MK4 Door Cards

[The Mighty Elvi]

Right, it seems fairly straight forward to put in the 1.8t engine, dash and seats but what about the door cards.  Has anyone done this and is it a simple mod.

Asking becuase if i go to the trouble of buying a mk4 gti I want to use as much of it as I can, rather that going to a salvage yards and trying to get all the bits separately.

cheers.

[Diamond Hell]

You ever thought about just buying a Golf4 and running a Golf4?

Golf4 trim parts are designed for a Golf4.  Golf2 parts are designed for a Golf2.  Unlike engines and gearboxes which are very expensive to change and need a lot of R&D the trim is much easier to muck about with, so you're going to have much more of a time trying to make tat like door casings fit the much smaller Golf2 doors.

I think what you're proposing is an utter waste of time and will ruin a Golf2, but hey, it's your dime.

[The Mighty Elvi]

Just asking if it was feasable that's all.  Out of all the golfs I prefer the Mk2 Shape but you have to agree that the interior is a bit dated and the Mk4 interior is very hight quality.  I was just thinking that If I got to the trouble of putting in the engine gearbox and dash , why not go the whole hog?

[Jay]

For that I would recommend a trimming company, like ...Joe's Trimdeluxe.

PM him and see what he can do for you.



The MK2 interior is awesome, It's part the car and era. It rocks.

[Mew]

As my Dad's (pissed) mate said when he got in my Golf and had a look round/tried to focus "classic, f**king classic". He's used to a 348 and an evo6 and 8 though

[Diamond Hell]

you have to agree that the interior is a bit dated and the Mk4 interior is very hight quality. 

No, the interior is now 'period' and befitting of the car.

Although Vicarage (dreadful website by the way) fit a lot of later stuff to their MKII Jags, one thing you won't find them doing is fitting the interior of of an S-Type to them.

That's because it would be inappropriate, much like fitting a Golf4 interior to a Golf2.

[...joe]

do mk4 door cards fit a mk2?

not a chance!

[The Mighty Elvi]

Ok Ok  consider me castigated, vilified and pilloried!!

I just wanted to know if it was feasible, that's all.  I agree that you should keep the car original.  I would however consider upgrading the interior lighting on the switches and clocks.  Metal Monkey do some nice blue led clocks and perhaps upgrading the switch led's to red and yellow (on).

It's just that I've always liked the MK4 bule&red dials and switches that's all.

I think i'll just go for the 9a 2.0 cylinder Block and a bit of 'upgrading' of the interior.  if that's ok with the Borg.

By the way I'm 32 tomorrow and I just bought my first ever copy of Practical Classic magazine...am I doomed to be single forever?

[Conker]

Don't worry young warrior, you've found Diamond Hell on your first adventure. He's a forum bot thats been installed to prevent dub-love spreading too far around the globe.

The non-judgemental answer is: if your unhappy with the Mk2 interior, there a number of seat options e.g. Mk3 (easy), Mk4 (welding required), Cobra (expensive). You could have various bits re-trimmed (expensive-ish), or theres the full leather Mk2 interior (including leather door cards) which is more time-less. A dash transfer (e.g. the Mk4 GTI dash) is possible but difficult.

[The Mighty Elvi]

Cheers Conker.  If I guess correctly from your sig pic you have a 5 door in Royal Blue Metallic..like me.  A mate of mine used to own a Mk4 GT Tdi pd anniversary  and once I had a Mk4 Bora as a temp company car and I liked the Blue clocks, etc..

I just thought that If I could have the Mk4 interior 'experience' in the Mk2 16v Gti Shell it would be perfect.  I just wanted to know if it was possible.  I see that there are a  number of staunch advocates of 'keeping it real' on da forum.  Don't mean to upset the collective.

I'm comong from the angle of:
1. Does it please me to drive this car?
2. Is it a winner with the ladies?