difference between gx and gti

Hi everyone just signed in and am hopefully picking up a 83 4 door gx soon, had a german 4 door gti 81, but had to leave it behind. Am really looking for 4 door gti havent seen one in te uk, and have founda gx cheap, how much work is invoved making this into a gti. thanks    madmurphy :

The uk didn't get 4 door gti's

I suppose change the interior engine and suspension and it'll pretty much be a gti.  :dontknow:

Well that explains that,, have just found otu the car has a 1.8 mark 2 conversion, so well chuffed. But where do i find a 4 door gti interior if the 4 door was never in the uk, any thoughts..

is there much diff between the interior of a 4 door gti and the uk standard 3? i would imagine the only diff would be the front seats as they wouldnt need to fold forward in a 4 door.

Gx only has two letters and Gti has three

ive had 2 Gx's. The GX already has GTi seats but with different cloth. All i would do is pick a nice cloth and have them re-trimmed.
Also the GX has chrome side strips and chrome detail where the Gti had black.
The GX doesnt have the MFA unit that the GTi has.

Why do you want a mk1 5 door GTi?

usually 4door cars are cheaper to insure but having said that once youve ripped the engine out and put a GTI lump in its place the insurance company will be laughing all the way to the bank any ways so i personally dont see the benefits. maybe madmurphy just wants 2 extra panels to wax!?  :wink:

thanks for all the feed back, i loved my mark 1 4 door in germany, it frightened quite a few boy racers, had 16v lump under the bonnet, which was tuned by oeitinger, went lioke shit of a shovel. Of course had addj. konis ect.. am turning 40 this year and want the wife to thing midlife thing..so want to build same car..  :twisted:
Dont really car about the insurance will be puting j plates on it. :evil:

whats j plates?

the gx goes quite well actually, you may be surprised.

As far as I remember, the GX front seats are the same shape as the GTI, but with tweed cloth rather than the sporty stripes of the GTI, so they will feel much the same.

Another point to note is that the base of the rear seats of a 5-door Mk1 are DIFFERENT than the base of the 3-door (5-door base has rounded corners to aid entry through the back doors). You can fit 3-door GTI seats into a 5-door Mk1, but the two securing arms won't attach to the floor. It'll only be secured by the tongue over the tunnel (not sure if the MOT guy will pass it if he notices).

If you really want to fit GTI seats into a 5-door, you could get an upholsterer to re-sew the GTI cover to fit over the 5-door foam and metal frame.

For sale on the bay…

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-mk1-golf-gti-rare-5-door-interior_W0QQitemZ330161799915QQihZ014QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's the tweed interior from a GX.

Still, the front seats are the same shape as the tin-top GTI ones, they just look different…