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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 20 January 2005, 17:13
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1988 , MK2 8v in Helios blue
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Car as bought a nice clean(ish) mk2 8v , having owned a mk1 a long while ago and foolishly tradeing it in for an RS turbo , (i was 18) , ive been after another one , with mk1 prices climbing i spotted this one on Ebay , local to me for ?275 Bargain , i was in work the day i agreed to pick it up , so i sent 2 mates to get it with the instuctions "if it looks streight get it" so i come back from work n there it is in all it glory, soon as i got home i was in it an remembering why i missed my mk1 so much , The car was in posesion for all of 2 days before i started on it . the interior came out , when i say that i mean the interior. Dash , headlineing , carpets , seats , door cars. Everything, The bodykit came off at the same time , there were some horrors that lay beneath , looks like ill be needing some repair sections. Beacause i live in halls of residence i had to lug all this stuff up 8 flights of stairs(well the lift did) . A"mate" of mine borrowed the golf over xmas because i stayed here(swansea) until xmas eve,
?On his way down the motorway the wheel came loose , 2 studs had sheered , as he gets out the car he kicks the passanger side front , denting my pristean wing. ?:angry: a replacement is on order ,
My plans for the car are very simple , have fun with it and get the nurbergring durin my summmer break.
Beacause im here i dont have a garage , much money , and ive got huge drains on my time. ?this means all my work will be done outside (only thing thats getting done elsewhere is the cage cant scrimp n save when my neck is involved) ive got a seat on order from demon tweeks , again thats to do with safety, everything else will be bought second hand from scrap yards , auto jumbles or as cheaply as i can from Ebay, (the route of all evil)
The car will be getting a full respray as soon as the bodywork is done , my little brother is an apprentise panel beater n his collage does re-sprays for cost if you let the kids work on it ?:undecided: but ill have to get it back to my place in Widnes nr cheshire to do that. Another adventure i suppose.
the car is getting built to compeate with a nissan 200sx and a ford crapi with a rover V8 in it ,
So if anyones got any tips for making my golf a missile then they would be apreciated ?, ?oh n the wheels are for sale tatty but goin cheap
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Well i got myself a jigsaw ?:evil:, nice cordless one for 30 quid from BnQ warehouse , 18v too , i set too the inside of the car , as you can see its a bit lightweight , next on the shopping list is some pollycarbonate so i do my windows ,and some flat aluminium so i can plug the hold in the roof , theres a group of us that want to go the `ring over the easter break :grin: , the last weekend has been pencelled in , better get cracking. so far ive cut most the internal panels out and managed to remove the sunfoor , about to cut out the second skin and the rear seat mount. then ive got to try and sell some stuff so i can get the arches done . luckily ive had a few Dry days , oh and ive been given an 8v engine FOC by a mate and theres a set of G60 brakes on ebay ending sometime that are very reasonably prices :huh:, whatch this space ?
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Got up this mornin and someone that can only be described as a C**T has tried breaking into my car, not by goin through the binbags i have for windows , but by hitting or crow-barring where the badge used to be , this means that there is something extra to fix on my car ?aswell as taking my time away from somethionf else i could be doing, weve got security cameras where my car is parked so ill find out who it is and deal with them , in my own personal friendly kind of way ?:angry:
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Bought today a set of 4 porcher design 90s for 92 quid of the magic ebay , my wheel problems seem to have been sorted on there own , ill post some pics when ive got them on ?:grin:
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It beena bit of a period of not doin much to my car , lectures , work(like 11.30 until 11.30pm saturday) and stupidly bad weather (i can work in most but hailstones and torrential rain are a no go) Today ive woken up sun blazing across the gower and ive got to go into work 1-6 , will be dark when i get back so its another lost day ?:angry: on the plus side i found a 20p piece in work thats from the ilse of man , on the back its got a subarum impreza and a escort cosworth ?:tongue: hopefully ill have something more constructive to report soon , and some more pics
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Severe lack of funds is stopping me doin anythin to the car at the moment tho i have managed to strip the wishbones and struts from the car also front and rear brakes , got lecures today from 11-1 then im on a welding (learning how to TIG) course from 3-7 , so itll be dark then doesnt look like there will be much done today , plus ive got an engineering science assignment due in on friday which so far ive neglected. :shocked:
" they say theres no rest for the wicked" " if id known there would this little rest id have behaved myself more :evil:"
