As the car is quite old, the plastic trim of the car has been exposed to the influence of the sun for countless of times, which greys out the once black plastic trim. I decided to repaint it all, as the grey trim is just plain ugly. The most work was to mask of the rest of the car, the rest was easy 🙂
Work in progress
Ugly greyed out trim…
As the car is about 21 years old, it was about time the fuel pump was renewed. A fuel pump gets old and will be unable to deliver the desired fuel pressure when needed. This will have a big impact on the performance as you might imagine. It took me quite some time as the retaining ring was stuck, like real stuck…
I was finally able to prise it of, but needed to perform some cleaning before putting in the new pump. But it was worth it!
Partnr: 1H0919051AK
Dirty pump
Fresh new pump!
Missed a lot of bass in the Golf MK3, so decided to add some in the form of a subwoofer. I normally dont add one, but I felt it was essential in this car, as my normal speaker setup was unable to provide me with it. Found a nice Hifonics HFI250a subwoofer nearby and needed a wirekit, before I could test it.
Result: Awesome bass 🙂 Highly recommended
Also, I love the “Power From Gods” note on it hehe
Saw this on Subaru Impreza’s and wanted to try this on the Golf MK3 platform. Quite happy with the results on the aftermarket grill, but looks even better with the stock grill (which is mounted again by the way). I got them from Aliexpress off course.
How it looks with the aftermarket grill
This is how they are mounted
A small mod with big impact, replacing the old worn hubcaps with fresh new caps. I bought them cheap from eBay.
The old…
Old vs New
And the final result
Bought a steering wheel cover, as the steering wheel had seen better days. I have done this mod a couple of times before and was always happy with the result, so no hesitation this time 🙂 Again very pleased with the results. Costs about 5 USD from Aliexpress. I chose black faux leather with red stitching for the VW Golf.
Work in progress
Final result
Fitted some fresh new Ridex brake pads for the front. They are quite cheap, but they brake properly.
