Mk1 fomal-e MASSIVE update and shes finished! :D

Anyone who has been following this know that me and my dad have carried out all of the work and now shes finished!  After 2 weeks of hard work before my driving text to get her ready i failed my driving test!   :cry:



Seen as you cant get the 60.4mm engine mounts anywhere i decided to fit a 64.4mm which is more readily available. I had to machine a sleeve and weld the new sleeve in place, modify the mount etc. If anyone wants more info/pics p.m me! happy to help!



2" stainless steel rolled tip looks lush  


 Trim ready to be painted


New stonechip!


Getting ready for paint  



Fresh paint!


More fresh paint!


Teledials in black. I think they just look so right!  :mrgreen:



Calipers painted red


Trim and timing belt gaurd repainted


Under bonnet looks pretty clean compared to what it was like!

AND SHES FINISHED!


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Would really like to know what you all think  :mrgreen: So comment on here or pm me

Great car, nice wheels!
Any pics of the car before you started? What state was it in?

Thats looking fantastic. You have put some work in  

If you look on the projects about two months back. Theres loads of pictures of all the work me and my dad have done . Its called mk1 golf formal-e restoration and im only 17 or somthing like that!

I was polishing/compounding it for about a week! took the mickey and it was my last week off work aswell lmao. Definetley worth it though

looks good! exactly the same stance as my old one on teledials haha
they look tidy though well done

Great job done there mate,when you have past your test just be sensable I would hate to here that after all that hard work you started driving to fast and end up having an accident.
Can't say I like the wheels but we all have our own personal preferances to make our  cars how we as individules want them.
Formule E to a Gti,we love them all

Cracking work, very nice for a first car!… look after it.  

Thanks everyone! Means alot after all the hard work! Dont worry i will be careful driving it my dad has already told me he will take the wheels off and put my old steels on if he cathc me driving like a twit! haha

Looks brilliant. And the spray job looks really good quality. Did you manage to get all of the orange peal away and how did you do it? Looks like you managed anyway form the pics. I ask as Im spraying a car this weekend.

Hopefully you'll pass your test soon so you can enjoy it!

Hi ross. Orange peel is a bit of a bugger to get rid off as you may know and i rubbed it down with 1000 grit emery at first... but if you rub the slightest bit to hard even after 2 coats you can go back to primer. So after flatting it off my dad gave them another 2 lighter coats and they came up alot better and after compounding and polishing it has virtually disappeared! Who says you need a booth to spray!

Seen this around Wallasey looks great.

Cheers johno! Your cabby looks pretty tidy

cars looking great mate - what did you use to get the side trim looking so smart - i have some coming in a day or two that will need a refurb.

what do you advise??

Rubbed it all back and then my dad gave it about 3 coats of 2pac black and a few coats of lacquer paint

woops 2 pac black paint and lacquer*

cheers thankyou

Sure I've seen you along the m53 a couple times when I'm heading back from work. Usually about 4ish in the afternoon heading towards lpool. Looked sweet every time.

Yep thats me Gazvenn! I work in elsmere port . Cheers i always keep it clean

Well if you see a scruffy White 5 door bouncing past on the other side it's me although most the time I'm asleep in the van