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Title: taking the plunge
Post by: daveclow on 21 July 2009, 14:13

ive always loved the mk2 gti - oak green and royal blues :)

always admiring from a far, im now wanting to chop in my clio 182 for something with some character, so a golf it will be!

ive always had new cars so should i be worries about buying with milage well over the 100k mark? in some cases on pistonheads 160k! are they still reliable and still pulling strong??? im aware that spares are plentiful.

i have real strong ideas on exactly what i like. sitting low on bbs rims, and ive seen on some cars the wing skirts painted instead of the black plastic, that looks nice!
it'll get a fresh coat of paint in an attempt to turn it into a real show car no doubt.

i have a million questions so ill search the forum to answer those!

thanks guys,

dave

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: daveclow on 21 July 2009, 14:42

basically, what are these arches and how do i get um lol

(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh12/daveclow/RainE38.jpg)

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: Horney on 21 July 2009, 14:45

That's either a base spec non GTi or one that has had the plastic covers removed and the trim holes smoothed and painted.

Nick

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: DrewiD on 21 July 2009, 15:04

welcome m8

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: daveclow on 21 July 2009, 15:16

ah right so its fairly simple then to achieve that look, i was thinking new wings! for some reason i prefer this look, and sat nice and low.

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: Horney on 21 July 2009, 15:30

Quote from: daveclow on 21 July 2009, 15:16

ah right so its fairly simple then to achieve that look, i was thinking new wings! for some reason i prefer this look, and sat nice and low.

yeah it's pretty easy. Early spec cars (Pre 86ish) have less holes to fill, 86 onwards have loads in the doors for the side strips. The arches have holes for the covers underneath so these are easy to cover up. The key is finding a GTI with as little rot as possible as when you take the plastic covers off there is bound to be a little buddling lurking under there on anything but real minters.

nick

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: GOLF_STU on 21 July 2009, 15:35

welcome to the site  :cool:

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: frybert on 21 July 2009, 17:12

welcome to the site :smiley:

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: daveclow on 21 July 2009, 17:59

Quote from: frybert on 21 July 2009, 17:12

welcome to the site :smiley:

thanks everyone,

frybert - your golf in stunning! have you had it long? how do you get on with it?


ive been looking at G60's too, its just whether or not i can spend that much extra!

Title: Re: taking the plunge
Post by: johnson6672 on 21 July 2009, 19:17

Welcome, i am hopefully getting another mk2 soon, they are great.