My MK1 Gti resto
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Pick up the car, it has been sitting near my dad work for ages so my dad ask if the owner would like to sale it. He said YES!!!!!
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A friend picked it up and took it to our work.
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Started stripping it down and having a good look whats needed.
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Had the car on ramp and see how bad it was underneath, Amazing not much!!!
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Wings off two holes on OSF side
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Cut bit of the rot see the inner sill.
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Order boot full of parts from Classic VW, VW heritage and Ebay.
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Took the paint of front and rear panel to see what the mater was like under it.
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Cut a bit of rot on rear wheel tub
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Tank out
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Removed any rust with a poly wheel.
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Took the paint off the sills.
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Heritage Wings Prep and hole welded up.
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Cut the rot out time
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Not as bad as I thought
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Brushed rust treatment, and sheet it up over night (Doors and tailgate off)
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See it working sort off
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Tailgate checked.
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Had to get a drivers door, one I got was from Spain rust free but loads of small dents!!! Paint all off then with use of Evercoat Ultra light skim.
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This maybe a daft question but will you not have issue doing some of those repairs whilst support the shell on the lift on its rusty sills? Or is that just for the inspection?
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Sach said
Sure I be asking loads of questions as I go!
I bet you will! That's what we're here for though, ask away
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joeskiii said
Is this a good rust treatment to use as iv found some nasty rust and holes under my front wing and need to no what to use to prepare them so the don't get any worse![]()
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Depends how bad it is, its done the job for me, How bad is it really for surface rust!
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