NickH-D's 87 GTi MK2

[NickH-D]

Just bought myself a '87 Golf GTi, this is exactly how it came, so work needs doing, new bumpers will most likely be the first job (if anybody has a cheap set of nice small/big bumpers that I can replace the current ones with, please let me know!)

how much work is power steering? I'm gonna have arms like pop-eye if I have to keep turning this wheel!

intended work so far;

- CLEAN - give it a good wash, and see what I'm left with lol
- bumper replacement
- paintjob (once new bumpers fitted)
- I was considering taking away the gti trim, but I've decided to keep it, and give it a refresh
- new wheels (Calibre Vintage) - this will be one of the last things, as it does already have alloys and it doesn't NEED new ones

as it stands:

[molegti]

That looks like a relatively clean car. Shouldn't be too much work to get it looking good.

[NickH-D]

The panels that had rust/damage/holes etc have already been filled/sanded etc (i.e. the light grey patches), so the bodywork is already quite tidy, no rust etc, not bad overall for 23 years old!

I could technically just re-adjust the current bumpers to make them fit properly if I wanted to do totally budget, which is an option (as I also run a '60 plate corsa and my wifes '59 plate fiat 500 lol), but if I can find some cheap originals with splitters, I'd be very very happy

[Wayne]

Looks a good project.

[SoundillusioN]

Looks like a solid base..... get yourself a project page and dub rides thread going!.

[tech1889]

please remove that front bumper it looks horrid lol.. as said good base 

[NickH-D]

lol yea as said the bumpers are the first things to change, the rear will change too as it doesn't fit flush. How do I open a project page, I went into that section but theres no 'New Topic' like the other sections, am I just being dense? 

[Diamond Hell]

Primer = water absorbent.

Strip it all off and re-work to top coat, or you'll never get a good finish on that.

[NickH-D]

Got myself rear clear lights instead of the smoked set, so will look at installing them, also got a donor headunit and sub/amp that we took out of my wife's Beetle project when we sold it. I wouldn't usually be too fussed about installing the sub etc, but at the moment it's just sat in our house taking up the corner of a bedroom, so I may aswell connect it!

Also priced up new front/rear bumpers, with splitters (thanks for the link Thom), so as soon as I finish the website project I'm working on, they'll be ordered once they're fitted, next job will be trim, arches and paintjob

[cняis]

Just a thought...

If the steering is uber heavy you may have seized top-mount bearings, something thats easily missed by a garage from personal experience. Unfortunately if you jack it up and try the steering, all the weight is off the suspension so it will turn freely anyway.