My Helios Blue Cabby (Quick Tidy Up)

Hi all,

I bought this back in February/March cant remember exactly I was probably drunk when I said I would have it! Anyway my plan was to just tidy it up a bit and see where I end up maybe with thoughts of buying a better one in a few years if I get the bug.  Its my first VW and is fairly solid especially underneath however its far from perfect by the standards of your cars on here but I am not after creating an original show car just something to play with over the Summer and something that looks fairly presentable (Mainly at 70 MPH when it goes past!) maybe with time it will get a proper resto but for now here goes,

This is how she was the day I bought her,





And now just a couple of bits I have done to tidy her up,

Gave her a quick rub down filled as many of the little dings and dents as possible,





And a quick fresh coat of Helios Blue,








Anyway I have the car back at home now,



Rear bumper now added along with badges etc,



Badgeless front grille and tinted headlight added,



And now the front bumper in place along with an eyebrow spoiler,



New door cards had to be sourced as it had odd trim when I got it,




And also had to fit Mk2 Golf door check straps,



And for the moment that is it but I have much more to do and will keep this thread updated as often as possible  

Come on, get the rest up!  8)

its not for lack of trying mate bloody Photobucket is not playing ball! Arghhhhhhhhhhh

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Well I managed to finally add a couple more but Photobucket is still being an A@#e ! Anyway further to come, Thanks for looking.

Looking fantastic mate, looks just as good if not better in the flesh.

New A-pillar gutter trim now in place,



Clear side repeater fitted just the other side to do once I turn car around in garage,



And the first Clipper arch in place Drivers side front,



Took me a couple of mins to work out which arch went where but got there in the end, But due to the wheel arch liner slightly sticking down as in below pic,



I finally worked out the correct arch for it was the one with the slight cut out in it (Pic below) and the ones with no cut out were the rear ones! Might have been helpful for me to just ask eh!,

Old Franks factory flooring rubbish getting torn out what a mess just lots of odd pieces spray glued down!!,



Original VW carpet now in place its not perfect but a damn sight better than what it had,

No messing about. Is the clipper kit all on now?

No mate I got held up fitting a new electric aeriel before I finish kit had to remove inner arch liner to get at it so wanted to do that before I set about fitting clipper arch as it gets in the way slightly.

Drivers side rear arch now fitted along with nice big line in the paint ! anyway I will attend to that at a later stage,



Drivers side front arch now fitted,



Stainless polished wing bolts now in place too a very cheap addition at £9,



Stainless bonnet hinge bolts added too again cheap under £2,

Windscreen now removed in order to fir new rubber without the Chrome insert,



Screen back in place nice easy job under half an hour in total,



Couple more pics of how she is currently looking to date most of cosmetic stuff is now done but have some mechanical things to attend to now,







And new steering wheel added not to everyone's liking however im not building it for everyone lol it for me!

Todays additions,



And door handle too,

Looking good buddy! Can't wait to get a better look. Looks like you did a good job fitting the kit too.   8). Bring on Summer 2013!

Yeah I cant wait to get it on the road just need to freshen up all the mechanical stuff then its all go!

Done a couple of the mechanical jobs this week,


New discs and pads fitted along with bottom ball joints.

Also changed the steering rack today and got rid of this knackered one that had so much play in N/S and was totally rusted also no rubber gaitor over steering knuckle which has now been replaced with a new one,

Full gear linkage refurb also carried out today much much better now it does not feel like stirring soup anymore  

where did you get the steering knuckle cover from please?

Hello

I actually got i from a forum member but if you look on left side of main forum page ad click on crazyquiffs he sells them for around £37ish delivered which is cheaper than Ebay hope this helps