Had s lightly productive day Managed to 90% split the rear beam with just one snapped stub axle bolt. Had a go at drilling out but drill bits weren't man enough. Stub axles and carriers have been wire wheeled ready for paint, gearbox has had two coats with just one more to go Not the best picture but a before and after of the mk4 rear callipers (only picked them up yesterday) Had a go at the tailgate as well Just needs a skim or two of filler and ready for paint Keen to get the 'frenched' one off (It'll be up for grabs if anyone's interested)
The rear beam refurb is coming along GTI axle - sanded and painted Mk4 Callipers - sanded and painted New pads New discs New bearings New stub axle bolts New calliper carrier bolts New Calliper bolts Powerflex polybushes Goodridge braided conversion hoses Just need to make up the hardlines and will replace the bleed nipples as well
Another piece to the puzzle You down with OBP? Yeah, you know me (not a lot of people have got the reference yet ) Decided on ditching the servo and swapping to hydro clutch so opted for a floor mounted pedal box. I had my eye on a bare pedal box on eBay but went above my limit, then a few mins later found this one. Brand new and never fitted (just dusty from storage) complete with master cylinders and reservoirs. Now all the brake lines will need replacing and planning on running through the car instead. The hard lines are nearly made for the axle, just need to fit the ends and they've been wrapped in heat shrink for some extra protection. The rest will get the same treatment
A few bits more have been done and now decided to take the car off the road to fit the new engine, gearbox, pedal box etc Had a go at tackling the standard tailgate as well and hasn't come out too bad for a temporary fix until getting the body worked on further down the line All from a rattle can and needs a bit of flatting and polishing but doesn't look too bad considering The electrics have been passed back through and a new boot lock has been purchased and fitted, all that's left to do now is fit the glass which I'm not looking forward to 'Frenched' boot lid removed and the other is now fitted in place If anyone is interested in the 'Frencehed' one it is up for grabs I'm really not normally a fan of red cars and this one does stand out (in my eyes) more than the usual tornado and mars but still hankering for a colour change Playing with the idea on Monza Blue but this won't be happening for a while with everything else that needs to be done. Focussing on the chassis first and then hit the body after
Thanks buddy - means a lot given what you're achieving Looking for the time to whip out the old engine, tidy the bay a little and drop the new motor in Still need to fit the pedal box, rear beam and Porsche front brakes however still on the hunt for someone that can machine done the current adapters to run 280mm discs
Haha That's brilliant This is probably the only colour red i like and with it not being a true GTI red and with the car being chopped around a fair bit i figured blue was the way to go. The colour change won't be happening for a while yet as going to concentrate more on chassis upgrades and getting the new motor in before committing to bodywork Had some spare time recently and decided to bolt the freshly painted gearbox to the engine Still need to tidy up the brackets and the shift tower but planning on getting the engine as close as possible to complete before replacing with the current one. Trying to make sense of the OMEX loom is interesting so will be asking questions when it comes time for that Getting the floor mounted box in is going to be interesting and probably need to get a mobile welder to tack in some brackets for it then onto finishing the braking system once the handbrake cables and beam to body flex-hoses have been purchased Recently picked up a spare rear small bumper for ... 1 and planning on deleting the number plate recess from the front bumper to give a tidy look Slowly but surely it seems to be coming together
Bit of an update Managed to get the standard tailgate on and replace the 'frenched' one Still needs: Polishing Back to black on the plinth and spoiler GTI boot lid vinyl Number plate lights Number plate It's a start at least and got the rear glass out to be replaced with the green tint so it all matches up
So the number plate lights turned up yesterday and couldn't wait to get them plugged in. Decided on a set of motorbike/kit car LED number plate lights so set about drilling them in and wiring them up Pretty happy with how bright the lil buggers are The number plate is now mounted up as well so only the last little bits to finish off Solder and wrap wiring Polish Black vinyl surround Back to black the plinth and spoiler Little closer everytime
So after scanning through and seeing some very tidy dashboards i decided to have a go at mine Picked up a tidy dash and removed all the vents in preparation I'm going to order some carbon sheeting to make new switch mounts (toggle style) and looking to convert the standard clocks to one of the all in one digi systems Ordered up one of these kits Decided on Light grey as going to change all the interior colour again The door cards were only a temporary measure to look presentable for this years shows Once i get some time (and pester the mrs's dad) i'm going to knock up some flat cards and trim, removing standard door handles and side pockets Also i had some spare speaker grilles and as i won't be running dash mounted speakers decided to attempt to smooth them The plan is to vinyl wrap them once finished to match the rest of the dash They still need more sanding and another skim but it's a start at least I've never attempted this flocking malarkey so waiting for the mrs to lend an extra set of hands to apply the glue and the flock in the short time frame you have to apply it all
well... First attempt and what a ballache - it's going to need a couple of coats to build up a decent enough layer but also think that i didn't use enough adhesive Waiting to dry and onto round 2
Second attempt and still looks like sh"t Going to sand back and waiting for sample fabrics to come through to order a alcantara trimmed piece to finish it off The excess flock will be collected and used on some smaller trim pieces but really not happy with the finish on the dash. Happy with the light grey colour choice though so i guess there's a silver lining to everything Also - last night i got the original grey carpet down from the attic - I kept hold of these from when i first bought the car and swapped out for a black carpet. This is now incredibly worn and looks horrible. The grey carpets should (fingers crossed) be getting wet vacced today and will start removing the interior this week to replace
As per request for pics All instructions were followed Apply adhesive Apply flock, blow off excess and reapply for better coverage Leave to cure for 24 hours I brushed my finger across to check the finish and all started to peal off The dash was lightly sanded to key and rubbed down with white spirit to remove any contaminants. Whatever happened, something went wrong and not happy with the finish onwards and upwards
Had a bit of an eventful day I had the use of a wet vac so decided to clean up the original carpets They came out really well and was amazed and how much gunk came off them Next up was stripping the interior to swap the very worn and tired black carpets Scrubbed and vacuumed the foot wells and fitted some new underlay (not really essentially in the back as there are no back seats) Had a look at fitting the pedal box and started mocking up a bracket for it. Still in need of a welder to fit said bracket but once the positioning was decided upon I mocked up an internal rear brake pipe. This is now wrapped in heat shrink and unions fitted Need to order some P-clips for the transmission tunnel and waiting on the T piece to start mocking up the rear hard lines Only Handbrake cable, 2x flexi hoses and new mounting bolts needed to swap out for the new disc conversion Slowly getting there
So the new cooling system is slowly arriving (Well the header tank and final bits are arriving slowly) Pug 205 Rad 2x 9" slim fans Try and overheat now you ******* Raided the parts for the mk1 and found a few metal coolant hoses to get them all mocked up. Car is now on axles ready to start coming apart and all unnecessary parts headed for eBay to fund the latest parts Sourced a new shifter which is coming with a not needed gearbox but will upgrade the mk3 shifter gear to the later style mk4, which after doing some research seems to be the one to go for A quick trip to J-tech put me onto a new system of ITB's so thinking of deviating from the DTH route Does anyone have a weber etc 16v manifold up for grabs?
