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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: murraymint on 08 April 2012, 14:14
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Hiya. Some of you may know that I have a mk2 Jetta, I Havnt started any threads for it before as I Havnt really touched it. I plan for it was to put an abf init but due to dwindling funds I think that's going to be off the cards :sad:. So I think the plan now is low and slow :cool:. Here's some pics of it in its current state.
Its a 1.8 manual.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/2012-03-07165611.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/2012-03-07165557.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/2012-03-07165544.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/2012-03-07165535.jpg)
Bort some cheap wheels and refurbed them for it
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/4410f2d9-9224-42a7-b90b-753d11114d6a.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/6ef9f305-92f3-4547-91c7-f71be5ca9e53.jpg)
And today I cleaned out the inside.
Boot
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/48ea7aa8.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/0479f3e2-68a8-4158-9c68-c2398899a237.jpg)
Carpet
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/9e4998fe-7921-4fe6-83dd-5a98081007da.jpg)
Back seats
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/10942811-6799-4e5a-ad79-a5373e66355a.jpg)
Front seats
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/7ce70016-f70a-404b-9a00-bd5841fb58b8.jpg)
The main problem with it (and the reason I'm not driving it) is that the gearbox wines in third and fith, I'm gunna put new oil in the gearbox and see if that sorts it and if not I'm gunna take it to my local garage and get them to see if it needs a new box.
Then when that's sorted, tax and mot it, wind the coilovers right down, stretch some tyres over the new wheels and then off to some shows :cool:
Thanks for reading, any comments/ advise welcome.
Cheers
Josh
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Definitely a good starting base!
Gearboxes should be cheap and easy to come by if necessary i would of presumed?
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nice ride you get there :cool:
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Cheers lads. Found some stickers lieing around
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/0a10e31c-d988-454a-a5f4-c1c9c32756f1.jpg)
Slamming world sticker was already there.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/160ab41f-05d3-4184-a575-759ae37e65fb.jpg)
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Atleast stickers can be removed :tongue:
Dont see many jettas about especially in good nick, just dont rat her :wink:
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Lol, I knew the stickers wouldn't be a hit :grin:
Dw I won't, worth more not ratted! Do want a respray but don't have the wedge for that yet
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Got a nice big parcel today! :cool:
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/625cfda8.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/02ac9881-1a8c-4265-bcf7-2bb1dbba3264.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/a41ebd62-60bb-4a4c-9be6-844227ce04fe.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/4e2f6951-49f4-4d98-bcc6-54f628ab3350.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/c7933e0c-1aed-4918-ad8e-474f048b399b.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/3462c7ef-e6b4-45ce-bd48-6ea96a1cf73d.jpg)
:smiley:
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Love snowflakes :cool:
Very nice looking motor :afro:
Thinking of a Jetta for my next project soon :smiley:
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Love snowflakes :cool:
Very nice looking motor :afro:
Thinking of a Jetta for my next project soon :smiley:
Cheers :cool:
Yh there ain't many clean jettas round, that's why I couldn't say no to this one
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Looks like a nice motor, amazing what a nice set of wheels can do :cool: Need to get that debadged front grill replaced mind..
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Looks like a nice motor, amazing what a nice set of wheels can do :cool: Need to get that debadged front grill replaced mind..
Cheers dude. Yh can really change a car. I'm gunna sort the grill out after I got the car on the road.
Your jettas looking pritty mint btw!
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money is tight - then those wheels turn up :laugh:
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Nice one buddy. Really sets it off
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money is tight - then those wheels turn up :laugh:
Yh I now :rolleyes: :grin:
Cheers for link btw chuff
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(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/382adddb-6fec-4fae-baec-8dcf4b9e38a1.jpg)
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Snowflakes look really nice :afro:
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money is tight - then those wheels turn up :laugh:
Yh I now :rolleyes: :grin:
Cheers for link btw chuff
:grin: oooops, sorry :laugh:
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Cheers Wayne.
:grin: no worries chuff
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Snowflakes are nice!!!!
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Snowflakes are nice!!!!
Thanks bud
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My wheels new home while I save for some tyres :smiley:
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/0536aeb7.jpg)
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good idea. hide them in the 1970's. no one will think to look there! :grin:
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good idea. hide them in the 1970's. no one will think to look there! :grin:
Yup :laugh: :grin:, I didn't pick the wall paper, I just sleep here :grin:
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good idea. hide them in the 1970's. no one will think to look there! :grin:
:grin: :grin: :grin:
Well funny mate!!!!
