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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Golf mk3 gallery => Topic started by: Bellend on 22 April 2010, 23:03
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So picked up a 3 door MK3. No pictures yet because I don't have a phone (at 17 as well :grin:). Well the screens broken anyhow.
Cambelt had gone so I bought it to fix and drive.
Had it thirty seconds and first issue, it was so low the back wheels fell off the trailer four times. :grin: Beached itself on the chassis, rear ARB rear beam. :laugh: Nearly crushed me too. :grin:
But got it off and towed it into the yard. Was gonna put another head on it when my boss said get on to SMF and get four valves. So I did and put them in quite a nice job actually.
Unfortunately though quite a few bits were missing, TB, rocker cover, cam pulley, airbox, exhaust heatsheild and a few other bits and bolts. So although I had the head resting on the block within two and a half hours I was stuck. But today a Polo MPI sacrificed it's parts for my new Golf. :grin:
It's a clean car though, previous owner has really cared for it, just it looks like it's been washed with a sponge. :sick: So I'll have to get the rotary out and get polishing!
Few styling features I'm not too set on, MK4 look headlights a bit too bling for me, Depo smoked long crystal indicators and fake fogs. I've took them off and put the sidelight bulb holder in orange indicators and used tinted blanks for now, want to get some Anni indicators and fogs like Kells/VR6Joe. It's got smoked M3s on the rear but I've put some homemade red rears on the back for now. The exhaust is a letterbox style but huge so that's got to go.
Recaros are going in the front with electric windows and mirrors. NEEDS some decent wheels and putting some FK Koni coils on it.
But first job is the engine. I'm just gonna go prime my rocker cover at 11PM. :grin:
I had a 1.4 before but before I even got to drive it someone didn't stop in some traffic while my brother in law was driving. :cry:
Get some piccies tomorrow!
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Do they have rear ARB's? Asked a few people and they don't seem to think they do.
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Also I would re-consider the use of FK Koni coilovers... mixing up two makes could be a terrible ride :)
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Do they have rear ARB's? Asked a few people and they don't seem to think they do.
Dunno, my boss just went "It's stuck on the ARB again".
Didn't look I was jacking the front up. :grin:
Oh and Konig you b!tch. :grin: :tongue:
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Oh right, as far as I know Mk3 1.6's dont have them, joe said his doesnt :undecided:
And Konig make wheels :tongue:
FK and Koni both make coilovers, but are separate companies lol
Koni (http://venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_category.php?manufacturer=Koni&category=Suspension)
FK (http://venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_category.php?manufacturer=FK&category=Suspension)
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Oh right, as far as I know Mk3 1.6's dont have them, joe said his doesnt :undecided:
And Konig make wheels :tongue:
FK and Koni both make coilovers, but are separate companies lol
Koni (http://venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_category.php?manufacturer=Koni&category=Suspension)
FK (http://venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_category.php?manufacturer=FK&category=Suspension)
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Youve clearly never heard of FK konigsports then.
Koni damper inserts in FK coilover bodies with FK springs.
Theyre good sh!t, cost about 800 quid though!
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If the OP had written it properly, it wouldnt have made me wonder what on earth he was on about :rolleyes: :smiley:
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Got a bit done today, not loads. Monday I'm sure it will be running. But first off:
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Who wins?
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That'd be piston. :grin:
Well waterpump took a little longer then I thought and jacking it up was fun. Let's push it onto some wood, oh wait it's grounded out, OK tow rope + Rover. :grin: Then little jack then big trolley jack.
Got water pump done and all timed up but after turning the engine over twice by hand I could see for sure it's out a tooth, then home time anyways. So Monday I have to:
- Bolt up Inlet manifold
- Bolt up TB
- Re-set timing
- Check it runs
Then just put it all back together.
While bored waiting for the cambelt to come I put on Vento headlights and grill, but am quite unsure on it TBH. It's only got a Golf bonnet on it ATM but the white bonnet in the background will be going on it and resprayed.
Pics.
Mighty 1.6 powerplant (at 17 it's far more then enough power TBH):
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Shawty got low:
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Rear, think I prefer the lights on the left, thoughts?:
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Pics are chit because I rushed, couldn't see much and I'm not a great photographer anyway although would love to get into it.
Plans:
Well who wants plans, they change. Other then the exhaust at the back will most definitely go and I can't weigh up between Recaro front seats or BBS RXII alloys. The steels have got to go.
Oh and once it's on the road it will be getting a full wash and machine polish with Autoglym SRP for the swirls. The boss has promised to remove the dent on the tailgate and drivers wing and respray a spare passenger wing I have (to delete aerial) and the bonnet will be resprayed with the bottom of the grill.
Enjoy.
Oh and the self tinted fog blanks and orange indicators are for two reasons:
1. It had "Depo" fog blanks and indicators smoked crystal which I wasn't a fan of and
2. It pissed off my boss and his wife. :grin:
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What was the insurance quote on that again?
:grin: :tongue:
:lipsrsealed:
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FECK ME!
Anyone care to guess how much a expansion tank flange is? Eighty-bleeding quid! :sick: You can buy the thermostat, thermostat housing and sensors/switches seperate but not the flange itself you have to buy the lot. :rolleyes:
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I've decided this camera isn't very good. (Camcorder with photo option)
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Left:Scabby old bolt Right:One of spent some time polishing. :)
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All three done I just need to do a little more on the middle one and possibly go up to 1500 and I need to buy some metal polish to finish.
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Well pleased with the result, took me AGES to do the rocker cover I couldn't stand a mishaped bit even though there is no way of seeing it when on. :grin:
The bolts (if anyone else wants to have a go) was a rub off with 80 on a sander then:
-Pillar drill at med. speed with 80grit on a block
-Pillar drill at fast speed with 80grit on a block
-Pillar drill at med. speed with 400grit on a block
-Pillar drill at fast speed with 400grit on a block
-Pillar drill at fast speed with 800grit on a block
-Pillar drill at fastest speed with 1200 on a block
You want to remove the marks of the previous grit everytime until you have fully even round marks then go up. The paper was saturated and kept wet with a strong Fairly liquid and water mix.
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So I've got some late Recaro's but another member will swap for some RX-IIs.
Now I've got me a dilemma, which? The alloys are 15" and I wanted 16 but these are better then the steels. They've also got decent sized tyres on andam i rght in tihnking decent tyres and 15's are good for handling? (Would love to do a track day one day, I know I'll need new tyres after which)
Mind you I think the insurance company only likes up to three mods:
Wheels, suspension and Vento front.... (Classed as exterior aesthetic modifications).
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OOOOOOOR.....
Get it running first?
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:rolleyes:
Whatever happened to patience these days? Monday, read it and weap. :evil: It will be running, I assure you. Video for the non believers?
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So I've got some late Recaro's but another member will swap for some RX-IIs.
Now I've got me a dilemma, which? The alloys are 15" and I wanted 16 but these are better then the steels. They've also got decent sized tyres on andam i rght in tihnking decent tyres and 15's are good for handling? (Would love to do a track day one day, I know I'll need new tyres after which)
Mind you I think the insurance company only likes up to three mods:
Wheels, suspension and Vento front.... (Classed as exterior aesthetic modifications).
16's are better than 15's. its a 1.6 so has no speed and its a mk3 so has no handling so wouldnt bother with any sort of track day set up.
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So I've got some late Recaro's but another member will swap for some RX-IIs.
Now I've got me a dilemma, which? The alloys are 15" and I wanted 16 but these are better then the steels. They've also got decent sized tyres on andam i rght in tihnking decent tyres and 15's are good for handling? (Would love to do a track day one day, I know I'll need new tyres after which)
Mind you I think the insurance company only likes up to three mods:
Wheels, suspension and Vento front.... (Classed as exterior aesthetic modifications).
16's are better than 15's. its a 1.6 so has no speed and its a mk3 so has no handling so wouldnt bother with any sort of track day set up.
Exactly where did you get this information from??
The mk3 if set up correctly will handle brilliantly.
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So I've got some late Recaro's but another member will swap for some RX-IIs.
Now I've got me a dilemma, which? The alloys are 15" and I wanted 16 but these are better then the steels. They've also got decent sized tyres on andam i rght in tihnking decent tyres and 15's are good for handling? (Would love to do a track day one day, I know I'll need new tyres after which)
Mind you I think the insurance company only likes up to three mods:
Wheels, suspension and Vento front.... (Classed as exterior aesthetic modifications).
16's are better than 15's. its a 1.6 so has no speed and its a mk3 so has no handling so wouldnt bother with any sort of track day set up.
16's better? For sure?
I'm not talking about serious track days I'm talking about when I have urges to drive fast. I'm not ragging the hell out of my car on a track either.
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Urges to drive fast? Isn't that what track days are for? Leave public roads for what they are made for, driving.
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Urges to drive fast? Isn't that what track days are for? Leave public roads for what they are made for, driving.
Yup thats what I meant but I'm not gonna be ragging my car out on the track like Horney and DH do, cause that's what theirs are for.
Brands is quite local to me (15 mins?) and I think they do track days.
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whats the point of you crawling round a race circuit getting in the way of track cars then?
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Because it's the one place I can (insurance providing).
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I love this forum. So many people under-estimate the power of the 1.6 mpi
I had a straight line drag race with a Saxo VTR on friday night, cained his arse up to 60-65mph and then he came past me. We got to about 80ish then had to brake for the roundabout.
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I love this forum. So many people under-estimate the power of the 1.6 mpi
I had a straight line drag race with a Saxo VTR on friday night, cained his arse up to 60-65mph and then he came past me. We got to about 80ish then had to brake for the roundabout.
Aren't you just the best.
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I love this forum. So many people under-estimate the power of the 1.6 mpi
I had a straight line drag race with a Saxo VTR on friday night, cained his arse up to 60-65mph and then he came past me. We got to about 80ish then had to brake for the roundabout.
:grin: :grin: :grin:
The amount of times youve used this ol' chesnut now joe :laugh:
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Shadys just jealous because his 1.8 GL can't go above 35mph with a fooked engine
Dan, I've raced two Saxos, one was 0-40mph and was a fair few weeks ago now! and the one I raced on Friday.. well we just didn't stop racing until we got to the roundabout :grin: It was the same guy who's buying my Golf :)
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dont forget though joe, yours has extra horses cos of the badge :wink:
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I love this forum. So many people under-estimate the power of the 1.6 mpi
I had a straight line drag race with a Saxo VTR on friday night, cained his arse up to 60-65mph and then he came past me. We got to about 80ish then had to brake for the roundabout.
f**k me, a saxo 8v! hly sht.
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how bout people stop giving him stick?
good on you mate and good luck with the golf, 17 and making a tidy dub is always a good thing - could be out in french tin boxes, halfrauds uni fit wheels and acres of fibreglass.....
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how bout people stop giving him stick?
good on you mate and good luck with the golf, 17 and making a tidy dub is always a good thing - could be out in french tin boxes, halfrauds uni fit wheels and acres of fibreglass.....
Its only a bit of banter, joe can take it :wink:
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Shadys just jealous because his 1.8 GL can't go above 35mph with a fooked engine
Actually it does manage 40mph. :grin:
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I love this forum. So many people under-estimate the power of the 1.6 mpi
I had a straight line drag race with a Saxo VTR on friday night, cained his arse up to 60-65mph and then he came past me. We got to about 80ish then had to brake for the roundabout.
Aren't you just the best.
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ANYWAY IT MOTHER f**kING WORKS! :grin: :smiley: :kiss:
Half an hour lining it all up again, then getting confused because some mechanic who looked at it before didn't mark the leads :rolleyes: So worked back from TDC and took a guess at the usual 1-3-4-2 and when I say first turn, the starter must of turned the engine half turn maybe, and it ROARED into life (manifold isn't really on at all) scared the sh!te out of me! I thought something went bang. :laugh:
It's running on all four and idle is smooth which is surprising as there is no airbox or breathers connected. Sprayed oil over my lovely clean bay too. :rolleyes: :cry:
SOOO tomorrow it's stay late at work again (we finish at 4:30 :grin:) and put all the water flanges and pipes all on, bleed it and then attempt to get it on the ramps and put the exhaust back on it, rip the backbox off and put my coilies on.
Oh and I got my bonnet properly on, Joe, how did you get rid of your Vento front, with the early grill it looks amazing! Got to rub down and prime the bonnet, two new wings and the lower grill and the dent in the bootlid and it'll be pretty minto. :cool:
<3 VWs.
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fair play mate!!!!!.. good work!
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fair play mate!!!!!.. good work!
Cheers mate I can't wait to get it on the road and have a proper license.
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you not passed your test yet then?... you remind me of me!.... i was trying to do up a car before i could drive, spent a fortune on it but i had to move house and had nowhere to keep it, i had to sell it... was gutted years later when i realised some of the bits that were already on it were rare and were worth good cash.
