VW MK6 Golf Gti: Edition 35!

[anonymous-user]

Pre car history:
Started with a corsa b, absolutely rubbish car but a first car none the less, moved on to a mk4 astra 1.8 fastest car in history at 18 years old!
Various e36,e46 and one e90 followed this, then a e39 528i (wonderful barge!), then a mk4 golf gti AUM engine, whilst not a BAM engine, got it remapped by Revo and a decat and panel filter fitted, what a car, absolutely crazy! They get a bad wrap on most forums (this one included) but as a sub 1K fun car, but they're seriously underrated IMO.

Anyway onto the ED35, picked it up in January, wonderful Car, everything me and the misus needed in a car; fast,practical good looks, relatively newish.

When we picked it up it had a fresh 12 months mot and a service and front brake pads done.

Had a few torque converter automatics but fell in love with the dsg instantly, a conforming auto in everyday traffic, which can turn into a absolute beast in sport with paddles!

Only mods are; GFB diverter valve (known weakspot on most vag cars)

Milltek non resonated catback exhaust (excellent sound)

Soundaktor removed.


Took it round some local b roads with a friend with a corsa e and it was excellent fun, I genuinely believe I've found the perfect car, not too much horsepower that will loose your license when pressing on (235PS) and excellent handling (XDS diff ) whilst remaining totally practical.


Enough rambling here are some photos:


















Excuse the interior, no chance to clean today before a few quick snaps:

















Few pictures of when the milltek went on:






Thanks for reading, comments/abuse/shouldve leased a golf r for that money welcome.

[lanciamug]

Nice. Thy are a fantastic all rounder. I especially like your Xmas tree air freshener.

[Patch1875]

Lovely my mk6 GTi is one of my favourites.

[MrBarry123]

No negative comments from me, these are cool cars, and interesting given VW decided to fit the older EA113 block to them instead of the EA888.

[anonymous-user]

lanciamug said:

Nice. Thy are a fantastic all rounder. I especially like your Xmas tree air freshener.

Thanks! In my experience I wouldn't buy anything other than 'new car scents' otherwise it makes your car smell like toilet cleaner.

Patch1875 said:

Lovely my mk6 GTi is one of my favourites.

Thanks, had I not needed practicality I would've opted for a lotus elite or similar (maybe) with rural dorset on our doorstep a b road blaster it has to be, the ed35 does it pretty damn well.

MrBarry123 said:

No negative comments from me, these are cool cars, and interesting given VW decided to fit the older EA113 block to them instead of the EA888.

I was surprised by this initially, I didn't know before purchasing the car it was EA113 and assumed it was a EA888 as research suggested all mk6 gti's are.

The confusion came when I realised I had a cambelt and the EA888 is chain, very lost for a while

Still, a EA113 belt engine with a factory KO4, couldn't of gone better to be honest

[HJMS123]

Lovely cars the MK6 GTI ... especially the edition 35!

I must confesss I don't like the upgraded wheels and much prefer the standard 35 (18's?). The exhaust looks like it's hanging a bit too low in the pics and doesn't sit flush with the bumper .... that would send my OCD into overdrive

[toby-w8jtf]

Nice motor OP! Although I am slightly biased as I own a 6R in white too which is by far the best colour for these in my opinion.

I too came from several auto Beamers, last being a e92 335d msport (mapped obviously) but now I've gone dual clutch I don't think I could go back to a normal auto or manual. The DSG really is fantastic! I'd highly recommend a remap and box map, I didn't think the box could be improved but the difference is night and day.

If you haven't already then replace the cam follower behind the fuel pump, I change mine at every oil change (every 4k) for piece of mind. If this goes then its a 2k+ bill. I unfortunately learnt the hard way and currently have mine in the garage having a full rebuild. Mines running 370bhp but I'd still recommend regular checks of the follower.

Enjoy!

[anonymous-user]

HJMS123 said:

Lovely cars the MK6 GTI ... especially the edition 35!

I must confesss I don't like the upgraded wheels and much prefer the standard 35 (18's?). The exhaust looks like it's hanging a bit too low in the pics and doesn't sit flush with the bumper .... that would send my OCD into overdrive

Thanks, yeah they were a optional extra on the ed35 when new, I would prefer 18's to be honest, but I'm happy with the 19's

I spent days messing with the exhaust after fitting, and have just left it where it is, could be the angle of the picture but it's squared up top to bottom and side to side, but does poke out a touch from the rear bumper.

