DubPartz has Landed

Hello All,

Just joined up to this very impressive site. Been driving MK1's on and off for 20yrs now, having also dabbled in MK2's and Corrado G60's as well as a long term love affair with the trusty Jetta. Currently have an '83 MK1 GTI in Alpine White, an '87 MK1 Cabby GTI in silver and a MK2 Jetta in black.

Cheers,
Mike

hi , and welcome to the club !!
MERRY XMAS  and  A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!    

Thanks for the welcome Flick and very best wishes to you too !

Hi Mike, any pics of your MK1's to tantalise us with? :wink:

hello mate, welcome to the forum. iv'e had a few bits from you in the past,

welcome dubpartz, i've been in contact with you on ebay, you could be a very popular boy on the website with your original veedub stuff.

Thanks chaps. I thought some of the names were familiar. Here's some pics of the tintop. The cabby is a recent purchase and needs a bit of TLC so I haven't included any pics of that.

Welcome aboard Dubpartz - tidy MK1  :wink:

Thanks Turbo. I think the side stripes were courtesy of your company   :wink:

Welcome dub was iyyou that told me about the idiot on ebay that was bidding against me himself for the wings?

Rob

It certainly was Rob. The fool won them twice !  :?  He said he was selling them on behalf of his mate, Graham and it just so happend that gsignsolutions (g for graham perhaps ??) won them twice. These in addition to many other items he was selling. It was so blatant. I alerted a few people who had bid on his items and I think one of them reported the seller to Ebay. No sign of him being booted off yet but he seems to be lying low. He didn't respond to my 'probing' question.
I mate of my would have been interested but it leaves a sour taste when you lose trust in a seller.

Anyway, thanks for the welcome

  

Mike

The bloke was in a place calles Bakewell near me and there just happens to be a company called SIGN SOLUTIONS in Bakewell

Rob

DubPartz said

Thanks Turbo. I think the side stripes were courtesy of your company   :wink:

Yep, believe they were - Glad they fitted ok.

Some little oik on ebay has just bought some recently and taking a copy of them and started flogging them as his own  :evil: . to say I'm miffed is an understatement. :twisted:  :evil:

Welcome aboard Dubpartz and merry christmas everyone!! Hope santa emptied his sack on your bed!  8O

Hi there dubpartz - love the GTI :y: . I've a white myself that I'm working on - has no side stripes and is on standard nine spokes. Your pics have convinced me sides stripes and ATS are the way to go. What size ATS wheels are they? How much did you pay for them?

Cheers

Thanks Mark. It's good to see another white one. I deliberated long and hard over whether to put the stripes back on after the car was resprayed but felt it looked naked without them, and even more so without the arch extensions. I feel the body looks too deep and far too white without the stripes to break it up.

Here's a before and after pic.



The wheels are the ATS Cups, but in a smaller size to the ones you'll usually see on MK1's & 2's. These are 6Jx15 with an offset of 35, so the cup is not as deep as the larger 7Jx15's with the offset of 28.
I did originally have that size fitted but suffered with arch rubbing problems on the rear, despite trying out both 50 & 45 series tyres.
I picked this set up in Germany a couple of years ago and they fit nicely under the arches. They had to be refurbed and as nobody locally offered a 'diamond cut' service I got them powder coated and eventually decided the black detailing needed adding so carefully did it myself by hand. It was fiddly          
The wheels cost me about ?80, plus ?120 for the refurb.

It was worth the effort! It looks great! It needed the stripes, you made the right decision!  

the black detailing certainly does make all the difference, welcome aboard m8.

The wheels cost me about ?80, plus ?120 for the refurb.

Sounds like an absolute bargain - car does look great. Totally agree about the stripes, particlualry in the bottom photo. So could be stripes and ATS this summer, the ATS classics have also taken my eye.