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Very nice!
Try not to chip the laqure on these. Chore to refurb once the water gets under them :sad:
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Very nice!
Try not to chip the laqure on these. Chore to refurb once the water gets under them :sad:
I'm gunna try very hard not too. just to be on the safe side, no ladies will be driving it! :grin:
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Update on the Jetta, had a good day on it yesterday followed by a bit of a sh!t day onit today
Firstly, the head lights were like candles so fitted a updated headlight loom and a set of xenons, much better! thumb
Then I got a remote central looking kit from rclick, took about three hours bcoz I had to fit an actuator in the door but got it fitted, wired in and working! :nbn
Today I thort I'd have a go at the paint, as you can kinda see in this pic, I had replacement door and showed up how bad the paint is on the rest of the car
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/4cac08f2-5e64-4ef8-8ce5-033d314ac8ca.jpg)
So I attacked the sh!te paint work, armed with 1500 and 2000 grit wet and dry and mags compound and polish, and look what I found under the sh!te paint!!
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/a0f464f2-7ddf-4f72-96f8-ff94ebe0869d.jpg)
The original paint! Looks like the Jetta had a very bad respray down the top half of the drivers side. But well happy with that.
Now we're it started to go wrong. Went to unlock the car, with my new fob, and nothing! Didn't lock or unlock. So off with the door card, again! Long story short had to refit the actuator, twice!
Then after doing this I saw that the drivers rubber mat was wet!? Wired as it dry out, took it out and was greeted with a massive puddle in the foot well, so gutted to whole drivers side of the car,
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/09d6e072-3538-4a54-93b2-c225add98478.jpg)
(note the wet ground, and green moldy sound deadening)
Ive put it own to the door membrains as both o/s doors were hanging off, so I ducttaped them all back on. Hopefully that'll sort it.
That's all folks!
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Got it all dried out today and the interior back together, changing the gearbox oil tomorrow and then MOT time!
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I also attacked the arches with a heat gun yesterday
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/4c745883-ddf1-476f-8f39-01f86ee507b5.jpg)
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Booked it on for mot on Thursday, finger crossed
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Good luck with the MOT mate hoping it sails through nice work heat gun on arches works a treat! :wink:
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Cheers bud. The only thing that came up in the last mot was a cracked number plate so hopefully Itl be okay.
Yh was well suppriced with how well the heat gun worked, makes a hell of a difference!
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Just dropped it off to the garage. First time I drove more then a mile and must say I handles a hell of a lot better then the mk3!
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Well.. It failed the mot :sad:, on a number plate bulb, perished rear break hose and a ball joint, so getting it sorted and shoved back in for another mot.
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Thats not too bad mate!
Get it sorted then retest!
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Thats not too bad mate!
Get it sorted then retest!
Yh thats what the bloke at the garage said. So yh I told him to sort it n retest.
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Had a go at my headlights tonight
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/de594635-0be2-475e-96fe-e8c218cacf48.jpg)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/88085078-4064-4d15-b78a-c3766a5aac76.jpg)
:cool:
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Had a go at my headlights tonight
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/de594635-0be2-475e-96fe-e8c218cacf48.jpg)
:cool:
Now why did you want to go do that?! :laugh:
It was fine as it was.
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Nice jetta mate... good progress. :smiley:
not feeling them yellow headlights at all tho! less is more! :wink:
toooo much going off, colour of car, yellow headlights, orange stickers, shiney wheels. too much to focus on, but after all that, still good work mate :)
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Nice jetta mate... good progress. :smiley:
not feeling them yellow headlights at all tho! less is more! :wink:
toooo much going off, colour of car, yellow headlights, orange stickers, shiney wheels. too much to focus on, but after all that, still good work mate :)
Cheers bud, stickers, light tints were both cheap and easy to remove, jus experimenting with different ideas,
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yeah, looks good mate. love jettas! :cool:
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Cheers bud, gunna be using as my daily as of Saturday! Can't wait to get my new wheels on too :cool:
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Got a set of pressed metal plates
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/2de12200-bbef-452f-8c4a-04c3b6f429b3.jpg)
And insisted doing the trims with the heat gun
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/b3d38001-b310-423c-84c3-fdd405c5ccc9.jpg)