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Well got some nice weather and a few days off work , managed to get some UR quattro calipers off ebay for ?41 quis and a VR6 master cylinder an servo for ?19 , so i took my old parts off , waiting now for them to turn up so i can fit them , the porcher rims i bought arnt going to fit with the "theme" of the car so they are going to go up for sale , if anyone knows anyone that wants a set in need of a refurb, they have all got tyres, PM me and we`ll talk numbers. currently looking for some cheapo G60 arches or 90spec items again anyone knows anyone let me know , hopefullyl ill get some more pics up today , tho i hope your all feeling VERY VERY VERY brave its not a pretty sight :lipsrsealed:
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Well ive ben kinda busy sorting out a few bits an pieces, still not finished the windows or plugged up the roof so the interior of my car is a wee bit damp , on a plus side ive moved my switches n loom to the door so when the door cards are made i will be able to reach the switches i relised when trial locating my seat , that i wont be able to reach them , all the way up front so i came up with a solution , hopefully i can get the windows and other panels in so the car is at least water tight , after that i need some new discs to match the calipers ive got and some new ones for the rear , then its onto suspension . looking for an 80mm drop on 15s so it should be quite low. at the moment the car i think is at its lowest eb , from here on in it can only get better , i hope , thats all for now when it stops raining ill be back outside trying to get it done , a week in germany at the ring beckons the last week of my summer break? :evil:
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when i first started my car i mentioned a 200sx , well this is what happens when you give quick-ish RWD cars to kids
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my lovely seat that im cross using as an arm chair
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Well here y latest update , not much to report in the way of work done to the car , as yet , i just seem to be buying parts , i think ive been set a challenge by Dinx and Andyfitz , to get the car done for inters 4 WEEKS AWAY , easy , not a problem ahem , i must be mad , anyway , ive just won a set of AVO coil over off ebay 88.51 , can it get any better ??? so i though id give a running total so far, here goes (all prices around the guestimate area)
Car = 275
seat=175
calipers=41
lightened flywheels=46
coil overs=89
perspex for windows 80
So far costs in at a HUGE 754 pounds , thecage should be here after a couple more weeks work and my old man has a few contacts in the trade that deal with polyflex the bushes people , then there are the issues with an MOT that ive priced up in partrs at 98 , and then theres forgetting tyres for the thing , im still looking at dropping under £1300 and still having it ready (probably not painted) for inters at the start of may , I want a pint off everyone if i pull thos one off :evil:
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After workin myself Daft over the last few weeks my car is nowhere near finished inters is 5 days away and it looks like its not goin to happen :cry: had lots of trouble with parts turning up on time chasing Ebay sellers about and missing cheques , its been a really hard time and its annoyed me to hell , been strugglein with a few things but now im back im goin to have it :evil:
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Been So busy of late , end of year exams and lots of work to be handed in , first off ive finished my foundation ear at university with a 61% average , now thats out the way i can concentrate on the golf and gettin it somewhere near road legal , Me and 6 friends have started renting a garage locally 1800 square feet of garage to be exact so hopefully if i manage to get the hubs soon i can get the golf down there , no pics again , with any luck next update will be a bit more productive. :wink:
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Well last time i reported on my car the coilovers were on there way , guess what , theyve not turned up so it lookslike im going to have to go down the spring n shocks route , like many of you might have read ive just opened up a graage so my little project will be moving there onces its got some wishbones and hubs back on it , hopefully sometime soon , im getting annoyed at how little progress the car is currently making and its all down to lack of funds :cry: with any luck this should change very soon and the car will start prgressing at a decent pace ,
Cant have "fielder" out on track before me :grin:
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Well im back , ive been offline recently to a computer/flight of stairs based incident that redered mine Fooked
Anyways my golf, well its all gone a bit silly , the engines out , the suspensions off , all the windows are out(again) , its on its side and im currently taking off the fuel and brake lines then its time to strip off all the underseal , ive bought 2 new front wings and repaired the rear wheel arch , going to start stripping the engine soon clean it all up n paint it , ive decided that if im going to build this car then i might aswell do it properly. also decided on a colour
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Hey everyone , well this is my last post in the project section as loads of you will know i was renting a garage with 6 other lads in swansea , well its all gone tits in a supser massive way , one of the lads has dropped out toopen a pub, anoth lads dads buisness has gone into liquidaiton , he was a 40% share holder so his acothingy has been frozen, and anothers blokes wife has put a "stop" to him goin down the garage because he wasnt spending as much time with her as she thought he should ,
:angry: to say im annoyed is an understatement :angry:
