I finally took the plunge and bought a golf. Was originally looking for a Mk2/3 but had recent trouble with the wifes car so went for a safe mk5 on an 07. Is there anything easy I can do it improve the looks? Unbadged grills etc?
All the usual minor mods of course; wheels, slight lowering (for looks as well as handling), and de-badged grill, etc Depends on what your budget, and what you are looking for from it. Have a look round the net for pics and see what kind of look takes your fancy.
Thanks Stu. Pretty low budget stuff to be honest. Will be changing the Grill and bumper I think after christmas. Get some new wheels too!
I personally would sell up and try and get a TDI, really not keen on the SDI engine. mk5's are really nice cars though - so if you do spend cash I would put it on making it look better (they can look really nice quite easily) not on going faster as you won't get much bang for your buck trying to tune an SDI
I took out mine and I TDI straight after it on a test drive on the same route. I didn't think here was much difference to be honest except the additional 2000 and 20,000 miles on the TDI. Another reason for the SDI was economy. I do 300 miles a week and now getting this for 25. More on the noise. I have had the bonnet up and the noise seems to be happening when the engine moves i.e. touch the throttle. Does this sound like an engine mount/rubber catching issue? Pretty sure it is nothing to worry about, just a bit annoying some times
Don't think I've ever heard anyone say there isn't much difference between an SDI and TDI, plus the TDIs are generally more economical! But, you are happy and that is of course what matters. Have you got any big plans for it or do you just want little mods to tidy it up a bit?
Tdi is WAY faster, you'll notice the lack of grunt on motorways and long uphill drags, not much you can do to get any more out of it either. I'm with Leon - sell it and get a TDI lol
Just a few minor things to tidy up. Debadged grill, new wheels, possibly eyebrow on the lights and maybe a GTI front bumper if I can afford it after Christmas (3 kids pressies come first). To be clear I didn't mean I didn't find any difference between the TDI and SDI. I didn't find enough to go for the more expensive, higher milliage TDI I took out the same day. I have no credit history (not bad history) so was limited to where I could buy from/get credit from so these were the only Golf's they had. The only car I wanted was a black MK5 and they had the two.
fair do's. Gti front bumper improves the mk5 no end - will look great with that on there (how much is it to get that?) 300 miles for 25 is nice..... ive just gone the other way in economy and feeling the pinch
This comes off the back of owning a 2.ltr 16v Auto scenic that was the wifes. That drank fuel, double the cost to get to work and back.
mk5s are great , enjoy it ! as for a de badged grille i would not bother as you will still have the notch on the bonnet
I wouldnt fit a Gti front to a non gti. Only mods I do is lower slightly, some nice wheels and look for the votex front spoiler. Looks much better than the standard effort. With it being black you dont really have to worry to much about the black trim as well. Here my old Tdi with the votex front and darker front lights. It just needed lowering.
