Si - mk2 driver

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Oh yeah.. the car failed! 
It failed on
'near-side bottom ball joint,
near-side brake hose split,
Off-side indicator repeater not working (it was on way to MOT)
Windscreen cracked (i didnt even notice that) 

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With all these things fixed it passed the retest (thank god!)
The windscreen was done by Autoscreens and opted for a screen with a top tint (it was £70 for normal or £65 for tinted?!?!)
So now the car was starting to look sweet!

I seen loads of Jetta-fronted Mk2's lately so i was thinking about putting original front back on until i found some Audi Red paint on the shelf....
This is the result.....

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Took a while to get used to because the red was so bright (photo doesnt do justice)... it looks ok now i think 

Sprayed an ABT badge and made a bracket to fit it on front grill so it made the car look fast and sporty! 

Tinted side repeaters and front indicators to match rear tinted lights. 

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Got a bit trigger happy with gun lately.....



 

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Had strange grinding noise from engine, thought it was Alternator but after i used my doctors style stethoscope i found it to be the Water Pump packing up. 
Lucky i found problem sooner than later!
New Water pump fitted (bastid job that was) and im away!!! 

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Now it gets good... and i excel myself!

Whilst looking through Trade-it, i found a GTI 8v Power steering kit for sale, £65!

I ended up paying £50 for the pump, hoses, complete rack, subframe, and belts. 
Didnt fit it for a while cause it seemed a daunting task! 

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Summer 2005! 
Loaded up the Beast with food, beer, and mates and went down south to Newquay Run to the Sun.
Whilst there some TW@T drove over my tent and nearly hit my car     
So slept in the car for 2 nights!  :embarassed:
Didnt take camera so didnt get any pics, sorry!

On way home following my mates in their 1.3 Beetles and 1.6 Camper it was boring doing 30mph up a hill then 55mph top speed so i had a bit of fun with a Cavalier GSI 2000, strangly i won?! He started pulling on me at 110mph!
I thought that was wierd and put it down to being a slow GSI!
Until i raced a 1.8 8v Mk2 Golf GTI... i could hear him screaming the nuts off it but i still managed to cruise past him until about 100mph then i backed off and let him past?! 

I dont often race but if im bored then i will have a pop at another Golf and so far i havent been beaten by an 8v GTI?

BIZZARE!! 

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Some random pics of the beast!


Before red pin strip grill


Dont see that very often








Look a bit wind swept!

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Tryed running the car in 17's for a while with a Vauxhall fitment, looked awesome but drove horrible!!
I didnt do any Arch moddifications and the tyres scrubbed all the time, could only ever carry one passenger at a time and the price of !7 inch tyres scared me every time i heard it crunch on the back or on full lock! 

So... they came off and standard 14" steelies went on for a few weeks till new tyres were sourced!

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I finally decided to have a go at the power steering...
Was actually quite easy, just time consuming.
Firstly, used a top mounted engine crane to hold engine up, undid original subframe and steering coloumn, rack, etc. Removed subframe and fitted new subframe, rack and coloumn. I tryed to use original UJ (universal joint between steering rack and steering coloumn) but it was too short so a power steering UJ was fitted instead.

New pump was fitted along with all pipe work, pulleys, belts and bottle.

Pics before -




Pics after -
(i didnt take any of my car so here are some of cousins GTI)