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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Golf mk3 gallery => Topic started by: Gti_Jamo on 27 September 2012, 19:35
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Picked this up yesterday....
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Its no bad and is pretty clean for a 20 year old Mk3, 8 months mot. 17" Borbet C's, lowered slightly on springs, stainless exhaust from the downpipes, no cat. Came with recenty retrimmed seats which are half grey leather and the centres are blue suede.
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It does however have a few problems. Its chucking out a bit of blue smoke after over run so I assume the valve stems seals are going. Gave it an oil and filter change today and its is a bit better. Its not loads of smoke but enough. The coolant temp isn't going above 75 degrees so will need to look at that. I think changing the thermostat will be the first thing to do. ABS light was disconnected as obviously is dosn't go off so will need to do something with that too. Needs some rear wheel bearings, front drop links, maybe a CV joint. Other than these things its a great car and sounds awesome. I was smiling all the way home in it.
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Not keen on the borbets as would prefer a 16" fitment. Might try and swap them for another set. They are in reasonale condition with good tyres, three yokahama's and another brand I can't remember. Both rear wheels have had small cracks welded but looks a decent job.
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Anywhere there she is, hope to put my own stamp on it. Want to get some coilovers as the ride on the springs is harsh. More updates soon.
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nice mate this the 1 from Wemyss Bay :smiley:
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looks nice motor mate :cool:
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nice mate this the 1 from Wemyss Bay :smiley:
Tis indeed mate....decided to take a gamble on it after i missed out on another that was alot closer to me. Got it pretty cheap so can't complain really.
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looks nice motor mate :cool:
Cheers buddy!
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nice mate this the 1 from Wemyss Bay :smiley:
Tis indeed mate....decided to take a gamble on it after i missed out on another that was alot closer to me. Got it pretty cheap so can't complain really.
was thinkin of viewing it aswell but had to go get her a newer car 1st :smiley:
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I didn't even bother veiwing it but emailed the guy to get more info. He had it advertised on gumtree for 1250, I got it for 600 lol. The guy said the recent seat retrim cost 600 :evil:. Its soulds immense with the exhaust and no cat....its all pops and burbles and it fairly shifts too once it gets going.
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I didn't even bother veiwing it but emailed the guy to get more info. He had it advertised on gumtree for 1250, I got it for 600 lol. The guy said the recent seat retrim cost 600 :evil:. Its soulds immense with the exhaust and no cat....its all pops and burbles and it fairly shifts too once it gets going.
:wink: nice 1 cheap vr then
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He halfed the price and it smokes..... hope it doesnt bite you in the ass buddy
Stem seals on these are a piece of p|ss anyway
Oh and keep your centre box in if you love being able to hear haha
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He halfed the price and it smokes..... hope it doesnt bite you in the ass buddy
Stem seals on these are a piece of p|ss anyway
Oh and keep your centre box in if you love being able to hear haha
He listed it on ebay with a reserve of 600, i bidded 700 but got it on the reserve so was happy. It was never worth 1250 to be fair. Take it you don't need the head off then? I'll do it myself so no need to pay anyone to do it. The stainless that is on it has one box just after the down pipes and then it straight through to the back box. Not sure if this thing needs a cat for its mot being an early 92 model (registered 1st of august). There is no decat pipe on it but had a lambda. Not need to worry about it for a while yet though. Their is a sweet spot at around 1500rpm when its real quiet but after after that its just a monster noise.
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Probably can do with the head on but its easy to take them off and time up etc (only buy stems from vw!)
Ive only got a backbox and its sweet nearly everywhere :evil: in 5th gears its annoying at 2300rpm and its quite quiet at about 90mph for some reason. Yeah keep your centre box :wink:
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Cool yeah wouldn't compromise on the seals. My exhaust is insane, but i like it.
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add this to it :evil:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=240891.0
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So I replaced all my thermostat housing and crack pipe with new genuine vw parts and seem to have cured my overcooling problem however now my expamsion tank is leaking slightly through the cap and water has got into the fan control module knackering that so those are the next parts I need to get. Also my nsr plastic wheel arch fell off somewher so going to de-arch the rest at some point.
