monkeyalan - mk2 16v small bumper

[monkeyalan]

my tinted lights and 1 of my bumper trims arrived today so on they went.




starting to look more like it now.



spot the dent.

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popped the badges off and started work filling etc.



i'm leaving the vw badge on as the only proper way to fill such a big recess is to weld a plate in it first.

managed to fill ,sand , guide coat and fill again today.

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not much to show today. did a first coat of red on the back end but ran out of paint and the wind was picking up anyway.

did most of the black bits with kiwi scuff guard


and put the slightly less dinty front valance back on. not perfect but it'll do til i get a new one.


hopefully the bonnet situation will be resolved tomorrow and then it's off for a cambelt change and full service.
I'm getting the service done at a garage this time as i want it up on the ramps to give it a good look over for any worn parts, bushes etc.

[monkeyalan]

finally got my new bonnet sorted and also laid may hands on a single light grille.



also managed to sort the lack of I.C.E today. not going for anything special , just a 4x45 head unit and standard size but higher quality replacment speakers.

[monkeyalan]

picked up some more paint for the rear end today.
from the same place as before, same paint code ,same bloke doing it..............completley different shade!
might aswell have asked for bleedin lime green for all the use it is. 

[monkeyalan]

decided to have a look at the non tilting passenger seat today. after looking at a few posts about it i decided to take the plunge.

I took the seat back off, soz, no pics of that but it's dead easy.

push the 3 round plugs on the plastic trim covers out from behind and the trims pop off.

push the circlips off and waggle the seat back about til it comes off.

once you have the seat back off the fiddley part begins.

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this is how the wire is supposed to locate in the hook that should lift when you pull the lever up.


this is where one is missing from


these four spikes need bending upward to allow the fabric to be pulled up


leaving something to gouge your hands and arms on. nice.


once you've lifted the cover over the spikes you should be able to pull the cover 2/3rds of the way up the seat and see whats broken.

in my case this, the diagonal cable to the inside hook.


it should go across the seat back , through the loop , through a slot to the hole (arrowed) in picture 2 above



thats as far as i can go til i get a new cable. i understand they can be picked up for a few quid from ECP or GSF. i'll find out tomorrow.

[monkeyalan]

seat back part 2.
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got the cable from GSF - £4.41 . part no. 191-881-596a. remember thats for the longer inner cable.


this is how it should fit on the outside of the seat


then across the back to the inside


once its fitted and working it's time to put it all back together.

pull the seat cover down then pull the bottom up first making sure you put the metal loops (ringed in red) over the corresponding spikes.


it should now look like this


then pull the top over and bend the spikes back in.


and thats it. now just to refit into the car. 

oh, and dont forget to look at Myleene Klass's arse in the top left corner. 

[monkeyalan]

bloody dealerships! 
just phoned to tell me that the bumper strip i've paid for, had one of , and am waiting for the second is now obselete.
balls.
Also had the wrong trim clips that were ordered when i went up for a refund.
morons.

ECP aren't much better sometimes either. The lower grille i've been waiting for had been cancelled for no reason so is now on order again.

oh well, tomorrow is another day. 

[monkeyalan]

today might be another day but i still haven't got my grille from ECP 

I have however got a few new bits.

Genuine VW speaker grilles to replace the door pockets ( now on ebay )


dead easy to fit once you've run the cables to the doors.


needs a good scrub inside now.  :embarassed:

also got some smoked side repeaters. they were cheap and didn't fit at first but a bit of sanding and trimming and they're fine now.


just the front lenses to get now. 

more good news is that my obsolete bumper trim is on its way from a VW dealership in sunny Scotland. should be here next week......probably about the same time as the grille from ECP. 

EDIT: grille arrived this morning (16th) 

[monkeyalan]

won a badgeless grille on ebay as the free single lamp grille i got is in pretty bad nick and held on with cable ties.

I've decided to gti it up a bit with a red stripe.


now just to wait for a bit of sun and warm to paint it up and finish the back end of the car.
I managed to find a place in Sheffield called "Sheffield refinishing supplies" ,who'll match the paint rather than just use the code. thanks to Dabill for that!