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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Mart D Funk on 28 April 2004, 16:40
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Hoping some one can help me. A couple of years back I brought a VW Golf GTI 8V, 1988 on an E reg. This car was supposed to be a bit of a run about while I waited for my new company car. But instead I fell in love with it, her, him. The car is absolutely immaculate and I am only its second owner from new. I have decided that I want to restore the car to concourse condition and only use it at weekends when the weather is fine and dandy. But before I tuck it up in my garage I want to take it to a garage for a bit of attention. I was hoping that someone could recommend a VW specialist that not only knows about MK2's but also loves working on them to ensure that my pride and joy looks like it did in 1988 when it first hit our roads.
I live in Milton Keynes but I'm happy to travel to find the right person. No major work needs to be done although I would like someone who knows the MK2 like the back of their hand to have a look at things and give me their opinion.
Also I am looking for a driver?s seat for the car the seat is just beginning to go around the frame can anyone recommend anywhere?
martin.mcdermott@expedient-resourcing.com
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Haven't used any but there are quite a few garage who boast about being VW Specialists in the area!
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what sort of work do you want done?
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Thanks buddy but I kind of need a name. I don't want a VW specialist I want a VW fanatic, somone that knows what is wrong with the car from the sound of the engine, someone who will love the car as much as I do, someone who will tell me that to bring this up to concourse you should get this done etc.
This car has not been changed in anyway, and that's the way I want to keep it.
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mate! ;)
take them to c and r enterprises in nottingham! they are the f**kin doggs bollocks for mk2's.
ask for steve, this guy knows what he is talking about and he loves working on mk2s(he has got a mk216v golf that he has bored out to a 2.2litre,its kicking out 197bhp!!!!)
the number is 01159785740, there workmanship is immaculate mate. :D
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Nothing major the drivers seat needs to be replaced due to wear, I need a new 8V speedo I am fed of trying to get them from salvo yards or VW specialists and getting them home to find that the speedo and or computer doesn't work
But really all I want is a Mechanic / Garage that can restore the car to concourse condition as apposed to just changing the oil and checking the brakes
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mate! ;)
take them to c and r enterprises in nottingham! they are the f**kin doggs bollocks for mk2's.
ask for steve, this guy knows what he is talking about and he loves working on mk2s(he has got a mk216v golf that he has bored out to a 2.2litre,its kicking out 197bhp!!!!)
the number is 01159785740, there workmanship is immaculate mate. :D
Cheers I'll give him a call
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speak to tinman from here, he is doing something similar if i remember :)
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use WagenWheels in Southampton. (www wagenwheels.co.uk).
he is an enthusiast who deals mainly with mk1s, but does mk2s also. he is superb.
he will do any job you want, from basic servicing, to track day preps, to full restorations. the bits he cant do he ships the car/parts out to people who can help.
not the cheapest, not the most expensive either but a true class act.
Tin
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Cheers guys I'll give both garages a call. I also was recommend to give vw midlands a call has anyone got any experince of them?
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use WagenWheels in Southampton. (www wagenwheels.co.uk).
he is an enthusiast who deals mainly with mk1s, but does mk2s also. he is superb.
he will do any job you want, from basic servicing, to track day preps, to full restorations. the bits he cant do he ships the car/parts out to people who can help.
not the cheapest, not the most expensive either but a true class act.
Tin
Tin
The URL doesn't seem to work have you got any other contact details?
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did you call c and r mate?
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think i missed a dot, www.wagenwheels.co.uk.
the guys name is Ian.
Tin
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did you call c and r mate?
No my new car turns up mid May so as soon as it turns up I am going to put the golf on a trailer and get it sent to one of the garages that have been recommend to me and get the ball rolling. If I get some time I hope to get to some rallys and events and meet up with some of you and show off the Golf.
On a separate matter what is the best way to get some more BHP out of the engine. There is 2 angles I am looking at one is just do some tweaking the other is to drop an Audi S3 1.8 20VT engine into the car
Any ideas guys
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how much could you get that engine for?
they are very good engines, but i dont like the turbo lag.
if i was you mate i would go for the g60 conversion, its great for golfs chief. ;)
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I'm gonna put my car to wagenwheels not cheap but I want a good job doin and they seem to know wat they doin!!