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Beginning to get on my tits all these problems but will hopefully get there in the end.
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Like you i have had water leak problems. I had to replace my thermostat housing too.. Also replace the expansion tank cap for a new one.. that stopped the water coming out the over flow.
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Im sure the whole expansion tank is cheap enough to buy? Cleans up the bay
My thermastat housing has been leaking for about a month now :grin:
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Mine must have been leaking internally and allowing coolant past the thermostat. Heaters still isn't great though. Not too fussed bout cleaning up the bay at the minute, just want it mechanically sound.
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Just a few pics of what I have been doing to the VR this weekend.
First up was get in in the garage and get the wheels off.
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Set of cheap hottunnings for it just now. New top mounts also.
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Some new drop links.
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Removed the plastic arches. Wee spot of rust on rear drivers side but that was it.
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Set the ride height and gave her a good polish. Still got a wee bit of markings where the arches were but will work on that.
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Will need to raise it up slightly as got a bit of arch rubbing going on. Maybe even roll the arches or fit some 16's instead. Got new number plates coming. Also waiting on a replacement fan control module. We're getting there.
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Looks a million times better without the arches, tell its an earlier MK3 as its not that rotten lol.
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Cheers mate, yeah its a pretty solid car. Had welding done at the front where floor meets the sill but thats prob due to it being jacked up there. Looks a good job anyway!! Sills themselves are mint. Compared to my old 97' one I restored this is in very good nick.
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Looks loads better without the arches, try some cutting compound on the paint that should remove the marks.
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Looks loads better without the arches, try some cutting compound on the paint that should remove the marks.
Cheers Wayne, yup thats exactly what i'm gonna do next week. Will do the whole car though as there is a few wee scratches I want to try and remove. Got some of that poorboys wax I want to use on it too so to protect it from the weather.
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Unfortunately I haven't been so lucky with flat and polishing out the marks left by the arch trims. I am going to have to paint all four arches to completely get rid of any marks. :( hopefully for you, the marking shouldn't be as bad, with it being a metallic colour :) what size are your tyres by the way?
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Marks will come out hopefully, still not had the time to do some work to them. Tyres are 205/45/17's but gonna be replacing them with some 15" soltitudes shortly.
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Ah, fair enough! I think they really suit it personally :)
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They do but just not very practical for the winter driving, will get something eles for it next year hopefully.
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Sold the borbets and took these 15" soltitudes as a part ex against them. Drives so much better now, the 17's, together with the cheap coilovers didn't give a very nice ride but all is good now. Also checked the resitence of all the abs sensors via the ecu and the O/S front was dead so replaced with a new one and now the abs light is off and is working as it should. Replaced the fan control module and the radiator fan switch and now have both slow and fast fans kicking in when they should along with a functioning aux water pump so happy days. Car is going really well just now. Next job will be to change the heater box once my replacement arrives, still got my cl side strips to fit.
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Looked better with the arch covers unless your planning to colour code the bumper trims.. :huh:
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De arch all the way :cool:
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Looked better with the arch covers unless your planning to colour code the bumper trims.. :huh:
No colour coding planned as yet maybe next year.....I'm in the opinion if there is no rust under the plastics then they should be binned. And this is a solid Mk3 and deserves to show off its sexy bits :grin:
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Looked better with the arch covers unless your planning to colour code the bumper trims.. :huh:
No colour coding planned as yet maybe next year.....I'm in the opinion if there is no rust under the plastics then they should be binned. And this is a solid Mk3 and deserves to show off its sexy bits :grin:
Looks decent like that bud. Nice winter mode car tho! Iv got a J reg 205 diesel for my winter duties haha!!
