My mk1 - ex Impact/Dubsport car

Small update. The spare wheel well finally turned up from Werk34 and hopefully thats in the car by now. Also the section of chassis leg has been welded in too but dont have any photos just yet.


I've also painted the engine for the red car using POR 15 products. Its 100% better than it was.






Then started bolting parts to it

MR_LONG said

Small update. The spare wheel well finally turned up from Werk34 and hopefully thats in the car by now. Also the section of chassis leg has been welded in too but dont have any photos just yet.

How coincidental!
I have been wondering where to get one of these from!

89Euros for the panel.
How much was the shipping from Germany?

Just checked mate and in total it came to  107 Euro including the shipping  

how long did it take from the day you ordered it till you got the wheel well iv been waiting since may still havent got mine yet 

I think when I ordered it they said it was out of stock and would be 3-4 weeks but in the end it was more like 6 weeks mate.
I e-mailed them after 4 weeks to ask and just got a reply saying it would be 3-4 weeks    It turned up a week or so later.

Well unfortunately the car has come to a complete standstill at the moment  But not to be put off, I thought I'd try to get the redun sorted.
Well as usual it starts off small and quickly turns into something big. Getting the bay and inside footwells painted has turned into the whole car  Heres some pictures of what I've been up to








And heres the car outside for the first time in 7 years and off to get painted








Hopefully get her back next week
 

gonna be red still?

Looking really nice so far. Great job with motor.  

Yeah she's staying red. I toyed with the idea of Porsche blood orange a few years back but its the darker shade of mars red as before. Deleting the exhaust cut-out as well.

Thanks Beeno, I can't believe how well the engine looks compared to when I first got it  

Are you going to mount the exhaust out under rear panel then?

MalC said

Are you going to mount the exhaust out under rear panel then?

No mate. The exhaust is already downswept (more like a diesel) so its just a case of filling the gap. It just means the car doesnt have a visible tail pipe.

You can sort of see its missing in this pic

looking forward to seing it in paint  

any pics of the said colour?

browner01 said

any pics of the said colour?

Its just the same as it was mate. It was previously re-painted in the 90's and the lad chose the slightly darker Mars Red as opposed to the later (slightly oranger shade)

When I bought it I had the rear arches and wings painted and the bodyshop I used at the time used the wrong shade - which always bugged me

Edit - More pics











Also got my old seats stripped & the centres out my Recaros.




Refitting was a bit of a pain (bolsters need cleaning)

Wel the red mk1 has arrived home.
Putting her back together should be fun  

Heres a couple of photos. So far only managed to get the side trim, back lights and passenger side quater glass in
Hopefully should be some more progress over the next couple of weeks

Wow looks stunning.  

Oh wow nice paint - love the seats too  

very nice indeed, great to see this coming back together…

nice seats too    

Thanks guys
I'm over the moon with it all so far.
 I WILL drive a mk1 again next year  

Dude, you own two of my favourite mk1s of all time!!

Not had a chance to rear the whole thread (but I will) but whats the plan for HCL mk1?