bye bye golf!

[Alec]

Looking good, shame about the scumbags breaking in.

[BiGUKG]

Looking good, shame about the scumbags breaking in.

Thanks mate - it is but they did me a favour really. Didn't get the car away and it's alarmed now so shouldn't happen again, and if it does it hopefully won't be as bad!

[jeremybarker]

I think the black badge makes it look much smarter, I've just done the same to mine as it wasn't in perfect nick but went down the route of painting it black instead, ended up with a really shiney black badge now, just need to fit the right GTI badge on the front.

Nice car, keep up the good work.

[BiGUKG]

Thanks mate, just been to the petrol station to put some air in the tyres, only had a £1 coin, got there, took all the valve caps off ,and it wouldn't take my pound, so I got back in the car with the ump to come back home and get some change. When I got back I realised I'd left my valve caps on top of the thing 

Only about ten mins home and back, got back and some f*cker had nicked them. I know they're only valve caps, but it does make you wonder doesn't it.

Cosmetic stuff is being held up temporarily, the thrust bearing in the clutch has gone so it needs sorting. Might as well just replace the clutch to be honest, so a clutch kit is next on the list of things to do!

[SoundillusioN]

robbing little sh*ts!... some people will rob anything!!!

shame you need a clutch sorting..... not cheap    oh and don't worry about owning a GTI.... yours is looking so good now, keep at it and when the time comes, bung the motor of your choice in it... Home made GTI! 

[BiGUKG]

Yeah, someone's well smug about it I expect. I ordered 20 on eBay (so 5 sets) for £1.98 delivered which is cheap I thought!

I had thought about that, putting a 2.0L lump in it at a later date, but its so much effort and cost if I'm going to do all that, brakes, suspension, looms etc I might as well buy a cheap GTi and just make a decent car out of 2 if you know what I mean? Would be able to do that in a day if the GTi I got was the right colour

Going to try and get some decent high res pics of it on Thursday when I'm off work. I'll post any good ones on here too at lower res.

[SoundillusioN]

Yeah, someone's well smug about it I expect. I ordered 20 on eBay (so 5 sets) for £1.98 delivered which is cheap I thought!

I had thought about that, putting a 2.0L lump in it at a later date, but its so much effort and cost if I'm going to do all that, brakes, suspension, looms etc I might as well buy a cheap GTi and just make a decent car out of 2 if you know what I mean? Would be able to do that in a day if the GTi I got was the right colour

Going to try and get some decent high res pics of it on Thursday when I'm off work. I'll post any good ones on here too at lower res.

So respray as well then    I know, that would be easier but if your car is mega solid it's always worth a thought in the future.  Save up and do a 2.0 on carbs... no wiring required. 

Thats a nice bargain with the caps... get more and leave a trail of them onto the road and hope the scumbags get run over! 

[lewis1641]

great looking car. just skim read through (looked at all the pics though!)

a cheap upgrade that will make a difference visually would be a gti spec chin spoiler for the front. it will bolt straight on and pattern ones are about £25 from GSF

also was there some confusion over the wheels? they are off a corrado. they came standard on my mate's g60. (edit!!! dont listen to me!)only the vr6 had 5 stud hubs.

[Alec]

great looking car. just skim read through (looked at all the pics though!)

a cheap upgrade that will make a difference visually would be a gti spec chin spoiler for the front. it will bolt straight on and pattern ones are about £25 from GSF

also was there some confusion over the wheels? they are off a corrado. they came standard on my mate's g60. only the vr6 had 5 stud hubs.

They look similar but I don't think they are as wide. Mine are off a corrado, the faces of the spokes sit a bit deeper and are flat. The ones on the op's golf are about level with the rim and have a curve.

BiGUKG what code is stamped under the centre caps? G60's should have 191 601 025 AA

Mine are 6 & 1/2 J X 15H2 ET33 with 195/50's

[BiGUKG]

Any pics of the GTi spec chin spoiler mate?
Thanks Alec, I'll look under the centre caps and write down all I can see!
Would be nice to know what the wheels are! Are they not the same as yours then Alec?