Feature: Few and Far Between - Juiceboxforyou

Freddie’s Golf is definitely a rare breed around the south of Ireland. While the MK5 Golf is in plentiful supply, its rare to find one which had been perfectly executed with such clean style. Its true that in Ireland, the Euro scene is nowhere near as big as the Japanese scene. I’m going to go ahead and say that for two reasons: Number one, because it may just be true. Its hard to find a Golf or another Euro car for that matter that has been done to this kind of standard. Hopefully Reason two is because I want people who may have something along the lines of this golf to read this and get angry and contact the site for a feature because its damn near impossible to find you out there! This is probably the main reason that the site is mostly favoured towards the Japanese scene. In saying that, anyone can appreciate a nice Golf when its done right. Yes there is plenty of them around and yes they are usually covered from top to bottom in Diesel and gunk with towbars. That’s a typical description of a Golf to many people. So when the opportunity arose to shoot Freddie’s MK5, I knew it had to be up here on the site, because a Golf which is bagged and as clean as this is certainly few and far between around the south of Ireland.

The car started its life out as a 2005 1.9 litre MK5 Golf  TDI Sport. This car is a different kind of feature for sure, because the whole idea behind this project was not for speed or for handling. The car was built to look good but has been chipped to 145bhp. The car itself has gone through slightly different looks on the outside over the last few years, slightly being refined each time. It definitely worked out a treat. You can see straight away how smooth the exterior looks. Freddie removed the door moldings and flushed them to create a sleek look for the side of the Golf. Underneath these doors are some Reiger Side skirts which have been painted red to match the car. There is a nice contrast from the black which has been added to the roof and the inside of the skirts.

The front bumper has been replaced for the GTI shape and the moldings have also been flushed to keep with the clean look flowing across the car. A Reiger front splitter really makes the front bumper work perfectly on this car. Following the look, Freddie added a badge less GTI grille and flushed the bonnet front where the badge would sit. It really reshapes the front end nicely. Respectively the front lights were swapped out for the GTI ones. As you can see the Mirrors were painted black.

The same kind of  look was adapted to the rear of the MK5. Freddie kept the parts in the Golf family. The MK5 was fitted with the R32 rear bumper which really looks good at the back end of this especially when it was simplified by removing the reflectors at either side. The black around the fitted R32 exhaust tips is a nice touch to the rest of the Golf colour theme.  The car just looks so simple and clean. It stands out from the crowd in many ways and when its sitting this low you just cant help but admire.

As you can see above, Freddie added a Jack Daniels mini bar to the glove box for those typical classy drink driving journeys. Whilst enjoying some Jack, you can be comforted by the sportline re-trimmed Italian black leather with red stitching which looks the part, it definitely compliments the exterior. Three gauges have been added to the dash for oil, water, and boost and the switches for the suspension system have been neatly tucked away in the drivers pocket.

Now its unusual in this day and age to be showing a speaker install with all these stripped out Honda’s and track looker’s which weve grown accustomed to. Freddie laughed when he opened the boot and told me that he wasn’t going to drive around with a bad speaker kit as the car has basically been built with enjoyment and cruising in mind. The install consists of  2 X 12″ Audiobahn subs and 2000watt renegade amplifier which have been covered in black Italian leather. The airbag bottle has also been trimmed to keep with the style.

Freddie went with some Rayvern Airbag suspension on his Golf to get as low as possible but not have to sacrifice the bodywork. The 19inch Inovit DTM wheels look perfect under the arches and are happily wrapped in Pirelli P-Zero tyres.

I have to admit, the car looks superb rolling down the street. There definitely is just something about a properly slammed VW. Its incredible at just how low this car rides and the looks it gets as it cruises past. The owner built the car for these reasons and it worked out perfectly.  In a sea of generic enough Volkswagens this one pops. Its great to see a different take at modifying a car here on Juicebox ,especially in a country which seems to be dominated by the Japenese scene.

Don’t get me wrong, the Japanese car scene is amazing, we could never go back to the dodgy Max power stuff which dominated for such a long time butIts nice to see something as clean as this pop out of the woodwork that isn’t the Usual cars that feature on here, its a shame the Volkswagen scene is heavily dominated by mediocre enough machines with anything proper worthy of a feature deeply hidden away in sheds across the country, its a different crowd I guess . It would be even nicer to see more of this type of thing in the coming years.

Hope you enjoyed something different.

Till next time.