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Offline TORNADO-GTi

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MK3 RESTORATION ***NEW WHEELS***
« on: 28 February 2011, 21:37 »
I bought my 1992  mk3 GTi (134,000 MILES) about a month ago for £490 with the plan to restore it to as close to new as possible on a budget.


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Offline TORNADO-GTi

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #1 on: 28 February 2011, 21:40 »
bought a rough old set of vr6 BBS alloys and refurbed them


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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #2 on: 28 February 2011, 21:50 »
changed oil, filters and front bumper this weekend and added yellow fogs just got to wire them up as the loom only arrived today. also got to fit  new aerial as it has been snapped off at some point in its life and new front carpet to replace original which has a hole in it near the clutch pedal. i have also ordered some colour coded mirrors. i'm going to do a full respray when the weather gets a bit warmer.
 

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #3 on: 28 February 2011, 21:51 »
looks nice and clean

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #4 on: 28 February 2011, 22:26 »
a few pics of my former VAGs   
my current daily driver TT Roadster                                                                                                                                                         

my Beetle that i sold for the TT
 

my mk4 Polo which i sold for the Beetle

Offline Wayne

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #5 on: 28 February 2011, 23:28 »
 :undecided: are you aiming for a standard or modified car  :smiley:

Offline Dec

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #6 on: 28 February 2011, 23:39 »
TT looks nice, others are a bit marmite IMO.

Mk3 looks clean, not sure on the yellow fogs if your going for original but will be interesting to see how it comes out :)

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #7 on: 01 March 2011, 08:36 »
Yeah, not sure about what you mean by standard. Those BBS weren't standard on anything other than a VR6.


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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #8 on: 01 March 2011, 08:50 »
Yeah, not sure about what you mean by standard. Those BBS weren't standard on anything other than a VR6.

And only the later ones, 1996 onwards I believe, early ones had different BBS alloys.

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Re: MK3 RESTORATION
« Reply #9 on: 01 March 2011, 08:53 »
Looks like a clean example, in the best colour and a good choice of wheels :grin: