Newbie - just bought a mint 16 valver, am I mad?!? ... need some re-assurance!

[Wayne]

These are the amour plates around the handle.

Normaly put on to cover up damage but lucky mine were not.

Thanks for that. All the 16 valvers I have seen have had these plates, so I presumed they were standard - are they not? How easy are they to remove so that I can inspect?

Cheers

If you open the door you will see a torx screw, remove that and the handle will then pull out, easy enough to do.

[peaky83]

There should be a sticker in the boot under the boot latch or near the spare wheel which will have the engine code and paint codes on it... at least, mine does, give it a try.

Dan

[Wayne]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1992-MK2-Golf-GTI-16V-3DR-MET-BLACK-LOW-MILES-BBS-J-REG_W0QQitemZ200332244014QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[kmpowell]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1992-MK2-Golf-GTI-16V-3DR-MET-BLACK-LOW-MILES-BBS-J-REG_W0QQitemZ200332244014QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9873QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But that's a J reg with a lot more miles. The one I have potentially bought is only £1k more for a lot less miles, with peace of mind that it's coming from a dealer?

[kmpowell]

These are the amour plates around the handle.

Normaly put on to cover up damage but lucky mine were not.

Thanks for that. All the 16 valvers I have seen have had these plates, so I presumed they were standard - are they not? How easy are they to remove so that I can inspect?

Cheers

If you open the door you will see a torx screw, remove that and the handle will then pull out, easy enough to do.

Brilliant, thanks

[dubvrs]

There are 2 screws holding the door handle on.

One is just above the door lock close to the door skin.
The second is behind the chrome trim. Flip out the chrome trim and the screw is located on the front part of the handle.
Once the screws are removed push the handle towards the front of the door and now the handle can be carefully removed.

I paid £2,850 for my mk2 gti 16v. 82k from new with every bill and old mot. Not totaly mint but close and everything it needs i can do myself but more important on a rare k plate with last owner for 15 years.

[kmpowell]

There are 2 screws holding the door handle on.

One is just above the door lock close to the door skin.
The second is behind the chrome trim. Flip out the chrome trim and the screw is located on the front part of the handle.
Once the screws are removed push the handle towards the front of the door and now the handle can be carefully removed.

I paid £2,850 for my mk2 gti 16v. 82k from new with every bill and old mot. Not totaly mint but close and everything it needs i can do myself but more important on a rare k plate with last owner for 15 years.

Sounds a lovely example. How did you come by it? I guess you are one of the 'lucky' ones a previous poster in this thread mentions.

[dubvrs]

Basiclay looked for ages and found this one localy off ed38.

Last one i got for £220 as a basket case and built this 20v mk2 in my garage over 2 years.




Bean building mk2 for ages now.

[16valve]

Lovely looking Mk2 dubvrs

Up for sale recently ...

[dubber36]

Well I paid £3000 for my Oak green, G reg 1990 16V a few months ago.

It's an original 1 owner car with full history but done 156,000 miles. I have had a bit of paintwork done to sort out a bad repair on the passengers door, but other than that it is a very complete and genuine car.

I bought it from a specialist dealer, and probably paid a lot for it, but I could have taken days off work (unpaid) and spent loads on diesel going to look at half a dozen shoddy cars. That would have cost me much more than the extra I paid for my car.