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you not passed your test yet then?... you remind me of me!.... i was trying to do up a car before i could drive, spent a fortune on it but i had to move house and had nowhere to keep it, i had to sell it... was gutted years later when i realised some of the bits that were already on it were rare and were worth good cash.
I think we've all been there :grin: I had a Mk1 Golf at 15!
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you not passed your test yet then?... you remind me of me!.... i was trying to do up a car before i could drive, spent a fortune on it but i had to move house and had nowhere to keep it, i had to sell it... was gutted years later when i realised some of the bits that were already on it were rare and were worth good cash.
I think we've all been there :grin: I had a Mk1 Golf at 15!
and what happened to it?
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you not passed your test yet then?... you remind me of me!.... i was trying to do up a car before i could drive, spent a fortune on it but i had to move house and had nowhere to keep it, i had to sell it... was gutted years later when i realised some of the bits that were already on it were rare and were worth good cash.
I think we've all been there :grin: I had a Mk1 Golf at 15!
and what happened to it?
I fixed it, then I spent loads of money doing it up it. Then when I turned 18 I passed my driving test, bought a Mk3 Golf and spent all my time driving around so the Mk1 got abandoned. I then put it back to standard and sold it to Shepgti :grin:
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you not passed your test yet then?... you remind me of me!.... i was trying to do up a car before i could drive, spent a fortune on it but i had to move house and had nowhere to keep it, i had to sell it... was gutted years later when i realised some of the bits that were already on it were rare and were worth good cash.
Yeah I had a BMW at 15 for a week before my boss told it it really wasn't worth it because the suspension turret had holes in it. :grin: Scrapped it.
Have a highly damaged 1.4 MK3 so now I bought this for a couple hundred quid, first one I've ever bought. Really pleased with it the previous owner really looked after it.
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I fixed it, then I spent loads of money doing it up it. Then when I turned 18 I passed my driving test, bought a Mk3 Golf and spent all my time driving around so the Mk1 got abandoned. I then put it back to standard and sold it to Shepgti :grin:
shame on you! :laugh:
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I fixed it, then I spent loads of money doing it up it. Then when I turned 18 I passed my driving test, bought a Mk3 Golf and spent all my time driving around so the Mk1 got abandoned. I then put it back to standard and sold it to Shepgti :grin:
shame on you! :laugh:
now shep has bought a corsa and abandoned it :grin:
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I fixed it, then I spent loads of money doing it up it. Then when I turned 18 I passed my driving test, bought a Mk3 Golf and spent all my time driving around so the Mk1 got abandoned. I then put it back to standard and sold it to Shepgti :grin:
shame on you! :laugh:
now shep has bought a corsa and abandoned it :grin:
shame on him too! :laugh: poor car, bet it feels well left out! :sad:
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I fixed it, then I spent loads of money doing it up it. Then when I turned 18 I passed my driving test, bought a Mk3 Golf and spent all my time driving around so the Mk1 got abandoned. I then put it back to standard and sold it to Shepgti :grin:
shame on you! :laugh:
now shep has bought a corsa and abandoned it :grin:
shame on him too! :laugh: poor car, bet it feels well left out! :sad:
i have not!!!! :rolleyes:
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It's pretty much back together engine wise now, just missing a middle cambelt cover and a couple of induction pipes. :rolleyes: Not too bothered about the induction pipes TBH though.
Main water flange leaking, need a rubber ring for it and it sounds evil still, think monster truck, seriously. :evil: Need manifold nuts and downpipe/manifold flange. Noticed a stud missing on the manifold where the downpipe joins. :rolleyes: Fcuk trying to drill through that. :sick: Dad can do it. :grin:
Got a single coilover on, OSF and the car is now even lower. :laugh: Just for a laugh really, it has to stay on a bit of 4x2 otherwise it will just f**k the exhaust up. I used the same top-mounts for now and they is f**ked. There is SO much play in the bearing cap it's unreal. So tomorrow they are on the list. Wishbone bushes don't look too happy and the engine moves about so much I could swear it's missing an engine mount but I cannot see anywhere for one. Maybe they're knackered too.
Car - £200
Bits that were missing - £50
Valves - £27
Rocker cover gasket - Fcuk knows, £10?
Headgasket - £30ish quid
£317 so far, not too bad.
Then:
Recaro's - £145 (swapping those I hope)
Vento front - £30 :grin:
Spray paint for various things - £20
Electric window set up £80 as long as it all works if not - eBay
£217 not bad again although I reckon I've spent about £2K on various VW sh!te. :grin:
Then MOT time. :sick: I do have a "friendly" MOT tester though. :smug: So emissions will be OK me thinks. :grin:
Oh and freebies:
Thermostat housing
Thermostat
Temp sensor
Radio I robbed out of a Fiesta breaking (pretty snazzy one too) :grin:
Will be getting an iPod connector for said radio too in return for ripping the alarm out of a poxy Corsa :sick:
THEN rub down bonnet, grill and two wings and I f**king hate or love body work depending on what mood I'm in. :grin:
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what recaros matey?
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Same as yours fella.
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MOT time, FINALLY lol. :grin:
Failed. :smiley: I was expecting it.
Brakes, rusted from standing, but the guy is a top bloke and stuck it on the rollers with the brake on, cleaned them up no end and they are sharp as now.
Wishbone bush ruined, knew it but didn't have time. Gonna replace both wishbones.
Exhaust not supported properly, I knew this one :grin: Didn't get the rubber in time.
Headlight not outputting enough light, no idea why.
Idle too high.
Three of us were looking for an airleak, you could hear it but I couldn't find it. Finally we stripped all the throttle body off and found a pipe cut that goes from the TB to the carbon canister. Stuck a bolt in the pipe and the engine was quiet and revved miles better just a bit rough on idle. Replaced the pipe, the engine is now as sweet as a nut.
Wishbone and exhaust rubber Monday, work headlight out and job done. :afro:
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So I made me own exhaust bracket and welded it all up, job done! :afro: I can't wait to get a proper one on there, I HATE IT! Completely the wrong thing for the car FFS. :angry:
Air leak sorted, new adjusted on headlights and two front wishbones totalling 52.46 slung on and 12 months ticket. :afro:
New top mounts all round and then onto bodywork then a MAJOR service and then insurance and tax. :sick:
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SO
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Was the last pictures I had of it, now all ready for it's spray job, minus the removal of all the rubbers and that, can't stand masking round things. :sick:
Not the original paint, but well I have connections for DECENT sprayers, not cheap sh!t ones. :cool:
Got a 1.8 MK3 to run around in for a month from Monday so gives me a month to sort this.
Hopefully come Christmas time, over the Christmas break, all the bits will be bought for the split charge system, two Optima batteries and the sound system, although I might continue to save for a beasty sound system, sound proof the lot.
Now a VR6. :lipsrsealed:
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So I put all the bumpers back, full or primer but didn't really want to drive round like it especially as primer is porous SO
Found my old Golf's plain plastic bumper, whacked that on and then majorly pikey-teched a spare rear bumper I had in black.
Looks fairly smart TBH until Chrimbo when it's getting sprayed up properly. :cool:
Took the grill lower strip back to the metal with 180 and zinc primed, 2 pack primed and have matte blacked it for now which I will use as a guide coat for rubbing the primer down when it's getting sprayed. :smug:
Few stone chips on the bonnet, all rubbed down and primed, I'll block that down before college tomorrow and matte black it goes for now!
THEN I'm gonna set up all the suspension, get it tracked and take Wayne's advice and Waxoil the coilovers.
I did a 250 mile trip in a Rover today picking up some alloys. The car originally came with 4 stud alloys, so I picked up an identical set because with the coilovers, Vento front & exhaust (which is going it's sh!te :sick:) it's enough really on insurance. The alloys are under manufacturer option.
Two different sets of tyres but loads of tread and all for a crate of beer which I got free from my boss after a party.
So cost me £20 in fuel money's and three quid in toll fares. :cool:
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Now a VR6. :lipsrsealed:
Good effort so far man :) why VR after you've just fixed up the 1.6 engine?
Dan
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Now a VR6. :lipsrsealed:
Good effort so far man :) why VR after you've just fixed up the 1.6 engine?
Dan
Cheers! :smiley:
Private joke.
Isn't really. You're 18 aren't you mate? No idea how you can afford to insure that VR. I couldn't in a million years. :cry: Be looking in the thousands next year at 18 for a 1.6 alone.
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Got a white bonnet with primer and matte black as a guide coat.
Now discovered a fair amount of filler in the bonnet. Want to matte black it temporarily but my boss pointed out that aerosol is the worse thing underneath base coat for when I want to spray it.
I have a spare bonnet though so I'm gonna get him to see what he thinks about the paintwork and condition of it, it looks fine to me but I'm not a professional.
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Is the front end.
Bad photoshop of the matte bonnet:
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Suppose I better attatch the numberplate somehow. Used some trim tape and it fell straight off. :laugh:
Don't want to screw it. Gonna order some strong magnets for it. :cool:
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Lookin good mate, I use no more nails sticky strips for my plates, well the front ones. Not lost one yet anyway. :laugh:
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Oh yeah that is cable ties on the splitter.
I drove it out the gates at work, hit a pothole and the car got stuck on the bumper and wishbone mount. :evil:
Managed to get it off though.
Back suspension all level, passenger side to do then track it. I'll let the back down a bit more I think.
I wanted the wishbones all level for some handling but it was just too high. :grin:
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Lookin good mate, I use no more nails sticky strips for my plates, well the front ones. Not lost one yet anyway. :laugh:
Oh right cheers mate, I'll give them a try I spose. Magnets won't be here in time. I'll ask my dad to get some next time he's around those shops. :smiley:
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So, change of plans. :cool:
Started on the repairs properly, tailgates had some filler, not thick, thin but a bit. Wings had a small amount.
Primer tomorrow, Friday is paint day!!!! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Keep the black bumpers for a bit then either spray the others or I might try and do a bit of work with a set of bumpers. :wink:
Unfortunately, because it's come up all of a sudden with the paintwork, things like my bodged up indicators won't cut it. I need to source some DECENT smoked indicators for the front and sides.
Need to drop the back another inch or two before I'm happy and that.
Need two front tyres and while the tyres are off the wheels (being in the trade FTW) I'll sort the very minor kerb rash and gonna refurb. Was thinking and really wanting white, just don't want it to look tacky so I might do a dark grey with a hint of pearl. :cool:
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Magnets....You might as well give the number plate to a car identity thief then, save him the hassle of bending over :laugh: :laugh:
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Magnets....You might as well give the number plate to a car identity thief then, save him the hassle of bending over :laugh: :laugh:
Because it's really difficult to unscrew two screws or pull off trim tape isn't it? :rolleyes:
Besides, back one is screwed on and I'll just stick it in the windscreen parked up.
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I'm not saying screws are harder, but at least they're not as easy, even if it's for some chavs wanting to have a laugh.
Oh and having to walk to the front, remove numberplate and stick it in windscreen might get you some odd looks from sane people :kiss:
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I'm not saying screws are harder, but at least they're not as easy, even if it's for some chavs wanting to have a laugh.
Oh and having to walk to the front, remove numberplate and stick it in windscreen might get you some odd looks from sane people :kiss:
Might do.........
Ask DMonday, I'm sure he gets some off looks too, but hey that's a pretty sick car.
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oh... oh dear
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oh... oh dear
Oh hai Joe.
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Car looking good mate , keep up the good work.
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So the paint supplier "dropped" off the paint today:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0358.jpg?t=1287079389)
:laugh:
First time he's ever been known to do it and on my paint lol. Tis OK tho, best one out of the three for him to drop because we needed the other two lol.
The remains:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0359.jpg?t=1287079505)
:cool:
Handy in some ways as no crap got into the paint and so it's handy for basecoating etc which will be good.
Tailgate repaired:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0352.jpg?t=1287079576)
Very thin spread of filler, deeper in one spot. Didn't flush the wiper as it didn't really appeal to me plus I didn't want to be messing about but now vaguely wondering if I should have lol.
Small ding on the wing:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0354.jpg?t=1287079576)
That was all that's wrong with the car. :smiley:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0356.jpg?t=1287079838)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0357.jpg?t=1287079837)
Forgot about the numberplate light. :rolleyes: :embarassed:
So just quickly masked and will take them both off tomorrow, badge is off too.
Well happy. :smiley:
EDIT: Just seen the numberplate tape, I pulled all that off and it's shown through :shocked:
Get it off tomorrow, doesn't need primer over there anyway. :cool:
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BING:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0360.jpg?t=1287153831
Basing it up.
All painted now! :cool:
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BING:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0360.jpg?t=1287153831)
Basing it up.
All painted now! :cool:
Thats got to be the worst photo ever!
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Indeed. :grin:
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I'm not saying screws are harder, but at least they're not as easy, even if it's for some chavs wanting to have a laugh.
