MkIV Gti before and after

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 11:41

Hi folks, picked up a reflex silver gti in dec with 31000 on the clock, came fitted with std 16" alloys and an ms designs body kit that i was never keen on.

I have replaced the rims with 18" BBS CHs, changed suspension for koni shocks and eibach springs and taken off front and rear ms design valances for v6 ones, side skirts have to go too but are bonded on so i need the help of an expert me thinks,

I have also had a chipped Uk remap (putting down circa 210bhp now). Plans are to get tail pipes sorted for rear valance, fixed the handling which is torque steering everywhere!, get decent matts and maybe alu interior trim and thats it

anyway scuse the piccies, taken on my N70,

Before:

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 11:41

After:

masterk · 17 Apr 2006 at 11:43

Really tidy

Barry Smalley · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:02

Not bad, aye. Better off with the standard bumpers. Thought of getting R32 bumpers instead?

Barry Smalley · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:03

I'd probably have the GTI badge off the back too.

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:03

yeah, and then saw the price :eek:

Barry Smalley · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:08

How much?

Matmulder · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:55

Love BBS CH's :cool:

Favourite wheel after the BBS LMs!

james.miller · 17 Apr 2006 at 12:56

dont like those bumpers, good move taking them off. cant really get much better than the 32's on the golfs IMO

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:25

Barry Smalley said:
How much?

r32 front bumper is something like 350 before you get it sprayed :eek:

Joe T · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:15

The wheels much improve it.

Freefaller · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:18

The wheels are great. I actually quite liked the front splitter originally. However it does look smart now.

Hawk Tuah · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:51

I agree with everything you've done to the car making it look better. The wheels look great.

However I dont really understand why. Couldn't you of just got one without the bodykit in the first place. If you have to get a pro to remove the skirts, plus the cost of the new bumpers, its gotta add up. Or did you get a really good price for it?

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:26

i bought it from a garage in dec so i got it for the same price as similar private examples sold for, but i have a 12mth warranty, i also wanted the leather recaros which are rare in ireland (an expensive option and we pay 25% more than ye guys for everything in our cars!) which this car had and none of the others i looked at had and finally it has only done 35000 miles to date, 2500 of which i have put up

re changing the bumpers i did front and rear myself, it is only the lower spoiler to change and replacements from vw were £80 and i fitted myself

skirts shouldnt cost a lot to get taken off?

Cyrus · 17 Apr 2006 at 21:26

oh and i had been 3 weeks without a car so i just said sod it, it all stacks up just a lil more work

hittman · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:03

how much did you pay for the car?

OllyM · 17 Apr 2006 at 22:05

That looks really neat, hope you enjoy driving it

They look great in silver, especially with those alloys. Tasteful modifications for once, whatever next

Cyrus · 18 Apr 2006 at 08:40

LOL thats the look im going for

car cost me €14,250 (thats euros) its a 01 and yes cars are more expensive in Ireland, that was a pretty good price, considering warranty etc

Von Luck · 18 Apr 2006 at 08:50

Cyrus · 18 Apr 2006 at 13:02

got them over here in ireland

awesome-gti do em tho