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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: MrTurner on 01 March 2009, 21:42
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As some are aware, I bought a 170k golf that needed some TLC. First I spent time getting it through the MOT, then got to giving it a damn good clean. In the meantime, it's also had an R-tech remap :evil: Left to do (for now) new mirror glass (vandles), mirror covers, aero wipers and a new aerial.
A massive thanks to my mate Ross for helping with the exterior clean today, and a thanks to Sarah and Dan for letting me buy the car!
Interior before:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yes-boot2.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yes-boot.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yes-parcelshelf.jpg)
Rear Before:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesrear.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yesrrrh.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/YESrhrear.jpg)
Side Before:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesfrwing.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesdsdoor.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesdulldoor.jpg)
Front Before:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesfrleft.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yes-frlh.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yes-frrh.jpg)
During:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yes-boot-1.jpg)
Front wing vs resprayed bumper
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/50-50bumperwing.jpg)
Front door vs rear door
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/50-50frvsrrdoor.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/50-50frvsrrdoor2.jpg)
50:50 of lower part of door - astonishing
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/50-50dsdoor.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/50-50dsdoor2.jpg)
Interior after (need more pics!):
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yes-boot-2.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesinterior.jpg)
Rear After:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesfullrear.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesgoodshinerear.jpg)
Side After:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/yesafterwheel.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yeswing.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesfrwing-1.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/bonnetreflection.jpg)
Front After:
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yesfr2.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/Yes-frlhs.jpg)
All in all not bad for a car with over 170k.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/leighturner/Golf%20pics/Golf%20Detailing/speedo.jpg)
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from zero to HERO :afro:
Top effort mate :cool:
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looking good :wink: mine got 149K lol and she still comes up trumps with a good few hours work cleaning!!
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Looks lovely!
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Good result, stunning.
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Looks great mate, top job!
Did you machine polish it then, what products did you use?
Sam
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why did you get one with such high milege??? just curious :nerd:
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At a guess..................................... cheap!? :laugh:
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it will be cheap... but amount may cost in long run ...as 170k turbo car aint going to drive like heaven ..
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Looking good mate, I'll be giving mine a dam good clean soon :cool:
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am so glad i never bought the crystal rc's
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how kum nadlad?
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how kum nadlad?
just
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just what :undecided:
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on about rc rims steve
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just seem liek there gonna get dirty easily
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it will be cheap... but amount may cost in long run ...as 170k turbo car aint going to drive like heaven ..
Absolutely no reason why it shouldn't if it's been properly serviced/maintained. ;)
I've looked at high miler cars before where they've put cars with half their mileage to shame! ;)
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true... but iv heard turbo loose like start dying after the 100k mark which may have been bulls*it :rolleyes:
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ps Car is looking superb Mr Turner! 8)
Just shows what a good bit of old fashioned elbow grease can do! :afro:
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ave seen a golf with a service book stamped upto 280k.....the guy towes a caravan from york to glasgow every week in it so it cn be done think hes still on his first turbo
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i think the guy must be driving it under revs so turbo dont even hardly get used thats why may be still on its first turbo lol
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u joka
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i think the guy must be driving it under revs so turbo dont even hardly get used thats why may be still on its first turbo lol
Nah, wastegate would've seized if that were the case! :D
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thats a cracking job you have done with your 170k'er mr turner :wink: alot of hard work gone into it and the result = one as good as new car goes to show what a few hours spent on your car can produce top stuff :smiley:
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Top stuff :cool: :cool: :cool:
As said nothing wrong with high mileage - with the correct servicing :wink:
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Whht an improvement mate! Good work! :cool:
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Yeah mileage isnt a prob with regular services, seen lower mile cars give more probs :laugh:
When are you coming to clean mine mr turner?
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Luke looked like your boot for a minute. :grin:
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Thanks for all the comments guys. Re the mileage, it will suprise people defo. The car cost me £1100, when I'd sold a MK3 for £1000. It needed a few quid for the MOT etc, but the jobs were highly labour intesive, and I did them myself. The previous owner cut their losses rather than a hefty labour/parts charge. Now it's cleaner, it looks like 50k.
