mk1 16v project

So so so close now man! 

What happened when you tried starting it? 

Wheels look nice too matey. £50 a plug and drill ain't to shabby either! 

I know brad, well we found out it was timed up a tooth out, once that was sorted it starts and runs alrightish but apaz theres not power getting to the aux airvalve and hes tried tracing the wires but cuz ive had them hidden and cuz he never wired it, its like trying to find a needle in a hay stack, i think my next port of call is send it back to crazy quiffs if he cant sort it cuz theyll have a better idea of what it might be, and also the fuel pump primes when anything electrical is switched on/off :/ ... Oh and he also sed theres a missfire at around 3000 revs which hes tryin to sort but other than that its fine and dandy lol

Those wheels are lovely Chipster, very nice! Good price on getting the holes changed, adaptors wouldn't be much less tbh.

My adaptors will be about £40 each, hopefully collect them Tuesday and I'll put some pictures up, will be quite a complicated set up, plugging probably would have been easier.

I did think about adaptors but cuz these wheels arent very wide u can get a real nice tuck.inside the archs with these, otherwise id be all over adaptors

Thanks for the comments guys

chipster2407 said

I did think about adaptors but cuz these wheels arent very wide u can get a real nice tuck.inside the archs with these, otherwise id be all over adaptors

Thanks for the comments guys

What width are your front wheels? Mine are 7", really hoping they will tuck under the arches, don't want stretch tyres.

Mine a 7" aswell matey, i think the et is summat like 45  so they sit back a bit anyways , wat wheels u got buddy?

45 will tuck nice brother! They 15's? 

chipster2407 said

Mine a 7" aswell matey, i think the et is summat like 45  so they sit back a bit anyways , wat wheels u got buddy?

These are my babies-



Found them by chance on wheelwhores, love at first sight! Bought them instantly without considering the massive amount of work to mount them and the brakes    

How does the ET system work?

They're nice rims Pawzaa. What make are they?

smudger said

They're nice rims Pawzaa. What make are they?

They're Linea sport, 16 x 7 and 8, never seen them before, but think they'll look good on a mk1.

Brad - the front offset is et35, will these tuck?

Chipsets - sorry, feels like I've hijacked your thread    would love to see some before and after photos of your plugged rims. I'll post a picture of the adapters when I get them, might be of interest to you.

Matt

Brad. said

45 will tuck nice brother! They 15's? 

Nah there.16,s mate so dont.need.to go so low aswell to get much tuck

pazwaa said

chipster2407 said

Mine a 7" aswell matey, i think the et is summat like 45  so they sit back a bit anyways , wat wheels u got buddy?

These are my babies-



Found them by chance on wheelwhores, love at first sight! Bought them instantly without considering the massive amount of work to mount them and the brakes    

How does the ET system work?

oh actually buddy ive seen.them before on ur thread, there gonna look sweet,

Ha ha no worrys buddy

I've got some 16's too 

Keeping an eye on this now. 

Brad. said

I've got some 16's too 

Keeping an eye on this now. 

Wat the same rims as me? Or just 16s?

Is there anything u havent got brad?lol

No mate not the same, just the size. 16x7 et25   

Haha il take the other part as a compliment. 

Nah its jelousy brad  lol

well another update

got the car back from crazy quiffs and everything electrical and engine wise is finished!!!!!

it drives and runs sweet as a nut now thanks to them

in getting the car back I decided that im going to do the underneath of the car and thatll be it once that's done and then im gonna drive the s**t out of it ha ha

been on a spending spree lately

got the wheels back from being redrilled





bought some genuine mk1 wing mirrors as the flag mirrors were annoying when driving



got a powdercoated rear beam and all the trimmings to fit





got the rear discs and bearings kit



petrol tank that im gonna spray black



filler neck and stuff to fit





got some black paint and some epoxy mastic to do the petrol tanks and underside to the car



ive also started stripping the underneath back to bare metal so I can get it all done but I forgot to take photos of that as of yet but I will wen I get chance

You busy lad! I thought it was nearly done 

Nice 1 Chipster, you have been busy