Audi A1, same with the Golf, I went for a modification i have been wanting to do for quite some time now, but never got to it, due to not having found the proper company to tick all the safety and quality issues for me.

I received these

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They even sent me my old web intact.

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I wanted to install the new seatbelts, and also, remove the rear ones which are there for no reason. While i am at it, I would also change all the rear interior cards fittings with new ones. If anyone has experience from working on golf mkvs. he should know that in order to remove one thing, you have to remove ten more covering it like a domino. So you will see the amount of work it took, dont be surprised.

This is where we started from

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Me and my MCM buddy got to work asap

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Removed passenger seat to gain access at the back

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Removed the lower cards

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In order to get to the rear seatbelts, as well as the front ones

And then the upper alcantara c pillars

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Removed them

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So then, no seatbelts in the rear

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Old destroyed fittings

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On a side not, i redid the rear badge - more subtle than total black

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Installed passenger side one

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B-pillar installed

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Rear "door" card installed with new fittings

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Then C-pillars as well

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Driver side installed as well

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Again, proper seatbelt installation through the seat

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Rear bench in place

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Rear net in place

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All done

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And that is how they came out on the Audi A1

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Cheers , I hope you also liked these

Regards

Mike

[mgpdoc]

I wrote you on the other threat too. BTW give us his instagram link. When i type kcarbon it does not pop up what i look for.

Search for king_carbon.

[Kalin]

I wrote you on the other threat too. BTW give us his instagram link. When i type kcarbon it does not pop up what i look for.

[mgpdoc]

Help a car guy

To who ever may help me on this issue i am having for the past 6 months. That is half a year.

-I found, a guy on instagram, named kcarbon, aka, Michael Ratcliffe, who was doing cf skinning parts.
After talking with him on some ideas, we agreed on doing parts for my Audi A1. First one, was the steering wheel i had retrofitted from an Audi TTs (8S), that we agreed i would ship to him in order to do the following.

-Cf top and bottom
-Alcantara sides with red stitching
-Alcantara retrim of the already trimmed airbag
-Cf airbag cover
-Paint the airbag ring in gloss black.

All these were agreed for a certain price, so i sent my steering wheel to Stockport, Cheshire where he is located.
He received the complete package. Then, I put the first payment through paypal so that he can start working on it. We are now at 16 November 2018.
He supposedly started working on it, and then on 21 of January 2019 he claimed the things were about to be ready, so asked for the second payment so as to complete. Again, no questions asked, i sent the payment again via paypal.

So my payment was complete on January 2019.

He sent me some pics of half-assed job on the steering whereas the other items were not done, and he said on the emails they are ready and i cannot see clearly. Whereas items were NOT touched. After enormous amounts of lies, on April, about 5 months later, i decide that i cannot take up any more lying, which included from hospital health issues, to family problems, to photos of the items that a guy with a dslr has, i file claims through paypal for my payments.

When payment number 1 is issued back to me, he then remembers to do the items, to a very bad level of craftmanship, and demands money back in order to ship them. I have the second claim on paypal pending. After months of lying, i simply cannot send money again to this guy.
There is a huge wave against him on instagram, from guys cheated and victims, known guys in the uk scene, with Audi R8s, Audi TTs, many many guys not having their parts and their money. I asked that he sent me the items ready, and a paypal invoice, but he simply wont go for it.
So he is threatening me that he has my steering wheel, which you know how much it costs.

I will probably get the full refund i paid for the service, but what i am asking from the UK car community is some help with this situation, someone living nearby, or being able to help in any way. It is very sad for us car enthusiasts to be scammed like that.

I have talked with my country's police, with eu consumer services, and Uk Action Fraud and have filed reports.

Please guys, if anyone can be of any help, please let me know. I appreciate it.

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Bought some engine bay billet caps for the Audi A1

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However i test fitted them on the Golf as well

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Previously

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After

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However i opted for the black ones instead for the Golf

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Much better

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Then I also put some "normal" size tires, some 225.40.18s Yoko Paradas i was running in my A1 ,whereas there, i switched to some Michelin Pilot Supersports.

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And lastly I bought a quick-snap-off hub adapter.

Basic kit

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Let's grab the old girl out for a ride

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Before

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During

Steering wheel off

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Adapter on

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After

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Works perfectly, easy to remove, easy for fast access, and great anti-theft functionality as well

Cheers

Mike

[TEASY]

Cheers & merry X-Mas �� 2U too ❗️

[mgpdoc]

Hello and Merry Xmas to all of you guys who are still into forum build threads. Seems like Youtube has killed forum of every kind

Found some time to do some maintenance stuff mostly.

First I had to prep the summer wheels i took off the Audi A1.

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Foam Lance comes very hand in every case.

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Also what helps A LOT is the wax/sealant i had used after the powdercoating. It helps a lot guys.

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Then, onto air to remove all water and then reseal for winter storage

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Then I spent some time on the Golf.

First i Installed the rear seats net, like i had in the A1. Came out great in my opinion, let me know what you think as always.

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Then it was washing time for the Golf as well

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Interior was in a pretty ok condition, only the floormats needed attention

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And some shots i took

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Cheers guys

Mike

[Dwob]

mkv here as well, whats the tire size on the current wheels again? 17's too?

[mgpdoc]

For those who are interested and use Chrome there is a browser extension that you can add in that will allow you to see the photos behind the paywall.

HERE

Just add it in, clear your cache and it should work.