1.8 8v gti campaign restoration ~ summer wheels on!
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1.8 8v gti campaign restoration ~ summer wheels on!
This is my thread of my rolling resto. I bought Eric (yes, Eric ) back in June 2009 after leaving a note on it the year before saying if they ever want to sell him let me know!!!! So one morn in June last year i got an answer message from a dude called Charlie who owned him and was ready to sell… YAY!
Ive always loved vw's. My grandad owned a few campers and beetles in his time, owning his last vw which was orange back in the early 90's when i was knee-high to a grass hopper. So as soon as I sat in the golf I could smell that vw smell (im sure they all smell the same) it reminded me of my grandads old beetle and I felt right at home :mrgreen:
So yes I went to see it, the next evening me and my partner took it for a test drive and brought him home that evening. I was so chuffed!! Ive wanted to own an old OLD Golf since I can remember. I was one of those little girls who was always around garages covered in oil helping my dad, uncles, grandad etc knowing Id have to restore my new best friend I couldnt wait!!!
As Im only part time at………. Halfords…… (no jokes please lol) not much £££ a month to really get started. So Ive been collecting stuff as I go and am very lucky to have a bf who is a mechanic!!!!
So enough about the car lets get some pics on the go.
This is the very first pic of Eric the day after he moved in lol
so we lift the bonnet and the rest I think speaks for itself lol
so we set to work on the slam panel as seriously needed doing!
next was the front wings as we had slight bubbling but knew it would be worse. however, we foudn worse…
Well, new wings to go on then!!
Next, we took a look at why the one wing was so rotten down the one side
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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Next we followed the rot down and took a (brave haha) look underneath:
My jacking point was very poorly sick lol
So my amazing bf (i cant weld for one :p) got to work on it
Next we looked up inside the arches to see if there were anymore surprises. Seen as the water from the sunroof had bypassed the drain tube (as it had come out of the hole and was sending years of rain water straight down thus sitting in the A pillar)
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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Which also resulted in a spring snapping
While we were there we replaced both suspension top mounts
Now that was sorted we put the new (non original, just from my local panel shop) wings
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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So heres some snaps of his interior:
unfortunately no VDO gauges currently on the hunt
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So by this time my MOT had expired….. more work to begin. Had a nightmare with all sorts moving about at the front end like bushes lower arms, bottom ball joins (this list on my first fail sheet) so got to work on that. Took it back the next day only for him to say it shouldnt pass as its all still moving but everything on fail sheet had been done! So he had no grounds to fail it. I then had to send it somewhere else as no room for me at the place for the next two weeks NEEDED it on road as my only car and im a working girl!!!! So sent it to another MOT place only to discover it failed again on the brake line bursting on my way there. Yes you may wonder how I drove it….Ive driven worse trust me. I did have no brakes but I was purposely ignorant to this and its blatant failure before it even got there just because I was in hope that it would pass :eh: yes, it failed lol. So took it back, got that fixed again by my amazing bf lol. went straight back over, only to find it needed two new rear tyres GRRR so had to go home again that day with a fail. On this same journey i lost my front arch spat which was kindly crushed behind me by a lorry driver. meat head. Yes I was fuming. I knew I would have trouble getting a new one and yes 6months later im still struggling. So to my great annoyance i still have no front arch spats and in my opinion it looks stupid but hey whats a girl to do!!!
So these pics are how he had been living for about 4months since then:
I know, a lot of you think no bumpers are horrib,le, well at the time I wanted a change!
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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While saving up for months after these pics were taken I had the opportunity to have him put on rolling road by a friend of ours….no charge as he needed to test his new machine out….result!!
was curious to see what power he had left seen as his engine is unmolested so standard from the day the engine was put in (in 1992 as original engine did its fair share of mileage in the history docs)
However, I will be replacing stuff under the hood that needs doing… will upgrade instead of replace….not going back to completely standard, apologies to all you hardcore fans!!!
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At the moment my car sits on fox racing alloys only for the fact that they have 4 brand new Toyo Proxes on and to give me a chance to refurb the schmids and have a bit more comfortable handling etc on the road for a bit
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Kind of an idea what they'll look like on, they look bigger obviously as ther next to the other wheel
So last thursday my exhaust blew big time. My bf was due to leave for Spa and Nurbergring friday eve so he tried welding it onlt for it to fall apart so he bandaged it for the weekend……which failed a few hours after hed left for his holidays!!! oops lol.
so while looking for a new downpipe etc it blew big time and fell off……… sounded good from the inside of the car at least! got onto the internet hunting for new bits and found forum member VWinston to be selling his downpipe manifold and exhaust bits. Collected them yesterday and its almost ready to go on:
so not a pretty sight for my old exhaust….RIP:
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will get some new gaskets i think lol
my new parts were in great condition but thought id kurust it all and soon to high temp spray it and wrap it with exhaust wrap which is currently in the post
More to come as of tomorrow hopefully when I finish work, things did come to a stand still but you all know how it is
thanks for looking, opinions ideas etc more than welcome!!! Carrie :mrgreen:
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Here's a list of future plans:
- Fit new exhaust system / downpipe / manifold within the next week
- Replace all gaskets within the next week
- Fix oil leak due to rocker cover gasket perished also within the next week
- Jet wash engine bay then primer and spray silver
- Re fit original grill that came with car with red frame rather than black
- GTI front spoiler
- Get Schmids back on again eventually with Toyo Proxes slightly stretched
- Coilovers
- New steering wheel (as mine had got damp and now holes in the leather)
- Re glue interior carpeting
- Find front drivers side arch spat
- Two new doors and re fit Audi 80 handles myself
- Sort at some point filler cap surround due to rust
- Fit new rear panel which is ready and waiting
- VDO gauges back in interior
- Red carpeting ready for boot
- Oil temp gauge
- Fit solenoid for boot
- Clean up and repair slight hole in sunroof
- A Cam
- Fit strut brace on front
- Save for a nice respray hopefully a slightly darker metallic silver
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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I love to have a go at stuff I'm defo more a hands on type person. If it looks rubbish just do it again….but better lol. Also saving up for spray gun and equipment (wanting to get into the trade). I will spray it all myself one day, and if that looks bad….will treat myself to get it done professionally, without a doubt
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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my olf exhaust with a temporary last depsarate repair while waiting for payday…
a coat of high temperature shizz
my custom parts from vwinston
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old (I say old, the springs and shocks have only been on there barely 6 months!)
Gravel driveways are a pain for keeping clean bits clean lol
Eric sat on his winter wheels 8)
Eric sat on his winter wheels, until the nicer weather comes
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Thanks got to do things very slowly as its my daily driver
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\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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Carrie :mrgreen:
\'Check Your Nuts!\' My partner has just been through an operation and chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer and is only 29. He had no lump or pain, just became swollen… If in doubt, get to the doctor!
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