Oh and having to walk to the front, remove numberplate and stick it in windscreen might get you some odd looks from sane people :kiss:
Might do.........
Ask DMonday, I'm sure he gets some off looks too, but hey that's a pretty sick car.
I ran it daily without the front plate on, not just when parked up :) but my mate just got done for it (first time it's happened to anyone i know around here, they've never been bothered) so think i'll have to be careful when i want to run without it now :undecided:
Dan
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0365.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0367.jpg)
Couldn't do any work on it today but managed to see it for 2 mins!
SO HAPPY! :cool:
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Looks like a good job that!... jelous.... cant wait to see th full car for a change!
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Looks like a good job that!... jelous.... cant wait to see th full car for a change!
Yeah I know, didn't have the keys for the car tho lol.
Might try and quickly clean it tonight. :cool:
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Unfortunately a certain insurance company are wayne kerrs and want ANOTHER £456 to pay monthly plus a bigger deposit.
Still the cheapest though unfortunately so gonna put it off another week just to keep myself comfortable and make sure I have the excess in the bank in case the worse happens.
Still I won't miss out on much driving. Busy Thursday, Friday I have a party and assume I'll have a few so that rules out Friday night and Saturday.
BUT tonight I put the passenger side suspension right so it's all level. Unfortunately it doesn't seem that low and there is 40MM thread left which I was hoping I'd keep for a bit of comfort.
Although the front is alright. Would be nicer a little bit lower but it still looks OK.
The back has got 70MM left and that will be minimized soon. :evil:
Started putting it all back together. It ran out of fuel Friday and put some in and was moving it off the ramp. The fuel gauge was on the third red line when I put it on the ramp. All of a sudden it cut out dead, started up fine but the fuel gauge is showing 0. :undecided:
More crap photo's. :grin:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0372-1.jpg?t=1287525593)
Straightened up the exhaust although I'm still not happy with it. I'd happily swap with an 8V standard exhaust. :grin:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0374.jpg?t=1287525499)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0368.jpg?t=1287525532)
Tinted some standard indicators. 2 pack lacquer mixed with gloss black paint.
First time I've ever done anything like it so next time I may go a bit darker and do the rear lights.
Dunno whether to get a decent (preferably plastic) bung and stick it in the wiper hole or stick the wiper back in.
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0376.jpg?t=1287590812)
Got my indicators in. Should have gone darker but I am going to dig out a set and do them. :cool:
Unfortunately the wheels are letting it down as they are just too small, they look bigger when it's stock height!
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0377.jpg?t=1287590814)
BUT if I got another set it would have to be undeclared as I'm already maxed or I'd pay a stupid fee so they'll have to wait til April.
Oh and roll on next Wednesday when I can finally clean it!
Rocker cover is leaking for some reason. Friday afternoon job, oil and try and sort that gasket, it's brand flipping new! If it's bent at all, which I don't think it is, rather then messing around I'll try and source a new one and respray it in some stupid colour. :grin:
I hate this exhaust so much I'm seriously considering a stock one and then I can get some better wheels. :grin:
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Looks good, agreed that the wheels let it down, would look so much better with some nicer ones :cool:
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Cheers.
Can't seem to decide what to refurb them with. A pearl grey or I like white but might look tacky. :undecided:
Got loads of different paints at work......
Don't think white would suit the wheels. Graphite grey it is I think.
Friday afternoon I have quite a few hours spare so I'm going to take all the front brakes off and sand the rust off and grease them all up properly then Hamerite the calipers and carriers. Possibly white although white drums would look GAY so they'll probably go black.
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A graphite grey would look good :afro:
Painted drums look crap unless it's black imo :smiley:
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A graphite grey would look good :afro:
Painted drums look crap unless it's black imo :smiley:
I share that opinion. :grin:
Black or sliver, but I prefer them to be as discreet as possible. :grin:
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I hate how things take so much time lol.
Dropped the back 20mm, it's level now and I want the front to go down a bit LOL!
Drove down the lane with huge potholes where I work and deliberately hit the big ones and had no trouble bar scraping so it can go lower. :evil:
Drained the oil and the very last bit was a bit sludgy, flushed with cheap oil and then filled with Castrol Magnatec.
Drained out the brown coolant :lipsrsealed: flushed until clear and filled with a 50/50 mix. Will drain in a week or so and fill up again with a new header tank and thermostat (not that there is anything wrong with it just while I'm on a run, for £4 I'll do it).
I have discovered a fairly crap running issue. On idle is is just running rough. One time so much so it cut out. It's misfiring. I will be doing the plugs and leads but it seems very much to me like an air leak.
ALTHOUGH, it only happens when warm so I have a brand new spare temp sensor and will put that in. I have done the usual checks for airleaks (carb cleaner all around intake because it will cause a misfire if there is one) and can't find one. Physically looked and listened and the only place it seems to get air is from the proper place, block this and it stalls immediately.
Stopped the rocker cover leaking by taking it all off and blocking down the cover and head surfaces AGAIN and using a genuine gasket.
Don't use cheap sh!t. :rolleyes:
Although I want to refurb that again sometime. :grin: Probably in pink.
Started cleaning it and DAMN I love this colour. It's amazing! :cool:
It looks so beasty at sun down. :cool: Just gotta try and sort the headlight alignment.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0389.jpg?t=1287780270)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0390-2-2.jpg?t=1287780792)
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Drove down the lane with huge potholes where I work and deliberately hit the big ones.
No. just no.
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Drove down the lane with huge potholes where I work and deliberately hit the big ones.
No. just no.
Yes just yes.
If I didn't get stuck there I can go lower and still have no daily issues.
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I avoid potholes at stock height!
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Yeah all I was doing is making sure I could tackle the lane I have to go down daily all fine. There was some scrapage but still about 10mm between the road and the wishbones so it can go down a bit more no worries. :cool:
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remind me to never buy any wheels off you
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remind me to never buy any wheels thing off you
fixed
:grin:
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i heard he does great deals on de icer multipacks
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remind me to never buy any wheels off you
You do understand I was doing approx 2MPH? :huh:
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(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/iloled-pam.jpg)
do you own a jcb ? cos your great at digging holes :grin:
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Drove down the lane with huge potholes where I work and deliberately hit the big ones.
No. just no.
Yes just yes.
If I didn't get stuck there I can go lower and still have no daily issues.
Just drop it all the way down and drive smarter ya big girl! :smiley:
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Righty.
So seeing as this is completely UNinsurable until April when I'll be 18 (F* postcode and too many young "boy racers" smashing up their cars round here), I've decided that either I'll let my dad have it until I want it OR just continue doing bits and pieces and attempting to make it a proper minter.
On the cards is sorting out all the indicators and lights and tinting them to a reasonable standard, deciding whether I want a spoiler or not, respray the rocker cover as the paint I put on there, although fairly decent still gets attacked by thinners and petrol as it's aerosol.
I'll be 2 pack primering, spraying with probably an aerosol house of kolor then some 2K lacquer.
I plan to take the rear beam off and refurb that.
I'm assuming the suspension will need taking off and standardizing for the first year of insurance as will that horrible exhaust!
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Righty.
So seeing as this is completely UNinsurable until April when I'll be 18 (F* postcode and too many young "boy racers" smashing up their cars round here), I've decided that either I'll let my dad have it until I want it OR just continue doing bits and pieces and attempting to make it a proper minter.
On the cards is sorting out all the indicators and lights and tinting them to a reasonable standard, deciding whether I want a spoiler or not, respray the rocker cover as the paint I put on there, although fairly decent still gets attacked by thinners and petrol as it's aerosol.
I'll be 2 pack primering, spraying with probably an aerosol house of kolor then some 2K lacquer.
I plan to take the rear beam off and refurb that.
I'm assuming the suspension will need taking off and standardizing for the first year of insurance as will that horrible exhaust!
Thats sh!t about the insurance, but like you say it'll give you time to get it completely mint first :cool:
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Try living in Essex and forking out for insurance :sick:
Cars looking nice though :)
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It's ridiculous!
Thank you.
Took the wheels off, tyres are coming off and I will be doing a refurb. :cool:
Rocker cover off.
Prepped:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0407.jpg?t=1288306856)
Primed:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0408.jpg?t=1288306857)
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0416.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0417.jpg)
TBH.
No lacquer on those but I will the rocker cover (just testing the paint).
I'll basecoat in white and try to do as even light coats as possible of pink so it's brighter.
Then 2K Lacquer.
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Look cool but what the feck are they?
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Look cool but what the feck are they?
Bits off headphones.
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Look cool but what the feck are they?
Bits off headphones.
ah right, i thought they were off the car but couldn't for the life of me figure out what!
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0422.jpg)
Blurry picture. :undecided:
Ready for lacquer. :smiley:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0426.jpg)
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Nice job... this site loves the pink theme this year!
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Nice job... this site loves the pink theme this year!
Cheers. :)
Main reason is it actually really pissed off one of my bosses. :grin:
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Soo not much to report really.
Cleaned up the bay a bit.
Re-routed my running light wires, as I ran out of heatshrink and am impatient I Scotchlock and taped it neatly. I ripped that off, soldered and heat shrinked and have run it neatly with the headlight wiring. It actually goes into the headlights as I didn't want to splice into the other looms.
I stuck the two wires in a drill though and slowly twisted them together so that they look as sexy as me.
I plan now to relay the headlights, and thanks to Chris and Shauns project threads and their neat relay boxes I want one for the headlights and the horn which I plan to buy Wednesday.
I also am gonna grab some silver and black Hammerite and sort out the alternators and the like as Shauns are awesome.
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/tings.png?t=1289162367)
A huge mass of complication. :cool:
My dads fairly confident in making the box. :grin:
Having an engineering background helps. :cool:
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Took my really grubby alternator off, wire brushed and it came out like this:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0431.jpg?t=1289341144)
Thought, why bother painting it? It looks really nice.
So I painted it? :huh:
Sometimes I don't even understand why I do things.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0433.jpg?t=1289341146)
Few bits I took off will go silver.
Needs another coat.
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You painted it because it would have been a pain in the arse cleaning it again once it's started corroding.
Nice work btw, need to do this to mine in the near future, some little winter projects.
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You painted it because it would have been a pain in the arse cleaning it again once it's started corroding.
Nice work btw, need to do this to mine in the near future, some little winter projects.
Yeah think so. :grin:
Cheers, next up is the battery tray, then starter.
Then it's wiring which for some reason I am dreading and yet I actually quite like wiring. :rolleyes:
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Sad times, won't be using this in April I don't think. :cry:
Be buying a 1.0l Polo Coupe, no idea how anyone at the age of 18 can get insured on anything more.
It's gonna be about £1800. Might look at the 1.3's, my brothers first car actually.
We're moving and this Golf will get chucked into a shed and I'll be doing a whole load more work on it and it will finally come out one day. If not my sister will have it. :cry:
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Just having a catch up as have not been on much recently. (not done anything to the car either!) :sad:
Glad you found mine and Chris's posts useful! :cool:
Nice work again, where's the before pic of the alternator? :grin:
Yes it's better off painted as ALU doesn't take long at all to go white and sh*t again in damp weather!
Shame about your insurance issues, I thought I used to have it bad when I tried to insure my first dub and that was a 1.3 MK1. wouldn't have been so bad if i'd left it alone but I stitched myself a bit as I had made it into a GTI rep and had to declare all the mods.
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Just having a catch up as have not been on much recently. (not done anything to the car either!) :sad:
Glad you found mine and Chris's posts useful! :cool:
Nice work again, where's the before pic of the alternator? :grin:
Yes it's better off painted as ALU doesn't take long at all to go white and sh*t again in damp weather!
Shame about your insurance issues, I thought I used to have it bad when I tried to insure my first dub and that was a 1.3 MK1. wouldn't have been so bad if i'd left it alone but I stitched myself a bit as I had made it into a GTI rep and had to declare all the mods.
Cheers mate, your's and Chris' were inspirational. :cool:
Dunno it was just well grubby. :grin:
Well I'm insured for the month at £235 (coilies, exhaust & exterior changes fail tbh).
Exhaust looks wank cause it's universal but wow it sounds nice. It's not chavvy but deep and suttle til 3K.
I picked it up at 4:10PM yesterday, did 70 miles 'til now and it's not missed a beat. It needs a thermostat but tbh I'm not bothered.
It handles like an absolute dream. Really, really does. My mate took it out (got 3rd party cover) and he said the same. Really pleased with paying the expense for the coilovers because it really isn't firm. It's LESS firm then my brothers BMW 118D with the msport set up. Honestly is, perhaps because of the tyres, maybe.
I love it SO much I'm honestly looking at budgeting so that I can do it in April. It's expensive but I so do not want a 1l. It's SO nippy it's unreal. Really is. Not looking for racing but you can come to a junction, put your foot down and it picks up.
