My Daily Commuter • Golf MKV GT

[mgpdoc]

Loving the new wheel setup.

Thank you sir. GroupB vibes era are strong. And to be honest I am seriously thinking of going this route on the B7 as well. Just not sure if 18 or 19 is the way. Still unsure.

[hinrichs]

Loving the new wheel setup.

[mgpdoc]

Bought this

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To go along with this

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In other news, the Golf was forgotten in terms of new parts, so let's do something about that. Orders were made.

Boxes arrived.

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Unpacked all four

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18 inch, Rota D154, 8,5 width, ET45, 5x112 for the Golf.

Had some custom decals made

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Chose the blue ones for this car

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spot on

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Previous wheel setup (although temporary due to the wheels being on the latest A4)

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Threw some old Yoko Paradas Spec II, I had, in 225/40

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I am in love. I love this car.

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Side view

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Up close and personal

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As i always say, wheels are like shoes in people. They can make or break an outfit.

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Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Been a while since i uploaded anything for this car. However i still have it and it running great.

Among other things i received for the other cars, there was this key cover made in cf for the golf, and also i have the OSIR buttons installed.

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I gave the car and quick clean and took some photos of the process.

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Exterior was pretty much up to my standards after a good clean

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Gave the back box some love

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Some love to the engine bay

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And then some interior going, mostly clean in here, but still, all rubber seals needed some going over to keep em fresh for time to come.

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Cheers, hope you like this

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@mgpgarage

[mgpdoc]

Teaser of a new mod i pulled of, more for safety reasons, but also, i like how it looks.

[mgpdoc]

Red caps deff were worth it, perfect extra addition.

Agreed mate. Now I think I am gonna go for gunmetal powdercoating to finishe them off nicely

[hinrichs]

Red caps deff were worth it, perfect extra addition.

[mgpdoc]

Had an idea.

Took some measurements.

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Looked doable

Ordered new Audi caps, and custom painted them in red

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Went from this

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To this

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Subtle, yet makes a difference. Exactly what I wanted.

Cheers guys

[mgpdoc]

I like the look of the audi wheels with just the center cap. It works with the stud conversion and makes a little subtle racecar nod.

HELL YEAH. I knew it there was something about it, I knew something with an eye would get it.

I think colourmatched wheels with red caps and either silver or gold audi rings will make them pop out even more.

[hinrichs]

I like the look of the audi wheels with just the center cap. It works with the stud conversion and makes a little subtle racecar nod.

[mgpdoc]

Given the fact that acquired another project car, I rearranged some things.

So I went from this custom biller shift knob

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To my previous beloved sparco one which looks great in the Golf

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Also, because I am using the golf 18'' wheels in the A4 currently I swapped the Audi 17in wheels for now. Which at first were very weird , but currently they are not as bad as I thought. Plus, they offer a serious sleeper look status, which I totally love and have fun with when i take it out for a drive.

Here is how the swap story went so far.

Wheels

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The center caps could not be snapped on, due to the stud conversion I am running they werent deep enough.

So instead I found some audi caps I had laying around and popped them on

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Hmmm not so bad

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Let's give the car a proper clean to see how it looks

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They dont look so bad

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Polished the backbox once again

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Came out nice

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Took it for a spin to grab some photos

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You would never guess this runs a GTX3076 with an external wastegate pipe screaming on WOT, would you now, be honest

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To be honest, I might even go as far as colour matching these wheels and adding red Audi caps in the center.

Who knows we shall see.

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Thought I had updated some things here but again I see that I havent so lets fix that.

We were at the point, that I had bought the headlights and was about to install them.

So let's get to that.

In this car, sadly, in order to remove headlights, you have to remove the front end basically.

Started with this

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I ***** the years that went by with these ballasts of HID kits. Never again I think

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Grille removed

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Hello mishimoto

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Bumper removed

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Polished the charge pipes while i was there

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Out they went

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Enjoyed the part of cutting zip ties so much

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So much cleaner

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Threw the first headlight on

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And then both

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Everything worked great as it should

Buttoned everything up

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Did some fast height adjustment

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And here are some finished photos. Love how it came out, clean.

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Cheers guys, more to come

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Like I said before, one of the most entertaining things to do during the lockdown, was ordering stuff online. LoL

So this came in

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Had plenty of things inside it, for both the daily cars

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Fire extinguisher was refurbished for the year

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And put in place

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Bought a set of neat cases for my ctek chargers, one in each car, and they look fantastic and classy

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I also bought a retro label maker and went nuts on multiple things

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Some lamps for the New headlights as well

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And then it was all about installing them on the car, which requires some work on the mkv golf, sadly

Cheers

Mike

[mgpdoc]

This build (and your A1 too) is freaking inspiring man! Keep it up!

Thank you mate.

I will add some more updates, hopefully today

Cheers

[Kalin]

This build (and your A1 too) is freaking inspiring man! Keep it up!