Another golf

[mart08uk]

Hey guys,

Had some bad luck couple of Mondays ago, a lad decided to take his parents car out for a drive (Picasso) and proceeded to smash into the rear wheel of my 1.6 forcing the alloy in    ruined the axle and body work, so yeah write off. But after fairly quick payout managed to get another golf, was going to get a T but apparently aviva wont insure me on one  .. So a black 1.8 3 door, brought it mega cheap with many, many problems but getting through them now (brought yesterday).. Anyways quick pic's when got it home:


Quite a big difference in power compared to my 1.6, and I thought that didn't do bad. rite, question time! 
Is there an easy way to remove wing mirror glass and replace? and the drivers door has dropped, quite a lot. Any way of adjusting without replacing parts?

Thanks.

[daz veedub]

door drop ya can try jacking door up to get it back how it sould be if not prob have replace hinges 

looks decent motor mate how much is mega cheap

[mart08uk]

loosen torque bolts and jack up then tighten?.. Cheers, like I said loads of little problems with it though. Set me back £950.. Going attack it with the machine polisher tomorrow remove damn swirl marks 

[Wayne]

Good choice at least you did not get a 2.0

[rio_gti]

i remember your car, hasnt really had any luch as iirc a woman went into you too??!!!!   

also mirror glass just move the mirror to the extreme inside/outside position, grab an edge, and pull!!

[mcgee9t2]

at least you did not get a 2.0

+1.

the reason i bought a 1.8n/a too was cause of insurance

looks quite tidy though for the price. what milage? and service history ok?

[mart08uk]

Sorry for delayed reply, been working on it late past few nights  yeah rio had not much luck to be honest, my first car was stolen too, so don't have much luck  never got anything from the woman who bumped me on car park though.. Cheers for advice on mirror went scrappys and replaced it the other day.. Yeah insurance is ridiculous paying 100 a month now.. Yeah body work ain't bad tbh, loads of smallish problems though most sorted now.. No history at all but know it's had cam belt and clutch recently.. Got 75k on clocks but no way is that accurate, text check said 113k  thanks for replies.

[bullzeye]

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=185442.0

get your vin and engine numbers checked my last one came with just 1 mot and log book and my mot check online showed 50k miles missing the whole thing led to worse news ^^^^

[stevesdub]

Good choice at least you did not get a 2.0

nowt wrong with a 2.0 gti....more reliable than a 1.8T

[mart08uk]

Just read through the whole thread Bullzeye! super nasty situation, glad you got it sorted.. I hpi checked this and checked all vin numbers etc and all seems fine, just think it doesn't have genuine miles though..