DanChave's Flash Red GTI 16V. Engine strip, clean and paint!

[DanChave]

It's about time I introduced my new car

It's a 1996, three door MK3 Golf GTI 16V in Flash Red! I bought it a little while back, but I have waiting until I had put my own stamp on it a bit!

When I first go her back!







Some more in depth pics









































It wasn't long until she ended up like this lol!









And these few items arrived









Once she was all back together, I took Shady's advise and rejuvenated the bumpers with a hot air gun and some patients........

 







And Most recently, I have tinted the fogs, changed the rear lights and took a few more pics of how it stands now!

Rear lights before and after tinting.





















VR6 heated leather seats.





MK3.5 Cabrio Handbrake and MK4 gearnob



New head unit



And a few more pics













Thoughts and comments welcome!

[F17BAD]

Nice one, looks a great base 

[DanChave]

Nice one, looks a great base 

Cheers Brad

[F17BAD]

look forward to its progress matey 

[DanChave]

Me too! I have the alloys to refurb and a pair of Recaro fronts to re-trim next, then it will be a decent stainless exhaust

[Shady Pioneer]

It's coming along nicely that's for sure. Good to see the hot air trick worked for you too, did you use any bumper afterwards? I found it just helps it pop that little bit more.

[Wayne]

Looks a really tidy car

[LazyLunatic]

Nice start buddy, love that last pic!

Wheel plans?

[DanChave]

It's coming along nicely that's for sure. Good to see the hot air trick worked for you too, did you use any bumper afterwards? I found it just helps it pop that little bit more.

I haven't yet! Not sure I will either, because a lot of bumper care products have silicones in and I wouldn't want anything effecting my paintwork on customers cars :/ silicone reactions are horrible!

[DanChave]

Looks a really tidy car

Cheers Wayne, it is remarkably clean actually! By far the cleanest mk3 out of the lot I have had