Jolfa's 3.8 32v MK2 - Mounts finished!

Jolfa · 22nd May 06, 12:33

came from ebay for £900 in the end

only mods: polished manifolds, bbs lookylikeys, sony cd player

engine has done 1800miles, everythings been replaced by new VAG stuff, by the chap, who is the parts manager at parkway vw in derby, swonderful, and in the colour i was after too

more pics to follow...

Deako · 22nd May 06, 12:36

"Jolfa buys decent car shocker, and spends more than £50 while doing it"

Looks lovely mate, dont see many Silver 16vs about.

darrynK · 22nd May 06, 12:43

how long til he kills it?

place your bets now....

bigben · 22nd May 06, 13:12

Absolutely sweet motor - and a great price too ! Good to hear that there are good deals to be had out there on eBay. You must be well chuffed !

GTILass · 22nd May 06, 13:17

did i hear it works?

give it eternal tlc jolfa

nice buy

mat-mk3 · 22nd May 06, 13:34

1800? 18,000 Or 180,000??

funkbaron · 22nd May 06, 13:35

Awesome buy - have you actually picked it up yet? Fit the ATS's and it'll look top - oh, and defo stick with the small bumpers, please

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Originally Posted by mat-mk3

1800? 18,000 Or 180,000??

that's 1800 miles - it had a rebuild with genuine VAG parts....Jolfa got a bargain!

Jolfa · 22nd May 06, 15:42

few little probs so far: stereo turns off with the ignition and forgets all the stations, small water leak from the cyl head (which ive since told the chap about and he's sending me a new gasket FOC) the boot central locking doesnt work and i have a slow puncture (which isnt that slow at all.. nevermind) and the backbox exhaust rubbers have gone astray

will all be fixed the next time i go to visit my old valver, have all my bits to go in; electric recaro's, half tints (or crystal m3's, undecided probably half tint), boge shocks, better electric window motors (these ones are veeerrrry slooowww) strut braces, all my stereo stuff, and even a tinted interior light

thin 90 spec side strips..

then get some ats cups, will be lovely

and yes, one thousand-eight hundred miles on the engine

Gareth83 · 22nd May 06, 16:35

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Originally Posted by Jolfa

few little probs so far: stereo turns off with the ignition and forgets all the stations,

thats a case of swapping over the red and yellow wires if i remember rightly

tonk · 22nd May 06, 17:13

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Originally Posted by Gareth83

thats a case of swapping over the red and yellow wires if i remember rightly

Correct

AndrewF · 22nd May 06, 17:38

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Originally Posted by darrynK

how long til he kills it?

place your bets now....

thats what i was gonna say

watch out for those kerbs now.

whats the actual mileage on the clock? and is it as mint as it looks in the pics?

pRot3us · 22nd May 06, 17:47

Please tell me you've hung up your VW Grim Reaping scythe with this car

mat-mk3 · 22nd May 06, 19:08

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Originally Posted by funkbaron

that's 1800 miles - it had a rebuild with genuine VAG parts....Jolfa got a bargain!

Nice one!

chris'sgti · 22nd May 06, 19:26

That is a nice piece of motor there.

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Originally Posted by darrynK

how long til he kills it?

place your bets now....

If he hasn't already, I'll give him till 10.30 on Wednesday morning

cometbluecoupe · 23rd May 06, 11:09

Hey dude - got one exactly the same myself. Saw yours on the bay - looked really good except i was put off by the rust around the windscreen and lower back panel..Good luck with it thou - quite a rare colour i think ive not seen many big window small bumper ones like ours..

Dan

Jolfa · 23rd May 06, 13:40

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Originally Posted by Gareth83

thats a case of swapping over the red and yellow wires if i remember rightly

join the yellow to the same place as the red

i know.. i just havn't had time to do it yet

rust will be sorted asap, cant have the window frame rusting through again...

still undecided on big/small bumpers though, they're staying until i get roundto lowering it, but. i dunno..

also all my cars that have died had one thing in common (not the driver...) the headunit... so ive decided its cursedand will consiquently not be fitted in new car

needs a name though...

Jolfa · 23rd May 06, 13:42

one thing about it... it feels really sluggish

AndrewF · 23rd May 06, 15:22

keep it on smalls

prof · 23rd May 06, 16:47

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Originally Posted by Jolfa

engine has done 1800miles, everythings been replaced by new VAG stuff, by the chap, who is the parts manager at parkway vw in derby, swonderful, and in the colour i was after too[:)

more pics to follow...

interesting, i think i sold him a mk2 16v engine about 2 years ago ;)

Jolfa · 11th June 06, 15:47

been a busy little beaver lol, cant really tell, but its 40mmish lower, and the obvious, big bumpers, recaro's, and the less obvious no red band on grille, colour coded plinth, stereo is now in the centre console where i like it, tinted interior light

,my sub's in (no 6x9's etc though as they're shagged, the standard stuff is better) rear strut brace is in

16v lights, chinese door handles and fogs in the post, german plates soon, got the 90 spec arches and sills to go on, gl front lip for the back, full stainless system, door speakers, front strut all to be fitted havnt got round to that

also have a corrado dash id like going in, but the clocks i fear could be a pain...

i'll be after a rallye front and some ronal ls/ats cup/borbet c's soon... but im a bit poor at present...

Phil · 11th June 06, 16:51

Looks like a nice thing that. Well done.

Going to change the arches too?

Jolfa · 11th June 06, 17:00

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Originally Posted by Jolfa

got the 90 spec arches and sills to go on, havnt got round to that

yup

pRot3us · 11th June 06, 18:51

looking good

funkbaron · 11th June 06, 18:54

Jolfa, do you sleep in your car - those seats are full-on laid back style!

Good effort, will look much better with the 16v half-smoked hella rear lights.

Claypole · 11th June 06, 19:21

Could have cleaned that nasty looking stain off the seat first.