80s Styling

[SoundillusioN]

the 80s makes me borderline ill

un-necissary wide body kits, fibreglass tat stuck everywhere is the scurge of modifying

front wheel drive cars with the rear stuck out a foot, meh maybe its just me but I much prefer the subtle, clean and well thought out modified dubs of now

Clean is now the modern look... This thread was just to show off how crazy the complete opposite was.... some of it was purposeful like the group b cars, wider stance etc. The very first golf i posted is an example of wide but smooth and well thought out design for RWD.  I like that one the most (apart from the square lights and grill!)  I like the kit on my car because it was a typical not over done look of that time.  I do love the clean Euro look but I wouldnt strip mine down for it, i would rather buy another car thats not kitted.  My kit is no fibre glass rubbish.  its original BBS and tough as fook! 

[kells]

i dint have no wide kit on my swift gti, this is one of its many guises, this was circa 1995/96, just the mad lairy paint job which i still like to this day  i was 17 at the time at the time and it was the first car i ever had

[kells]

another old max power cover car from 1994, seen this in the mag and loved it, looks sorry now, thats if its even still alive

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-RENAULT-5-GT-TURBO-GREEN-/110497943769

[SoundillusioN]

i dint have no wide kit on my swift gti, this is one of its many guises, this was circa 1995/96, just the mad lairy paint job which i still like to this day  i was 17 at the time at the time and it was the first car i ever had

Looks good mate.... makes a change with the colour... ive only seen white or red ones.... they were good motors, really nippy for a 1300 gti but then they were little and streamlined too,  like the period blades.

[SoundillusioN]

another old max power cover car from 1994, seen this in the mag and loved it, looks sorry now, thats if its even still alive

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-RENAULT-5-GT-TURBO-GREEN-/110497943769

ha, classic, dont see many of them about in any condition! in fact i havent seen an R5 turbo in a few years on the road.  the last i saw was where i live and that was a long time ago.  shame he couldnt sort it and that it hasnt sold as theres a lot of expensive bits on it. shame to break it as the kit would get binned.  the original engines were prone to blowing on them!... crappy carb with turbo!

[VW BUSH]

i dint have no wide kit on my swift gti, this is one of its many guises, this was circa 1995/96, just the mad lairy paint job which i still like to this day  i was 17 at the time at the time and it was the first car i ever had

Looks good mate.... makes a change with the colour... ive only seen white or red ones.... they were good motors, really nippy for a 1300 gti but then they were little and streamlined too,  like the period blades.

Swift GTI had most BHP for 1300cc cars in its day, my mate used to cain my XR2 every time it was so annoying.
The 4x4 was just awsome

[SoundillusioN]

Swift GTI had most BHP for 1300cc cars in its day, my mate used to cain my XR2 every time it was so annoying.
The 4x4 was just awsome

yeah they were just looked it up:

Engine:   
        1.3L 1298cc(79.2.cu in) 16valve DOHC
   100HP @ 6500RPM
   83 lb-ft of tourque @ 5000 RPM
   EMPFI (Electronic Multipoint Fuel Injection)
   Compression Ratio 10.0:1
   Redline 6800RPM (depends on model)

[kells]

the swift GTI was alot faster than what paper said too, they could easily show up alot of much bigger powered cars, an absolute GEM of an engine they go right round to almost 9k revs too. One of our fave battles was against dave of B autos in one of his 2.9 VR6 mk 2's, which could not catch the swift hahaha, then their was a guy in 205 hp RS turbo who would just not believe my car was still a 1.3 after he had been easily cained... such great fun, i still have the car stored away and miss driving it, keep almost getting it out and re building the engine... one day i will , the car is a bit like what your mk1 is to you i guess 

those pics of the skeete R5 turbo kill me, that was such a top motor in its day, to see it like that now, iv got the mag still, and its even in one of those previous links i provided from retro rides forum...

[jv]

I always thought you were much younger kells.

Not sure what your mid 90's peppermint Swift has to do with 80's VW styling though

[kells]

I always thought you were much younger kells.

Not sure what your mid 90's peppermint Swift has to do with 80's VW styling though

nope not that young, had alot of cars in the 90's, even had a mint mk2 16v in black around the same time as the swift, loved that era, and your right these cars are not 80's, the thread has gone a bit 90's too, apologise for that but still been interesting and helped take me right back to some happy memories