My 1983 Golf Mk1 GTI - The final push!

Lovely!

Are you gonna fit any front spoiler?

Thanks dude!

Yeah, I've got a duckbill in the garage. Will get round to fitting it soon, just want to get new coilovers on first and set the right height. At the mo I can't get up my drive with the duckbill on! hopefully won't have to raise the car too much!

Needs nothing but the duckbill <3 Perfect.

Looking real nice dude, I knew they'd look good on your motor! :wink:

Nice one! :mrgreen:

Thanks guys,

Raul - send me a pic of the D90s when refurbed on the mk2  :wink:

Coilovers arrived this morning    

Assembled them after spraying threads with Waxoyl, here they are along with the new top mounts and rubbers:





Should get these fitted tomorrow  :mrgreen:

Made some progress over the weekend, coilovers and duckbill fitted:

Before:



After:



Before:



After:



New top mounts in place:



Duckbill fitted:



Here's the car after setting levels, center caps will go on when tracking and camber has been done:

 

Really looks the business now, well done!

Dirrt said

Really looks the business now, well done!

Cheers dude, just a few silly bits to do now and then on to the engine!  

... Bit worried about speed bumps with the new duckbill

Whats the plans for the engine?

Would like to do a engine rebuild, get it looking as clean as others on the forum. Lots of inspiration on the site! Will be a very slow winter project. Might be next year though. I'm still learning!

You got a pic of your car?

Dirrt said

Whats the plans for the engine?

Btw, will probs be keeping engine standard

Not much to report at the moment, tracking and camber now done. Will be changing over to the p-slots for winter hibernation so center caps left off (such a pig to remove!). Just enjoying long drives with the last of the ok weather! Also getting a few plans together for over the winter months :-)

Just a couple of recent pics:

Looks sweet!!

How you getting on with the spax coiles?

How much lower could you go on them if you wanted to?

redpetemk1 said

Looks sweet!!

How you getting on with the spax coiles?

How much lower could you go on them if you wanted to?

Cheers man!

I'm really pleased with the coilovers, ride comfort is a lot better than before and now makes the car a joy to drive.  

Could go a fair bit lower on the back but only a tad lower on the fronts eg a few more turns. As I've got a sloped drive I'm as low as I can go! They definatly don't go as low as other coilovers 25-65mm only.

Ross987 said

 

ooohh yeah, that looks awesome mate!!! love it!
do you know what widths the wheels are, as i am thinking about making mine wider and they look spot on!!  

Cheers buddy,  

Here's the full details from memory:

Fronts: 6.5x15 with 165/50/15
Rears: 8.0x15 with 195/50/15 (3mm spacers)

Btw, your golf is very nice dude!  :mrgreen:

thanks man, and thanks again…..

i was thinking about going to 7" on the fronts and 7.5" on the rears…. but maybe i'll go 8" on the backs??

Lovely looking mate.

I was surprised how much I liked it on the D90's