Need a cambelt cover, smashed my splitter. Speedbump on a temporary road, massive crater, going REALLY slow and smash. Would have done it in a stock car and the Merc behind made a horrible noise too. :cry:
To say I'm pleased is an understatement. It's comfortable, it's quiet, it drives as straight as an arrow, it handles beautifully.
My only plans would be lose the exhaust in favour of some wheels and the bumpers are getting sprayed this week. :afro:
I've actually found love and the girls love it way more then my mates 53 plate Corsa. :grin:
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Pictures?
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Pictures?
When I've given it a machine polishing and wax up. :grin:
As I said, painting bumpers some time and need to adjust up the back brakes.
But my dads using it for work in the week, I've only got Wednesday to take it to work. :sad:
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Pictures?
When I've given it a machine polishing and wax up. :grin:
As I said, painting bumpers some time and need to adjust up the back brakes.
But my dads using it for work in the week, I've only got Wednesday to take it to work. :sad:
Ha, thats no good, if I did that I wouldnt have a thread at all! :grin:
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Fair enough. :grin:
It's filthy tho! Gotta unblock the washer jets on the front too. Also, does anyone else find the MK3 rear washer jet idea completely cack?
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Remove it from the arm, take it apart and clean it properly. I did it when I cleaned the car (and with the fronts too), and to date it still works perfectly :smiley:
car's looking good :afro:
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Remove it from the arm, take it apart and clean it properly. I did it when I cleaned the car (and with the fronts too), and to date it still works perfectly :smiley:
car's looking good :afro:
Nice one cheers. I'll try it.
Cheers, once it's got it's bumpers on and I find another splitter I'll got on a photoshoot. Sucks so much that it's now my dads work vehicle though. :cry:
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Taking it to work tomorrow, early. :cry:
Jobs are:
Change thermostat (NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT! Previous owner has what looks like a decking screw in one side. I have a replacement but the but it screws into is over £80! :shocked:)
Adjust the back brakes.
Valet the inside
Machine polish the paintwork possibly flat down some at the back ready for some detailing with some softer pads and compound.
Have a look at forcing the exhaust up more if at all possible.
Prepping the bumpers for a spray up.
That's ALL I will get time for if I get that far!
I still need a proper cambelt cover, some induction piping although in two minds, doesn't need it just looks a bit odd. Genuine VR splitter and tint the rear lights. Possibly the front indicators and blanks too.
Seriously want a better sound system. Being on a low wage sucks. :grin: The headunit was a cheapy Halfords job I got on holiday when the radio broke. It doesn't have the bollocks to power the Pioneer speakers I put in so distorts when it's loud. Want a decent set up.
Also really should make a wiring loom for the headlights and some decent, non-HID bulbs.
Also gonna get an LED lighting kit in white for the boot. Try and hide the lights, just want it to light up!
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Wrong thermostat. Useless b!tch. :rolleyes:
Found one in the boot which I SWEAR was brand new. Stuck it in, all fine and dandy with a nice amount of heat, up the road from home and hello overheating. Interior fans on full and it cooled it enough.
Filled up, bled and yeah, either a faulty stat or the thermostat housing has a crack that I can't see which is common.
Gay.
It also idles so slowly with a stat the oil light comes on. :huh: Wondering if there may be a blockage somewhere. Well weird, took the stat out again and it idles fine.
Got it all cleaned up, new wipers and adjusted brakes. Brakes are sharp now. :afro:
Also noticed upon some unexpected wheel spin there is a sharp knock, passenger side under the car. Mate felt it too. So I'll get it on the ramps.
Also, Halfords own glass cleaner with their microfibre = amazing. You can see clearly now the rain has come.
Tune.
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Brakes I've decided are awful when stopping at speed. :lipsrsealed:
Going to look at servo upgrades and some Greenstuff pads for now.
Want 280mm with some bigger wheels.
Going to get some Lupo stub axle spacers for the rear beam to push the wheels out a bit, 10mm per side. With some Ford Cosworth high tensile bolts.
Lowered the front, no scraping still. :undecided: Broke the splitter anyway.
Want the back to come down just looks gay with soooo much tuck.
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Which car are we talking about now, this thread is getting confusing.. i'm assuming the polo?
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Which car are we talking about now, this thread is getting confusing.. i'm assuming the polo?
Sorry, Golf. Don't have a Polo. :grin:
Oh yeah, on inspecting the car underneath and having a damn good look over it I found a missing subframe bolt. :rolleyes:
Then checked the entire car and found all was OK.
Didn't stop the banging on wheelspin which is now worse as it's a bit lower. I have decided that it's the exhaust. It comes from the exhaust tunnel.
Also found that the backbox is a much bigger bore so someone has filled it with weld. :rolleyes: :grin:
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hmmmm, don't know why but I thought you got a polo as you couldn't insure the golf, i've gone made.... there's barely any pictures of whats going on so it's easy to get lost in this thread. :lipsrsealed:
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:grin:
I know I should get the camera out.
Need a new splitter. So pleased with the coilovers, it's pretty damned slammed and it's still so comfortable. Probably down to the massive tyres though. Had an incident with a curb on the bumper today due to being way too tired to drive then getting cut up by a van. It was van or curb, just clipped the bumper. No big deal. On a stock car it wouldn't have caught.
Stopped though and got breakfast. Honestly stupid of me to be driving. :grin:
Tracking so badly needs doing. It was fine before I dropped it an inch! :rolleyes:
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368 miles.
VERY mixed driving.
38MPG. :cool:
Need to look at the dodgy fuel gauge and as I said after lowering it down an inch, tracking is out. Doesn't pull majorly but the wheels aren't parallel.
Get it sorted tomorrow. It's drives lovely but just over potholes or loose roads cause of the tracking it's a bit odd.
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Cleaned it, installed rear speakers.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0510.jpg?t=1295646043)
Stock markings:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0506.jpg?t=1295646046)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0508.jpg?t=1295646045)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0507.jpg?t=1295646112)
Had to run new cables to the back. VW are stupid, the seats cover the speakers. FAIL.
Meh not too bothered, don't use them when no one is in the back anyway.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0512.jpg?t=1295646170)
Will attempt decent pictures tomorrow.
Now on a GTI splitter. The police didn't like the old one dragging along the floor in bits. :grin:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/Untitled-2-3.jpg?t=1295797517)
:smiley:
I need a decent camera. :sad:
Love this car tbh. Glad I put the spoiler on the back, so need photo's.
Got some pinstripe, won't stick. :grin:
Take it to work, get it warm and thinners off the bumpers.
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Looking good :cool:
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Looking good :cool:
Cheers mate! :cool:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0526.jpg)
Need to do the fronts and clean it AGAIN! :rolleyes:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0525.jpg?t=1295885735)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0527.jpg?t=1295885720)
Exhaust is depressing but combine the noise with the facking whiney engine and everyone thought I had a turbo in a mulitstory. :grin:
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Haha yeah the 1.4 and 1.6 mk3s like to whine a bit a low speeds :grin: Whenever I'm parking the power steering sounds like an Eaton supercharger :lipsrsealed: :grin: If only :rolleyes:
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looks good mate!! alot of time and effort has gone in to this keep it up :cool:
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Tell me about it. Whiney b!tch. :grin: The SPi models don't, don't even know what makes the whine?
Cheers mate.
Plan to. Going to get some red pinstripe on, might end up ripping it off, who knows? going to get new side repeaters and want front fog lights. Eventually some decent alloys. :smiley:
Still wanting to do all the small things, like the brakes, just generally tidy's it up. :)
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Brakes.
Thermostat.
Car now louder, warmer, better on fuel and the brakes are all :afro:.
Also put the wiring in for a sub/amp and then got stuck on a speed bump on a road with roadworks. Sill. :rolleyes:
Sump is scraped, exhaust is scraped and it's not even properly low. :shocked:
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Took the back cover off my phone = better pictures. :smiley:
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Because I can't insure it, the money I saved up to insure it, machine polisher and some pads for the rest of the car. STILL gotta find time for the bumpers and gonna get some materials for the other wheel refurb. :smiley:
Insurance in April thanks to having a years driving experiance on company policy, with proof is £1600. Well pleased. :smiley:
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Afternoon off so todays job. VR6 spec.
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Top mounts changed. Took ages as I stripped the coilovers down, wire brushed all the threads, cleaned it all up and put a new layer of grease on. Copper grease works, dirt sticks but they don't seize. :cool:
Got a phone holder, "DMonday'd it" (my new term tbh :grin:) and some trim with an angle grinder :grin: :
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Not perfect but the best place I could find. :undecided:
Raised it. :cry:
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Not that you can tell from the picture.
Dad likes it now so it's getting used atleast.
Sump off sometime this week.
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looks good how come u raising it ??
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Afternoon off so todays job. VR6 spec.
do you have your tiny thingy out ... them ladies are looking hard... but at what?! :smug:
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looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
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Cheers. :smiley:
looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
Bingo.
I did the sump in a little due to road works.
I don't mind the lowness but cause I simply can't get insured again 'til April mum n dad don't want it that low. :smiley:
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Cheers. :smiley:
looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
Bingo.
I did the sump in a little due to road works.
I don't mind the lowness but cause I simply can't get insured again 'til April mum n dad don't want it that low. :smiley:
And no disrespect to your parents but i'm sure it gives you a bit of piece of mind knowing that there is less chance of one them grounding it somewhere in the meantime.
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Cheers. :smiley:
looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
Bingo.
I did the sump in a little due to road works.
I don't mind the lowness but cause I simply can't get insured again 'til April mum n dad don't want it that low. :smiley:
And no disrespect to your parents but i'm sure it gives you a bit of piece of mind knowing that there is less chance of one them grounding it somewhere in the meantime.
:grin: I know just what you mean!
There's a knack to reversing my car off my drive, the last time my dad took my car out he was unaware of this. Subsequently he left half the front splitter at the end of the drive :rolleyes:
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^^^^ which is why I will be quite literally sh*ting myself when the missus takes mine out!. Even though she hates it she insists its her right to drive it (without me present) as she's had to tolerate the time Ive put into it. :sad:
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Cheers. :smiley:
looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
Bingo.
I did the sump in a little due to road works.
I don't mind the lowness but cause I simply can't get insured again 'til April mum n dad don't want it that low. :smiley:
And no disrespect to your parents but i'm sure it gives you a bit of piece of mind knowing that there is less chance of one them grounding it somewhere in the meantime.
:grin: I know just what you mean!
There's a knack to reversing my car off my drive, the last time my dad took my car out he was unaware of this. Subsequently he left half the front splitter at the end of the drive :rolleyes:
:grin: Teach him how to drive lol.
Cheers. :smiley:
looks good how come u raising it ??
Because he fooked his sump, his dads driving it because he can't and doesn't like it?
Bingo.
I did the sump in a little due to road works.
I don't mind the lowness but cause I simply can't get insured again 'til April mum n dad don't want it that low. :smiley:
And no disrespect to your parents but i'm sure it gives you a bit of piece of mind knowing that there is less chance of one them grounding it somewhere in the meantime.
YES!
Goodness me I'm scared when my dad drives it took it out pre raising it today, bang straight over a speed bump. :cry:
Lucky it's only the exhaust but still.
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YES!
Goodness me I'm scared when my dad drives it took it out pre raising it today, bang straight over a speed bump. :cry:
Lucky it's only the exhaust but still.
But that would be just the beginning! :grin:
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I'm like this :D there's only 1 other person i would trust driving my car!
Dan
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I'm like this :D there's only 1 other person i would trust driving my car!
Dan
Me!
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I'm like this :D there's only 1 other person i would trust driving my car!
Dan
Me!
On flat road :D maybe! But no one wanted to drive it anyway :( subframe was a constant scrape haha!
Not anymore though :)
Dan
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I'm like this :D there's only 1 other person i would trust driving my car!
Dan
Me!
On flat road :D maybe! But no one wanted to drive it anyway :( subframe was a constant scrape haha!
Not anymore though :)
Dan
Ah... you don't know about my driving skillz. :grin:
Not anymore.... what, you fitted one of these?
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Set off to take the sump off at 8PM. :grin:
No power the other side of the road, torches like men.
Soooooo:
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Got stuck on two already rounded bolts. Will be trying again tomorrow as it got late, or out comes the drill.
The massive bangs twice now over speed bumps were the sump and the exhaust. Manifold already had a crack, the downpipe is worn with the brackets snapped, cat looks a bit rusted, I hate the backbox.
What's that I hear?
££££ :rolleyes:
Will look at buying the bits bit by bit but I don't want cheap and nasty parts.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: nice work lamp!
buy cheap sh*t and save your money for insurance. :grin:
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whats the paint for :laugh:
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Cheers. :grin:
Oil drainer.
Also, yeah I really should. Might look out for in good condition second hand genuine tho.
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Bolts didn't want to know. Stupidly, stupidly tight. Actually thought I had snapped the allen key undoing each one. Such a loud SNAP as they loosened. But all the threads were free as.
