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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 10:42

Title: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 10:42
Saw this at the local meet yesterday. Absolute minter, meticulously done, with a full respray in original Dragon Green, Heated leather that was immaculate with DVD screens in headrests etc. This is the only pic though which was taken from the SWDubs website. Will have a look for a few more. Oh and its a more door too!
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/seanlethaby/300981_2233943686668_1190217986_32134414_1433145063_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 11:05
Yeah it is. Cant get the pictures to save so here is a link to the build thread if anyone is interested.
http://www.swdubs.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=214&start=135
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Len on 24 October 2011, 13:00
Dont like the colour! :grin:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 24 October 2011, 13:08
seen it before, not keen on the styling, Angel eyes and debadged grill etc.. and also dont like the painted engine. would have rather seen a clean OEM look.. look at the brake resovoir bottle for example.. little things like this is how i roll   :evil:

Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 17:23
Dont like the colour! :grin:

Colour is the best so shut it Len!  :tongue: :grin:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: VW BUSH on 24 October 2011, 20:22
That fluid reservoir stands out also bonnet catch could be better, and I think the plastic screw clip in the lower screen cover thingy has been chewed up a bit.



looks better than mine though :grin:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 24 October 2011, 20:50
That fluid reservoir stands out also bonnet catch could be better, and I think the plastic screw clip in the lower screen cover thingy has been chewed up a bit.



looks better than mine though :grin:

and these are the bits you can see in a photo.. if i was up close i could point out a load more things that have been missed or left..  try do that with mine  :evil:  yep i have a stupid OCD thing going on :laugh:

don't like how the normal GTI coolant bottle has been used or the washer bottle, too much stuff on that side of the bay.. he should have at least used the R32 coolant bottle on the other side of the bay
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Jay on 24 October 2011, 21:00
seen it before, not keen on the styling, Angel eyes and debadged grill etc.. and also dont like the painted engine. would have rather seen a clean OEM look.. look at the brake resovoir bottle for example.. little things like this is how i roll   :evil:
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After all that work panting the rest of the car and engine etc, He could have painted it too, couldn't he?  :grin: :lipsrsealed:




f@ck, I'm in the boat sektion inni?  Outties! :tongue:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Wayne on 24 October 2011, 21:11
With respect all this nit picking / ocd is a little harsh the guy has after all got a R32 in a mk3 Golf.  :cool:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 24 October 2011, 21:20
With respect all this nit picking / ocd is a little harsh the guy has after all got a R32 in a mk3 Golf.  :cool:

mate it makes no odds which engine people choose, and nobody is disrespecting the engine..

point is, theirs no harm in making everything tidy thats in the bay while its all in bits..just makes it that bit better IMO

and I FOOKING HATE ANGEL EYE HEADLIGHTS  :grin: :grin:



Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 24 October 2011, 21:22
you would cry if you saw my engine bay then  :grin:

Its not a show car though so why bother with making the engine look pretty, its an engine its supposed to be dirty  :evil:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Wayne on 24 October 2011, 21:26
With respect all this nit picking / ocd is a little harsh the guy has after all got a R32 in a mk3 Golf.  :cool:

mate it makes no odds which engine people choose, and nobody is disrespecting the engine..

point is, theirs no harm in making everything tidy thats in the bay while its all in bits..just makes it that bit better IMO

and I FOOKING HATE ANGEL EYE HEADLIGHTS  :grin: :grin:


I am with you to a degree but it all depends on do you build a car to use or park up with the bonnet up  :undecided:

You do have a point about the little details however.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 24 October 2011, 21:27
Fair enough with regard to the bay, but bodywork and interior are absolutely mint. Looks like it had been entered in Show and Shine comps when it had the VR in it going by the pics. I understand where your coming from though Brad, but I suppose thats why yours came in so expensive in the end as the little bits (new mounts, reservoirs, bolts, etc etc) are things that add up which not everyone takes into account when doing a build of this magnitude.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 24 October 2011, 21:40
Yeah those little bits do add up, but if your gonna do a job, may swell do it all. guess many people don't think like me :smiley:

wayne, built my car to be driven every day rain, shine, snow.. i use it to go to all my DJ gigs, basically everything.. and its still kept minter than a new car.. and a lot cleaner than most if all i saw at the show and shine at VW festival.. and some of those are not driven daily
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Wayne on 24 October 2011, 21:44

wayne, built my car to be driven every day rain, shine, snow.. i use it to go to all my DJ gigs, basically everything.. and its still kept minter than a new car.. and a lot cleaner than most if all i saw at the show and shine at VW festival.. and some of those are not driven daily


 :cool: I know yours is used :afro:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 24 October 2011, 22:10

one of the many reasons i chose the engine i did is because it was built to be used, i do quite a fair bit of driving and the car lives outside (my swift lives in the garage) it has more power than you could ever believe, when you plant your foot it is just lethal.

All this and it is still about the same to run as my old 8v lump was surprisingly  :shocked: should have converted it years ago TBH.

No point having these cars and locking them away for nobody to appreciate, everyone in the VW community likes to ridicule the MK3.. but mine and others out their (the one in this thread included) help show they can be a force to be reckoned with

Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: tdi_blu on 25 October 2011, 00:33
Saw this at the local meet yesterday. Absolute minter, meticulously done, with a full respray in original Dragon Green, Heated leather that was immaculate with DVD screens in headrests etc. This is the only pic though which was taken from the SWDubs website. Will have a look for a few more. Oh and its a more door too!
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/seanlethaby/300981_2233943686668_1190217986_32134414_1433145063_n.jpg)

I think that bay looks the nutz regardless of all the bits people have pointed out and its something a little different to a 1.8t so gets my thumbs up...
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Jack3559 on 25 October 2011, 00:51
Nah... Not a fan.

Chav chariot with a nice engine.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 25 October 2011, 07:24
Nah... Not a fan.

Chav chariot with a nice engine.
:grin: the owner is like forty years old!
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 25 October 2011, 09:02
Nah... Not a fan.

Chav chariot with a nice engine.

I'm with you on that one mate. Not digging all that red sh!te on the engine either.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 25 October 2011, 09:14
Nah... Not a fan.

Chav chariot with a nice engine.
:grin: the owner is like forty years old!
don't you get 40 year old chavs?
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 25 October 2011, 09:27
LOL @ Jack... Nail on the head :grin:

Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: Seanl on 25 October 2011, 13:25
 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 25 October 2011, 14:03
Oh my...  :rolleyes:

I so totally forgot that those parts aren't easy to replace..

The standard of the build is high. Styling is a personal choice.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: F17BAD on 25 October 2011, 14:38
Have u inspected it wherry ? Have u seen the wiring etc ? Non of us know how high the standard is.. Just saying  :smiley:
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: tshirt2k on 25 October 2011, 14:55
All seems a bit b!tchy to me  :shocked: But there again, it shouldn't be aimed at a particular person.
Title: Re: Watch out Brad!
Post by: tweed on 25 October 2011, 16:34
I aint a fan of the styling, but I'm sure people won't like the style of mine.

But he does have a R32 lump up front  :evil:

give him some respect.