Thought i may aswell start one of these threads seen as everyone else has them on going....better late than never i guess
I wont go into everything iv done to date as ill be here all week and im sure u cant be arsed to read that much....
most of this is from previous threads of mine so some of you will have seen parts of this already..
i want to keep this car looking original, (seen as my other car has almost every mod going) i also think the MK 3 looks at its best in OE looking form
only big thing i intend to do is the 20VT engine swap.
a few pics here after its first clean when i took over ownership, only additions here were new numberplates and a black rear VW badge.
I had a job on fixing all the bits that didnt work, New sunroof was first on the list, then i fitted a simple but affective sound system (a must in my line of work
), Alpine HU (of course!) Rainbow Germanline Comonents up front, focal Coax in the back, A Focal 10 inch sub box lives in the boot and its all currently powered by a pheonix Gold amp... it sounds great.
Added a genuine VR deep splitter to the front and i also eventually sourced some Hella smoked twin headlights and had some covers sprayed black to match the car..
i then gave the engine a K&N induction kit as for some strange reason my car was terrible in first gear (very jumpy and stalled easy)
the K&N induction kit amazingly solved this
. Didn’t like the crap mounting kit that came with it so I manufactured one out of 304 stainless and polished it up…as you do
i then set about giving the grotty unloved and never cleaned engine a good clean, this is still a on going process but we are getting their..when i got the car, the engine was probably one of the most dirty and stained bays i have ever seen...it was sooooo bad.
next up the dash needed a update, i wanted rid of all the green lighting that comes as standard
Got these clocks instead of the standard blacks, these are the genuine anniversary units
These will be subject to some major reworking of the green lighting they have as standard (see results below)
Heater controls / rear heated screen switch
Rear ashtray, first pic is of it unlit, and as its so hard to see what the hell is going on in the second pic of it, the light goes under the white dot, and basically illuminates this and a panel that lights the inside of the ashtray
Electric Window and Electric mirror switch
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Sunroof switch, i had to take this with flash on as they are so bright it just looks like a dot if not hahah
Needed to remove the Green leds from the mileages and clock displays
The late style clocks including my anniversay items dont have the push/twist fit user replacable bulbs like the early ones do, i nhave had to totally desolder the entire clocks, which take s a long time and nerves of steel
the MAF/Mileage displays are lit not by bulbs and green filters but by CHIP LEDS
The illusive Chip Leds can be seen here, iv put these next to my keys just so you can see how tiny these are... you need a steady hand to work with these, they are plasic so burn if the soldering iron touch them..so go steady
the chip leds are vitually impossible to find, but i did and i soldered them back in place of the old ones (Not easy to do haha)
We are now BLUE, but as you can see they are so bright i cant get focus at all, trust me these are bright as hell and look amazing and super clear to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well worth the hard work
here they are using the flash, you can still see how blue they are with the flash on
cant get focus on the displays at all, this is with them dimmed a little too, you cant see the mileage and time on the pics but can in person, they are superb
Took this with the flash turned on just so you can see the displays better
Red headlight switch
my original sunroof toggle switch i changed to red is now put aside
coz at the mo im rocking the later type Button switch (thanx to the salvage mk 4 clocks for the red chip leds)
these use the exact same type chip leds as the ones iv used in the LCD displays, i had to use red warning ones out of some mk 4 clocks i got hold of
and then do some serious de soldering
Lookin good :
I next had to change the ignition switch, was a pain in the ass to do, took 3 days to drill off the coller on top of the steering coloum
soon after the Jamex coilovers were on along with new rear brake discs, pads and calipers due to a siezed one that caused me no end of bother
I also added the HID kit to the headlights, these are bloody great in the hella projectors to say the least
Here is how it stands at the mo
(front tyre here is spare alloy i have with a 205 tyre as i got a puncture on my regular wheel, rest are all switched to 195's as they look a hell of alot better)
