The end is near!

[Turkster]

The end of all the hard work and waiting is close, i would say im about 95% done with the restoration of my mk2 golf gti 16v project,

just a few odd bits to do like cam belt and other belts, a tune up, a few odd bits of trip to replace, then its time to tax it and insure it as a weekend car for me to enjoy,

heres a mix of pics before and after,



and all the rest here,

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v22/Turkish/Golf%20GTi%2016v/?start=all

what do you guys n girls think ?

[OakeyDoak16v]

Looks great mate, good stance. Only thing sorry but i've got to say it, it's a small bumper model with big bumpers attached. That's okay but i would personally have kept it origonal or gone back to it if i was doing a project.
How is she running?
Baz

[Turkster]

yer shes running fine, a tune up is on the cards, i was and am at some point going to fit g60 arches, the car came with the big bumpers on as you can see in the 1st pics, so i worked with what i had,

[Andy Jeffries]

Looks good - have to 2nd the comment on the big bumpers, also, does it now have a silver vw badge on the grill? pretty sure that early mk2's had black ones?

Either way its a stunning piece of work and ensures that another mk2 is good for another 20 or so years

[kittie]

My mk2 is a J and has a black grill badge 

Looks really good, I bet you're very proud 

[Jay]

Looks good mate, good too see it will be well looked after 

My mk2 is a J and has a black grill badge 

Looks really good, I bet you're very proud 

What's wrong with a black grille badge? I bought 1 off flee-bay to replace my silver 1 

I still have the silver badge so that I can restore it's 'original' look.

[Dec]

Car looks great!

I too got a black grill badge from ebay as my silver one was shagged to say the least!

[russ-vdub]

Ah badge talk. Had this discussion with a mate on the weekend and i've just put a shiny silver one in, think it makes the front look more modern and stylish. Adds a bit of definiton to the grill imo.

Otherwise nice job on the dub, the red has become red again, not a skany pinky colour lol.

[kittie]

Nowt wrong with a black badge! What I meant was, is it actually true that late mk2s came with silver badges and early ones with black?

[russ-vdub]

I know, never said there was, i had one for a year. I'm not sure about which cars had what except im sure 16v definately had them as standard, post 90 spec.