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So out came the Makita and his freinds. :evil:
It lol'd at the bolts and even on speed 2 out of 3, whch has packed up, ripped through them.
Unfortunately I chivved up the sump a bit around the bolts which was to be expected, but I thought I'd make them some flat seats.
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Unfortunately, the strainer is completely fine. The pump looks absolutely fine. The chain has a bit of play. I assume they aren't designed to be replacable?
The oil is DARRRK black after only 1300 miles. I'm hoping this is the issue. I will be flushing it out with cheap oil twice. Then giving it some more Castrol.
Otherwise I will have to borrow an oil pressure tester then look at the switches.
I've ground down the marks in the sump, will fill the rest (not deep at all) with chemical metal then hammerite it. Either black or white then pink it out. :grin:
Why?
Dunno.
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That work lamp is fcuking genius! Good work!
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Cheers. :grin: Was good til the radio cut out cause the battery was flat. :grin:
Proper reminds me of yours at the back now just cause of the colour. Look sooooo nice at the back at night. :cool:
Prefer your exhaust though.
This month this car is getting raped with work, as I can't drive it anyway. Looking at exhausts and FINALLY sorting out the bumpers for paint tomorrow afternoon.
My plans are to slowly buy the G60 upgrade which needs wishbones and the like and slowly bit by bit buy all the bits, new bushes and bearings etc and slowly put it together.
You stole the yellow paint. :cry:
So might go orange. :grin:
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Yellow is Khare's motorsport colour® :cool:
:grin: :grin:
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I got the pink, partially cause it annoyed my boss but I'd imagine the brakes would look a bit tacky being pink and in all fairness it would look like I'd like to rear end someone.
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Awesome idea for the lamp :D whats up with the car? sorry if i missed something!
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Can't drive it cause insurance doesn't like the fact my dad owns a modified Golf. :grin:
I was on it for a month, won't do it for another month. Gotta wait til April.
But the oil light kept coming on when it got warm and the idle was low. Was fine at 860 revs and above. Not below tho.
So I was hoping the strainer was blocked, it wasn't.
Now I'm hoping it's the FILTHLY oil, it's absolutely aweful. No idea why after 1300miles, the rings don't leak at all so I'm putting it down to the fact the headgasket was gone when I got the car and the fact it's been sitting.
The oil had only done 1300 miles though. Worse then diesel oil after a year. Will flush it a couple of times, then providing it's being used, in a month I will do another oil and filter change just to check the condition of the oil.
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Why are you using 'cheap' oil (lard I assume) to flush the engine? This may sound amazing but you can buy engine flush from any good motor factor retailer? :shocked:
Keep up the good (but at times dangerous) work. I am sure you will eventually enjoy this and bring it to a few shows. :smiley:
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Why are you using 'cheap' oil (lard I assume) to flush the engine? This may sound amazing but you can buy engine flush from any good motor factor retailer? :shocked:
Keep up the good (but at times dangerous) work. I am sure you will eventually enjoy this and bring it to a few shows. :smiley:
It's proper engine oil. I say cheap but its GM Oil that goes in all the SEATS and that serviced at. W J Kings. Don't like engine flush.
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Missed the second comment. Cheers hope to make some this year. :)
Yesterday I cleaned the sump and started painting it. Today i did a vad thing and went clothes shopping. :grin: =£££ :cry:
On way home but iI'm gonna grab some thinners then spray the sump and starter motor white. Then out comes the pink. :evil:
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Missed the second comment. Cheers hope to make some this year. :)
Yesterday I cleaned the sump and started painting it. Today i did a vad thing and went clothes shopping. :grin: =£££ :cry:
On way home but iI'm gonna grab some thinners then spray the sump and starter motor white. Then out comes the pink. :evil:
Not the best way to end that sentence! :grin:
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Why are you using 'cheap' oil (lard I assume) to flush the engine? This may sound amazing but you can buy engine flush from any good motor factor retailer? :shocked:
Keep up the good (but at times dangerous) work. I am sure you will eventually enjoy this and bring it to a few shows. :smiley:
The PROPER way to flush an engine is like bellend is doing it. You drain the oil, put some new, but cheap stuff in then run it for a week or so, flush that and refill with good oil. It makes sure the good oil is not mixed with some of the old oil in the system, that's what the cheap oil is for :smiley:
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Sump painted, pretty bad paint job, painting the sump white with hammerite and the only brush you can find which has been used for red oxide primer, does not make good basing for Pink paint.
Wish I had just done it at work now. :rolleyes:
Trying not to look at it or I will end up stripping it off and re doing it. :rolleyes:
Pretty sure a Caddy brake servo will fit, gonna look at one and try and get one for sharper brakes. :cool:
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Video:
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:grin:
Oil light no longer coming on.
Mum got me an oil filter from Halfords, bigger then the old one. :undecided: Either that or was the oil.
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Most pointless part of an engine to paint award goes toooo....
haha
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Most pointless part of an engine to paint award goes toooo....
haha
:grin:
You can see it when driving past tho and I'll rub it aall off at Bluewaters speedbumps. :grin:
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i hope you painted the inside as well, its gonna rust otherwise :wink:
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Battery tray from the stealers, obsolete. :rolleyes:
Will be doing what everyone said after all. :grin:
It's painted but I can't see it lasting long without coming through.
Stickers, some like 'em some don't. One more to come.
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30 days and I will be driving it again, perminently. :cool:
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Battery tray from the stealers, obsolete. :rolleyes:
:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
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Battery tray from the stealers, obsolete. :rolleyes:
:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:
b!tch.
Some 1.6 AEE MK3 is getting it on Saturday. :cool:
At a scrappies and I'm picking up all the little un-needed bits missing in the bay, then machine polishing the car. :cool:
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30 days eh... your insurance cheap enough now then?
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30 days eh... your insurance cheap enough now then?
18
Years insurance experiance, not no claims but been on works insurance for a year. So driving about this month as carefully as you like.
Dad - named driver
Mum - named driver
Sister - named driver, 21 and learning (never gonna actually bother passing I don't think but had her license over 2 years)
Coilovers, body modifications declared. Got to get rid of the exhaust when I go on the policy, it's a killer. :shocked:
£1659 :smiley:
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Soo the Golf I wanted to nick bits of was cubed.
HOWEVER she told me she had another Golf coming in but thinks it's a MK4.
We were out and dad pulls out of a side road, me in the passenger seat, I see a MK3 Twilight Violet on a pick up truck, the truck belonging to the local scrappies.
Figured it was a 1.8 but was on 13" steels and was a CL. Quick DVLA reg check on my phone and it's the same engine as mine. :cool:
Gonna grab the manifold, down pipe and back box, engine covers, few bits of interior trim and some induction pipes. Thinking about the throttle body cause the one on my car is off a 1.4 Polo and wondering if this is the cause of lumpy idle.
Soo if anyone wants anything off the car lemme know while I'm there.
Gotta go bank first, lost my wallet like a twit. :rolleyes:
On other note, car is running, other then idle, absolutely perfectly, power for a 1.6 is a lot really, it's not a quick car but it's a 1.6! Really smooth, now it's raised up a bit it handles brilliantly, back probably could come down a bit but wow. :cool:
No more passenger wheel flopping about with the knackered top mount. :grin:
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Oil light came on again apparently.
FML.
Will have to take it to work/college and pressure test it. Hoping it's the switch tbh.
Also just been given a T4 Transporter hightop with a messed up head and possible headgasket. :cool:
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Oil light came on again apparently.
FML.
Will have to take it to work/college and pressure test it. Hoping it's the switch tbh.
Also just been given a T4 Transporter hightop with a messed up head and possible headgasket. :cool:
How are you going to pressure test it at college?
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Oil light came on again apparently.
FML.
Will have to take it to work/college and pressure test it. Hoping it's the switch tbh.
Also just been given a T4 Transporter hightop with a messed up head and possible headgasket. :cool:
How are you going to pressure test it at college?
Surely college has an oil pressure gauge?
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Oil light came on again apparently.
FML.
Will have to take it to work/college and pressure test it. Hoping it's the switch tbh.
Also just been given a T4 Transporter hightop with a messed up head and possible headgasket. :cool:
How are you going to pressure test it at college?
Surely college has an oil pressure gauge?
Im positive they do also, but I was under the impression that you were not a motor vehicle student?
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Oil light came on again apparently.
FML.
Will have to take it to work/college and pressure test it. Hoping it's the switch tbh.
Also just been given a T4 Transporter hightop with a messed up head and possible headgasket. :cool:
How are you going to pressure test it at college?
Surely college has an oil pressure gauge?
Im positive they do also, but I was under the impression that you were not a motor vehicle student?
Nope I am. :)
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then you must know me?
The Scottish teacher?
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then you must know me?
The Scottish teacher?
Nope? Ohhhh were you the one last week in the staff room, I couldn't see the huge printer? Haha.
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Yup!!!
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Ahhhhh.
Hello.
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So decided "screw it, I have two spare bumpers". What's the worse that could happen?
Always liked the idea of smothing bits off the front bumper. Couldn't decide on what to do, like the number plate delete but CBA with the Police and moved numberplates so decided to do the number plate and indicators and fogs. I'll just stick the number plate back on with magnets. This probably sounds contradicting but it makes sense in my head. :grin:
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JIGSAAAWWWW!
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So to put it together, I've decided on plastic welding with just a hot screwdriver ATM, put it in deep (what she said) and twist then go along.
Then Altarite it with their two part epoxy. I tried on scrap and if you bend the piece, it bent BESIDE the join, not on it. :shocked: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
So it's nice and strong. Didn't get far, ran out of gas. Gonna get a soldering iron and carry on tomorrow.
Also started stripping the brakes off the Golf I'm scrapping so that I can quickly tidy them up and whack them on. :smiley:
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Looks good so far man, especially since you kept the indented line around the top of the bumper. Looking forward to seeing the finished product :cool:
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I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out :afro:
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Cheers guys! :smiley:
Been doing a bit on it now, just having tea and gonna go get a soldering iron with a plastic welding attatchment and some fibreglass.
It's held solid, altho this particular Aldarite doesn't dry solid unlike the last one which isn't an issue just I'd have prefered it too. The plastic welding has gone through to the back, so it's a solid weld and am going to fibreglass both sides. :smiley:
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Got this:
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Brilliant little kit, really going miles quicker now. All the gaps, I've been cutting down strips of the off cuts and filling them with plastic, then melting it all together. It's a more lengthy process then just tacking it the whole way but it's actually all one piece of plastic now, rather then two or three bits. :smiley:
Just doing it every other 2" at the moment then will do it all over.
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It LOOKS like I've just ran a hot soldering iron over the two pieces but I haven't. Gone right through with the soldering iron til it was all molten then filled in with plastic then smoothed it over. It's the same process as metal welding but much stronger. :smiley:
Halfords wouldn't sell me fibreglass cause I'm not 18, apparently I might get high off it. :rolleyes: Luckilly dad took me down there.
Just got along the number plate, then it's all in line, go along with the welding, then get the fibreglass on it, then I will out a small amount of body filler in and shape any imperfections. You could just use fibreglass but it will crack easier in a bump.
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Soldering iron went bang. :grin:
Turns out it doesn't have a thermo or a timer cut out. :rolleyes:
Take it back, get another one.
Soo nearly there as well. :sad:
Got one side pretty much done so whacked out the fibreglass:
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It's lined up. :cool:
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How tight it is:
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Gay things happened tbh. Dad picked it up from the top, it bent and heard lots of snap noises.
All the tacks I put along the top all snapped. :cry:
But all the left hand side where I have finished the plastic welding from the front held up fine, as did the fibreglass on top. :cool: So it's strong.
The fibreglass came out one bit I didn't plastic weld, as there was a bit of a gap:
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So, I cut this:
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and am doing that everywhere, so there isn't more then 2mm that isn't solidly plastic welded. Not sure if I'm gonna carry on with the fibreglass or just fill the welds. I may Alderite the welds, then fibreglass purely the imperfections then filler on top. Dunno, I'm not at college Monday so I will be getting the soldering iron swapper tomorrow, solidly plastic welding and then I'm going out so will take it to work Monday and get my bosses advice. :cool:
Pleased with this though:
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Welded!
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The bit missing:
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Just put a tiny bit of fibre glass on, will rub that right down and fill it.
Welded the other side too, possibly going to bond a metal strip on top of the joins.
It's absolutely solid though, well chuffed. :smiley: :smiley:
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Couldn't find a spreader, so:
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:grin:
DONE:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0722.jpg)
:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Literally couple of pin holes I'd just filled in that pic but nibbed them off.
Just gotta rub the rest down and prime it. Probs do it Wednesday. :cool:
Oh and made these for temp measures:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0721.jpg)
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good going... :smiley: how much was your new toy then?
