started mk1 resto

finaly started my resto today got passengers wing of finaly and repaired bad filler work and rust repaired and primers and semi bolted bk on till got the paint now got drivers side of and will start the repairs on that tomoro just wondering what to use to get the stuff off the inner wings and then what to put back there inplace shall i use stone chip them paint over all help is welcome thanks

As far as i know, if you mean the underbody protection stuff, i think you need heat, a hot air gun (you can get them in diy shops) and a good old scraper and lots of time …
and yes stonechip`s good cos you can paint over it in the car colour afterwards.

cool i do that then because repaired the other wing now so before i bolt them on ill get the under body protection of thanks mate  

just thought i would upload some pics to show were im at well cleaned up both side of the engine bay now and under side of the bonnet looking alot better under now for how long it took me ha ha
this is what i found when got the wing of was presently suprise in verry good shape and so was the other side

this the wing after primer who ever had it before me and repaired it dont know what they used some sort of fiberglass well all sorted out now just got another couple of thing to do before go and buy the paint and now need to get rear brake cylinder and notice leaking on wheel and scrary when brakes went to the floor  

looking good... wish my panels were that clean under the bonnet

yeah is was as bad as ures when i got it mate and was worth it as when was cleaning and painting under the bonnet found i had a webber 34 car on her so thats a bonnus ha

wussy said

yeah is was as bad as ures when i got it mate and was worth it as when was cleaning and painting under the bonnet found i had a webber 34 car on her so thats a bonnus ha

my dad has just bought me a 34 weber, but its for a 1.1 so it needs re-jetting

now my suspension is done so i can finally get some de-waxoyling done

although not this weekend, work work work

also, you've chosen the wrong place i think for your axle stand… i would put it where the wishbone meets the body.. directly back (ish) from where youve got it.. gets it out of the way 8)

cool i havnt drove my car yet its doin my head thats why im trying to get as much done and the axel stand was moved after that photo   i realized were i put it but the webber car seems to be bomb proof and its a webber and hope goes all well when next got some money that the next thing ive gotta do

suspension its like a 4x4 on water   ive got some new wheels to go on it some 14inc bbs one that i referbed so wanna bring the car down a lil to sit nearer the wheels with some wheel spacer

what suspension did you put on your i wanna save up for some coilovers least then i can adjust the hight cuz dont want it to hight or to low

wussy said

what suspension did you put on your i wanna save up for some coilovers least then i can adjust the hight cuz dont want it to hight or to low

i got some BOGE ones, but for coilovers you're probably better looking for either Bilstein or Eibach to be honest

yeah iv been looking at them on the ebay but need to get MOT sorted first rear brake cylinder gone and cant get it of for no one all the bolts rounded of bluddy thing

got the back plate and all the inerds off rear brake drums and decided while of referb all the parts like drum pads brake cylinders and cleaned all the parts but  what a pain to  get cylinders of all rounded of so cut them of and put new bolts in  

and post some pics of car got bumper of and quite like the front with out bumper but not sure where to put the number plate after puting the side repeaters in for indercators any hint welcome

I think it was Lawsy who has just done this - looked pretty tidy. Take a serach of his threads or it may be in the 'post a pic of your favourite MK1' thread?

Cheers
Andy

thanks mate done the rear brakes now thought would do both side just so dont have to get old brake fluid of my new alloys from the other cylinder going  was a pain but done now just need to bleed them later when dads bk  still dont know what to do with the bumper thing
 
i still like this front

You could get the large GTI spoiler on the front panel and attached no plate to that, seen that done before

That 205 next to your MK1 looks in a bit of a mess! 8O

yeah mate thats sound a good idea just watching one of them front duck bill spoilers on ebay got 4 days left hope to get that and will see what it looks like chears mate mechanic coming up to sort the breaks out no pressure bleed them and no air but no pressure so when that sorted out will see what money got left for the spoiler and some low profile tyres for my alloys    need some longer wheel nuts for my alloys so might go straight to 10 mm wheel spacers hits two birds with one stone wider stance then  

and the pug 205 thats mine sprayed it focus st orange because im a painter buy trade then sold it on ebay 2 weeks ago and the same day a speeding car not looking at the road plowed into me and riped the door post of the floor so dats a right off

so selling the bits of that to fund my mk1 golf the car i wanted in the first place but alls well that ends well i got my mk1 golf and getting the wings painted this week get them out of primer then move to the rear archs  will get away with reparing one side but the other i might have to weld a patch in we will see what lies behind them plastic gard  :dontknow:

well spent some money today 120 to be exact on two tyres had them ordered in im going for the small wide look so got some 195/40/14 so nice and wide and low cant wait to get them on

finaly got my petrol cap nothing amazing put now got that duck tape of it looks loads better  and finaly got tyres on two of my wheels when get more money will get another 2  tyres then can get them on with my wheel spacers and try and get as much done to it before run to the sun

well started taking the gunk of the inner archs well started with scraper then decided to go with the wire wheel on the grinder but this takes it down to the metal so will get some primer on monday so can get in primer straight away not sure if gonna go for the smoth finish under there just wondering to wanna update brakes will gti disks and pads fit under my gl caliper thanks and will get some pic soon

It amazed me how much cack can get stuck to your inner arches!! Fills your lungs up!

Don't get too obsessed with discs unless you're putting a really potent motor in. I was - and was adamant that I would keep my rear discs after doing my resto. However, had a spin in chudds 8V and with rear drums the brakes are just as good!

It would save you some effort and ???! :wink:

Cheers
Andy

chears mate so just get some new original disk and pads will do the trick and that sxxt gets every were and so much all that of is alot of wait
but soon get it done then the wings bk on and in for the mot then can drive it yes yes yes