staying grey gti resto 1983

hi im tony been on the mk1 form for a few months now i got a 1983 gti iv'e never removed even a bulb out of my own cars until now my build begun here the oe look

stripped the seats out red striped repairing drivers seat new tilt cable 1 new bolster

removed rear belts and speaker pod cleaned up now look amazing now used crinckle paint and satin black

removed vdo gage pod cleaned up and used same method as above really dose look brand new

removed rear door cards cleaned up look oe brand new

removed momo steering wheel replaced with a 4 button  altho off a mk2 vgc

removed sun visors cleaned up look oe brand new

all oe badges removed waiting for the recon brushed metal sticker pack today got boot sticks trim and lower sticker trim gti

removed wiper arms sanded down then satin black again looks good well chuff

found the quad grill in car cleaned an sprayed looks mint  and dish washed hella head lights clean now lol

now my/garage need to do list

new door card black gti

new passenger window sills

seat repair drivers side tilt cable and lower plastic cover

rear seat piping come lose repair

new roof lining and fitting

need new carpets and sound dens matts and fitting has nun so if ive missed soming let me no ie clips

need drivers side head light surround

need red grill trim

need new passenger sills welded

respray and repair body get rid of the aerial sticking out ma roof need dished pslots got some ronals with treds any 1

engine is a kr with webber twin 45s carbs goin to cmf in reading

refirb rear drums or go disk new brake

need new drivers wing an pass wing them pesky arch covers hid a cover up job some one cut both sides mite av been rust or cut to stop rubbing i think that will be anuff to keep me going im going put up picks to keep all u magpies happy with shiny stuff  

update so i can keep track  

 removed front and rear bumper   ( selling offers )

removed rear lights                      ( selling offers )

removed roof aerial                      ( selling offers )     

removed side waist band trips       ( selling offers )

removed door handle trips

removed rear number plate found rust  

found oe window plastic trim cleaned up nicely was in a box one is warped  
 
to do next remove torn roof lining looks like windows need taking out

remove rear omp strut brace in boot

remove engine bay strut brace

may take to body shop very soon all arches are cutup worried the rear panel mite need replacing swan tail mite go nicely if its got to go

need to buy list ( things im missing )

rear wiper

topfill rad

Hi Tony,
This project sounds like it's all going to plan, do you have any photos for us all to have a look at. You might even give us all a few tips on how to do ours. I'm currently stripping Goly the golf ready for restoration. Keep the updates coming and good on you for getting your hands dirty.
Good luck,

Thanks just getting stuck in on the bits i can do learning as i go along  hope the glory strip is a good one mine showed me its dirty parts an more dirty bits lol will get picks up tomoz just got the brushed metal recon sticker for the badges an just got the satin lacer to finish it off so will be nice few pics plan to do the lower dash the same as the speaker pods will look mint hopefully

seems like your cracking on well with your project  

get some photos up!

matt

some reason its not on this thread but take a look will have some more tomoz not at work so happy days  

removed roof lining

removed carpet

removed lower dash bein cleaned up using same method as vdo gage pods

removed front door cards

removed f speaker pods cleaned same method as pods

 i want to turn theses in to 

Or these!!

bloody hell how wide on the rear    did have you got any tips on how to get a nice set of 16s and where to get the lips from

TONYS OCD VW said

bloody hell how wide on the rear    did have you got any tips on how to get a nice set of 16s and where to get the lips from

Think they are 10j on the back there   I know Jon had to shorten his rear axle to get the wheels to fit!

Good news cars having all body work and respray the owner of the garage is a vw love tell me a flat colour will look the best we talked about nubus grey which sounds a little unplaned but will get some test sprays up

Well we ended up picking 3 cream light primer grey or white all pre 1990s dam its hard to pick
 

Go for grey - will look wicked, especially if you go for something bold like a red interior…

 

The vw grey or the primer

I thought you meant "light Primer Grey", rather than primer or grey!

If it is a gloss light grey - go with that.
We have a fabia "reaction" in that sort of colour and I love it. Gets nice comments as it is a little different.

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yea i was on about that kind of grey it was a tad darker shows up nice and with the decals on it small black bumpers and arch trims will set it off nicely

there was a car that got car of the mouth that was suzki grey  if yoy can find it  it like the one u got there but its more flat dont want the paint to look new school if you know how to find the picks have a look  

i wonder if they would fit a mk1 split them and find 1"lip fronts and 2"back does any1 know if you can buy the right lips to make them wider ??

Sorry no idea Tony but they'd look great with bigger lips on