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General => General discussion => Topic started by: jasonpi on 17 January 2004, 11:45
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:'(
took it down welders today to get a few holes sorted out that needed doing and it turns out its got more holes than a golf course >:( heres what it needs
windshield frame
sills both sides
new floor literally speaking
rear panel lights plate (both)
a quarter panel( back bit)
patch work in egine bay
the thing is the bloke who passed its mot last week was sh1te he didnt pick up on anything.
im gonna get some pics posted! you got to see it to believe it.
:'( :'(
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sorry to hear that jason, i know it need that bit of welding on the floor, i was amazed when you said it passed an mot without having it done!!!!, i think your welder may be trying to get extra dosh out of you cause i know it werent that bad, i would never had sold it if i new you were going to have bother with it!!!!, if your going for a total restoration job then yes it may need a few bits doing, but the car was a run around car for me and was never going to win 1st prize in a show and shine competition!!, well wether you decide to get the work done or not youve got far more dosh worth in parts than what you bought it off me for!!!
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it was only 300 bar ::)
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it was only 300 bar ::)
thats ok then
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sorry to hear that jason, i know it need that bit of welding on the floor, i was amazed when you said it passed an mot without having it done!!!!, i think your welder may be trying to get extra dosh out of you cause i know it werent that bad, i would never had sold it if i new you were going to have bother with it!!!!, if your going for a total restoration job then yes it may need a few bits doing, but the car was a run around car for me and was never going to win 1st prize in a show and shine competit sorry next meet will do once the old girl back to formal gloryion!!, well wether you decide to get the work done or not youve got far more dosh worth in parts than what you bought it off me for!!!
not having a go at u m8..u werent to know. as for the welder hes a mate so wouldnt think he would try to rip me off put to much work his way.
oh well dont know what to do wether to restore or not.......need help getting panels any advice? not euro car parts but any other companys will do cheers
as vr6 said only got it for 300 and he can do the welding for a couple of hundred minus parts so i think i may go ahead....was more angry at the garage that did the mot, they should have picked up the floorpan was rotten at least.....dont think im gonna make it to newark tomorow :( but will make the next meet hopefully if the old girls back to her original glory
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these guys should have something for you ;)http://www.volkswagenspares.com/breaking.asp (http://www.volkswagenspares.com/breaking.asp)
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you have to be carefull as even the newest mk2`s are gettin on for 12yr old now,its ok seeing nice shiny bodywork buts it whats behind the bodykit and underneath where the old tin worm will be lurking I`ve seen some nasty goings on in these regions on mk2 GTI`s a lot newer than yours as well,you pays your money and takes your chances at least you only spent ?300 and can get it sorted out hope it all goes ok,
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jason.
ive noticed your wipers are on the diffrent side to mine? what has Mc Knite been up to with that car ???
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sorry its just my car then :-\
sorry Mc Knite :P
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on the log book it states it was an import??? dont know if that helps
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i think youll find that as it was an inport thats the reason for the wipers are the wrong way round!!!! alot of early mk2's had them this way even some uk models!!! what is this??? have a go at kniterider day????? >:( >:(
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hope it was 8)
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yes it is Micheal Knite >:(
heheh only messin :)
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i think youll find that as it was an inport thats the reason for the wipers are the wrong way round!!!! alot of early mk2's had them this way even some uk models!!! what is this??? have a go at kniterider day????? >:( >:(
not at all m8 besides ur a big lad ;D im more disgusted at the fact that this garage passed the car and didnt notice all that work besides in all honesty i got a bargain do you know a brand new door from vw costs 250 plus vat so im not aving a go at u just the fact that i got to get my wallet out :'(
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If it only costs another few hundred to get sorted then i think you deffo got a bargain :D
It does look well tidy in the pic.
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all early mk2's had the wipers the other way round. johnny foreigner...
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yeah its cos tight arse vw wouldnt make them the other way round cos they didnt know if the market was going to take off in the uk. think they might have been wrong!
rust on a c plater is hardly surprising at least you can still buy the panels from vag, imagine if you had bought a mk1 :o
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rung up vag for the windshield frame 212 quid plus vat :o
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Personally, if the floorpan is rotten, scrap the car. Or keep for as long as it continues passing an MOT.
I wouldn't spend any major money on the vehicle at this point. Drive it till it dies.
Wipers were orginally on the wrong side. Its not that VW didn't think it wouldnt sell, its just that they were plain lazy. The change was mid way through E plate cars on the first major facelift.
What is disgraceful is that 2003 Clios STILL have the wipers on the wrong side! Or hadnt anyone noticed?
Tin
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if it can be welded then weld it, shame to throw away a car, especially a vw, if the rest of it is ok. besides if everyone had that attitude then there would be NO mk1's on the road at all!
jasonpi-restore the bad boy!!!!!! ;)
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or.....
you could send it to tvr golf if you know what i mean ;)
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if it can be welded then weld it, shame to throw away a car, especially a vw, if the rest of it is ok. besides if everyone had that attitude then there would be NO mk1's on the road at all!
jasonpi-restore the bad boy!!!!!! ;)
yeah, welding is fine. but you wont cure the problem. your just putting your problems off for another day.
striping the car down and replacing a whole section like that is quite simply uneconomical unless the car has some intrinsic value to you, eg, its special cause you had your first shag in it or something.
but if the car is devoid of such sentimentality, bin it. save your money, and find one that hasn't got a rotten arse. there are plenty of VWs still out there that are okay.
again, personally, with all its known problems i'd be asking a very serious question - what don't you know about? strip it to the shell. the story will get much worse before it gets better.
i did bin a D reg golf driver last year. the floorpan needed welding. one side of the car was immaculate, the other side was my grandmothers patched quilt. But the car was quite sound, the engine was okay, everything was okay and worked. But it was rotten. Bin.
Tin
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send it to tvr-golf , if he cant do it no one can! :o
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send it to tvr-golf , if he cant do it no one can! :o
After the things he was telling me he had built - You have to reckon this guys has some serious skills - watch out for a few feature cars from this man.............
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jason, if i had the spare cash id buy it back off you cause its a bloody good car, yeah its got a bit of rust but its 18ys old and been at a seaside town all its life!!!!, dont bloody scrap it, theres many a car out there thats been welded and as long as the work has been done properly the rust will not spread!!, i would not go to the extent you are going to goto but i wouldnt scrap it, id get then small bits on the floor done (so it is legal cause clearly your mot tester had his contact lenses out that day!!) then sell it if you arent happy with it, the amount of tax that was on it and a full mot youll make some ontop of what you paid me for it, as i said it was my 2nd car(run around and was never gonna be a prime show car!!)
Gaz
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agree with Knite there have welded many a car and if you do it right it doesnt spread at all,of course there is a limit but if its just isolated areas and not gapping rot its easy enough to sort and will last as long as you want the car for,the mk2`s are better than other makes of cars from this era,but there are still areas under the car that start to go and will start to give owners grief in a few years time..
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dont worry lads its booked in for wednesday and this guys damn good and hes literally gonna replace the floor for a few hundred smackers...
i was only posting to let everyone know the story never knew it would get this much interest.....
welding wednesday wheels on monday, and full interior refurb on thursday so it is getting restored...just shocked that it had sooooo much rust.
and one last point...gaz i was not aving a go at you, i expected work otherwise it wouldnt have been a project would it? unless you got the car on the ramps and battered the floorpan you werent to know....and what anyone says i got a bargain!!!
got you all talking though.
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no probs jason!! easy does it!! lol :D