1985 BBS Mk2 GTI Retro K-jet (2021 Update)

Ahh.. good stuff. Wouldn't be so quick to junk the foam though; according to this thread VW now supply foam as opposed to the old plastic sheet type, although so far I've had no luck sourcing any despite daved's helpful provision of a part no.

Will be interested to see what it's like under the kit - good luck

How's the red one coming on now? Suppose that's on the back burner for the time being..

 

why not try the gti engineering jetta type stripes??

 

cheers bud may just try that

 

Well with my experiences with the foam on mk3 it is a Mother Trucker to get it to tick to the car and stay there for over a week and iv had no problems with the plastic sheets on past mk2's and it is easy to put on

and yes the red mk2 is on the back bench till the mk3 has gone

 

Spent yesterday after noon and most of the evening till it got dark cleaning the car

Started with a jet wash, cleaned it with Autoglym car wash 3 times it was really dirty, then leather down, clay bar,cut with megs ultimate finish compound,polished with Autoglym will wax it at the weekend.

Took the rear wiper are off i think it looks better without it a nice little mod


Took these this morning







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Another Few Bits form Wez photoshop (cheers mate)

Just a few ideas

 

i posted on the mk2owners club regarding the early door trim piece, i am collecting some early doors this weekd, so ill check for you.

i cannot see pictures either whilst in work, but i think i was watching this car on Ebay. glad it went to a good home. looked so original in the advert.

look forward to going home so i can look at the pics!

 

This


looks fantastic! Way, way better than the other stripe idea.

 

was it on eBay? i saw it in auto trader

Thanks guys no shore on the block side strips

 

hirschmann aerial would prob. have been used originally-if you can't buy new anymore then i'm sure one will turn up on ebay.

another vote for the thin/thick stripes between the wheel-arches-breaks up the 'fridge look' nicely.

 

did you just refer to my golf to a fridge?

 

Must mean its cool

 

car looks fine as it is.

a stripe as suggested would break up the overall "whiteness" is all.

 

was only joking i konw what you meant

 

I'd definitely change the wing mirrors to unpainted black plastic ones. Maybe a new set of registration plates too...?

 

Mad to think our car's are the same year, they look so different!

love it though, looks real clean for the money

 

cheers dan having a few problems with the car at the moment
oil temp is very high and and the fan cuts in after 10mins running on idle on my drive

as not having a K-jet before im at a lose [:^(]

 

Decided to clean up the engine bay today when it finally stopped raining
Cleaned all the connectors some nice corrosion starting on some of them
cleaned the bonnet which was the worst, The seal around one of the headlights had blown so i cleaned and re seal that back up took the grill off and cleaned the spot lights,
next job is to get my new doors membranes on which turned up today

Before when i got it


Today

 

Nice motor and agree the k-jet works a treat when setup correctly. Also have a white gti