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Cheers. :smiley: 20 quid on trade.
After it went bang I welded it with a gas torch and feeded plastic strips into it.
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Looking good, great idea with the smooothing,
its a race now to see whos smoothed bumpers last the longest :smug:
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Looking good, great idea with the smooothing,
its a race now to see whos smoothed bumpers last the longest :smug:
Cheers.
:grin:
Mines been plastic welded solidly though, I'll warm you. :tongue:
Barely any thickness to the filler on there haha.
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Looking good, great idea with the smooothing,
its a race now to see whos smoothed bumpers last the longest :smug:
Cheers.
:grin:
Mines been plastic welded solidly though, I'll warm you. :tongue:
Barely any thickness to the filler on there haha.
as long as you dont put it in a ditch :grin:
next time you use fiberglass filler, use a rubble sack trick :wink:
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Looking good, great idea with the smooothing,
its a race now to see whos smoothed bumpers last the longest :smug:
Cheers.
:grin:
Mines been plastic welded solidly though, I'll warm you. :tongue:
Barely any thickness to the filler on there haha.
as long as you dont put it in a ditch :grin:
next time you use fiberglass filler, use a rubble sack trick :wink:
Oi. :cry: :grin:
What's the trick? :smiley:
In other news:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0725.jpg)
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Taking it to work tomorrow, bumper getting primed up and a matte black Golf bonnet going on, badgless grill (all I have kicking around other then a GL one that's cracked) and CL Joey'd headlights, so gonna look mean and moody for a while.
Doing some work on the bonnet and going to try and re split the headlights cause one isn't adjusting.
Other news, new stereo (well not brand new but free :cool:) with an iPod lead in the glovebox. :smiley:
Won an amplifier on eBay the other day so going to get the sub finally wired up soon, not been that bothered cause I don't drive it. :grin:
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Amplifier came.
POOR paint job due to dodgy paint and someone had spilt wax over the primered bonnet. :rolleyes: Ah well it's temporary so I don't care. :grin:
Looks weird though, needs a VR splitter and massive lows to even remotely pull it off:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0731.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0729.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0733.jpg)
:grin:
The amount of peni' that are going to be drawn on this bonnet by my friends is immense tbh. :laugh:
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use a rubble bag :wink:
cut it to size, mix up the fiber glass (the amount you need) place it where you need it, smooth it out with your hand (or what ever) allow it to dry peal the bag off, leaving a nice smooth clean finish :wink: rather than having fiberglass all over the shop
:cool:
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use a rubble bag :wink:
cut it to size, mix up the fiber glass (the amount you need) place it where you need it, smooth it out with your hand (or what ever) allow it to dry peal the bag off, leaving a nice smooth clean finish :wink: rather than having fiberglass all over the shop
:cool:
Oh right I see! Fair enough cheers! I'll remember that.
Subwoofer and amp installed. Sounds excellent for the price. Pioneer speakers all round, Kenwood iPod headunit, amp & sub. :grin:
Put the grill from my dads car on for now.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0740.jpg)
Machine polished the car, got other bits to clean when I can and get some pictures. :cool:
Will get the Vento front on when bonnet is painted underneath and headlight adjusters fixed. Might try and put indicators in them.
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Sound system isn't baaaad.
Sub is flipping loud, so got it turned right down. Head unit isn't great, not gonna lie, the pre out is on the rear channels. So Just having the front speakers on turns the sub off.
Bass on the HU is normally on -8 and it sounds alright til you turn it really loud then the HU distorts as it hasn't got the balls for the speakers up loud.
So buying a 5 channel amp I've just seen and gotta decide how to wire it all up. Could just use the one pre out but then you literally have two channels. Or could use high level inputs but obvs not as good. Might run the pre outs to the front then high level for the rear and sub.
Just want another HU really. :grin:
So gotta buy some 0Gauge cable to the back, distribution block then got enough 4gauge for the sub from the block.
Just annoying having it in the boot, don't want to put it under the seats because of the heat.
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OK, so VR6-Wherry was right, Ima chav:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0760.jpg?t=1300833321)
(footwell lights. :shocked: :lipsrsealed: :embarassed:).
Probs change them to white, they were free. :grin:
Gotta get a heater dial kit from Moman and probs save up for the dials seeing as the group buy failed. :rolleyes:
In other doings:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0761.jpg)
:cry:
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Oi chav!....... :grin:
So what's the story with all the wires then?
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Oi chav!....... :grin:
So what's the story with all the wires then?
Think that's bad? I started piecing together a coilpack and spark plug for the exhaust for a "laugh". :shocked: :grin: It's alright 'til you get another car enthusiast, any normal person just thinks "wow look at that". :laugh:
I didn't do it though. :grin:
That is a loom from a 5dr with electric windows.
I was electric windows.
I'm going to recieve a headache, a burnt out car and no electric windows. :grin:
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In other doings:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0761.jpg)
:cry:
Took that lot first off cut the dodgy alarm wires:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0771.jpg)
Soldered:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0773.jpg)
Heatshrinked:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0775.jpg)
Then cut out this:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0778.jpg)
Left me with:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0777.jpg)
Leave the current central locking loom in there as it's more work and pointless changing that out. That loom there is purely front windows.
While I am there, I may run new speaker cabling direct to the headunit with a lot of slack, so that I can neatly run some far better speaker cabling to the rear of the car when I get my new amp. :smiley:
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Nice going..... I hated doing electrics but it's one of those hidden things you can be proud of when done and it all works. :afro:
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Nice going..... I hated doing electrics but it's one of those hidden things you can be proud of when done and it all works. :afro:
Cheers mate. Nah I liked reading your thread. Trust me, garages will happilly twist and tape wires :rolleyes: but even though it would be easy to chuck it all in, I'd rather take the time to wrap it and know it's in there, it's done and I don't have to worry. :cool:
EDIT: 3mm Blue LED's ordered for all the switches.
Gonna order the heater dials next pay day then get the full backlit dials when I sell some bits.
Roll on next Friday, insurance is done and my boss is gonna try and get the bumpers sprayed up. :smiley:
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Nice going..... I hated doing electrics but it's one of those hidden things you can be proud of when done and it all works. :afro:
Cheers mate. Nah I liked reading your thread. Trust me, garages will happilly twist and tape wires :rolleyes: but even though it would be easy to chuck it all in, I'd rather take the time to wrap it and know it's in there, it's done and I don't have to worry. :cool:
EDIT: 3mm Blue LED's ordered for all the switches.
Gonna order the heater dials next pay day then get the full backlit dials when I sell some bits.
Roll on next Friday, insurance is done and my boss is gonna try and get the bumpers sprayed up. :smiley:
It's work like that that ended up being the final nail in the coffin for mine, All the previous electrical work, Remote Central Locking, Dead Locks, Clifford Concept etc etc was all carried out by Professionals! When I started stripping it out, all I saw was sh*t! So lazy professionals then.
Will you be able to drive this again soon then? :cool:
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Nice going..... I hated doing electrics but it's one of those hidden things you can be proud of when done and it all works. :afro:
Cheers mate. Nah I liked reading your thread. Trust me, garages will happilly twist and tape wires :rolleyes: but even though it would be easy to chuck it all in, I'd rather take the time to wrap it and know it's in there, it's done and I don't have to worry. :cool:
EDIT: 3mm Blue LED's ordered for all the switches.
Gonna order the heater dials next pay day then get the full backlit dials when I sell some bits.
Roll on next Friday, insurance is done and my boss is gonna try and get the bumpers sprayed up. :smiley:
It's work like that that ended up being the final nail in the coffin for mine, All the previous electrical work, Remote Central Locking, Dead Locks, Clifford Concept etc etc was all carried out by Professionals! When I started stripping it out, all I saw was sh*t! So lazy professionals then.
Will you be able to drive this again soon then? :cool:
Yeah I know we see some right crap work. I'd be a crap alarm fitter cause I'd spend too long soldering, heatshrinking then wrapping the cables and the money wouldb't cover the hours. :grin:
Yes! Next Friday I'm 18, half day at work, throw the bumpers on and go for a massive driving session, then park at a mates and go to the pub. :cool:
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Taking it to work tomorrow, bumper getting primed up and a matte black Golf bonnet going on, badgless grill (all I have kicking around other then a GL one that's cracked) and CL Joey'd headlights, so gonna look mean and moody for a while.
Hi there i have cl headlights all apart atm and im not sure what bits to paint as most of its reflective? did you just paint around the outside?
Tab bit confused :grin:
IS this the same as yours?
(http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l224/ferdinor/vw%20golf%20mk3/IMG00033-20110324-2212.jpg)
BTW is it legal? what i mean is will it pass an mot? :smiley:
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Yeah the outside top lip bit. With the GTI lights theres a bit more of it being twins and they are corrogated. The lamps dont use that top bit so it wont affect lighting efficiency, therefore wont affect legality. :smiley:
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Thank you :smiley:
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Any updates on the bumper? :huh:
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Nah, works suddenly been busy. :rolleyes:
After my bonnet attempt, I do not trust myself with a spray gun. :laugh:
Boss said it should be done for when I can drive it again, Friday. :smiley:
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One got excited:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0782.jpg?t=1301091042)
:grin:
That is all purpose cleaner, ready for it's new protection to go on tomorrow.
Didn't have the flipping key for the other Golf so got nowhere with the windows. :rolleyes: :angry:
So decided to clean the car.
Jetwashed the engine bay, shock horror! :shocked: :rolleyes: :grin:
Then sprayed APC with Wonder wheels over it, aggitated dirt with Wonder wheels and jetwashed.
Cleaned the inside, cleaned the arches then Autoglym bumper care'd all inside the arches and stuff. Got to clay, polish then wax the outside over the weekend.
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Shes gonna be shiny :grin:
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Hopefully mate, still haven't had chance to finish the thing. :rolleyes:
Just had 30mins before the other Golf was getting picked up, cut the wires going to the back doors and CL pump, front windows still worked so took a club hammer to many parts of the dash and goot the loom out in one piece, plus found out where I was going wrong, one wire wasn't plugged in when I tried.
Got photo's of it so easy install job coming soon. :cool:
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Insurance quote:
£1492.93
"Bang tidy!"
Not bad for an 18 year old, years no claims, lowered 1.6 Golf with the exhaust. :cool:
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Looking good :cool:
Cheers mate! :cool:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0526.jpg)
Need to do the fronts and clean it AGAIN! :rolleyes:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0525.jpg?t=1295885735)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0527.jpg?t=1295885720)
Exhaust is depressing but combine the noise with the facking whiney engine and everyone thought I had a turbo in a mulitstory. :grin:
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Got insured, driving about today, was going a little too fast admittedly but someone misjudged my speed and hit their car pulling out of a junction. I hit their passenger wing and door, taken out the bonnet,bumper and wing. Forced the wing back and something suspension wise is somehow bent, car was dragged into my work.
Phoned insurance companies and apparently I was only covered lowered 50 mm, it was lowered more. :sick: so dunno but I think I'm screwed.
Neck is aching, was a really solid knock, the Astra I hit was on a pickup.
Worst birthday ever, photos in a bit. :sick: :sick: :sick: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Everyone knows it's april fools by this time :smiley:
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Pictures don't lie though. :cry:
When I get home.
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If it is an April fools joke, you're 4 hours too late! :grin: :grin:
Pics or STFU!
if it is true, that sucks! :sad:
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Last time you drove this didn't you have an incident at some lights or something?
How did you get on the topic of how much your car was lowered by when you called them today!?
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I'll wait to see if pics appear but if that's true then it sucks :undecided:
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OK so I fail quite epically.
I didn't quite grasp the concept of April fools and the whole 12pm thing.
I had been searching and searching and found a MK3 smashed up, was photoshopping my wheels and numberplate on. :grin:
I fail. :sad:
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(http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DOUBLE-FACEPALM.jpg)
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Init, I need a new thread for this car.
Also, insurance company special at £1384.56 :shocked:
Honestly, 1 years no claims, old people and 21 year old leaner sisters make for a cheap policy. :afro:
Buuuut, £1834 if I pay monthly.
W*nkers.
Natwest won't give me a loan either, cause I was just gonna pay that monthly instead.
Will have to suck up and do it though soon!
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Init, I need a new thread for this car.
Also, insurance company special at £1384.56 :shocked:
Honestly, 1 years no claims, old people and 21 year old leaner sisters make for a cheap policy. :afro:
Buuuut, £1834 if I pay monthly.
W*nkers.
Natwest won't give me a loan either, cause I was just gonna pay that monthly instead.
Will have to suck up and do it though soon!
Ouch, thats alot of money :undecided:
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Insured, all good. :cool:
Went on a road trip with a mate yesterday, he sent me some long text about what he'd done to prepare his Corsa (standard) things like oil, check the brakes coolant etc.
Him: "What u done to prepare urs for the trip?"
