My MKV GTI build thread

[Justin Fox]

Just a few recent updates:

Forge DV.

Before.

After.

Odyssey.

UNIbrace (thanks Bruce!).

 

[waywong]

WOW moar pictures please!

 

[soze]

You're doing a great job on this car. The stuff you have on there isn't cheap! I wish I could afford Advan wheels.

 

[-h2n-]

great work... love the rims!

 

[rmark_gti]

Nice upgrades thus far, I have a feeling there is gonna be a lot more coming?

Any pics of your girl's R?

 

[eurotrash.]

wow i want that forge twintake

how you liking it?

 

[Justin Fox]

Any pics of your girl's R?

wow i want that forge twintake how you liking it?

It's loud and makes all sorts of whooshing and whishing noises whether you're up or down shifting going easy or WOT. I'm loving it!

OK small update: Today I got some racing Tow Hooks in the mail (off eBay). They had anodised red ones but I'm not one for being too flashy and I've read that the red anodised ones fade pink so I went for some black ones.

596g for the pair.

Rear (I drilled a hole out of the plastic tow hook cover to make it look a little cleaner).

Front hook. Unfortunately the hook doesn't fit through the honeycomb holes already in the front fog cover (silly of VW as you'd have to remove the fog cover to get the stock tow hook in there too) so I had to dremel out some plastic to get it to fit.

 

[rmark_gti]

Amazing pictures mate! Amazing looking exhaust on the R too

 

[phil2.5]

WOW, my dream to have a race car !!!
Super nice man !!!

You have great taste, and quality parts !!

 

[Justin Fox]

A few updates:

20mm bolt on spacers.

Neuspeed pulley kit + turbo discharge kit.

Liner removed.

Hitting the track.

PB so far.


Lightening
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Antenna: -20g
Golf Manual: -818g
Tool kit: -3.78kg
Parcel tray: -1.82kg
Rear floor: -1.62kg
Rear seat bottom: -4.96kg
Rear single seat back: -6.46kg
Rear double seat back: -17.48kg
Spare wheel: -14.34kg
Rear wiper assembly: -1.02kg
License Plate surround + fog light block-off panel -300g
Rear floor matts: -572g
Osir carbon bonnet -6kg
Rear boot trim panel: -1.74kg
Rear boot trim: -2.57
Amplifier cover: -170g
Undertray: -880g
Exhaust heatshield: -560g
Oil filler neck -35g
Battery box -646g
Fog Lights -420g
Rear fender lining: -1.5kg
Front brake heat shields: -720g
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+10.80kg (H&R swaybars/Cross Coilovers)
-3kg (Miltek Turbo Back Exhaust)
-200g (Neuspeed Turbo Discharge kit)
+1.2kg (Forge Twintake)
- 12kg (Advan RZ + Toyo R888)
+395g (Kics lug nuts)
+1960g (H&R + ECS Wheel Spacers)
- 464g (new MKV rear hatch mechanism)
- 4.58kg (Odyssey Battery)
+ 400g (Unibrace)
- 1393g (Neuspeed pulley kit)
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= -73111g

 

[CandyMk6]

i love everything! great work

 

[ben@p2spec]

Loving this build, great work! Subscribed.

 

[kyng]

Wow, keep up the good work !

 

[two8vsoffury]

sub'd

 

[Frenchie]

A proper build thread !

Awesome work PapaFox, nice to see everything documented with a purpose behind your mods.