83 Gti set to get full resto

Just my opinion, but I'd be putting the GTi arch trims on as well as original bumpers.

Yeah I might do that, got some there.

Melteddrummer said

Hi all, god it's been a long time since I was on here

Yes Yomp I have some updates. 

The car is running we280bhp, it's stupidly quick, however the handling is rubbish, I couldn't work out what was wrong with it as I'm running KW v2s and everything is brand new. It feels like the car wants to go straight forward when cornering. I think I may have Sussed it though, if you grab a 

This looks sweeeeeetttt!!!

Cheers Scotty

cheers  for the no , nigel

Only just joined the forum and been reading this from start to finish over the past few days. Absolute cracking read and love the car, looking forward to seeing the car in the flesh.

Giving me the inspiration to pull my finger out and get mine started.

Thanks very much MC1980 😎

It was a long slog getting her to where she is now but so worth the hard work. You're in the right place for inspiration and help, I couldn't have done it without the help of a good few people on here(you know who yous are) but the only way to get them finished is to crack on mate. 

Good luck with it and if you need any help just fire away👍

Andy😎

Testing the water here. My car may be going up for sale soon. I need funds to help with a career change, so thinking of giving the car up. Once I'm sorted, I'll probably be looking for another one haha. Anyway, since my last update on here the car has literally only been to a few shows. There's still a bit of work to do to finish her properly but to the right person it'll be nothing.

1. Electrics need looking at, I'm sure its just a bad earth somewhere but the battery light and the indicator light stay illuminated when the ignition is off, so I need to keep disconnecting the battery.

2. Interior needs finishing, I planned to do this once the electrics were finished so I could fit the carpet properly once done. I've got new red stripe cloth that I bought from heritage for a re-trim on the seats.

3. The engine sounds like it's hunting once warmed up, not sure if it's an air leak somewhere(most likely) or if it's something to do with fuelling? The car is a 20V agu with K04 conversion and the stage 2 map was done away from the car so could also be the culprit of the poor idle.

That's it for the nasties, everything else on the car is brand new. For those who haven't read this thread, give it read to see the work that has been carried out, it took 3 years and close to 2000 hours to get her where she is now. Although the car is still not quite finished, I wouldn't take a penny less than £10K. That may seem steep to some and may seem a bargain to others but that's what it'll take for me to part with her.

I'll post a couple of pics as she sits now.

PM me if interested.

For the work that's gone into this, it seems too cheap at £10k.

I know mate, I've spent double that if I'm honest but just trying to be realistic considering there's still some work to do to finish it. Like you say though, it is maybe too cheap, I'll only consider offers £10K or over.

Whatcha mate!

Sad to see it's up for sale but good luck with it and the career change

Ian

Aw man i wish i had the cash for this. If i had not took up karting last year n bought loads.of kit. I would have had this. I mind reading this when i was being built.

whatever happened to this? Was it sold or is it still going?

It's still going! I managed to keep hold of her. 

Still got a few plans for her. Going to change to DBW instead of cable. Interior still needs sorting when I finally get round to it haha.

Nice! I see you've updated your garage aswell, huh?  

What's the reason for converting to drive-by-wire? Any particular reason?

Wish it was my garage mate!! 😂 

Reason for wanting DBW is just for tuning/mapping etc. My car is running Standard management ME3.8, which is cable drive. Not many people do mapping for this now and I need to travel to get it looked at. If I upgrade to ME7.5, it gives me more options/ places to go for the mapping etc.

Are all the pics restored in this thread of the build?

Should all be there Rambling. My photo bucket is restored now 👍 hope you're well?!