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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 21 November 2005, 13:21
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here you go :)
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cheers
ok got my red driver 1600, in a last minit decision and had to blagg hard to get a lift to collect it, but in the end i got there and managed to haggle the price from 400 down to 210, not bad all that was wrong with it was a small oil leak from the rocker cover and it was in dire need of a polish, other than that it was mint, ran smooth all the way home and gave it a solid polish all over,
i dont have the pictures unfortunatly anymore as they all got lost when my comp crashed so heres what it looks like, now after its been:
lowered 40mm(should have gone for more really)
debadged twin lamp grill
some tsw`s that i got from a guy of this forum for only 40 quid with tyres, not too bad
smoked rear,side repeaters and front indicators
layed the wiper flat
crystal clear cross hairs, with one of dizzie`s looms and some 100watt ice white bulbs
DTM upswept back box
some horrible wing mirrors
and 90 spec arches and sills but not big bumper(that was a mission)
Pre polish
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5646/081120050039bg.jpg)
Post polish
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3481/091120051ua.jpg)
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just put on a carb off a citi golf from south africa, far better than the peirburg 2e2, a bit hard to come by tho, all i need now is an airbox thatll fit it, hopefully it should arriveearly next week along with the manual choke cable(starting it in the morning is annoying) really easy to set up, just two screws easy to find and adjust,
(http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/2851/211120050035gp.jpg)
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when i put my 90 spec kit on without the big bumpers i had to do abit of sawing and smoothing to get the front splitter to fit with it, but until now the sides have been hanging cause i couldnt attach them to the front arches, tried glue(stupid idea) this time i made a hole on each side as hidden as i could and used a few cable ties thru the hole in the arches and pulled them so it all sits flush,
aslo i finally got my lazy asre over to my old black golf and got my armour door plates off to put them on me red one
now i still need to swap my rear bumper with the one on the old black golf as mine has a big crack in the middle, after that i really should scrap that black golf, the tax runs out soon :sad:
pics to follow tomorrow
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and here they are,
Door plates on
(http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7782/251120050021cr.jpg)
took the silly M3 style mirrors off and ive got some nice standard ones back on
(http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/1742/251120050035xo.jpg)
Attached my front splitter to my arches, all lines up now
(http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4967/251120050016nu.jpg)
now i spent the evening swapping seat frames so that i had the full mechanism for the 3 door seats but with my 5 door seat covers as they are half leather and charcol rather than grey and nasty color, with green and red stripes :embarassed: had to cut holes in the fabric to accomidate the lifters but it all worked out ok once ide worked out howe it all came apart
pics to follow
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my car need another buff and not to mention a clean.... its going pink again
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just took that carb off and slapped a weber on, got it by complete chance when a golf pulled into the vw breakers as i was leaving, looked under the bonnet and there it was, 60 quid all mine :cool: so much better now, i can pull 60 in second doing just over 5000 rpm, couldnt do anything like that before. lovely stuff
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ok weber was crap, first few gears were ok but top end was rubbish, and it didnt run very smooth chugged alot, so got myself a refurbed pierburg, really smooth, just as fast and i can go 120 again,
also stuck a cone filter on the end of my airbox and took the shhity air filter out, sounds slightly different and i swear its brething better, the cones right by the grill so it gets lots of air i guess :cool:
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with some helpful tips from the guys in the mk2 section i fitted a remote central locking kit, works great, i can unlock it from my kitchen and scare people walking past as it sounds abit like loading a shotgun :evil:, ill get picks up of all this stuff tomorrow
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right photo time,
heres one of my rear at the moment, wiped laid flat, estra tri on the bottom, changed my full tints for half tints and my exhaust(which i wish was quieter)
(http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/493/180120064qg.jpg)
changed my dor handles for the pull out ones, im not sure how much i like them yet, they look tidyer but seem abit tacky in the way they were made, had to play around for ages to get them to bolt on and work, end idea was some washers where it bolts on on the inside of the door,
(http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/2900/180120060035ch.jpg)
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my pierburg, nice and clean :cool:
(http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/4646/180120060060np.jpg)
aso my cone filter,note the high quality shoe lace bodge :nerd:
(http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/7884/180120060056tk.jpg)
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Central locking, didnt take pictures of the door mechanisms because it was too cold and dark and i wanted to finish it instead of running inside to get my camera, did get some of the boot which i did this morning tho, a little more tricky
(http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3779/180120060012fy.jpg)
(http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1020/180120060026ss.jpg)
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hooked up the last solenoid from the central locking kit to the petrol flap, dead fiddily
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8261/190120060uy.jpg)
and installed
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5320/190120060014zf.jpg)
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ive just found a black carpet and roof lining, also the carpet for the sides of the boot, will post pictures when thats done too, then tbh i think i`l be finished...............