Me: "Lower it" :grin:
Fairly low now, back should come down to be ideal just looks so gay with the tuck from behind. :angry:
Need spacers.
Also took the pink badge off again and put a gloss black one in and some FK tinted indicators and fog blanks. Kinda cheap looking but they came with the car, look a bit better IMO and are going as soon as the bumper is painted.
Pics tomorrow.
Just started making this:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0801.jpg?t=1302474062)
USB for power for my phone etc. Runs at 2.1 AMP. Phone charger is 1AMP, satnav 0.75 so it's all good. Need to glue it in place and put some filler over the top so the lines are dead perfect. :smiley:
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Nice idea. I cheated and found a twin ciggie adapter with a usb port in it. going to cut that into the centre console or somewhere near when I can be a*sed.
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Nice idea. I cheated and found a twin ciggie adapter with a usb port in it. going to cut that into the centre console or somewhere near when I can be a*sed.
Cheers mate. Yeah been planning this for a while but the last charger I got just could not power the phone. Takes about 1A when using my phone as a GPS.
Also managed to pull the ign live out of the fuse box somehow for the radio. :rolleyes:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0803.jpg?t=1302528444)
Plans to clean the car today and adjust the rear brakes and grease so they stop squeaking. :angry: :rolleyes:
DRIVES SOOOOOO LOVELY! Can play with oversteer now. :grin:
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i do like the vento front end!
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Cheers. :smiley:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0808.jpg?t=1302818946)
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Oh, that's hazards, not running lights. :D
Anyone in Swanley, find me, I'm cold. :(
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Ain't no April fools joke:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/DSC00251-1.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/DSC00252-1.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/DSC00253.jpg)
Poor pictures, mum sent them. Reversed into, plus bonnet plus wing.
:cry:
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your mums a b!tch!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Lol nah someone hit her in the carpark.
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Fook! You still got the golf front end lying around? If so just push for a cash settlement of a few hundred notes wack the golf front back on and jobs a good un :wink:
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Fook! You still got the golf front end lying around? If so just push for a cash settlement of a few hundred notes wack the golf front back on and jobs a good un :wink:
what he said!
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Nope. Have got the matte black bonnet and headlights.
He wants insurance unless it's cheap but it's OK. Won't write it off third party.
Not allowed to touch the car cause they'll throw the claim out most likely so will be stuck like that.
Sort it tomorrow, using a company that deals with the third party and my insurance doesn't hear about it, so no policy upping.
Gotta phone VW for parts prices but headlights are probs around £50-£80 each, grill is about £75 IIRC so it does get expensive.
Good news is though, it will buy the paint for the front bumper and since I'm giving my boss the work (wing and bonnet spray job I think) my front bumper will be sprayed too. :cool:
This is a lesson to the people not declaring modifications, you might not crash, but what if you get crashed into?
Glad I paid the extra price. :cool:
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Nope. Have got the matte black bonnet and headlights.
He wants insurance unless it's cheap but it's OK. Won't write it off third party.
Not allowed to touch the car cause they'll throw the claim out most likely so will be stuck like that.
Sort it tomorrow, using a company that deals with the third party and my insurance doesn't hear about it, so no policy upping.
Gotta phone VW for parts prices but headlights are probs around £50-£80 each, grill is about £75 IIRC so it does get expensive.
Good news is though, it will buy the paint for the front bumper and since I'm giving my boss the work (wing and bonnet spray job I think) my front bumper will be sprayed too. :cool:
This is a lesson to the people not declaring modifications, you might not crash, but what if you get crashed into?
Glad I paid the extra price. :cool:
As I was reading that I was wondering if you had all your mods declared! Good to hear you have :afro:
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Is the only way. :smiley:
Anyone have any ideas of prices? Gonna have to phone TPS or VW tomorrow I suppose.
Gotta then Joey Mod them and swap the wiring looms over. :rolleyes:
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Is the only way. :smiley:
Anyone have any ideas of prices? Gonna have to phone TPS or VW tomorrow I suppose.
Gotta then Joey Mod them and swap the wiring looms over. :rolleyes:
My version of ETKA hasn't been updated in a while so the prices are likely to be out of date but it is showing the lights to be around £130 each and the grill is only showing as £35 :undecided:
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Blimey! Insurance job if they're near correct! Cheers mate!
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Stupid bloke at TPS kept telling me Vento's were the same as a Golf but has a boot and I'm getting confused with a Corrado. Then said the headlights were the same part numbers. :rolleyes:
Didn't believe him but the Golf headlights were £102 quid each inc. VAT.
Vento grill obsolete :cry: but the stock grill is £107 quid. :shocked:
Works final invoice came to £663 quid and I was ready to ask the guy if I could just have cash and sort it myself or pray insurance wouldn't write it off.
Boss phoned with the invoice and he was well happy. :huh: Cheques in the post.
Result.
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Stupid bloke at TPS kept telling me Vento's were the same as a Golf but has a boot and I'm getting confused with a Corrado. Then said the headlights were the same part numbers. :rolleyes:
Didn't believe him but the Golf headlights were £102 quid each inc. VAT.
Vento grill obsolete :cry: but the stock grill is £107 quid. :shocked:
Works final invoice came to £663 quid and I was ready to ask the guy if I could just have cash and sort it myself or pray insurance wouldn't write it off.
Boss phoned with the invoice and he was well happy. :huh: Cheques in the post.
Result.
FÜCK THAT.
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Yup. :grin:
Hello payrise, 16v is 400 a year more to insure.
Hmm.......
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Followed from here. (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=152540.msg1776010#msg1776010)
So the bonnet was looking all swirly and annoying. Tried the new G3 Scratch remover and a white pad on a rotary:
Before:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0897.jpg?t=1304457713)
After:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0896.jpg?t=1304457691)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0898.jpg?t=1304457711)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0899.jpg?t=1304457940)
Then after Simoniz hard wax. Kept leaving waxy/polishy marrs all over though because I didn't remove the polish properly. But when done:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0900.jpg)
Car has the wrong throttle body on it, TPS told me they were the same as the 1.4 MPI that I got off a Polo. He's a lying Jew. The kids at Club Polo sorted it, so I've got to get a 1.6 one (idles too low).
Hopefully will be ordering a new grill this week and insurance on an ABF is £200 with the upgraded brakes per year extra.
Trouble is if I lose my NCB or get any points then obviously a 2l is gonna hurt badly. So tempting though.
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Don't crash or speed then!
Seriously good work on the paint.
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That's what I said. :grin:
Thank you. Takes AGEEEEEESSSSSSSS but well worth it IMO.
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Average of 31 real life MPG which has been 30MPH town roads, 40/50 "Kent" roads and some country roads plus some late night "I've got to be back before midnight" "enthusiastic", triple figure driving. :lipsrsealed:
100 miles from £20 at 136p/l and still got enough to get to work and back. 12 miles each way.
Oh and put uprated headlight bulbs in it, orange sidelights (meh) and then the reflector dropped as I was adjusting the headlight so will be visiting VW for adjusters.
Also, headlights refused to work last night, highbeams wouldn't stay on either, wiggling key didn't help, headlight switch fine AFAIK but some swift, panicking kicks to the fuse box area had them working.
Loose connection or relay do we think?
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0903.jpg)
:cool:
Also:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0907.jpg)
And lets see the MPG:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0905.jpg)
:cry:
Also put my lower grills in, orange running lights plus indicator. Will DEFFO need revising though, too low and can't see the indicator properly.
Bumper is in primer though! :cool:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0915.jpg)
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Bumper being painted as I type. Will pop into work tomorrow and polish it then get it on. :cool:
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40mm 2m long flexi exhaust pipe plus twin tip back box = :cool:.
Ran out of time and bodged the back box on but will get it sitting right but am just gonna buy a MK3 specific one.
Was dirty but Autoglym Metal polish:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0925.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0924.jpg)
and:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0922.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0920.jpg)
Go to work tomorrow, give it a flat and polish and get it on. :cool:
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Bumper looks good :cool:
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Im a big fan of the front bumper, Im planning on doing this to mine in a few months time once Ive moved and got myself all settled in etc.
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Thank you! :smiley:
Was a bit dissapointed when it was in primer but a few bits of sanding and filler sorted it.
Tip for you mate, do not push things together by putting pressure on things, it messes up the lines and looks ropey.Let it sit naturally and plastic weld it.
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I assume you cut 3 sections from an old rear bumper and used them to infill it? How fiddly was the grooved section at the top to get right?
When I do mine Im going to plastic weld in my lower bumper air vents rather than just re-clip them back in I think. I just can't decide what to do with the indicators yet. :undecided:
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I assume you cut 3 sections from an old rear bumper and used them to infill it? How fiddly was the grooved section at the top to get right?
When I do mine Im going to plastic weld in my lower bumper air vents rather than just re-clip them back in I think. I just can't decide what to do with the indicators yet. :undecided:
Just cut one big section out.
But I cut it a bit offset so the angle was a bit different by mistake.
Then I just lined it up, superglued it in place, got a clamp on, plastic welded then fed molten plastic into the joins with a mini blow torch.
The lines I just took an angle grinder to on one where it wasn't flush then filled. Came out OK though, they line up perfectly. :smiley:
Indicators are in the lower vents but I can see this being too low so probs put LEDs in the headlights if I can do it descreet enough. Probably spend some cash on decent bright ones and tint them with window tint then stick them in.
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Bumper look ace :cool:
Fancy doing me one? :grin:
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Bumper looks sweet man, can't wait to see it on the car :cool:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0931.jpg)
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nice work mate
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Proper :cool:
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Looks bang tidy mate :afro:
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That looks AWESOME! :afro:
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looks brilliant bet your happy with it
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Looks great :afro:
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Cheers everyone. :smiley:
Exhaust, need a proper back box and its falling apart and rattling everywhere.
Headlights stopped working tonight. Happened a week ago and I kicked the fuse box and they came back after a while. No go tonight. Plus with orange sidelights really wasnt great and no numberplate cause it fell off. :rolleyes: Had to drive back holding the highbeams on.
So gonna b sorting it tomorrow.
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What's the rear bumper like?
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0947.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0946.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0948.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0949.jpg)
Camera is a bit distraught with the focus on the headlights but they are VERY VERY clear, distinct and bright with the headlights on:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/th_VIDEO0033.jpg) (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/?action=view¤t=VIDEO0033.mp4)
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Looks quite good actually... Is there any way of shortening the strip so that it only goes down the side?
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I think id have preferred them down the outer edges only. Do they flash amber or white?
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Bumpers look bang on! :cool:
good work
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Bumper looks great... nice work!.... not sure on the lights, are they replacing indicators?
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Could be done easilly but it's a safety thing. :) Can't see them when they're off so not too bothered.
Thank you for the comments. Gotta get the rear painted.
They flash completely amber. :smiley:
Cheers Shaun, yeah, they are very bright too. Can't see them at all when off. :cool:
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Could be done easilly but it's a safety thing. :) Can't see them when they're off so not too bothered.
Thank you for the comments. Gotta get the rear painted.
They flash completely amber. :smiley:
Cheers Shaun, yeah, they are very bright too. Can't see them at all when off. :cool:
Ah that's not so bad... at first I thought they were for DRLs.
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0931.jpg)
f**king sick :cool: this is my perfect front end.
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Cheers. Yeah nah, indicators. Got a tug for speeding and he was checking the car over.
Headlight switch broken so some runs of wire from the battery with a fuse you put in and out. Luckilly didn't see the dodgy indicators and didn't ask to put the sidelights on. :grin:
I was just standing infront of the broken gril cause I had the old indicators just rammed behind it.
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0931.jpg)
f**king sick :cool: this is my perfect front end.
Thanks Dan! :cool:
Would be better if the grill wasn't smashed. :grin:
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Not liking the DT running lights, but the front bumper looks wicked. Well done. :afro:
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Not liking the DT running lights, but the front bumper looks wicked. Well done. :afro:
They're not DRL's even though that's what I thought they were. They have taken the role of indicators since there are no lights in the bumper any more.
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Not liking the DT running lights, but the front bumper looks wicked. Well done. :afro:
They're not DRL's even though that's what I thought they were. They have taken the role of indicators since there are no lights in the bumper any more.
I see. That will teach me for not reading. :grin:
In that case, I saw someone else suggest shortening them to just the side of the light, I think that would look better.
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Front bumper looks wicked! :cool:
Have you thought about doing something like this for the indicators?
(http://images41.fotki.com/v1341/photos/7/704725/6824337/ohmydubsignal-vi.jpg)
But maybe just one strip?
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Front bumper looks wicked! :cool:
Have you thought about doing something like this for the indicators?
(http://images41.fotki.com/v1341/photos/7/704725/6824337/ohmydubsignal-vi.jpg)
But maybe just one strip?
That's what I meant!!!
