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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: welshgar on 25 February 2006, 21:21
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so the project has begun!!
i'd like to know some ppls ideas on the old girl (keepin it retro)
mainly about the colour??
do i keep it red...ish or do i go with summin else (bright )???
feel free...... :smiley:
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^^ sorry, some pics
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/welshgar/mk1%20golf%20resto%20before/accb9702.jpg)
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if it was black and had a better body it would look just like mine :cool: need a 5door for the kids
Looks good tho mate :wink:
Has it still got the chrome strips on the bumpers?
watch this space on mine as I have just picked up a few bits, gonna ask jv for a post :laugh:
cheers
Tucker
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nah, the chrome strips are in pieces, the front bumper was mashed on the off side and the chrome was missing,
the rear has most of it still there, but its gone a dull whitish colour?!?! i tried to buff it up a bit but no luck (or am i being naiive?)
im fanciing bright orange (like in my sig pic), but i suppose its been done before! :sad:
you gotta post up some pics m8y :smiley:
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mate go to www.dubmodder.com ! its a sweet site where you can try a few different things out and see what you like best! if you want the chrome bumpers you can get them from this German web site, they also do chrome door handles, mirrors, and all sorts of other goodies that you will be hard pushed to find in the UK! www.volkswarenhaus.de ! i have used them a few times, just e-mail or call them and they will sort you out, takes about 3 days for delivery! good look! oh, bin those thick strip's and get some thin ones, they look much better...... well i think so! lol :grin: :smiley:
oh, and with a bit of elbow grease that colour you have should look sweet! a little different!
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hey, yeah i ve already written my wish list for that site, and ive left it out on the kitchen top.. (subtle i know) for er in doors to see.hahaha :grin:
thin chrome is on the list as are mirrors small bumpers etc. :smiley:
but its the colour that is the awkward one at the mo.... the mrs wants to keep it that red, but with a bit more "glitter" but im in 2 minds...summin different is still callin me, ahwel the joys of it all hey?!?!
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nah, the chrome strips are in pieces, the front bumper was mashed on the off side and the chrome was missing,
the rear has most of it still there, but its gone a dull whitish colour?!?! i tried to buff it up a bit but no luck (or am i being naiive?)
im fanciing bright orange (like in my sig pic), but i suppose its been done before! :sad:
you gotta post up some pics m8y :smiley:
Mine are missing to but im changing the bumpes anyway.
As seen as you asked :cool:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/sydney04/MK1%20GL/mk1golfoffsiderear.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/sydney04/MK1%20GL/mk1golfoffsidefront.jpg)
cheers
Tucker
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with a damn good polish that colour will look quality. Get it chromed, dropped to the floor and throw some small deep wheels on there, youl have a lovely lookin car!
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
your all talking me round. :grin:
although itll need more than a polish hahaha :grin:
some of the scratches, well, lets just say im suprised they havent rusted! :huh:
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yours is lookin mint tucker, what else you doin to it???
:smiley:
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Cheers dude :cool:
Got me a 16v lump today :evil: lump/box drive shafts, air box, alt, coil, starter, ECU and rad. Not paid for it yet :grin:
Loads more needed as in loom, fuel system, exhaust manifold, 5 speed gear linkage (can i use my 4 speed?) etc
time and money needed as i use it to drive every day :shocked:
anyone got any thing i need, to help a dubba out?? worth a try :wink:
wanna do loads as in drop, wheels paint etc... list goes on :rolleyes:
cheers
Tucker
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Cheers dude :cool:
Got me a 16v lump today :evil: lump/box drive shafts, air box, alt, coil, starter, ECU and rad. Not paid for it yet :grin:
Loads more needed as in loom, fuel system, exhaust manifold, 5 speed gear linkage (can i use my 4 speed?) etc
time and money needed as i use it to drive every day :shocked:
anyone got any thing i need, to help a dubba out?? worth a try :wink:
wanna do loads as in drop, wheels paint etc... list goes on :rolleyes:
cheers
Tucker
:cool: - today 2 16v mk1's were born (well kind of :wink:)
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^^ sorry, some pics
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/welshgar/mk1%20golf%20resto%20before/accb9702.jpg)
i can't say i've seen this colour much :undecided: its quite funky and it looks in pretty good nick so i'd probably go with that myself :smiley:
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WOW - Mk1 4 doors - wicked.... have to say a 4 door mk1 lowered with right wheels and chrome will looks amazing... will be intersting to watch this car build... and also Tuckers car too...
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welshgar i would leave it that colour mate i kinda like it, plus it adds to that olds skool look with it being a non gti colour, it just adds that sense of nastagia to it to!
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Keep it the same colour and respray to that if need be as a respray to another colour is only good if you're going the whole hog, i.e. engine bay, door shuts, pillars etc IMO. Tucker and welshgar, both cool looking mk1s though. :cool:
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:smiley: :smiley:
cheers ppl, you've all persuaded me to keep it this colour (probably with respray...the pics make it look much nicer than it is!!)
muchos chrome (but not OTT) and probably a set of ATS cups (i love em) dropped approx 60mm
chrome door handles, flag mirrors, thin chrome side strip, small chrome bumpers (oww £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ :shocked:)
ohh, and probably a roof rack (if i can find one... :smiley:) and a chrome fuel cap :smiley: from dubunit (cheers dude :smiley:)
and that blasted wiper motor, if i can get my @rse to a scrappys
i'll start saving now for a respray :smiley: anyone know roughly how much whole car would be???
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Respray price I reckon will be anywhere between 1k - 2.5k depending on who does it and what they need to do with it regards to prep work etc. :undecided:
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^^^aye, to keep cost down try and do as much of the prep work as you can, all the fillering and sanding down etc!
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:shocked:
i'm gonna sand it till i reach me wrists i think.....hahaha
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time to start savin !!!
* got to keep off ebay....got to keep off ebay *
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* got to keep off ebay....got to keep off ebay *
dnt we all mate, it dangerous!!
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Doh! just bought a vent kit...Doh!
damn that ebay!! :angry: