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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Golf mk3 gallery => Topic started by: lewis1641 on 24 March 2011, 16:51
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bought this mk3 off ebay for £200, taxed and tested. Body was ropey but (seemed :lipsrsealed: ) solid enough.
decided to rat it as it was pretty rough already. to smarten it up would cost £200 plus, to rat it I would loose £200 at most.
project has started!
boring stuff. brakes are done so it stops, glow plugs done so it starts.
the door locks were toast (usual vw monkey metal snapping off. my mate is scrapping a 6n polo and i assumed his handles would fit (based on a long shot - seat ibiza handles fit golf 3.5 cabrio and that is basically a mk3. ibiza is a polo. there ends my logic!)
anyway, they slipped striaght in so not only can it now lock but it also has central locking! that works! replaced the rears too. i know its rat but the neatness counts!
next step was to remove, twist and refit the vw badge. i'm rock and roll, me
then i decided to see if i could do something with the rust a la THAT bmw. rubbed the worst of it off and coated it with kurust - turned blue/black straight away.
next the cut and shut front wing. it is a gti wing with the leading edge and side repeater area of a cl welded in. i exposed the welds and applied kurust.
one of the front tyres was well past legal so i put on the vauxhall wheels from her seat. they have winter tyres and give her a bit of confidence.
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next up was a gentle lowering courtesy of a used mk2 kit off ebay £25
before
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after
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far from slammed but like i mentioned, it needs to be useable by the wife. i quite like the stance it has though, also like the tuck achieved by fitting high offset wheels
next came another ebay bargain in the form of a vr6 interior for £25!
the following week i handed lemski a grinder and set him loose on the swage line. plan is to let it rust a bit then when i paint the car it will come through and hopefully look cool. i have mixed some rock salt with water to help speed things up
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my wife wasn't a fan of the car as it looked so we decided to paint it grey primer. We applied it with rollers and the result is nothing short of stunning. That's a lie but it is a lot better than you would imagine. I am going to flat it off a little.
It looks a bit too much in the grey so we painted a baby blue racing stripe along the car. this is only temporary.
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Next step on the body is to add the rest of a gti kit and paint the top of the bumpers black to try and tie them in a little.
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When the suspension was being done I noticed a small hole on the sill. I have welded cars before but not for a long time and wanted to refresh my skills. Luckily my mate owns a garage (Broughton Auto Sales if you are local to me - they love their dubs there) and he is happy for me to use his gear after hours. He also agreed to give me a refresher in welding. Can you guess where this is going yet?
Hoisted the car in the air and out came the grinders. The front foot of both outer sills were newspaper and filler, both sides of the pan where they meet the sills have numerous holes of varying sizes and the front of the pan where it curves up into the front wheel arch is gone on both sides. :angry:
I am not bothered about the rot - that happens but why would a, somebody bodge sills with filler and b, how did it pass 3 mot's like that (assuming the newspapers went in close to the date on them).
I guess c should be why didnt i spot it when i bought the car but to be fair they'd done a good job!
Anyway that brings us right up to date. I have a weekend of welding burns to look forward to.
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Where is the like button :cool:
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You've done well lad!
Taking shape and looking 100 times better than before I'd say bargin now :smiley:
I'm glad you thought about it being a smoker & oil burner esp these days :wink:
And everyone knows I'm a Mk3 hater :evil:
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Dave put some pics up of her on the 60s :smiley:
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Epic project :cool:
You might want to look at sealing the primer in some way as it will soak up mosture
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nato green paint, i did with my passat, do it
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thanks for the comments guys. she fancies it nato green so watch this space.
sam - will do shortly boss. looks cool imo
wayne - for better or for worse, that';s the idea. the swage line has been bare metalled (is that a verb?) and allowed to rust in the hope that it'll come through the primer and look cool! maybe :undecided:
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wayne - for better or for worse, that';s the idea. the swage line has been bare metalled (is that a verb?) and allowed to rust in the hope that it'll come through the primer and look cool! maybe :undecided:
Fair enough, :smiley:
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I think this is pretty cool, but not to sure on the rust idea myself tbh, kind of makes the car 'rotting' rather than 'ratting' but it could work.