Never bothered me, the poking out!

[Fury RS]

Lovely looking car there matey.
I just sold my M3 (doing a house up) so running about for the time being in my old Astra. Hopefully early in the new year I should be able to buy something nice again and these VW GTI's and 'R' models keep catching my attention. I honestly think I prefer the look of the Mk6 over the Mk7. Your example would be the perfect spec for me if I can find one come the time. Being a manual guy all my life I think it's time to try one of these new "autos", there seems a lot of love about for these DSG's.
As I said prior, a lovely looking car. Enjoy it matey.

[anonymous-user]

Good cars, and the 35 seems to be the best of the Mk6 range. The seats look like they's done more than 38k miles though!

[Jonny_gti]

Stunning don't see many Edition35's around at all tbh did this come with the same engine/turbo as the Golf R just de-tuned with the KO4?

[anonymous-user]

Fury RS said:

Lovely looking car there matey.
I just sold my M3 (doing a house up) so running about for the time being in my old Astra. Hopefully early in the new year I should be able to buy something nice again and these VW GTI's and 'R' models keep catching my attention. I honestly think I prefer the look of the Mk6 over the Mk7. Your example would be the perfect spec for me if I can find one come the time. Being a manual guy all my life I think it's time to try one of these new "autos", there seems a lot of love about for these DSG's.
As I said prior, a lovely looking car. Enjoy it matey.

Which model M3? My closest claim to a M3 is a E46 325i, which was nice, nothing special. I prefer the MK6 to a MK7 too!

The DSG is wonderful, I've had many manuals and considered myself a manual guy, I've also had a couple of torque converter auto's too, the DSG is amazing, sport mode is pop and bangs with rev match on downshift, manual mode does what it says on the tin.. Feeling lazy and just need a car to drive? Standard auto available in D mode.

Superb auto box, providing it serviced to schedule!

[anonymous-user]

had ham said:

Good cars, and the 35 seems to be the best of the Mk6 range. The seats look like they's done more than 38k miles though!

Yeah, weird thing about the seats, if I give them a good clean they sort of seem black, I've been told by a few people that it's a coating that I need to wash off with a tiny bit of dish soap and warm water, other say they've worn badly or are a different set, not too sure will give them a good wash when I have 5 minutes, other cars I look at on ebay have similar fades so I'm not sure if it's bad materials or they wear bad, or they're different seats

Jonny_gti said:

Stunning don't see many Edition35's around at all tbh did this come with the same engine/turbo as the Golf R just de-tuned with the KO4?

Thats right!

Same engine in the MK6 Golf R,Scirocco R, and the Audi S3 8P

Edition 35 @ 235PS
Scirocco R @ 265PS
Golf R @ 271PS
S3 @ 265PS

Revo claims they can remap a ED35 to at least 300bhp with a Stage 1 map.

[Nik Gnashers]

Absolutely lovely car, perfect for every occasion.
Well, apart from the disgusting wheels, and the daft flat bottom steering wheel lol, but apart from those I like everything else about it.
Hope you really enjoy ownership sir !

[si_xsi]

I quite like the look of the 19 inch Glendale, don't see many with them. Almost pushed the button on an ed35 when my last Supercharged R32 got written off but decided I would miss the traction and noise so got another. Enjoy, looks great. Bet it handles well with the diff.

[Fury RS]

AlrightYouns said:

Fury RS said:

Lovely looking car there matey.
I just sold my M3 (doing a house up) so running about for the time being in my old Astra. Hopefully early in the new year I should be able to buy something nice again and these VW GTI's and 'R' models keep catching my attention. I honestly think I prefer the look of the Mk6 over the Mk7. Your example would be the perfect spec for me if I can find one come the time. Being a manual guy all my life I think it's time to try one of these new "autos", there seems a lot of love about for these DSG's.
As I said prior, a lovely looking car. Enjoy it matey.

Which model M3? My closest claim to a M3 is a E46 325i, which was nice, nothing special. I prefer the MK6 to a MK7 too!

The DSG is wonderful, I've had many manuals and considered myself a manual guy, I've also had a couple of torque converter auto's too, the DSG is amazing, sport mode is pop and bangs with rev match on downshift, manual mode does what it says on the tin.. Feeling lazy and just need a car to drive? Standard auto available in D mode.

Superb auto box, providing it serviced to schedule!

