New owner, new project.. 1.8gti..

Love this, keep up the good work  

GTI_Jim said

Love this, keep up the good work  

Thanks Jim. ☺️

Started to break down the engine for Aqua blasting, skimming and honing.. 




Piper modified cam, possibly? Lol









Turbo elbow, possibly cast by orks in a cave. Gonna need a pit of polishing me thinks.









I lick of paint before tidying up.









Broke down the turbo for cleaning a rebuilding.









I need to clean up the fins and casing, anyone know of anything I can soak it in?









Some original literature.









New winter wheels.. Need a little tlc, but nothing I can't handle. 

Great build. lots handy work all a learning curve.. the joys of being in tune with your MK1..top pics and thread. best luck…  :

Bought some winter wheels..









Not in the bestest of condition but a bit of tlc, they do just fine.



















I've disappointed a few people with my colour choice..









Reflex silver, same as the van..




Make shift drying table! Not the cheapest way of drying paint! Lol.
























Good enough for me.



















Gonna need to paint the drum and 30mm spacers, minimum! Lol.














VagROOTS next Saturday at the Ace Cafe. Get involved.

I think it looks great.  
    LMAO for that comparison pic in there.

Beeno said

I think it looks great.  
    LMAO for that comparison pic in there.

Ditto!  

Made some progress with the new wheels..




Tires fitted.









Spacers received. 














Apologies to the purists, I have a problem.














But if a night spit and polish..









Finished result.

How very 90's!  

I always hate myself for secretly liking 3 spokes  

Coming along nicely though Nick , i'm liking the contrasting colours!

BIGNICKC said

Made up my clocks too. ☺️

Quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen. The urge to Carlton Dance my spare set of clocks is unreal.

Now this is retro!!  

Cheers guys.. 

Here's a couple of pictures from VAGroots@Acecafe..
























Had a few sneaky pics of some flocking I gone get done! 

Flocking hell!!    

Wow you've been busy….

Thanks guys, hopefully the interior'll come together a bit with all these bits, it's a bit miss match atm.

Painted some bits and fabbed up the dash.

I've never been happy with the rear, trimmed,  panels. I was after a better quality finish, and ideally not a boot full of timber..




I've seen this stuff used in vans so I thought I'd give this a bash..




http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=191336083826




It was a lot thicker than I thought it would be, kind of like a thick felt.









Thought I'd try the old door cards.









Some of this.









Couple of pegs.














Aaand..









Well chuffed with the out come.

Wow, this is unique. Very well personalized. Not my style but I really love the concept!

Doesn't look bad at all - a nice flat finish given how thick the material is. Will be interested to see it fitted - and will the thicker material give you any fitting issues?

Nice idea though. I bought some black sound acoustic/deadening material off ebay to cover the back of the back seat in my MK2 Golf as the black card was all scratched. It was a quick easy fix as no gluing is required.

Compeast said

Wow, this is unique. Very well personalized. Not my style but I really love the concept!

Compeast said

Wow, this is unique. Very well personalized. Not my style but I really love the concept!

Cheers pal!
If you're doing it to some one elses spec, there's no point doing it..

Hairyarse said

Doesn't look bad at all - a nice flat finish given how thick the material is. Will be interested to see it fitted - and will the thicker material give you any fitting issues?

Nice idea though. I bought some black sound acoustic/deadening material off ebay to cover the back of the back seat in my MK2 Golf as the black card was all scratched. It was a quick easy fix as no gluing is required.

We'll see if there's any issues. 😁

It's kind of like the felt you'd give your kids to play with, but with a fluffy side.

Before I cut out the speaker hole I worked the hole with knuckles. (Oh err!) 



I'm gonna try and line the wheel tubs. Most of the contours in the back will be fine, but the spare wheel well will have to be cut out.