Nato green doesn't sound to me a bad idea?
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Oh yes, i love a rat :grin:
ive painted my bumper using a roller, looks the nuts :smiley: (will be using bathroom paint, waterprrof and washable)
how far you going to take this?
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i would like to take it this far...
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achieved by letting the car rust, then a loight sanding followed by a coat of kurust to darken it then oil rubbed in to seal it. looks awesome but not sure about how easy it wold be to look after.
it has sparked something in the mrs though and we are planning on a ww2 bomber inspired paint scheme using hte grey as a handy base.
i am not into gluing stuff onto the car to make it look sh!t. we'll see where it ends up
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this could go very wrong :grin:
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I remember seeing the BMW in one of the mags, very different.
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dave nato green, the idea we discussed dave. looks good though
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I would like you to take it that far! :D
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Fook me... where did this little project pop up from.... great idea for the money, love it... looks good so far. :afro:
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thanks dude.
welding the pan/sills tonight. wish me luck :laugh:
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thanks dude.
welding the pan/sills tonight. wish me luck :laugh:
Good luck :afro:
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Good luck with the welding,
i have to admit the bmw is the nuts but to be used daily not so sure,
like the idea of the bomber tho,
ratting is so much fun, naf all budget and can have a cool car,
noooo dont start sticking pointless crap on it, a few stickers is always good :grin:
how about a bonnet bra on a rusty bonnet?? or make up one of my bonnet bras for a tenner? :wink:
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how about a bonnet bra on a rusty bonnet?? or make up one of my bonnet bras for a tenner? :wink:
Fack that! its rat look just paint the bonnet bra on there :grin:
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took a detour on the way to work this morning to take a pic with the g60's on.
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that is so funky i love it..
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Why only the one GTI arch trim though?
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Why only the one GTI arch trim though?
i think because the wing was replced with a gti one
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Actually it has 1 and a half gti wings. Passenger side was damaged so its been cut and shut into the original wing!
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we got issues people.
gerbox is definately out of a petrol! all hands on deck now to source a replacement. rapidly turning into a non-bargain if you ask me!
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could be worse, could have a fuel leak from the filter. :lipsrsealed:
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we got issues people.
gerbox is definately out of a petrol! all hands on deck now to source a replacement. rapidly turning into a non-bargain if you ask me!
oooo bad news, hope you source one soon, and cheep!
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loving the dirt cheap make over, hope the gearbox wont set you back to much!! :laugh:
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booo hope you find a cheap replacement and its not too much of a pig to change. :sad:
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well seeing as it needs a box i decided to concentrate ont he import parts.
when the vr6 seats went in i forgot to put the plastic clips on the runners. result is that the seats rock about all over the shop making driving a chore. seats out, clips on, million times better.
is this the most hardcore update to date? i think so
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Shouldn't u be at work u slacker?
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minor update.....
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bbs's are going on this weekend hopefully. g60's are off into retirement for a while
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mate thats just awesome, been wanting to rat a car myslef for ages, actualy tempted to chuck a rusted bonnet on the bora for a luagh but wifey has said no :grin: :grin:
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Very different :cool:
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love the shark ha! nice touch!
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ha i expected abuse not praise!
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Tbh I preferred it looking like this:
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i think the sanded abused look was better too but the wife really hated it and its her car after all.
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wheel swap today. g60's replaced with 15" bbs's off a corrado g60 (so i'm told). also primed the front arch trims. think it makes the car look better.
the wheels are in desperate need of a refurb. think rather than giving htem a propper job i'm going to leave the centres as they are in rough state but mirror polish the lips. think that would look cool.
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like the idea with the wheels abused but yet clean rim, not looking to shabby to be fair!
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Looking very cool :cool: