keithyboy - mk2 1.6 driver

[keithyboy]

Finally broke out the spanners to do a bit of suspension sorting. The pics aren't very exciting. They show the front suspension with no strut and three of the four springs in a very fetching and non-gay purpley pink colour. As things stand I've done the right front and am halfway through the right rear.

I'll try and get some better pictures when I do the other side.

[keithyboy]

More or less all done now apart from one of the rear top mounts being assembled arse about face.

Pics show one of the old front struts in bits and a fully assembled replacement.

Hopefully, once I get other assorted sheds out of the way and get it off the drive it will sit about 40mm lower and not clonk quite so much.

[keithyboy]

Before and after pics. The back is definitely a tad lower even the the old top plates had rusted away to nowt. The fron is about 20mm down so we'll have to see how it settles in the next few days.

Before:



After

[keithyboy]

After freezing all week I've finally got around to binning the pressure releif valve thing on the heater so I can have a bit of warmth.

However, I'm selling up/out. I've bought a cheap late Escort to go to work in so I'm going to sell the golf. I just haven't got time to get it how I want it and rebuild my Mini too so it has to go.

It'll be on ebay at the end of the month.

[keithyboy]

That's that then.

The Golf was taken out of my life yesterday morning and my rims were taken away last night.

All that remains is a big bumper behind the shed somewhere.

I will return to Dubs at some point, possibly when my Mini is finished but will buy the MKII GTi I wanted all along.