where does this leave the golf , well the golf has no engone interior loom , brake lines or suspension at all , what im going to do it try ans sell the parts as best i can , ive got a lightened flywheel , set of brakes off an audi 80 and variose different bits an pieces if anyone wants anythin off an `88 8V gti then let me know , im really upset ive not been able to fnish my car its breaking my heart to get rid of it but the fact of the matter is i just dont have anywhere to put it right now ,
So where does this leave EssDubs well im going back to my origional plan , and most round here wont feels its a good one , when ive looked around n sorted my money im goin to look for a 1.9 205 gti , with any luck i will pickup one thats nice n easy to convert on my ront , pug parts are cheaper and easier to interchange between models , all is not lost thought because im using this is a abusable tiem ill need a run around and allmost undoubtedly this will a Dub , ill stick around and i hope ive entertained you just a little bit with my (failed)project :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Ive replaced the golf with a nissan micra J reg with a broken gearbox , yay , now if i manage to sort one out cheap and put it through an MOT im looking at making £150+ i hope , then i can start lookin for another cheap golf with any luck , might not be a GTI but beggers cant be choosers right now , a 1.3 non sunroof , Rat look sprung to mind , but hey who knows ?????? watch this space tho
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Just won a mk2 8v GTI with MOT until march next year 145000 miles , in white , should be picking it up this week sometime :laugh:
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Well picked my new toy up yesterday n all i can say is ive got a steal
engines strong (kept up woth my mates C2 VTS all the way back from dudley)
The body is clean needs some bits touching in but hey thats no biggie
interior is a bit mingin but thats goini to change too
wheels are (thanks gibby) castellas that might be up for sale soon
With this one i want the outside to stay as it is just lower it and put some wheels on
its the inside engine and other parts that are goin to get the attention im going for lots n lots of little bits that you wont really see at first glance butwhen your looking youll notise , WATCH THIS SPACE
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Well the bottom ends started to rattle on mt car so im leavin it be for a while , really drove me mad , FeeFin thing , lookin around now for a new engine on the cheap , if anyone knows of something let me know , 8v , 16v , vr6 , 20v anythin concidered :angry: :evil:
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Still fuming about my car , made some decisions tho , im a part time nutter , why would i want a heater when i can just wear a coat , my golfs gettin the same treatment as the last one but at a slower rate of takin bits off it than the last one , ive still got a couple of bits off the last one so it should be easier this time , first off tho ive got to sort an engine ??? not much to report yet
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Well lookys whos back , well ive been all over the shoip for a long while my golf is long gone had alot of trouble in the mean time my head has been well n truely up my bum
got myself a new car but not sure weather i should let you know what it is????????
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Hey All , After a Virtual wrist slapping off Dizzie i thought id put up a little update ,
So far since , sh!t the 14th of Feb , ive had a 205 gti 1.6 (stripped and raced till it went pop , and a a fiesta XR2i shared track car with my dad but not an everyday run about
about to collect a mk1 golf gti in mard red , i want a nice everyday show car ive got a caged stripped track car and in winter they dont half get cold .
thinkin TT interiors , dash swaps , smoothed engine bays , origional paint , all kionda but as soon as its in my garage ill post up some pics
as for me uni didnt work out , niether did swansea (tho i missing it loads) so im livin back home in widnes and about to start bein a taxi driver
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Well i got myself an 83 mk1 gti , faded mars red , lovely little car , only thing im not too keen on is what looks like an aftermarket "britax" sunroof
got lots of plans for this little beauty and im keeping it , nothin is pryin it from my hands ,
had a bit of a peek at it but not gone too deep , definetly needs 2 front wings and some work on the boot floor
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So ive had the car nearly 2 weeks ive got well n truely stuck in :evil:
It will need 2 new wings , welding on the bootfloor , some inner arch work , theres some other welding work that needs doin on the inner dash panel . theres not much actually been done ive just been takin stuff apart , like takink 15 minuits to get the wheels off that were corroded on :shocked: next on the to do list is really to get the running gear off n stripped down. But my old man wants to move it to a different lock up , the problem with this is that there is somethins called a Cierras Cozwertf in there or somethin made my a company called fued or fraud or somethin . here some more pics too
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Rusty inner wing
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Rusty Scuttle
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Well thanks to Han and her fella Jon i hate now got some new front wings , new bonnet , new smooth tailgate , and a few other bits n pieces
hopefully now silly season is over and im gettin into a routine at work ill start getting somethin done
sort and sweet and not much progress but getting there i hope
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Right call me crazy but ive got a bet one
Edition 38 - September - The golf will be there Finished