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how much could you get that engine for?
they are very good engines, but i dont like the turbo lag.
if i was you mate i would go for the g60 conversion, its great for golfs chief. ;)
I think the engine is going to be about ?3K I haven't really looked into it yet.
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g60 it mate! ;)
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I'm gonna put my car to wagenwheels not cheap but I want a good job doin and they seem to know wat they doin!!
ian is a good laugh. see if you can get a cup of tea off him if you down there though :)
as far as i know he should be at Inters. He'll be the only one with an unmodified car on a stand.
tin
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Yeah Wagenwheels is the way to go if it's not too far to travel, poor old Ian is flat out at the moment trying to get several customers cars ready for inters.
Tin do you get down there much?
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Yeah Wagenwheels is the way to go if it's not too far to travel, poor old Ian is flat out at the moment trying to get several customers cars ready for inters.
Tin do you get down there much?
he had my 16v for 6 months in the latter half of last year. it got to be a standing joke to be honest as whenever he said "car will be ready in X days/weeks/months" you had to double it everytime.
everything conspired against getting the golf finished. none of it was his fault, its just one of those things.
i used to drive the 180 mile round trip every so often just to visit the golf, and say Hi to it. kiss it :-*, hug it, read it stories. that sort of thing. ::)
it'll be back down there late this year or early next year for a long stay as it still needs alot doing to it. dont get me wrong, its a great car and great finish, i just need to pencil another ?xk into my schedule and make into an even greater original car.
my eventual aim in two years is to show it at concours at Inters. and unlike all the other dolly birds, mine is a car that had a working life, and was brought back up to shape.
tin
(by dolly birds, i mean the cars that have always been put on concours, and have never seen rain, let alone the rev limiter. like the Campaign that failed to win last years Inters for the first time ever)
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what engine is in it Tin?
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go to steve at c and r mate.
he wont piss u about ;)
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lets have a look at your car then tinman? ;)
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what engine is in it Tin?
just your standard 16v lump you'd find in any Mk2 16v Campaign.
plus a 1mm oversize rebore to compensate for uneven wear and Schmidt(?) piston heads.
we think its kicking about 2% more than the standard engine, although, everything performance wise seems to indicate it has alot more than when the car was at its sweet 60k spot all those years ago.
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lets have a look at your car then tinman? ;)
i'll post pictures and vids later.
tin
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Tin was yours the Atlas grey smaller bumber 16v that I remember seeing in Ian's workshop at various stages of being rebuilt?
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If Im nice to you two will u introduce me to him. Got a mk1 that needs a good bit of work and I want him to fix her :D
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I know a guy in hemel hempstead (just 20 mins down the M1 from you) who does all the work on my car, If its engine work you want doing hes the guy to go for.
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golf gal!
where are you located?
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Tin was yours the Atlas grey smaller bumber 16v that I remember seeing in Ian's workshop at various stages of being rebuilt?
oh dear. yes it probably was. its not atlas though as thats lighter, its more of a metallic graphite. but it was very difficult to tell colours in that place.
unless you saw it in the last two days at WW it looked a mess through out.
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Tin was yours the Atlas grey smaller bumber 16v that I remember seeing in Ian's workshop at various stages of being rebuilt?
oh dear. yes it probably was. its not atlas though as thats lighter, its more of a metallic graphite. but it was very difficult to tell colours in that place.
unless you saw it in the last two days at WW it looked a mess through out.
The last time I saw it, it had just come back from the paint shop, and all the windows and trim were off. Paint job looked nice though, they?d done a good job of matching the slight orange peel finish you get on the original paint. You'll have to post some pics, I'd like to see the finished article!
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i actually have very few pictures of it. most are quite dull.
www.portland.co.uk/golfpics
it has a few shots of the car at the sprayers, one of the car being put away at night a few weeks ago, and a few movies of its motorway ability. (they'll be uploaded by 8pm)
for a 16 year old car, its quite nice.