Hello from a new mk1 gti cab owner

Hi all,

I have been advised to join the forum from a couple of members over at golf gti uk so i have!  

Ive been vw mad for ages, ive always liked dubs.  My daily is a mk4 golf so im usually on the mk4 forums.  However, I bought myself a 87 plate mk 1 karman cabriolet 1.8 gti literally a day ago! So ive come over here to learn lots about them! as ive got loadsa of questions already haha!

So yeah Hi from me!  Will be good to get to know you all!

 

Welcome Scott, thanks for coming by :wink:

Have you got any pics of your cabby for us? Feel free to bombard everyone with questions - you should get the answers you're looking for

Andy 8)

Hi Andy,

Yeah heres a pic of her, i brought her home last night so she is as she was at previous owners..she could do with a good wash and wax!



Dont suppose you know what bhp the engine is?

Its a 1.8 GTI dx engine i do believe

Thanks,

Scott.

hello mate havnt been here long myself either. nice car!!

hello and welcome to the mad house

Standard 1.8 GTI is 112 BHP. How sorted is it? Looks quite tidy.

I'd change the number plates to standard (legal) ones before you get pulled, esp if going to VW shows as the police seem to be hanging around shows for this purpose - they were pulling people at Dub Freeze

hi there welcome along to the site, glad you found us

as hairyarse has said i would get some standard plates on , as the police are getting really hot on number plates.

Hairyarse said

Standard 1.8 GTI is 112 BHP. How sorted is it? Looks quite tidy.

I'd change the number plates to standard (legal) ones before you get pulled, esp if going to VW shows as the police seem to be hanging around shows for this purpose - they were pulling people at Dub Freeze

Hi,

Yeah i will stick stnadard plate on it when i get it back on the road (i need to tax it) the previous owner used to drive with them black and white plates on and keep a standard set in the car lol.

It is quite tidy i tink..i dont know a lot about mk1 cabs to be honest but overal it looks prettty tidy, it obviously has a few blemishes here and there but youd expect that from a 22 year old car i guess lol, im pleased with it thogh despite the few marks on it.  

Id like to get it all shiny and clean wax it etc, would also like to eventually get the bay nice and tidy… anyone got any good tips or ideas about keeping the bay clean and tidy? id like to get the rocker cover shiney but i think that will be quite a mission!

Cheers,

Scott.

Elbow grease, it's the only way Scott!

Hairyarse said

Elbow grease, it's the only way Scott!

haha, looks like thats my weekends taken up for a few months! lol

What products do you guys suggest?

Cheers!

Scott.

'Gunk' is a good buy, still need the old elbow but it does degrease well

Hairyarse said

'Gunk' is a good buy, still need the old elbow but it does degrease well

it has like a light covering of rust too.. lol..i remember using a tube of stuff when i was kid on my bmx.. chromo or something like that? think it was like a cutting compound type thing to bring up the shineyness!?  Will try find some of this 'gunk' stuff!