The Mk5 FKA Spicy Red Tamale

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The Mk5 FKA Spicy Red Tamale

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Picked the one up locally a couple of weeks back

Spice Red MkV FSI Comfortline

88k's Cloth interior and factory mags


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Complimentary membership at the bowls club too... That was nice!

Do cool things to it Jase 8)
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8)

Rear bumper from a schwarz car?
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Turns out the guy who bought it new had learned to drive by using the force

Both bumpers were knocked around a bit and front guards had a couple of little dings, and rear wheel arch as well

He passed away apparently last year sometime and his wife passed the car on to her nephew who is meant to be a mechanic, so he could fix her up

Well that's where it went sud, his idea of repairs involved spraying primer putty on everything including inside! Then pulling 90% of the interior apart because they couldn't get it to run.

He explained to me that every time it would start I would stall. :roll:
So they tried a new battery, nup
Called the RACV, he had no clue either
Then pulled the interior apart looking for the computer cause that must be the problem.

I turned to him and said "the key wasn't coded, and the computers not in there"

"Yeah, how'd you know? We had to get Volkswagen to do a reprogram". lol vw

So started on the guards last night

Can't see it in the pics, but colour is wrong and I think he painted it in the dirt with a brush :lol:

So a bit of tappa tappa. Then a light skim and some hi fill (8

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Put them into some colour this arvo no pics though
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Nah FONZ....eeeeeeyyyyy!!! he painted the original bumper gloss schwarz, before straitening it

Fucked if I know why :roll:

I'm picking up a new GTi front Bar, Rear Bar and side skirts on Saturday :wink:
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So just finished splitting the headlights for a bit of detailing work 8)

What a f#*king nightmare

Staples? WTF are you doing VAG?
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:lol: sounds like he wasn't really a car guy.

GTi bumpers are the go.

Did my headlights the other day. Didn't bother attempting to remove them though, as unlike the rears, it looked like it'd be a pain in the arse! Guess I was right.
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They use metal, probably 15mm long, staples like you'd find holding cheap arsed furniture together to lock the lenses to the housing :roll:

Was gonna mask some of the chrome and paint them

But the chrome plastic doesn't hold, so they'll get full paint now I guess :lol:

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Just polished the lenses. I'll post some pics up.
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So sad that such a late model can get that trashed! Glad you are giving it some life again! But one unfortunate thing with the late models, they just aren't made to last....I have a 2008 Caddy, just on 60k and always babied....but I don't think it will last as long as the older ones....there's some dodgey shit going on with building them now!
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Think you're right.

I don't think it helps that there is just more on them to go wrong now. No Airbag/DPF/power steering/etc. failures on my old aircooleds.
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These are what I'm talking about

They're shot through the housing into the edges of the lense to secure it :roll:

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So after removing them (pain in the arse!) and applying some heat I could split the lense from the housing

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The hardest part was splitting the chromed section from the housing. It's all plastic welded tabs :evil:
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So picked this up this morning

Thanks again Danny :wink:

Full GTi kit 8)


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Hopefully get time to pick these up in a couple of weeks 8)

My favourite interior combo 8) 8)

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So much for a quick fix n flip :oops: :roll:
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Rad! What PCD are these??
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Looks like a full once over!

Is she going schwarz? Or stupid question!!
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Phat Bug wrote:Rad! What PCD are these??
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dolpha wrote:Looks like a full once over!

Is she going schwarz? Or stupid question!!

He probably doesn't know yet. He has a lot going on. With the gloss painted, fiberglass subwoofer box to fill the back, & about 7 Tv's to install, & the steering wheel without an airbag, aluminum clip on pedals, universal fit anodized e-brake handle & matching shift knob. :roll: :lol:


Good find Jase, going to be a good looking car.
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8) :lol: ahhh you're a funny cu*t from the other side of the planet :P

Otherwise you hit the nail on the head! :lol:
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