Cheers JV!
Right, here goes! This is kind of a retrospect project as most of the work has already been done, but i'm sure other jobs will arise throughout the coming months.
The beginning: I was desperate for a mk2 after being scared half to death my my mates dad racing an evo on the way to castle combe as a youngun! So after trawling through ebay, autotrader, pistonhead etc. I managed to get my hands on an 89 8v more door for 230 notes! So, after a jaunt down to Cambridge I had myself a gti!
it was pretty tatty in alot of places, bird Sh!te had eaten some lacquer on the bonnet and roof, exhaust was corroded to a crazy extent, rank wheels, chopped springs, clocks didnt work, had a misfire, mk3 door handles which werent fitted properly, door cards were buggered, and more importantly a fair patch of corrosion behind where the front valance for the small bumper connected on one side. SO i made the decision to fit some big bumpers which will, im sure get me some negative comments from the small bumper faithful
lol. On the bright side, apart from the bonnet the paint was pretty damn good!
when we got it back to the yard it looked like this
And since then i have replaced the following:
Coilovers,
Big Bumpers,
Oil cooler,
All hoses (after a lovely break down from a split hose from the water pump halfway down to swansea! )
New spark plugs,
New cambelt and water pump,
new wheels are tyres,
new exhaust front to back,
new door handles and boot lock,
New arches, door trim and sill covers to match big bumpers,
Resprayed the bonnet,
Fibreglassed up the door cards,
Replaced the clocks and bulbs,
New headlight,
New rear light lenses,
New radio and speakers,
My oil cooler was leaking so had to replace that and flush the whole system about 5 times.
And probably various other things I cant recall!
Since then iv had a puzzling water leak but just replaced the flange on the front of the head where the temp sensors are so hopefully that will do the trick!
And that brings us to the present day!
Down at Blenheim Palace at the Mini and VW show