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pu on my new front end, jetta with a brow and a grill from germany, absalute crap, i had to cut all the clips off it to make it fit, so much for theyre "perfect fit" advertisement
i wasnt sure if i liked it at first but now its definatly growing on me
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9780/100220060014nr.jpg)
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3306/100220060037wg.jpg)
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been a while, ok since last time i have done a few small things, first up my funky armrest. its ok but its annoying that i cant adjust my chairs but thats not that bad, its pretty compfy tho :smiley:
I stuck my spare driver badge to the dash :cool:, be proud of wehat youve got,
And i got some new wheels, 70 quid with very decent tyres too, were VERY dirty but they clean up pretty nice, the best improvement ive had for ages, my old wheels were kerbed SO bad
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1511/010320066ka.jpg)
(http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/2539/010320060015mp.jpg)
(http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/1126/010320060031qk.jpg)
(http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/3926/010320060043zc.jpg)
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just put my big bumpers on, they look LOADS better with my jetta front end, it just needed to be wider at the bottom to make up for the top i guess, looks pretty mean now, ill get photos up soon, what a mission it is to get those front bolts in,
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(http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8017/150320060023uk.jpg)
(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9632/150320060035uy.jpg)
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1791/150320060043bo.jpg)
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3113/150320060055ox.jpg)
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Right, now my front fogs are on and working too, woohoo
(http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/9080/150320060077vb.jpg)
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decided i didnt like them mk3 pull style handles mostly as i feel as tho i could pull them off and break into my car with ease, so i got some standard ones,
they came with chrome inserts and the door plates were white, so i did some spraying, unfortunatly i aint a fan of chrome so i did the inserts red, still not sure weather i like them so might be spraying them gloss black like the door plates
(http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6554/060420060078co.jpg)
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stuck some trim to the rear bumper, off a front GL big bumper
(http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/9728/070420060041ue.jpg)
(http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/8274/070420060051in.jpg)
also a new bonnet stay clip as mine was broken
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Fitted a GTI cylinder head, ide post a picture but it all looks pretty much the same, but i seriously recommend it, it feels like a different car, soo much faster its unbelievable, still haven't had a decent drive in it as my water pump has died on me, so now i have to wait, Ive only really ragged the 1rs and 2nd gear and they are crazy!!! cant wait to get it back on Wednesday and go for a rant on the motorway
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ok as said above my water pump needs replacing so here me on the way to the garage with my new one
(http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2396/190420068es.jpg)
and heres me walking back with nothing but my house key
(http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9720/190420060016sl.jpg)
as i walked along with my new pump i realized i could have damn well fitted it myself but the car was already at the garage so i thought bo-locks to it as its my day off, my timings getting fine tuned too so with any luck car should be quicker than ever tonight :cool:
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putting electric windows in, so far i only have the switches
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9884/260420068st.jpg)
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right electric windows in and working, my central locking stopped working but thats working now too, ummm, ok, now the gti head is leaking so i have a good excuse to buy a gti :cool: so here lyes the end of my project for my driver, all done, give me a week and ill have my GTI :evil: :cool: :evil: :cool: :smug: