part-way through renovation of underside

Took advantage of the longest day today (or is it tomorrow?) and worked outside until 10:30pm, the final assembly and packing up the tools, under spotlight:

:clap: looks good enough for an MOT to me  :wink:

Yep, it was yesterday!

Like the pic 8)

passed with flying colours i take it !!

No way near ready for the MoT yet! Still LOADS to do on it! There's no point rushing to get it through the MoT for it only to fail on something.

paul_c said

Took advantage of the longest day today (or is it tomorrow?) and worked outside until 10:30pm, the final assembly and packing up the tools, under spotlight:

Concered the 'Rabbit' is missing  8O

chudd said

paul_c said

Took advantage of the longest day today (or is it tomorrow?) and worked outside until 10:30pm, the final assembly and packing up the tools, under spotlight:

Concered the 'Rabbit' is missing  8O

Its been caught and found by its rightful owners, after an extended holiday in my garden. Poor little rabbit, they don't look after it properly! It enjoyed its stay alongside the Golfs.

Another update. Since the last time, I've almost completed the front suspension and brakes, bled the rear brakes, gotten the left front wing back on, attended to a couple of loose components under the bonnet, fixed an exhaust leak, done an interim service and painted the rest of the underside and sills. Here's a pic of the car in the air, just painted underneath:

Good stuff paul 8)

I didnt know you had to repair your fuel filler cap panel cos it looks like its been sprayed in primer :dontknow:

So what needs to be done now for the MOT?

:y: good work

nice shot of the car in mid air  

Out of curiosity Paul, which jacking points did you use when you had all 4 wheels off the ground?

Rich

Keep it up Paul, your just about there. I shall need to get on with mine but the bloody hedge needs cutting first

Its supported using pieces of wood with slots cut, to fit snugly under the sills, combined with axle stands; and a trolley jack/board of wood/board of plastic on the rear axle.

Not much for MoT now. I'm waiting on the wheels to be refurbished, then a set of new tyres, then I can set the ride height properly and do the camber and tracking. There's a bit of tidying up of the bodywork, a bit of paint and a thorough clean. The fuel filler area was a little bit rusty so it was cut out and a new panel made for this.

awesome work mate, always a pleasure to see someone looking after and sorting out a car

good done,keep course  :wink:

Tidying up the bodywork where I've welded on the outside is proving a long task, I'm on the 4th application of filler and every time I've sanded it down, I've accidentally gone through to bare metal, so I've had to reapply etch primer! But I think it only needs a skim of stopper over it now, then its ready for primer and top coats.

I picked the wheels up today, took them straight to the tyre fitter for 5x brand new Dunlop SP Sport 200 175/70R13s to be fitted, they'll look as good as new!

So the rest of the day was spent swapping over to the 'other' set of 9 spokes (quite tiring in the midday heat!) and setting up the final ride height, camber and tracking. Here's how I did the camber:



The car is supported by the wishbones to simulate weight on the wheels, one side by bricks and a sheet of board, the other side by trolley jack and a board, this allows it to be precisely levelled (see spirit level on front panel).



Then I attached the gauge to the brake disc and adjusted the eccentric bolt, I wanted to set 0.5? negative camber but in the end I could only set 0.4?.

I spent a couple of hours setting up the tracking, but then I noticed some minor rubbing (inner side of tyre on spring base) so I had to go up 10mm at the front, so I need to recheck the camber and tracking! The final ride height is 85mm lowered, although with the 175s I could probably go to 100mm lowered if I compromised on the camber setting, making the wheels less negatively cambered.



Anyway, here is the result of todays work, you can now see the desired look on the 9 spokes with the lowering. I took it for a tiny little drive up and down the street, and its well bumpy (a couple of bangs on severe bumps) but it can negotiate speed humps and no funny noises on the straight & level!

i took my bbs rs wheels off and put my original 9 spokes (also refurbed) on and really do think the car looks great on them

stunning
look.  

marsredgti said

i took my bbs rs wheels off and put my original 9 spokes (also refurbed) on and really do think the car looks great on them

stunning
look.  

I had a set of BBS wheels, also have a set of Scala (Avus) alloys, but for me the 9 spokes are the right looking wheels. I'm going for the original look, the only difference is the lowering. I've seen cars with BBSs, other alloys, different grilles, subtle chrome additions, M3 style rear lights, non-stock colours, etc. There's something 'right' about the original which I find very appealing.

A bit more progress today, despite working through the boiling hot weather! I finally set the tracking to the correct values, after checking and taking the wheel off and on 8 times and a couple of ride height adjustments too.

I did some more bodywork on the outside, its getting flat using knifiny putty which is a very smooth filler in a tube. Black is such a pain to prepare, its not going to look perfect but it will do me for now. I can't afford to get it done by a bodyshop!

I also wire brushed, scraped, cleaned, degreased and painted in etch primer the inside floor area. I was running low on primer so I only did the rusty areas, which ended up being around 2/3 of the floor! These areas will be hidden by the carpet and floor mat eventually, so I'm going to paint the floor section in a thin coat of stonechip, with the visible sides of the boot in the correct topcoat finish.


Half way through, this will be painted black tomorrow.

loving this thread mate. keep up the good work

you make it look easy for when i goota do it. will be looking back at these and making notes