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Looked better with the arch covers unless your planning to colour code the bumper trims.. :huh:
No colour coding planned as yet maybe next year.....I'm in the opinion if there is no rust under the plastics then they should be binned. And this is a solid Mk3 and deserves to show off its sexy bits :grin:
Looks decent like that bud. Nice winter mode car tho! Iv got a J reg 205 diesel for my winter duties haha!!
Me and my old man have a wee deisel 205 too, really good in the snow but generally horrific to drive on a daily basis :grin:
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Just a little update on my VR. Had to sort out quite a few things in the the run up for her MOT.
Done a bit of welding. All of the rear grommet holes rotten. Probably wouldn't have failed for this but needed done all the same.
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Had all the interior out of it so doubled up on the soundproofong and the foam behind the rear door cards (Have another VR im breaking) and has turned a noisy car into quite a pleasant quite car on the road.
Other jobs I did was to sort out the handbrake as it was non existent. Replace my horn, change my joeyed headlamps for some standard ones as the adjusters were broken.
Replaced my cheap hottuning coilovers for the AP's I had on my white mk3 and it has improved the ride tenfold. I will never go down the cheap coilovers route again as they are horrible, not even an improvement over standard stuff.
Put my plastic arches back on as de-arching just doesn't look right with textured bumper tops.
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My boot is slightly open, its not just fitted badly lol.
Needing to get two front tyres ofr the Lenso's and will sort the ride hight out after then. Just kept the AP's raised a bit for its MOT. Not going to lower it too much though, just a wee bit more at the rear as want it to be a more user friendly daily driver.
Plan to replace the engine soon one I find a low mileage one as the current one is nearing 200k and is smiking a bit and down on compression especially on one of the cylinders. Got one sitting but thats has 145k on it so would be a bit of a false economy sticking that in.
Anyway took her for her MOT yesterday and passed first time so thats it for another year. Still need to rip my dash out and sort out the flaps in the heater box so thats the next job on the list. Will get more pics up once Ive got her looking how i want. Fancy swapping my wheels for something else maybe.
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Another wee update with the vr, first a few pics of how she looks just now.
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Need some tyres for the Lenzo's but think I am going to change them for something else anyway.
Had a load of bother with the electrics past few weeks. Was throwing a camshaft position sensor code and intermittently cutting out. Put a brand new distributor on it but it never solved the problem but traced some damaged wiring in the loom and its not broke down since so hopefully that's it sorted.
Also bough another engine for it as mine isn't great with its high miles so got a 80K lump with new chains although wasn't happy with some oiled up plugs so stripped it for inspection. Going to put some new exhaust valves in it and a new head gasket and it will be good to go.
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That's the next job anyway. More updates soon.
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Nice mate...my engine is in bits like that at the moment.
Block looks pretty solid...
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Nice mate...my engine is in bits like that at the moment.
Block looks pretty solid...
Cheers mate....its my first time stripping a vr lump down and they are pretty simple mechanically. Not gonna strip block though as it appears to be in good nick. New exhaust valves ground in and new stem seals should sort it out.
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Nice mate...my engine is in bits like that at the moment.
Block looks pretty solid...
Cheers mate....its my first time stripping a vr lump down and they are pretty simple mechanically. Not gonna strip block though as it appears to be in good nick. New exhaust valves ground in and new stem seals should sort it out.
Me too mate...never done anything on any engine before...it's quite lethargic :smiley:
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Just a small update.
Finished the head work my replacement engine and all pretty much built back up ready to go in.
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Just a few pics of recent goings on. Fitted my engine and it goes really well.
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Next job is to strip dash out and repair the foam on the heater flaps. Got a full replacement interior to go in it. Better blue dash and doorcards, carpets etc. Mint headlining to go in too.
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Hey Jamo, saw this and thought of you....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-GTI-115-BHP-2001-51-plate-TT-rims-private-plate-no-reserve-/141037032884?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20d67655b4#ht_247wt_1170
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Lol....buy it for the plate and scrap the rest.
Its funny you should mention that as my neighbour leroy has L3 ROY on his rangey sport.
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My perfect plate, would be worth loads!!!