Parts wise, there isn't a service book, but I know the previous owner. It has always been serviced, and never tinkered with but people who don't know what they are doing. There is a pile of receipts to show the service history, including a major service with sparks in Nov.
It also had a rebuilt gearbox in Oct, inc a new bellhousing. It had a clutch at 164k. With regular servicing, it's only the turbo that will need doing in the next 100k. It's only a second car to the Megane, so if it needs time off the road, it'll get it.
It also drives very well. Very pleased, especially with the re-map. We'll see what it's putting out at the RR day at the end of the month :smiley: Re the wheels, they're gonna get dirty whatever the colour. They'll also be taken off in the next few weeks to have a layer or two of poorboys wheel sealant. As they stand, they're like new, so had a sponge over them on Sat evening and have not been touched.
Looks great mate, top job!
Did you machine polish it then, what products did you use?
Yes indeed. My mate has a G220. It was menzerna products on a cutting pad, but I left him to chose which while I got on with door shuts, glass, buffing. I didn't pick the machine up (except the bonnet where I used 2.5, 1.5, then black hole glaze - but think the rest of the car was intensive), until it came to glaze it.
It was all finished with black hole glaze by machine and nattys blue by MF :cool:
It still has blemishes, don't get me wrong, but to the untrained eye at 5 paces, it looks mint!
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top work mate
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looks good, seriously needs dropping
re the rims, i got the gunmental with diamoned turned faces, iv given them 2 coats of jetseal and 3 coats of wax, i also sanded down the rear of the caps (bits u dont see) as their was slight corrosion, then painted them using hammerite, if left they would have eventually corroded and spread round to the front under the paint, check yours :wink:
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Looking good and i think the wheels look spot on!
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looks good, seriously needs dropping
re the rims, i got the gunmental with diamoned turned faces, iv given them 2 coats of jetseal and 3 coats of wax, i also sanded down the rear of the caps (bits u dont see) as their was slight corrosion, then painted them using hammerite, if left they would have eventually corroded and spread round to the front under the paint, check yours :wink:
Not bad, 4 pages to get that comment :smiley: It's not going to be dropped atm. If it gets round to needing the suspension replacing it'll be done. I've had coilovers in the past, and the Meg is so stiff, I don't want to go that route yet.
Rims are mint, caps are mint, all will be sealed/waxed in the next month or so :cool:
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what i mean about the caps is the rear of them, i bet you a quid theirs some minor corrrosion starting, i just sanded it off, it was only on 2 of my caps, then i painted them so it will never happen, really bad design by bbs leaving the rear of the caps untreated
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I'll take that quid - even the threads are still black :smiley: They'll be getting attention though, last thing I want is to not be able to get them off.
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Luke looked like your boot for a minute. :grin:
i was thinking that, great job you done on that :smiley:
car looks nice mate :smiley:
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Luke looked like your boot for a minute. :grin:
i was thinking that, great job you done on that :smiley:
car looks nice mate :smiley:
It took me long enough and smelt well fresh :grin:
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took you ten mins :rolleyes: :grin:
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Your good mate i couldn't have got in back with all those dog hairs, would have thrown up just looking at it!!!
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looks really good, really like those wheels too! :smiley:
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Top job :wink: and it gives you a bit of confidence when you see another MK4 still going strong with that kind of mileage :cool:
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took you ten mins :rolleyes: :grin:
Was a hard 10 mins had to scrape the smelly hair off with a metal ruler :shocked:
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took you ten mins :rolleyes: :grin:
Was a hard 10 mins had to scrape the smelly hair off with a metal ruler :shocked:
In that case, it wasn't so bad.. Mine was a few hours on the boot alone, after binning the carpet and mats!
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took you ten mins :rolleyes: :grin:
Was a hard 10 mins had to scrape the smelly hair off with a metal ruler :shocked:
In that case, it wasn't so bad.. Mine was a few hours on the boot alone, after binning the carpet and mats!
I could have spent alot longer but got bored as it wasnt my car :grin: