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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 02 June 2009, 15:12
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i brought this about 18 months ago paid £100 from bargin pages with 4 months tax and test with a blown engine.replaced engine put a set of coilovers on and the 17s and drove for a year till the engine went.so now i have started it as a project,i am putting a 2.0 agg engine in with a beetle/golf gti crossflow head running twin 40s.weekend just gone me and a few mates stripped the front and subframe from under it and am starting to clean up bay thursday.i have'nt got money to burn so its gona be a long term project over a few months maybe years but hope not.lol
will ad more pics thursday nite as working on it all day.
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well as i said spent all day jet washing and scraping the wax,oil and years of dirt off the engine bay used so gunk in a 5 litre tub from local car spares and it was great.apply with a brush and leave for a few mins and wash off saved loads of time.this is how it looks now.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/khjty.jpg)
drivers side is the best with little work needed heres a pic.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/ghgfhg.jpg)
passanger side not as bad as thort but some rust
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gfgdfgdf.jpg)
sitting on a mk3 subframe i had lying around so i can revap mine some welding need by the battery tray
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/hrttrytrghgb.jpg)
i may cut a part for under battery tray from out of the car i am breaking up if any better more stuff will be added sunday
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had a load of pics till my comp died so i will have to take some more,sunday was good stripped engine and box off subframe and stripped subframe so got some work done in the rain.today went to car and footwells were full of water so had to hover out and put some heaters in to dry out,after romoving carpets and getting soaked.more pics will be added this week and better get some parts ordered.
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sunday started welding on the flushed bay heres some pics allso have ordered new wishbones droplinks anti rollbar bushes track rod ends and lower balljoints.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/ebay007.jpg)
then replaced battery tray with better donor
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/ebay010.jpg)
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me and my mate spent hours getting underseal off
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and at the end of the day we got some hammerite rust stopper on
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more photos to follow thursday.
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not much done still sorta the same but bein buying up loads of part
corrado front
rallye grill
brand new bumpers
bbs splits
loads of little bits
but went to car yesterday and some little twit broke my rear window but car was open and nothin much in there keys am in and its on axle stands dont they check doors before breaking the glass! lol twit
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looks good mate.
Nice colour too if I do say so myself lol :laugh:
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will do when done i hope taking its time thow,just had a rallye front but unsure of it, dont think it looks right in a 5 door.
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feels like my cars being stole bit by bit got home from work today,and someone has stole my front bumper of my drive it was still on the car .t**sers not much more done as money slowing down but hopefully over christmas will start preping engine bay again subframe has been chemicaly stripped and resprayed ready to fit g60 cailpers and disc ready to paint up.cannot wait to get stuck in again .lol
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got a lot off goodies over christmas but not much done as snow stopped me,had a venier pully baffled sump pan some trumpets for carbs forged pistons and a few chrome parts.hoping to get a few parts sprayed up as soon as snows gone and start preping bay will take a few pics over next week and get them on here soon thanks for looking.
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first time this year i got to spend the day on the car,jacked up on 4 axle stands removed front sub ,washed it and fix the rear broken window mission and a half as no power and has rear electric windows hoping to get some pics on over the weekend .
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heres some pics as its now on my drive
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bbs005.jpg)
its up on 4 axle stands now and was trying the bbs to see how they looked
dent on rear was done when i had it and duck tape is there because it was bare metal.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bbs006.jpg)
crap coilovers off ebay gone rotten
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bbs008.jpg)
striped of tank ,fuel pump, bumper, brake pipes, fuel pipes, exhaust, heat sheilds, gear selector so under car is bare gona jet wash the under side and prep for spray,satin black and waxoil ever hole i can pump it in too. rear sub has got to be stripped and sent off to be cleaned.hopefully now its on my drive i can do more.lol
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well i cleaned up under car, took a few days and sprayed a satin black and in all arches,also had a mk3 rear beam to fit as wider with my mk4 calipers.heres a few pics of floor and wheel arches
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project012.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project013.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project014.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project015.jpg)
then today as waiting for rear beam to come back, stipped out rear seats and parts out of boot. to fit the carpet turrets as had the foam type in/as i think they look a lot better thats the carpet ones,aswell as wiping floor over
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project005.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project009.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/project008.jpg)
more pics to follow as hope to get some done in week as nice weather is her.thanks
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done a few hours today taking old dash out as it was damaged and fitting a top tint screen.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti002.jpg)
i was shocked that there was no rot under screen, fitted new screen and started to take out the 2 alarm systems under dash that did not work.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti005.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti004.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti001.jpg)
old green tint screen
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti007.jpg)
new green top tint screen
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti008.jpg)
and fitted
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti009.jpg)
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also removed gear stick lock that had been fitted which had been fitted throw centre consol
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti003.jpg)
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been spraying a few more parts up front sub rear springs and brackets for rear axle
coated them in 1 coat etch primer then 2 coats red primer 1 coat of grey primer 2 coats of top coat and 2 coats of clear coat.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti002-1.jpg)
bare metal
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti003-1.jpg)
red primer than battery went on camera so there finished now but will get pics of finished product up soon
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/gti001-1.jpg)
bare metal parts before spray
will be working a few hours tomorrow on car and spraying up some more parts
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finished front subframe
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/box1045.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/box1044.jpg)
rear sub to start tomorrow
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/box1050.jpg)
just got to knock out old bush/steel part
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tank strap finished
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rear sub ready for top coat and need to get some rear discs and new brake pipe kit and braided hoses for mk4 calipers
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/sub026.jpg)
hopefully be on car in next 2 weeks
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not much done since last pic as had to move house,and spent all my time doing the house and drive. some pics to come soon as moving it to my new home.
