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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: jv on 07 April 2008, 19:10
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cheers jv
right lets start the ball rolling, 1st i have had the golf since october last year so im gonna rip alot of the work iv already done off another forum.
but basically i brought a mk2 golf gti 90spec 8v for £399 off ebay
little spec for you lot
MK 2 golf gti 8v 1990 BIG BUMPER, re-spray black, fully colour coded body kit, rolled front arhces, 15"BSA 5 spoke fork alloys, modified twin performance system off mk3 gti from mani back, flushed boot, flushed wing, flushed front, re sitted number plate in reccess on back bumper, retro grill, crystal lamps, crystal indicators, clear repeters, chipped ECU performance HT leads, over sized K&N induction kit
some pics of the car the day i got it home
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0414.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0413.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0412.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0411.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0410.jpg)
it needed some little niggle bits doing to it like i needed to get a o/s skirt as its missing and the paint is flacking on the front bumper and on the boot, the zorst from the down pipe to the middle of the box needs a flexi pipe cos at the mo its just a bit of wrapped pipe and it vibrates the hole zorst.
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only a little thing, but i think it looks good, goes with the hole black theme im going for
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/534e_2.jpg)
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well these are the alloys iv just gone and brought
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/e4b5_0.jpg)
im picking up my standard mk2 wing mirrors
and i have in the pipe line these
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/golf2_clear_hl2.jpg)
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well the wing mirrors have been changed, got a deal on them, straight swap for the old m3 ones,
got some fusion 6by9s for cheap 2day (?25) and brought another shelf (?10)to put them in so i if i sell the car i can put a uncut shelf.
the wheels were a bargin, only ?120, they are only 15s but for that price i couldnt say no, and am collecting them on tuesday
i have just brought the crysal head lights for ?36, hopefully will get them early next wk
the new wing mirrors, back to original look
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0427.jpg)
and the new fusion 6x9s in there new (well old) parcel shelf
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0426.jpg)
getting the wheels 2moro and will get some pics of them up when they are are, also the new crystal lights are in the post and should arrive in the next day or two
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well i put the wheels on the car 2day, they dont look to bad, need to lower the car now, but......
2moro comes the crystal lights, iv found the missing skirt and will collect them 2moro and put them on
pic to follow
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well i went to get the skirts 2day, full kit both skirts and all 4 arches £50, not a bad deal and the guy had a lovely mk2 gti g60, was so nice, wish id took some pics of it
pics of the golf as promised
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0437.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0436.jpg)
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well i went to put my new crystal lights in 2day and......well i had to change the old grill as all the clips were broken and it was glued in really bad, so i went out and got myself a retro grill with spots in ject black, could have had one with a red trim but i thought it doest go with the hole black look im going for
well the new grill and crystal lights when on 2day
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0447.jpg)
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well it got cleanedover the wkend so here are somenew pics of her so far
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/DSC00103.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/DSC00102.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/DSC00104.jpg)
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have had major problems with the heating on the golf, and some1 told me it could be the valve that goes into the heater matrix from under the engine, so i had a diy day on it
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0504.jpg)
so 1st thing was to undo t he 3 clips and take the pipes off
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0505.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0492.jpg)
this is what has the problem, the vlave inside is stuck shut
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0493.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0497.jpg)
so the tools i need is a flat head screw driver, some WD40 and my fav tool......an hammer :D
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0496.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0494.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0495.jpg)
then what i needed to do was spray some WD40 down the valver end, as you can see it goes in but not out(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0499.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0501.jpg)
then with the screw driver and hammer bang the valver to open it again
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0500.jpg)
with a few good bangs it released the valve, now when i spray WD40 through it, it comes out the other side
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0502.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0503.jpg)
now i needed to put it back on, but as i took it off, water come out the main pipe, so i have made an air blockage, so i need to run the car and as water starts to come through the pipe, put the pipe back onto the valve
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0505.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0506.jpg)
now i needed to put water and anti freeze back into the car as i lost alot of water taking it out
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0507.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0509.jpg)
and to make sure i got all the air out the system, i ran the car with out the water cap on, look at the pretty bubbles
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/SP_A0508.jpg)
and well...............problem fixed, nice near instant warm air :smiley:
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well im off for the next 4 days so i will be haveing a little play wit the golf seeing as its off the road so im home bound atm.
ok this is what iv done 2day, my speakers have been playing up a tad over the past few days, mainly down to me just getting them in quick and not doing it properly, so i thought id sort that out 2day
1st took the the door trimmings off
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_1404.jpg)
then the door pannel itself
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_1405.jpg)
i needed to put this in the door, any1 know what it is?
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_140501.jpg)
once it was all wired up, i put in in the corner off the door, so its out the way and wont move around
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_1408.jpg)
then it was a simple case of put the door back on and all the trimings, and now its sorted, the speakes are now connected to their own cross overs.
i also screwed the 6x9's in properly aswell so i dont get a distorted sound when its turned up, and i have to say it sounds alot better now
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have also fixed my hand brake, it has since i got it been on the piss and has been leaning to one side meaning every time i pulled the hand break up i had to pull it at an angle or it wouldnt lock in
this is what it looked like with all the cover off
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_153101.jpg)
what i found was it has an L braket and this has been bent some how
and with 2 bangs of the hammer, it now looks like this
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P030408_1535.jpg)
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just a little up date, got some new head ligth bulbs 2day, RRP £39.99, i got them for £10 posted, bargin
out with the old
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P050408_1211.jpg)
in with the new
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P050408_1210.jpg)
nice blue tint in my lights
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P050408_1212.jpg)
also another little update, went and got all the bits i need to sort the boot out, other than the paint :x , also you might see in the pic the CV gaitor that will be on the car 2moro
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P050408_1215.jpg)
also im arrange these aswell
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/spliter.jpg)
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oh and update, spliter is paid for should be arriving in the next few days,
should get my lowering springs by the end of the week
and im thinking bout getting this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180228212515&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008
and these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200213333202&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010
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well the car got a clean on friday, some nice arty pics for you lot
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P040408_1331.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P040408_133302.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P040408_1332.jpg)
and my photoshopped version if the last pic
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/newartyP040408_13copy.jpg)
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well got my front splitter this morning, a ding dong or the door at 7.30am with a nice big package for me.
and when i got home from work i put the thing on, it doesnt look very good in the front pics iv posted up but side on and in person it really makes the front end look better
before
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P090408_1640.jpg)
after
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P090408_1644.jpg)
side on
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P090408_1647.jpg)
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well iv been and got a few more things over the week end
i got this thanks to alpinehead off the site
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P130408_1809.jpg)
and a nice alpine head unit of another member off the site
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/chester1974/SD531339.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/chester1974/SD531337.jpg)
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well after months of riding around with my rather retro 14' steelie on the back of the golf, i thought id finally get my arse into gear and get a new tyre for the alloy, brnad new and fitted £40, bargin
old steelie
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P150408_1525.jpg)
nice alloy back on, just needs a clean as been sitting for about 3 months
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/dpenniall1984/P150408_1539.jpg)