My GTI, 2.0 16v progress...

Picked this up earlier  




 

After driving my civic for 3 months i forgot how rubbish mk1 brakes are :evil:


Better pictures to come when the better weather turns up

Looks very nice

. Looks very nice , will let you know about next meeting

Looks like the twin of mine; Mars red, Y-Reg, 1800(?), single headlamp, no sunroof. Snap!

Been quite busy with this recently, stripped all the suspension and brakes off the car, had the full polybush kit i had fitted, then i went on a clean and paint mission.


lovely green anti corrosive primer:


SDC14222 by gtifanboy, on Flickr

Shiny hammerite:
 

SDC14226 by gtifanboy, on Flickr

Some goodies that turned up the other day  


SDC14223 by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Now ive got to crack on with the rear beam and ARBs, and get it all fitted back together with my coilovers  




also thought is stick this up, took it on the way back from liverpool a while ago  shame i only had my phone  

Abit of progress, completely stripped the rear axle, polybushed all round, all hammerited up, new stainless outer arb clamps* and all new brake lines  

First pic has middle arb polybushes in already as i was going to leave the outers alone, then i found replacement clamps so manned up and got the grinder out!


Axle Before... by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Axle After... by gtifanboy, on Flickr

Plan for tomorrow, fit to car along with the rest of the fronts, bleed brakes and go for a blast about  :dance:


*b*stards to fit       

Where did you get the rear anti roll bar bush clamps from? And how much?

here!

i found them really tricky to pull together but got there in the end thanks to a g-clamp, some mole grips, a hammer and my mum  

£35.70?

yep, bargain  8O

Indeed.....

All done with the suspension, ill let the photos do the talking, you can probably tell by the amount that im buzzing about getting it done  


Side view - Before by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Side view - After by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Front before by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Front after by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Rear before by gtifanboy, on Flickr


Rear after by gtifanboy, on Flickr


SDC14272 by gtifanboy, on Flickr


SDC14273 by gtifanboy, on Flickr


arch gapz? by gtifanboy, on Flickr


SDC14278 by gtifanboy, on Flickr


SDC14289 by gtifanboy, on Flickr



 

I like the before and after pics, nice work

Looks very good mate

Nice job  

Looking good, sits nice , how you find the coilovers ride ?

Looks really good. I have just finished my rear end. But still a few bits to replace.

das_auto said

here!

i found them really tricky to pull together but got there in the end thanks to a g-clamp, some mole grips, a hammer and my mum  

best quote of the year  

Thanks all, took a while but definitely worth the hassle  

mk1jim said

Looking good, sits nice , how you find the coilovers ride ?

Theyre really good, abit bouncy at first but now they seem to have settled it handles solid. still need to sort the tracking amd camber so will be awesome

I might need to raise it a little, tyres scrubbing whilst doing 70 :wink: on the m1 was scary  :?


Quick snap from VW Festival on the lowdownvw club stand    broke the front spoiler on the floor  :cry:  

Looks spot on mate I would love to do my rear axle as well, might get round to it over the winter if I have the knowledge to do it  :dontknow:

Keep the updates coming

Massbad69 said

Looks spot on mate I would love to do my rear axle as well, might get round to it over the winter if I have the knowledge to do it  :dontknow:

Keep the updates coming

cheers, no part of the rear was technically difficult, just abit frustrating trying to get it back together without ruining the lovely fresh paint

also i cut the rear bushes in half in the end with a stanley knife as they werent playing ball, no issue though as the mounting bolt squashes it together anyways