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over christmas i have rebuilt my cylinder head,done most the work my self the only work done by some one else was the skim.i have polished and ported the inlet and outlets,fitted new valve guides seated valves with new stem seals and uprated valve springs and fitted kent cam then spayed up with silver engine paint.its now wraped up under the bed like everything else
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject005.jpg)
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject013.jpg)(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject012.jpg)
the last 2 pics are with the paint on.
now i am cleaning the carbs after stripping them
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject001.jpg)
complete before stripping and cleaning
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject002.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject003.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golfproject004.jpg)
stripped no internals no to clean and spray then rebuild change chokes and jets
this is one of the 2 have the other to do once this is completed
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some more pics done alot of cleaning parts and spraying which seems to take for ever.hes some more pics
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2039-1.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2039-1.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2038.jpg)
pics of car out of storage after a wash
abf alloy sump pan that needs polishing
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2045-1.jpg)
few parts just turned up
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2044.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2034.jpg)
got to spray up cam cover and mod it so you can see venier pulley
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/golf2027-1.jpg)
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got some work on car done to day fitted petrol tank and straps picking rear beam up tonite to fit hopefully tomoz if weather is nice.can not wait for a few weekends of good weather.
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rear beam was fitted and tank,as planned allso fitted carpets with new underlay after putting them in the washing machine on low heat. then in tumble dryer again on low heat and they came out mint.then fitted dash and rear seat,but had to replace drivers foam as it had gone.now all seats and dash are in will have to put some pics on soon.
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/seats006.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/seats004.jpg)
pics of tank and rear axle
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/seats001.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/seats002.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/seats003.jpg)
dash nearly complete and have fitted grey carpets to make it a bit lighter than the black i think it looks a lot better.hopefully start preping enine bay next week and start finishing rear axle off
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/23golfreel026.jpg)
1 side of bay done yesterday and fire wall done today but no pics yet and made front strut brace last nite. bring on the nice weather gets more done to car. more pics soon of bay
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more parts have turned up,rear washer bottle bonnet sound proofing with fitting new bumpers hard plastic ecu cover and scuttle boot seal new tyres for winter wheel paint for bay and polished engrved strut tops pics to follow
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pics off new parts then the progress over last week or so.
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nearly finished prep on bay heres the pic
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/h747hay100.jpg)
re-sprayed rear vw badge satin black and it looks good not so easy to get out with out damaging had to be careful
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/h747hay097.jpg)
fitted rear coilovers and stub axles bearings/new discs sprayed black satin to stop rust while standing waxoiled inner of rear sub
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/h747hay093.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/h747hay094.jpg)
mk3 rear axle looks a lot wider now fitted
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now off the rear axle stands
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/h747hay099.jpg)
thats it until tomorrow
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engine bay finished
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin001.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin005.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin006.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin007.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin008.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin009.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin010.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin011.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin012.jpg)
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/bayfin014.jpg)
can start putting it all together now the hard bits done
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black spots on all photos is my crappy camera need to get a new one.
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got to spend a few hours today digging out parts for front sub and building it up heres the pics built up before fitting
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/subarse036.jpg)
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/subarse035.jpg)
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fitted front subframe today gotta press wheel bearings in hubs tommorrow and spray them up.
start to clean and paint front crossmember and slam pannel over next few nites.hopefully be back on wheels in a week ?
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heres the pics done over last 2 weeks
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(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/SAM_2690.jpg)
stripped the clocks down reset milage and painted needles red
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camber bolts
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/luesautos/SAM_2702.jpg)
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no its on its wheels it looks a lot better and i can make my garage now,prob will not post for a while as building garage for my tools as there everywere and at different places mates/parents