The Rat Look Debate
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The Rat Look Debate
1983 Polo CL - daily
1984 Golf G60 Syncro - sold
1989 Rallye Golf - sold
1992 Corrado G60 - crushed
1989 Polo C - chopped and crushed
1991 309 Style - crushed
1984 Golf G60 Syncro - sold
1989 Rallye Golf - sold
1992 Corrado G60 - crushed
1989 Polo C - chopped and crushed
1991 309 Style - crushed
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Old Timer
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Old Timer
And the interior rocks my world.
Cars that have weathered and show their age can be sweet as, IMO.
But I don't like the whole sanded down/made to rust stuff.
Yradave says relax.
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whatalotafun said
can anyone tell me how low that is?
i wanna go that low.
may even go rat too.
concentrate on your project :wink:
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It's the car's that someone just can't be bothered with and then they call them rat that I don't have any time for
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SEAN1151 said
whatalotafun said
can anyone tell me how low that is?
i wanna go that low.
may even go rat too.
concentrate on your project :wink:
you're right, back on track.
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but i dont always like it when such a beautiful car is somewhat destroyed, jst becos its cheaper!
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just food for thought my car i havn't got the space to fully restore her till work picks up and we move so i painted her one colour as cheap as poss, everything is new underneath she leaves our gti for dust and a lot off newer 'sports' cars too. whats your opinion on it?
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orov716y said
i like em!!
just food for thought my car i havn't got the space to fully restore her till work picks up and we move so i painted her one colour as cheap as poss, everything is new underneath she leaves our gti for dust and a lot off newer 'sports' cars too. whats your opinion on it?
I don't like the manufactured rat at all, usually looks daft but there are one or two examples around that are well done and look okay!
Mark mate, yours is the real thing, no fake rusting which is good, the kit looks brilliant now too. One thing though, you need some G60 steelies on there.
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pretty much sums it up..
Not trying to be rude but a pro paint job for a grand is gonna be a cheapie *unless* the car is tiny and all the prep has already been done so all the painter has to do is finishing prep and shoot the paint..
And as such it wouldn't surprise me one bit if prep has been skimped on and rust is coming through, most of the time you get what you pay for..
That said 6 months is a p1ss poor showing as even a quick blow over I'd expect to look reasonable for a couple of years…
Personally imho rust is like cancer it spreads everywhere where you cant see and destroys your car, at the first signs of a bubble or a blister on any of my toys cars it's straight out with the grinder and the welder to get shot of it, I'd rather run a 100% solid and rust free car with a couple of blown in bits of paintwork than a shiny old nail that's falling apart under the paint..
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rov716y said
whats your opinion on it?
It ain't worth ?2k!
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Local Hero
Oh dear!
See, that's the difference between tatty and ratty. IIRC that car started out as a not-too-bad Series 1 petrol auto, too….
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paul_c said
IIRC that car started out as a not-too-bad Series 1 petrol auto, too….
no it started out as a s1 shell with missing panels and half a 1.5 engine and a auto box. too much missing to make it work and i had a 1.6d working with a good manual box.
ingnore those for sale thread as i'v decided to keep her.
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The original will be a classic indefinitely. The rat look is just a fad (i'll admit though, some of them do look quite good!).
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rov716y said
paul_c said
IIRC that car started out as a not-too-bad Series 1 petrol auto, too….
no it started out as a s1 shell with missing panels and half a 1.5 engine and a auto box. too much missing to make it work and i had a 1.6d working with a good manual box.
ingnore those for sale thread as i'v decided to keep her.
Apologies, the point being that the series 1 wasn't completely rotten, and the money/time/effort required to restore it to its original condition wouldn't have been that much? How much is a secondhand 1.5 engine? What else was missing too?
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rov716y said
paul_c said
IIRC that car started out as a not-too-bad Series 1 petrol auto, too….
no it started out as a s1 shell with missing panels and half a 1.5 engine and a auto box. too much missing to make it work and i had a 1.6d working with a good manual box.
ingnore those for sale thread as i'v decided to keep her.
You got a bit of stick on edition 38 :wink:
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paul_c said
Apologies, the point being that the series 1 wasn't completely rotten, and the money/time/effort required to restore it to its original condition wouldn't have been that much? How much is a secondhand 1.5 engine? What else was missing too?
doors glass bonnet most off the interior trim dash. when i have the space/money to restore her she will be going back to her original colour inari silver with the 1.9td engine still their! (i feel we're going a little off topic)
she is ratty for now untill i can fully restore her!
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