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Offline Bieldside

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£8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« on: 15 July 2009, 16:04 »
If I give up on finding a mint Mk2 Oak Green and go to plan B of restoring one ....

Where do I go ? Any recommendations for taking a car to or back to original state

Not my specialised subject but know that you guys will have ideas

Thanks
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Offline jamie_pyrite

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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #1 on: 15 July 2009, 16:09 »
So you're talking about buying a mk2 16v for 1k, spent 3.5k having a full bare metal respray and 3.5k on a full engine rebuild, new wheels, suspension, chassis, interior, etc. ?
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Offline JC

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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #2 on: 15 July 2009, 16:18 »
thom on here has done his,  :wink:
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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #3 on: 15 July 2009, 17:46 »
Acid dip it i dare ya. May aswel do it properly :wink:

I dont know of any mk2 restorer. May be a few mk1 specialists about. Worth asking them if so.
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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #4 on: 15 July 2009, 18:44 »
Looks out for Thom89 he's restored his own MK2 (he does this by profession too!).

Other than that there are some restorers around, Crazy Quiff's in Wallingford do MK1's but will probably be able to do MK2's just as easily.
http://www.golfmk1.co.uk/


But try Thom89 first, always good to help another on the same forum eh?  :wink: 
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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #5 on: 15 July 2009, 20:08 »
The biggest issue you will have is that you may find a lot of the parts you need are no longer available, I would still try and find a nice clean standard car.
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Offline tony_ack

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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #6 on: 15 July 2009, 23:13 »
Or, turning this on its head... Will an £8000 offer tempt someone who owns a less than perfect Oak Green 3 door 16v to put it back to standard and fix it up to mint? Could be a tidy profit for someone willing to put the time and/or money into it.
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Offline A7 UFO

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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #7 on: 16 July 2009, 08:28 »
no guaranty in that though
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Offline kittie

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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #8 on: 17 July 2009, 12:27 »
I don't think you necessarily need a mk2 specialist, just a bloody good garage and an excellent bodyshop. Look up local vehicle restoration places, if they're good they should be able to do anything you give them surely?

It'd help if you told us where you are?!

I think buying a decent car and making it perfect is a better option than spending £8k on something which reports to be perfect  :smiley:
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Re: £8000 Budget - Plan B . Restore a 16V . But who restores Mk2 GTIs
« Reply #9 on: 17 July 2009, 12:30 »
PS I'm going down the same route when I have the money (back to metal etc), only not going standard personally as mine is only an 8v and after 3 years ish I feel the need for more power  :smiley:
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