the_stink - Oak green GTI

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Decided to buy a few things today

* Clear front indicators
* NEW front Big Bumper
* Locking petrol cap

Just looking back and i've owned this car a week now aside the obvious damage I caused and parts i had to replace I just cant help my self!

* New bonnet in Oak Green
* Slam Pannel
* Quad GTI Grill
* New Throttle Cable
* Smoked Crosshair headlights
* Replacement Spot lights
* Standard tail gate in Oak Green

waiting to hear back from soem guy on ebay breaking a Oak green mkii so i can replace the passenger side wing as its got a tasty dent in the front! then all i need is a new rear big bumper as where the exhuast is its been cut to fit a different exhaust and looks gash but once thats bought that is all the body parts i need to replace then its time to save for the re spray!

Got two job interviews next week one on monday and one on tuesday so fingers crossed i can bag on and get my life and car on track!

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Right, bonnet, slam pannel, front grill and tools in the car off to may mates get the car up on the axel stand and get to work lucky for me he has a big garage so even though it raining we can get the front end in and sort this mess out ! Photos to follow

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So got to my mates at 10 this morning and we got to work with sorting out the mess i created!

Discovered that the front bumper was held with zip tie and a screw on one side but ive ordered a new bumper anyway so can get that sorted out, got the old slam pannel out and got the new one it pretty easy tbh, managed to get the radiator back where it should be! and also found the right connections for the spot lights so they all work now! my biggest worry was making sure the bonnet release would work and lining up the bonnet, but all went pretty smoothly bonnet shuts and opens all ok, the shut lines are pretty much spot on but still a few little bits that aint right but for now its in a much better condition that it was! and now its just a case of getting the tracking done and get the steering looked at but heres the photos from todays work.

Never really done much on cars before and neither has my mate but its was pretty much bolt out bolt in but happy with what we done today

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a few more things have arrived, the locking petrol cap for a start!! never liekd the idea of someone being abot to not only open the flap but also take out the petrol cap as well! but my crystal indicators turned up. Also got another package to pick up tomorrow which is either the new crosshair head lights or the weighted shift rod! and then its just the front bumper!!!

But all booked in at Vee W services on Friday so can see if there is any damage done to the steering fingers crossed thier isnt!

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Went to Vee W services today to get the steering checked as i knew the tracking was out but wanted them to double check that nothing was bent etc luckily there wasnt! so just had the tracking done, but also got them to investigate why the car didn't start yesterday and it turns out that the reconditioned starter motor (when i bought it was told it was brand new!) is playing up and needs to be replaced wooo more things to change!!

But when i got home my new front bumper and crosshair headlights had turned up also poped in the crystal indicators to see how they look



new Cross Hair lights agains old, also got some philips blue vision bulbs coming



How it looks with one fitted alot better imo and you can see where the 4x4 tailpipe hit the bumper



and both fitted jobs a good un!



now whilst i had the grill off noticed this



it looks like its coming from the top connection on the radiator not sure if its anything serious or if it just needs adjusting

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Got a new front bumper through the other day and have proceeded to get spraying in the back garden, had some paint mixed up at Halfrauds but its suprizing how much bloody paint you need!!

So picked up 2 cans of Oak Green from VW today and both of those cans have been used! Now its the lacquer stage!! photos to follow

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Well teh front bumper has been sat in my bedroom still need to sand it back and use another can of lacquer on it! Im gunna get it re sprayed when i get the whole car done when ever that may be! but finally picked up the standard tailgate swapped for a crate of stella £10 bargin!! and its in oak green a few marks here and there but for what i want its perfect doesn't matter that its not immaculate and will be nice to get rid of the smoothed tailgate esp as its riddled with rust!

Was quite interesting tonight as i know the mkii is far from perfect but everyone at the VAGowners meet had a good nose around and liked it think its the interior that attracts them but after seeing a few tonight that looks spanking it really makes me want to get this sorted out and get it looking mint

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well finally went to Whitehouse VW breakers today to get a new Rad fan £23 bargin so at least i can stop the most annoying groaning noise EVER! But Decided to bit the bullet ad get the car booked in to Vee W services to get this stipid starter motor replaced as I cant hack getting back to my car and it not start even after smacking the f**k out of the starter motor doesn't sort it out!

So will be doing that today!

Also this week gave the new front bumper a few more coats of Lauqer so just gunna leave that for a few weeks so it can harden properly but looks good and is a temporary fix until the day when i have enough to get the car re-sprayed!

Also need to find time and some mates to swap out the out tail gate for the standard one!

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Just had a txt off one of my mates telling me about a Audi A4 Handle kit for sale for £30!! so with a bit of luck i can get the kit delivered if it hasn't already gone for a very good price!!!

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another small job done, finally fitted my weighted gear shifter, but had some fun trying to get the furthest pin out! well after lots of wd40 and alot of swearing and bending the pin totally out of shape it was clear it was pretty must rusted in place so the only thing i could do was to feed the whole gear shifter through the bung at that end! It was a bit awkward but i think due to the amount of wd40 it went through easy and pop in wen the new one!