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for starters i have done almost everything to my golf my self. its the first car i've had that i've cared about and have learnt everything as i've gone along. its been an education and i've surprised myself with how much i've learn't and how friendly the golf 'scene' is. i came close to selling it a few times but so glad i decided to keep it!!
I always wanted a mk2 gti and after spending a while playing with minis and being a student i could afford one without getting stung for insurance and getting in debt.
So not knowing anything about golfs i started looking at a few, test drove several and knew instantly that i had to have one! a few fairly local ones popped up but i wasn't too keen on any until i found one in woking. i arranged to meet the guy and when he pulled up i was very happy with what i saw and had a feeling i'd buy it! the first thing i noticed was the BBS split rims! i've always thought these suited the mk2 so was very happy and a few days later went back and haggled till i got a fair price.
i was happy as larry for a few weeks but after working with a couple of boy racers i decided i wanted to lower it. i bought a set of bilstein streetlines ( i think, whatever gibby bought!) and one weekend decided i'd have a go at fitting them myself. i was surprised how easy it all went and was very happy with the results!! handled better and looked better as well. end of chapter one!
ok so next on the list of things to do was to sort out the nasty orange on my lights! a quick call to euro car parts sorted me out with a set of half smoked rear lights, smoked side repeaters and smoked bumper indicators. i chose smoked ones as they make the indicators sort of disapear into the bumpers where as clear ones, while looking nice, will stand out. i wanted to go for the simple look.
not knowing anyone into cars let alone golfs, meant i made my first trip to gti international on my own, i found it very inspirational and took loads of photo's. it was also great to see some of the cars i'd seen in the golf magazine and i also spent alot of time looking at all the detailed BBS and getting jealous. i took a pic of a black g60 and knew that was how i wanted my car to look. it wasn't radical in any way but summed up what i always liked about mk2's. it was clean, simple, low and still had a slightly menacing look to it, like although it was almost standard you wouldn't want to race it!
At gti international i picked up a jetex response air filter for a bargain show price and slapped it in in the car park, while i had the air box open i thought i'd pull out all the gubbins from inside to see what difference it made. needless to say it never went back in!!
i then decided i wanted a set of big bumpers and got given a front one, already painted black and slapped that on with a set of smoked indicators for that as well.
i also decided i wanted a single headlamp grill but didn't want to get the same one as everyone else so had a go at making one myself! i decided i was going to mesh one and i liked how it looked for a while but looking back at it its not too nice!!! it also shows how lofty my car looks compared to how it does now!!
thats it for the time being, then i think i went for more power!!!