Aquavalver's new GTI-now with pics!
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Aquavalver's new GTI-now with pics!
Hi! I'm quite new to the forum and have mk.2 Golf's for years and then had my mum's old mk.3 Polo coupe as a daily after I had the Golf resprayed until that got written off due to a dodgey road surface! I then got a dragon green 1.4CL 6N which I've had for nearly 4 years now. I sadly had to sell the golf last year due to the recession and earning less with more bills! Anyway, I thought it was time for a new car and something that I could tinker with & enjoy more + feel part of at shows & meets, so I set out looking for a 6N2 GTI!
I looked at 7 in all -4 silver, 1 red and 2 black in various conditions (all were meant to be nice!) and mileages, but really I wanted one less than 80k miles and in as mint condition as I could find for the money I had. After looking at the first 3 (2 silver and 1 red), I realised that it would be better to spend a little more to get one in nicer condition without bits being sprayed here and there and less dents & scratches etc + of course lower mileage. I then found a black one with low miles, but it needed the rear bumper spraying, had lots of small dents and scratches everwhere + the driver's seat bolster looked a bit more worn that I would have thought for the low miles, so I decided to still look around. I arranged to see one in Leicester the weekend just gone (as I'm in Kent, so quite a trek!) that was advertised on here and keep looking in the mean-time. I phoned up about 2 on Thursday night -a black and a silver one, the silver one already had someone going to see it friday evening and I arranged to see the black one on Saturday morning. When I saw it, it was very clean, low miles and the interior was nearly like new! It drove lovely too, so I was really keen on that one. I phoned about the silver one to see it was still available and it turned out that the guy didn't go on Friday evcening in the end, so I went to look at that one. It had low miles, but not as low as the black one and hadn't been looked after nearly as well either. There were a few scratches and dents, the headlights were nearly a yellow colour and was nowehere near as good as the black one, so I left that one.
Sunday I trekked up to leicester to see the other silver one and it was really nice condition. It had coilovers too which I would ideally like and I would have been happy with the car, but it wasn't quite as mint as the black one that had a fair few less miles too. Black had never been my favourite colour, not because I don't like it, but because it takes a fair bit more effort to keep it continually looking clean! But really, I thought I had to go for the cleanest car that would last me the longest (touch wood!)
More details on it + pics once I get her back home!
This is the build thread to my old Golf GTI 16V if anyone's interested!:
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.p ... opic=90512
I looked at 7 in all -4 silver, 1 red and 2 black in various conditions (all were meant to be nice!) and mileages, but really I wanted one less than 80k miles and in as mint condition as I could find for the money I had. After looking at the first 3 (2 silver and 1 red), I realised that it would be better to spend a little more to get one in nicer condition without bits being sprayed here and there and less dents & scratches etc + of course lower mileage. I then found a black one with low miles, but it needed the rear bumper spraying, had lots of small dents and scratches everwhere + the driver's seat bolster looked a bit more worn that I would have thought for the low miles, so I decided to still look around. I arranged to see one in Leicester the weekend just gone (as I'm in Kent, so quite a trek!) that was advertised on here and keep looking in the mean-time. I phoned up about 2 on Thursday night -a black and a silver one, the silver one already had someone going to see it friday evening and I arranged to see the black one on Saturday morning. When I saw it, it was very clean, low miles and the interior was nearly like new! It drove lovely too, so I was really keen on that one. I phoned about the silver one to see it was still available and it turned out that the guy didn't go on Friday evcening in the end, so I went to look at that one. It had low miles, but not as low as the black one and hadn't been looked after nearly as well either. There were a few scratches and dents, the headlights were nearly a yellow colour and was nowehere near as good as the black one, so I left that one.
Sunday I trekked up to leicester to see the other silver one and it was really nice condition. It had coilovers too which I would ideally like and I would have been happy with the car, but it wasn't quite as mint as the black one that had a fair few less miles too. Black had never been my favourite colour, not because I don't like it, but because it takes a fair bit more effort to keep it continually looking clean! But really, I thought I had to go for the cleanest car that would last me the longest (touch wood!)
More details on it + pics once I get her back home!
