Building a Mk5 Golf Country GTI! Mömus' New Project.

[Rolf@Mömus]

After a year of standing, it is time to revamp my GTI. After having the chain on the good old 2.0 turbo break, the car has been put inside our shop here at Mömus, to await its destiny.


In better days...

First off, the car is a RHD. It was my daily when I worked in Ireland, and could not say goodbye. So it came back home with me, and shortly after had the breakdown. My first thoughts were to rebuild it as a track car, or perhaps to stance it out for weekend use only. However, none of these ideas really motivated me to rebuild it. It had to be worth it. Something different, something new, at least to me.

And one morning it hit me, a Mk5 Golf Country GTI, inspired by the Mk2 Country Golf GTI!



So lets get started. First thing on the to do list is to take the front apart and and disassemble everything needed to get the engine out.





The engine itself has been partly disassembled already, to see what happened to it.



Then the front fenders can go too, as they will be way to narrow for what what I have in mind here.



We will be making a video series on the progress too:

[hinrichs]

I will be watching this one, I love your builds and how you guys document everything so well.

[Rolf@Mömus]

Thank you Hinrichs!

[TheTynosaur]

There was a guy on vwvortex that did something similar with a mk5 rabbit and it turned out really cool. Unfortunately all his pics are broken though because of the photobucket bullshit that happened recently

[Rolf@Mömus]

Thats right! Whilst looking for inspiration I came across this build. Funny enough the pictures work fine in google. Indeed it did turn out awesome!

[ThatIS200]

Could be interesting! hope it turns out!

[Rolf@Mömus]

As do I

[stell33]

indeed, an interesting idea..am looking forward to seeing the pics of the final stage of your project..good luck

[Rolf@Mömus]

Thanks Stell33!

[screescree]

I've only ever seen 1 offroad mk5 golf, and it was awesome. I'll look forward to seeing how you get on with this.

[1988]

mömus I like a lot the way you show everything!

will it be like this mk5?

http://www.build-threads.com/build-threads/lifted-mkv-golf/

[screescree]

mömus I like a lot the way you show everything!

will it be like this mk5?

http://www.build-threads.com/build-t...fted-mkv-golf/

That's the one I was thinking of, shame there isn't more pics of it with the spare wheel holder on the boot. Awesome build, be ace to see a 5 door version.

[Rolf@Mömus]

Hey guys! Off course it wont be exactly like the red one, but it certainly was part of the inspiration to start this project . For me, the fitment will still be a big part of this build.

[Rolf@Mömus]

Vw Mk5 Country Gti Part 1: Taking the head off.

Hey guys, this week was a bad one for me. Due to food poisoning it's been a slow one. I was in the process to take the head off the engine when it hit.

Luckily, I have this video to proof it. I'm afraid I did / do not have the strength to go through the photos nor to write a better update for this build, so please enjoy:

[Bert75]

Interesting.. Subbed!