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That's the exact thing I mentioned in Bellend's thread about indicators. There should be a build thread or DIY for that in the mk3 section of vwvortex :cool:
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Yup, that's the kinda thing id have gone for myself.
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like the idea for indicators! loving it in fact!
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Not liking the DT running lights, but the front bumper looks wicked. Well done. :afro:
They're not DRL's even though that's what I thought they were. They have taken the role of indicators since there are no lights in the bumper any more.
I see. That will teach me for not reading. :grin:
In that case, I saw someone else suggest shortening them to just the side of the light, I think that would look better.
:grin:
Cheers man, put the plate on ATM cause of da Poliz.
Front bumper looks wicked! :cool:
Have you thought about doing something like this for the indicators?
(http://images41.fotki.com/v1341/photos/7/704725/6824337/ohmydubsignal-vi.jpg)
But maybe just one strip?
Cheers mate. :cool:
I did see that before but the ONLY trouble is, you can see the strips when they are off. :undecided:
But cheers though for the comments.
I may revise them at some point, might just order some more strip. :grin:
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So I broke it.
When I re-do the bumper, wondering whether to remove the lower vents as well. What do you reckon?
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Nah... It'd look like a massive chin.
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Nah... It'd look like a massive chin.
Soz I mean like the two lower ones, leaving the big main middle one.
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Right, bonnet is annoying me as it's riplled thanks to someone jumping on it. Wing and bumper ruined thanks to diesel and my driving. :grin:
DO I, 1: Get another wing, maybe in the same colour if not just cover it in stickers or something for now and just leave it
ORRR do I get both bumpers painted up, wing fixed and keep it polished up over summer
BECAUSE, as soon as I've save up enough, probably over autumn/winter, buying a Polo and taking this off the road to come back with another engine of some sort and a full respray.
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If you are aiming to take the mk3 off the road then you should keep saving for the replacement daily. Once that is bought you can get the mk3 into the shed and get stuck into repairs and mods :cool:
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You've still got this? wow :tongue:
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You've still got this? wow :tongue:
Yep :grin:
Right, this weekend, I'm towing home my replacement:
(http://images01.olx.pt/ui/1/08/03/8770503_1.jpg)
:sick:
Auto. :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:
88BHP so at least it won't be TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow....... Hopefully. :grin:
If the paint doesn't clean up well it will be Satin or matte blacked. I will throw some 40 or 60mm springs on it, chuck in my sound system and live with it.
Golf is coming off road and genuine wings or some sort put on, new tail gate, another straight bonnet, grill, bumpers thrown on and remove ALL the windows and get it primed.
First job is rip the engine out though and I'll probably paint the bay.
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Think you should go OAP+ on the corsa.
Some dealership stickers, AA badges, zimmer frame bike rack, nice pair of big beige glasses hanging from the interior mirror, Roger Whitaker in the tape player, mints and worthers bags on the passenger seat, the smell of warm urine and some ambiguous stains.
Mint.
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Corsa is a POS. Still gotta go get it sometime. :grin:
Golf issues:
- Exhaust sitting on rear beam, not connected anywhere, every single piece, including manifold leaking or cracked. :grin:
- Apparently the C/L on the drivers door is now intermittent. Great. :rolleyes:
- Headlights don't work. New switch did nothing. Have had them working a couple of times, next thing is the indicator stalk.
- Water leaking into car in heavy rain, think this is where I ran a cable through the bonnet pull gromet. Woops.
- Radio has no ign. live feed so is bridged.
- Some wiring needs sorting but is no issue, only things I've done.
-I broke the scuttle panel. Doesn't effect anything but annoys me.
Plans:
- Fix above issues
- Hide and install air horn properly.
- Relay headlights
- Make custom headlight plugs for indicators cause I'm cool like that.
- Full exhaust system, no midbox, probably no cat.
- 16V engine.
- Decent audio install, possibly a false floor in the boot.
- Maybe battery in boot? Not sure on this yet.
- Hide washer bottle proably or do a MK4 one.
- Lupo and TT wiper arms and aero wipers.
- Source a new bonnet, wings, bootlid, headlight (O/S) and early grill.
- Strip the car out
- Get windows removed or remove them myself.
- Sand, sand, scotch
- Prime
- Do Shady's mum
- Source exhaust, wheels and leather seats.
- Cry
- MK3.5 dash?
- Source rusty GTi 16v (probably the easiest other then item. 17 on list)
- Rebuild engine?
- Pull birds.
That list will increase rapidly. :grin:
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get cracking then boyo :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Tax out 31st so gotta get that damned Corsa ready and MOT'd by then! Or it's bus pass heaven.
Oh and get the garage cleared out. There's a few MK3's in bits practically in there. :grin:
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The plans sound good man. You're making me want to work on my mk3 :lipsrsealed:
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Corsa is a POS. Still gotta go get it sometime. :grin:
Golf issues:
- Exhaust sitting on rear beam, not connected anywhere, every single piece, including manifold leaking or cracked. :grin:
- Apparently the C/L on the drivers door is now intermittent. Great. :rolleyes:
- Headlights don't work. New switch did nothing. Have had them working a couple of times, next thing is the indicator stalk.
- Water leaking into car in heavy rain, think this is where I ran a cable through the bonnet pull gromet. Woops.
- Radio has no ign. live feed so is bridged.
- Some wiring needs sorting but is no issue, only things I've done.
-I broke the scuttle panel. Doesn't effect anything but annoys me.
Plans:
- Fix above issues
- Hide and install air horn properly.
- Relay headlights
- Make custom headlight plugs for indicators cause I'm cool like that.
- Full exhaust system, no midbox, probably no cat.
- 16V engine.
- Decent audio install, possibly a false floor in the boot.
- Maybe battery in boot? Not sure on this yet.
- Hide washer bottle proably or do a MK4 one.
- Lupo and TT wiper arms and aero wipers.
- Source a new bonnet, wings, bootlid, headlight (O/S) and early grill.
- Strip the car out
- Get windows removed or remove them myself.
- Sand, sand, scotch
- Prime
- Do Shady's mum
- Source exhaust, wheels and leather seats.
- Cry
- MK3.5 dash?
- Source rusty GTi 16v (probably the easiest other then item. 17 on list)
- Rebuild engine?
- Pull birds.
That list will increase rapidly. :grin:
Anyone actually read the list? :grin: :grin: :grin:
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is the corsa even going to pass an mot! Sounds like too much work all of this :laugh:
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good luck with the list, you'll need it!!
**tip, shady is easy, dont worry about his mum ;)
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Anyone actually read the list? :grin: :grin: :grin:
Thought they were pretty standard list items tbh. :undecided:
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That's what I thought, as if there will be many of us on here that hasn't already had Shadys mum ?! :rolleyes:
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:grin:
Cheers guys!
Corsa still haven't sorted, way too busy. If not I'll just buy something cheap with tax.
16 days til Golf is off road.
Gonna be so much effort. :grin:
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0931.jpg)
Old picture. :sad:
Right bored of the tatty MK3 that it's become.
Micra is back end of the month. This will be sold and another cheap POS bought.
Money is looking better in the new year after some more effort on my part.
This means the Golf is off road. I've sourced some MK4 seats. Not sure if I want these or I want some leathers. Maybe MK4 leathers if I save well? Also maybe some decent wheels end of Feburary. :cool:
Oh and the bumper is now repaired thanks to my dad. :cool:
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Looking at this list:
- Exhaust sitting on rear beam, not connected anywhere, every single piece, including manifold leaking or cracked. :grin:
- Apparently the C/L on the drivers door is now intermittent. Great. :rolleyes:
- Headlights don't work. New switch did nothing. Have had them working a couple of times, next thing is the indicator stalk.
- Water leaking into car in heavy rain, think this is where I ran a cable through the bonnet pull gromet. Woops.
- Radio has no ign. live feed so is bridged.
- Some wiring needs sorting but is no issue, only things I've done.
-I broke the scuttle panel. Doesn't effect anything but annoys me.
ALL FIXED!
Plans:
- Fix above issues
- Hide and install air horn properly.
- Relay headlights
- Make custom headlight plugs for indicators cause I'm cool like that.
- Full exhaust system, no midbox, probably no cat.
- 16V engine.
- Decent audio install, possibly a false floor in the boot.
- Maybe battery in boot? Not sure on this yet. (Don't want to do it)
- Hide washer bottle proably or do a MK4 one. (Don't want to do it)
- Lupo and TT wiper arms and aero wipers.
- Source a new bonnet, wings, bootlid, headlight (O/S) and early grill. (Apart from the grill)
- Strip the car out
- Get windows removed or remove them myself.
- Sand, sand, scotch
- Prime
- Do Shady's mum
- Source exhaust, wheels and leather seats. (exhaust done)
- Cry
- MK3.5 dash?
- Source rusty GTi 16v (probably the easiest other then item. 17 on list)
- Pull birds.
That list will increase rapidly. :grin:
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Still haven't done Shadys mum, thought that would have been the easiest one :lipsrsealed: :grin: :kiss:
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Still haven't done Shadys mum, thought that would have been the easiest one :lipsrsealed: :grin: :kiss:
LOLZ
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Still haven't done Shadys mum, thought that would have been the easiest one :lipsrsealed: :grin: :kiss:
And sadly "pulling birds" since June hasn't gone well either.
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Still haven't done Shadys mum, thought that would have been the easiest one :lipsrsealed: :grin: :kiss:
And sadly "pulling birds" since June hasn't gone well either.
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Nah I just got the one. :grin:
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So after an arsehole long day mainly due to the fact I cannot find an 18mm socket, I now have a decent plate welded onto my downpipe.
The manifold had an extremely strange "growth" on it like a big mountain of some hardbmaterial. No idea what it was but wasn't original and the head and gasket was fine so no idea what it's been reacting with. Manifold also had slight pitting but since it was all straight and funds are a bit tight I filled it with weld and chemical metal and all is good. It wouldn't have blown anyway. I would just buy a manifold but this engine isn't staying in one way or another. Practised Arc welding. :) plus my dad did most of it so it actually welded. :D
Also properly welded a 55mm adapter on the end. Well supposedly 55. Think the grinder will be coming out. Modified the bumper slides up front. Got rid of the stupid clips and placed bolts inside. Bumpers ready for paint. Tomorrow gotta put the rest of the exhaust on, change the wing support and track rod ends as they are knackered and it's making the car change lanes by itself. :grin:
Then next week order CV boots inner and outer and a rocketlr gasket from TPS.
Also wanting to get a wire wheel on a grinder and wipe out the surface rust where the underseal has come off underneath and then really underseal.
Also the sills are squashed so sort them and wont be using the ramp at work anymore.
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120301_095408.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120229_224452.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120229_224448.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120229_224441.jpg)
:cry:
Thanks to a lorry shedding it's load.
Luckily two days previous I had purchased:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120303_125216.jpg)
Badman tings. Needs a thermostat.
Anyway.
Then I bought this:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqVHJCME9BlWSe6YBPS68Q3PrQ~~60_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/$(KGrHqZHJCIE9EmD1OefBPS68ZFd8Q~~60_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/$(KGrHqVHJF!E88evprYEBPS680iUh!~~60_12.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/$(KGrHqVHJEYE88dNCVfvBPS68+r5hg~~60_12.JPG)
My mum was not too amused since we're literally on the verge of moving. Apparenly I've had too many cars.
I've only had 8. :rolleyes: Plus I've made no losses on any except technically my 1.6 but I'm not selling that.
More importantly though is the ABF:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120313_164837.jpg)
It pulls like a train. Plus at three figure speed average, I stuck 20 quid in and compared to the 1.6 used half the fuel at the same speed.
Win.
Car I'm not too interested in. Will be breaking it. I'll be having the wings and possibly the bonnet etc but not too fussed TBH. So if anyone wants any bits please let me know.
This time the engine will be going in though as the 1.6 is half out already! Plus Kells has informed me it has the later pedal box so that's a HUGE ballache out the way!
Any ideas how to get this spotless:
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMG_20120313_164841.jpg)
Not too sure on the colour scheme I want yet!
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Dishwasher and a machine polisher!
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Dishwasher and a machine polisher!
? :huh:
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Dishwasher to get it clean, and machine polisher to polish it up. Takes a long time to get it all nice and shiny tbh, why not just paint the thing, and polish the raised part with different coloured lettering :wink:
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Aha fair enough.
Yeah was thinking that cheers. Seen a few black/red combo's which look pretty good. :wink:
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Just like mine. :smug: :grin:
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Every cloud has a silver lining...
:cool:
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Just to update, has all body panels the same colour and has colour coded bumpers.
Am repairing my bumper and will respray the car at some point.
Unfortunately, the ABF is sold and the car is coming off the road. Really need a work car so hopefully a 1.9TDI MK3 estate soon to be carbon wrapped, GTI brakes and interior, sign writted, kitted out at the back and left alone.
Then can just focus on this as it used to be such a cracking little car and is now a heap engine wise.