This is the build thread to my old Golf GTI 16V if anyone's interested!:
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.p ... opic=90512
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Re: Aquavalver's new GTI
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Good choice on picking a black one, your right they are harder to clean but its certainly worth the effort because they look immenses when polished & waxed
Good choice on picking a black one, your right they are harder to clean but its certainly worth the effort because they look immenses when polished & waxed
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Thanks! Do you use any particular polish on black ones? Obviously you don't want any polishes that leave a chalky residue/dust! I found Jetseal 109 pretty good as it went on easy and came off easy without any residue/dust. My old mk.2 Golf GTI 16V was white so the compete oppoiste colour!6N2 GTI 00 wrote:Welcome to UK Polos
Good choice on picking a black one, your right they are harder to clean but its certainly worth the effort because they look immenses when polished & waxed
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Welcome to the Forum
Nice choice and good shopping around ha. Although a red one would be noticeably faster
Look forward to your progress and pictures,
matt
Nice choice and good shopping around ha. Although a red one would be noticeably faster
Look forward to your progress and pictures,
matt
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I do quite like the red ones as it's a nice bright red, but the only one I saw had some areas resprayed in a more orangey red! Funnily enough I actually have a spare wing for red one! Wanted to look at another a distance away, but strange stuff going on with the ad/price/seller etc! Rang up and the seller said he was a trader and had taken a deposit and dropped the price by £500 on the first evening of putting it up for sale which I thought was quite strange! I phoned a day later and left a message, to see if it was sold or still for sale and he didn't get back to me. It's now up for sale again, with a slightly higher price, one same photo without the extra ones and different phone numbers! Anyway, the mileage on it is quite a lot more than the one I'm buying!Endi_GTI wrote:Welcome to the Forum
Nice choice and good shopping around ha. Although a red one would be noticeably faster
Look forward to your progress and pictures,
matt
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The best stuff to use on a black GTI is Poorboys black hole glaze mate, it's quite pricey but lasts ages and you will be blown away by the results.Aquavalver wrote: Thanks! Do you use any particular polish on black ones? Obviously you don't want any polishes that leave a chalky residue/dust! I found Jetseal 109 pretty good as it went on easy and came off easy without any residue/dust. My old mk.2 Golf GTI 16V was white so the compete oppoiste colour!
I started using this stuff 3 years ago and haven't stopped since, brilliant product
As for the Wax then either Collinite 476 or Dodo Juice wax are good choices, although often the poorboys black hole glaze is enough
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Poorboys-Blac ... 1c28c78056
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Thanks for that. Just ordered some! Is the polish black? If so, I'd better wear disposable gloves when putting it on! Not too expensive as what with showing my old Golf GTI at shows, I'd bought lots of different polishes and waxes etc. I have a big plastic crate of it all!6N2 GTI 00 wrote: The best stuff to use on a black GTI is Poorboys black hole glaze mate, it's quite pricey but lasts ages and you will be blown away by the results.
I started using this stuff 3 years ago and haven't stopped since, brilliant product
As for the Wax then either Collinite 476 or Dodo Juice wax are good choices, although often the poorboys black hole glaze is enough
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Poorboys-Blac ... 1c28c78056
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haha guess what buddy, SNAP, im just as new as you are with my 6n2 GTI. You seen my posts on ED38, thought i should joing the other fellow dubbers with Polo's.
Get some pics up dude.
Veejay
Get some pics up dude.
Veejay
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Welcome to the club matey
Hope to see yours very soon it sounds like you've got a nice 1
Hope to see yours very soon it sounds like you've got a nice 1
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V Bachetta wrote:haha guess what buddy, SNAP, im just as new as you are with my 6n2 GTI. You seen my posts on ED38, thought i should joing the other fellow dubbers with Polo's.
Get some pics up dude.
Veejay
Finally, had time to give it a good clean and polish & get some pics! Vacuumed the interior, wet vaxxed the floor mats and cleaned the red trim on the mats, gave the red stitching on the steering wheel a clean, then the morning of the show washed and dried it, then once at the show washed and polished the wheels & tyres, polished the paintwork with Poorboys black-hole glaze and all the windows! That kept me busy for a few hours!Ashcroft wrote:Welcome to the club matey
Hope to see yours very soon it sounds like you've got a nice 1
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Looks like you've managed to pick yourself up a really tidy example mate, you got many plans for it in the future?
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Yup! Here's a few little things:Joycey wrote:Looks like you've managed to pick yourself up a really tidy example mate, you got many plans for it in the future?
Was a little annoyed after the vacuumed & wet-vaxed spotless interior was made dirty by a passenger a day later!
New real carbon fiber key-ring!:
New door grab handles as the previous one's mat finish coating had peeled a bit:
New door handle inserts for same reason as the grab handles:
New driver's side electric window switch surround for same reason as door grab handles etc!:
New GTI grill badge:
New number plate surrounds as the current ones have a Skoda garage on them!:
The polish I used in the previous pics of the car!:
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Love the keyring , its all the little things count, ive gotta do the grab handles and Inserts on mine soon its still got the originals and they're looking a bit tired
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Reflection perfection. Looks real nice