It was a manual E92 V8 with EDC in Grey with a bit of carbon fibre here and there. Didn't really want to sell it but needs be with the house renovation etc. I'll miss the 420 Bhp and the noise at 8,500 rpm but just fancy something a little more user friendly but still capable when the time comes.
Thank you for your reply re; DSG...

[Jonny_gti]

AlrightYouns said:

Thats right!

Same engine in the MK6 Golf R,Scirocco R, and the Audi S3 8P

Edition 35 @ 235PS
Scirocco R @ 265PS
Golf R @ 271PS
S3 @ 265PS

Revo claims they can remap a ED35 to at least 300bhp with a Stage 1 map.

some engine been in a Scirocco R that was APR stage 2 am sure around 350hp and DSG and it was savage. what tuning you planning on doing do far?

[anonymous-user]

Nik Gnashers said:

Absolutely lovely car, perfect for every occasion.
Well, apart from the disgusting wheels, and the daft flat bottom steering wheel lol, but apart from those I like everything else about it.
Hope you really enjoy ownership sir !

Well I knew it wouldn't be to everyone's tastes but thanks it's a really enjoyable car!

si_xsi said:

I quite like the look of the 19 inch Glendale, don't see many with them. Almost pushed the button on an ed35 when my last Supercharged R32 got written off but decided I would miss the traction and noise so got another. Enjoy, looks great. Bet it handles well with the diff.

Thanks! They've grown on me, I wasn't too sure when I first picked it up about the wheels, now I'm certain on them the milltek brings out the sound of the tsi massively, but ofcourse almost nothing could beat the sound of a supercharged R32!

Handles excellent (IMO)

[anonymous-user]

Fury RS said:

AlrightYouns said:

Fury RS said:

Lovely looking car there matey.
I just sold my M3 (doing a house up) so running about for the time being in my old Astra. Hopefully early in the new year I should be able to buy something nice again and these VW GTI's and 'R' models keep catching my attention. I honestly think I prefer the look of the Mk6 over the Mk7. Your example would be the perfect spec for me if I can find one come the time. Being a manual guy all my life I think it's time to try one of these new "autos", there seems a lot of love about for these DSG's.
As I said prior, a lovely looking car. Enjoy it matey.

Which model M3? My closest claim to a M3 is a E46 325i, which was nice, nothing special. I prefer the MK6 to a MK7 too!

The DSG is wonderful, I've had many manuals and considered myself a manual guy, I've also had a couple of torque converter auto's too, the DSG is amazing, sport mode is pop and bangs with rev match on downshift, manual mode does what it says on the tin.. Feeling lazy and just need a car to drive? Standard auto available in D mode.

Superb auto box, providing it serviced to schedule!

It was a manual E92 V8 with EDC in Grey with a bit of carbon fibre here and there. Didn't really want to sell it but needs be with the house renovation etc. I'll miss the 420 Bhp and the noise at 8,500 rpm but just fancy something a little more user friendly but still capable when the time comes.
Thank you for your reply re; DSG...

I've always wanted a E90 335i or M3, but insurance would never allow it lol

Excellent Car though, fast V8 RWD mayhem!

I would still try DSG as some still don't like it, and you do have to adjust your driving style slightly to suit, but it's a wonderful gearbox

Jonny_gti said:

some engine been in a Scirocco R that was APR stage 2 am sure around 350hp and DSG and it was savage. what tuning you planning on doing do far?

I am thinking of a Stage 1 Revo remap, but covering the basics before any power increase, both front tyres are on 4mm so going to get a fresh set on the back and swap the backs to the front, then upgrade brake discs with new pads.

And then maybe a stage 1 map.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 26th September 10:12

[Fury RS]

AlrightYouns said:

I've always wanted a E90 335i or M3, but insurance would never allow it lol

Excellent Car though, fast V8 RWD mayhem!

I would still try DSG as some still don't like it, and you do have to adjust your driving style slightly to suit, but it's a wonderful gearbox


I owned an E92 335i with a small remap circa 360bhp prior to my M3, it was a very quick capable car but lacked a LSD and didn't grip like the 'M' but a lot of car for the money. I'm getting on now so insurance is not so bad for me, I think I last paid around £260 full comp with limited mileage of 6k on the 335i and the remap declared.

My mate has recently bought a Mk7 Golf 'R' with DSG and he has come from several STI Impreza's and a couple of Focus St's, all manual and he says he's loving the DSG. I'm yet to drive his car yet (wrecked my Knee) but will do hopefully soon. Think i'm getting to the age where an "Auto Box" is due with a REVO map.
Enjoy it matey...