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Title: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: jv on 04 May 2012, 00:05

:)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 04 May 2012, 10:51

cheers jv  :wink:

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 04 May 2012, 10:57

ok here i go again. as most of you no i have decided i cant live without a mk3 golf so i went on the hunt for a new one.
just bought an M reg mk3 golf gti 8v. dragon green.
114k on the clock
full service history up to now.
5 months mot and no tax
the visible paint on the car is mint.
it also has a clifford cencept 500x alarm system with certificate.
kenwood flip round head unit and a 10 disc multi changer in the boot.
not to sure on the wheels but they will do till i get some decent deep dish rims. they are kind of a nice colour but still sh!t  :grin:

i payed £450 for it and i think i got myself a bargain.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/528911_3540036496235_1132106970_33303422_368033838_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 04 May 2012, 11:02

today i decided to take the side skirts off and wheel arch trim to see what the rust situation is. this is what i found.
its not to bad really and most of the sill is in good nick so will be rust treating this and getting it ready to be welded when i get a day without rain.  :angry:

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/531209_3562237731252_1132106970_33313912_952870598_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/295057_3562238571273_1132106970_33313913_171938858_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/564917_3562239891306_1132106970_33313914_175986813_n.jpg)

drivers side rear wheel arch

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/523897_3562243931407_1132106970_33313916_1598525809_n.jpg)

passenger side rear wheel arch

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/149698_3576424765919_1132106970_33320974_736532508_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 05 May 2012, 15:50

ok today diceded to treat the rot so it dont get any worse before i get it welded hopefully next week.
i also did the other side but forgot to take pics.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/548358_3610002205334_1132106970_33328108_144331365_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/533097_3610004045380_1132106970_33328110_824262965_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 05 May 2012, 15:55

i also decided wile i was at my garage to loose the horrible wing mounted aerial.
so i pulled the aerial inside the wing and cable tied it to the top of the inner wing and it still works great.

i then filled the hole with the vw aerial hole bank grommet. fitted perfectly.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/398265_3610006325437_1132106970_33328111_716330456_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/563197_3610008125482_1132106970_33328113_1238152597_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/544695_3610009445515_1132106970_33328115_860862156_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/380601_3610010445540_1132106970_33328116_1577035221_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 05 May 2012, 15:59

thought i would take a few pics of the car at this stage for referance throughout the build.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/576744_3610012445590_1132106970_33328118_1777519257_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/560320_3610014405639_1132106970_33328121_1961951017_n.jpg)


not really keen on these wheels but they are mint apart from no centre caps.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/560380_3610016165683_1132106970_33328123_1853580577_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 09 May 2012, 12:51

TUN1NG ART coilovers arived from germany today finaly after waiting 2 weeks
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/392493_3634125168393_1132106970_33340847_510123200_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 10 May 2012, 21:23

ok loobed up the coilys with copper grease ready to fit to the car.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/543725_3642033166088_1132106970_33343993_1020819767_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/524355_3642035606149_1132106970_33343995_1869770959_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 10 May 2012, 21:25

started fitting coilys to car today. did 3 of them then on the last one when removing the standard shock i snapped the bloody bolt at bottom of shock so i will now have to get it out somehow and fit the last coily  :cry:

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 11 May 2012, 20:50

ok finaly sorted the last coily and fitted it after having to cut the bolt off the old shock and buy a new one.
here is a few pics of the car at the mo lowered.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/556827_3646640721274_1132106970_33345631_1776349153_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/527840_3646637801201_1132106970_33345630_317702699_n.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/577900_3646635321139_119084954_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 03 June 2012, 11:02

have now removed the rear wiper and spoiler and blanked the holes up.
i will be doing the propply but cutting and smoothing soon as i have just got myself colour coded bumpers and a cl boot so i will be cutting and smoothing soon.

but for now this will do.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/181385_3765744178786_501476203_n.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 11 June 2012, 12:29

ok dicided to put the spoiler back on now as it will work better with the vr6 splitter and the colour scheme at the moment.
also joeyed my headlights by taking the glass out painting the lenses inside black apart from the light beam part of the lens and put them back together.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/joey1.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/joey2.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/joey3.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/joey4.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 13 June 2012, 20:30

ok have now fitted my new VR6 splitter. much better  :cool:

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/vrsplitter1.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/vrsplitter2.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 15 June 2012, 13:54

after looking around my car the only thing that was letting it down was all the stone chips in the grill. the rest of the paint is spot on so i deceded to respray the grill.

so i took it off the car. took it apart and resprayed it including colour coding the VW badge.
sanded it all down nice and smooth. and as the grill already has paint on it there is no need to primer it. i did have to use plastic primer on the badge though.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill1.jpg)

then painted all the bits and clear coated them.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill2.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill3.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill4.jpg)

after letting it all dry i then put the grill back together.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill5.jpg)

then put it back on the car and now all the paint is sweet.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill6.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill7.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/grill8.jpg)

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 25 June 2012, 19:26

ok as the exhaust was shot. both boxes middle and backbox had totaly gone baffles. i managed to get my hands on a decent standered gti exhaust (cheers for that bigun :wink:) and have scrapped my old one and fitted the good one from cat back. also got a couple of chrome tips as its a strait tipped backbox not a downswept one. just till i get a nice stainless one.
didnt take any bits as i just swapped 2 standered exhausts over. nothing to get exited about with pics  :grin:

Title: Re: stainesy - 3 door project
Post by: stainesy on 16 July 2012, 12:29

new reaar lights

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/rearlights2.jpg)
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/rearlights1.jpg)