Author Topic: Gti_Jamo's White Mk3 Golf Gti....HOME WITH NEW PICS! (Read 100503 times)

murraymint · « **Reply #250 on:** 01 June 2012, 18:23 »

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=230241.0

Gti_Jamo · « **Reply #251 on:** 01 June 2012, 18:29 »

Quote from: murraymint on 01 June 2012, 18:23

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=230241.0

Aye well when I say engine conversion it wont be until I have saved the money which wont be for a while now, i'm far from mint. In fact this golf has scunnered me big time but at least I have spent it on something worth while. I hate having money stting doing nothing, as I just waste it. Saving is a real hard for me. Next winter possibly.

Quote from: murraymint on 01 June 2012, 18:00

Quote from: Gti_Jamo on 01 June 2012, 17:58
Yeah well once its on the road it will have cost 2.5k, a grand over what I had initially saved for this project lol. I do reckon we have future classics on our hands as they are good cars, we just need to filter out and crush all the rot boxes lol.
yh that is a lot lol. n yh i reckon mk3 will go up in price over time, i dont have a gti atm on a cl which isnt gunna worth as much, i might drop an abf init tho so id be running a mk3 cl abf

I'd say its all about the condition of the body regardless of what spec it is. I have thought about an ABF too as I do like them engines. But of course, my 8v has more torque ha ha

murraymint · « **Reply #252 on:** 01 June 2012, 18:35 »

Quote from: Gti_Jamo on 01 June 2012, 18:29

Quote from: murraymint on 01 June 2012, 18:23
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=230241.0

Aye well when I say engine conversion it wont be until I have saved the money which wont be for a while now, i'm far from mint. In fact this golf has scunnered me big time but at least I have spent it on something worth while. I hate having money stting doing nothing, as I just waste it. Saving is a real hard for me. Next winter possibly.

Quote from: murraymint on 01 June 2012, 18:00
Quote from: Gti_Jamo on 01 June 2012, 17:58
Yeah well once its on the road it will have cost 2.5k, a grand over what I had initially saved for this project lol. I do reckon we have future classics on our hands as they are good cars, we just need to filter out and crush all the rot boxes lol.
yh that is a lot lol. n yh i reckon mk3 will go up in price over time, i dont have a gti atm on a cl which isnt gunna worth as much, i might drop an abf init tho so id be running a mk3 cl abf

I'd say its all about the condition of the body regardless of what spec it is. I have thought about an ABF too as I do like them engines. But of course, my 8v has more torque ha ha

im the same with money dont worry, ive only got a good set of wheels bcoz i payed for them on my credit card, could never of saved for them

. yh thats why i wanna keep the cl, theres no rust atall as theres no plastic arches or sills to worry about i was thinking about an 8v gti engine as donor cars are cheaper and less work then an abf, not sure yet, need to save some money first

Gti_Jamo · « **Reply #253 on:** 11 June 2012, 18:03 »

Few pics of recent stuff i've been doing. Wet sanding and polishing and slowly beginning to rebuild. Not going mental with the wet sanding, cutting a bit of a layer off to get rid of the worst of the orange peel as there is a fair amount of paint correction to be done but plenty time for that after its built up. Few areas of the bonnet need some attention and may paint it again but you can only see it looking across the panel. The good thing with the white its difficult to see any imperfections. I can do all that paint detailing and again with it being white and fresh paint makes it all the easier. All in all i'm very happy with the way things have turned out given where its been done.

Did plan on taking it outside for pics but the battery was stone dead!!

Buckfizzturbo · « **Reply #254 on:** 12 June 2012, 19:25 »

Get that battery charged dude n let us c it in the light

DanChave · « **Reply #255 on:** 12 June 2012, 19:52 »

Looking good man!

Quote from: Buckfizzturbo on 12 June 2012, 19:25

Get that battery charged dude n let us c it in the light

^^^^^^^^

Amen to that

murraymint · « **Reply #256 on:** 12 June 2012, 21:58 »

Quote from: DanChave on 12 June 2012, 19:52

Looking good man!

Quote from: Buckfizzturbo on 12 June 2012, 19:25
Get that battery charged dude n let us c it in the light

^^^^^^^^

Amen to that

Or push it out?

Looking good dude

Gti_Jamo · « **Reply #257 on:** 12 June 2012, 22:16 »

Battery going on charge tomorrow and will get it out. should have the drivers door and tailgate on by then along with the roof polished.

Gti_Jamo · « **Reply #258 on:** 14 June 2012, 18:45 »

Ok so got the drivers door and tailgate flattened and fitted and got her outside for some pics.

Bonnet has a couple of issues as can still see some of my prep work through it, not sure what happened there but they are really hard to see. Hopefully they will come out with a sanding block but other than that the finish here is superb.

Rear quarters turned out not bad but these are what needs the most attention. Had to flat it back a fair bit and still some scratches visible but will sort that out. the white here is still a bit flat but will come up good. Its really hard to get pics of the flaws.

Some other shots....

Think I will paint the tops of the bumpers again as there is a couple of imperfections in my smoothing job that i'm not happy with but its good enough for now. Also trial fitted the rear lights I have.

Original Hellas....