82 GTI LHASA GREEN TIN TOP, to be something mad!!
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82 GTI LHASA GREEN TIN TOP, to be something mad!!
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i masked off the surround, and sanded down the chrome edging, which gave me the perfect line..
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then painted..
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and the result is real good…
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i also cleaned the centre console and the 3 clocks, and cleaned up the front door cards, all coming on nicely.
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looking at how easily you've done your dash display, i'm gonna have a go at mine at some point!
Mine's chrome but the car is getting re-sprayed eventually in GTI Mars Red!
What colour did you use and what type of paint? What grade of sandpaper did you use to sand down the plastic?
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Josh.
Oh and sweet mark 2 ;]
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Dibdub1 said
Loving your progress so far matey!
looking at how easily you've done your dash display, i'm gonna have a go at mine at some point!
Mine's chrome but the car is getting re-sprayed eventually in GTI Mars Red!
What colour did you use and what type of paint? What grade of sandpaper did you use to sand down the plastic?
Thanks,
Josh.
Oh and sweet mark 2 ;]
hi josh,
i got the paint from halfords, as you can still buy mars red off the shelf, and after taping i cut back the tape with a fresh stanly blade and rubbed down the remanants of the tape with a 220 grit to ensure the line was perfect, then painted, just be sure to rub off all the chrome as the paint doesn't stick to this very well, i also used packaging tape as it was all i had to hand, but i think masking tape would be better an easier to use.
good luck. i love mars red mk1 golfs, would defo be my first choice..
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shall be getting it to mine tomorrow, and then the fun starts…
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cannot wait to get the freshened up interior back in. and get her fired up…..
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so i moved on to getting the interior back in, stating with clipping up the loom and cleaning away the years of dust, once again amazed at just how solid this car is, not a spot of rust under the windshield..
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then the dash..
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switches and carpets…
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and the gauges and seats, new golf ball gear knob..
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i had also bought a good uncut parcel shelf which i attached to the rear seat and fitted…
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once that was all done, and hoovered out, i moved on to the suspension, removing the rears first, i gave the inner arches a bit of a clean up..
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and fitted the coil overs..
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same with the fronts and whacked on the zenders…ignore the balloon tyres….
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i have ordered some new streatchy tyres for these, which i'm sure will take away the chunky look of the wheel. i would really like some feed back on these rims as i was considering selling them, but now i'm npot too sure.
next week i'm gonna see about getting her fired up, and make a list of jobs that need doing for the mot..
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an unused genuine wing for £58.11p, will be storing this until i have all the parts needed for the full respray..
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are you sure that genuine?? that sticker doesn't look right to me :dontknow:
i thought the same, so emailed him to make sure it has the stamp on the inner spine near the door, he said it has,and that he got it from a main dealer. so i went for it.
i just thought its only £10 more than a pattern, so worth the gamble….fingers crossed ha.
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Cant wait till mine is even near that stage.
Makes it look so clean and tidy.
UGHHH I WANT TO DRIVE MINE NOW!!!
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i did find however a bit of welding that doesn't look factory…
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inner wing from suspension turret forward, still a good job that appears to have been done some time ago, and finally found time to have a ding out so she can go in the dry..
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keany221 said
dont spose you need a lhasha rear bench by anychance do yaive got one and no room for it as i stripped my car out.
depends what you want for it, mine is in real good condition eccept for a fag burn in the centre, is yours mint??
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as for the Zenders they look perfect. 8)
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no rips no tears just needs a clean
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only want £35 for it now. just need it out of the way
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will hopefully get my zenders back some time this week.
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