Next up it was time to change the matrix that mid looped out in the summer. I decided to take the whole dash out and have a good clean up and redo the flaps I also put some neoprene sheet on the flaps also but didn't get a pic Bit of OCD cleaning lol Found these in the dash lol, I think they were a bit past it.
Feb 2015. Next up I managed to get another set of un seized fk coilovers cheap so swaped these over allowing me to raise the car up a bit and fit new mk3 top mounts. [/URL I also fitted a rear strut brace
Next it was time to fit the front eibach arb, this didn't go so well, I snapped the drivers side front subframe bolt The shank of the bolt was seized into the subframe, I tried heating it up and hitting it downwards but it was having non of it. So I cut the subframe and then the bolt Leaving me with this So out came the hole saw And I could finally get to this little bugger! I managed to remove the stub And cleaned up the captive nut thingy Wire wheeled inside of the leg New bolt replacing the snapped one
Now I needed I new subframe, I got a powdercoated one from vosswagen in the end as I was getting short of time with having the clubgti Bedford day booked Fresh All built up ready to go with new ball joints, new arb drop links, r32 rear bushes I then bolted it all back up and welded the captive nut in place. A bit of primer added to keep the rust at bay, I then hammerite'd it after Hole welded back up
Last bist of prep before Bedford were to change the master cylinder as in old one had been weeping and I couldn't fix it even with new washers, so I bought a new one and bled the brakes again Also I had the tracking done as I'd never had it done in all the time I'd owned the car lol I also wrapped the relay ball in aluminium tape In hope that it wound not melt, this is just a temp measure until I can get a better replacement I also stripped my wiper linkage and greased up the spindles as they were a bit slow and jerky.
Next up was bedford clubgti day. This was a brilliant day, got to put a lot of names to faces. The car was faultless all day apart from one of my subframe bolts came loose as I forgot to thread lock it, I noticed it clonk in the pits so just jacked it up and tightened it up and all was good. The quaife and eibach front arb made a big difference to how the car cornered and I really enjoyed driving it on track, I think I done about 170 miles on track lol Here are the pics I got from the onsite photographer, there are some great shots of it 3 wheeling
Next was to tidy up the interior a bit as it let the car down a bit, first up was to sort out my headlining which had fallen down last summer on the way to brands hatch. Out with the liner The shell had cracked it quite a few places and I was missing some edges. I taped the back of the shell with aluminium tape and used some expanding foam to fill in the missing bits and trimmed them to shape I them cleaned off all the old backing giving me a clean surface to stick the new material on. I decided to use a grey acoustic carpet to recover it with, it's nice and thick and strong and strengthen the shell a lot The final result, I think it came out really well And back in
May 2015 While I was working on the inside, someone local was selling a few sets of these, this set are absolutely mint, I got the full interior and door cards, Applying yacht varnish to the rear of the door cards to protect them. I also sprayed the seats with a gtechniq spray which protects them from stains and repels water. And in
Cheers for the comments guys. The interior has made it a much better place to be now. He had 5 or 6 sets and they were all pretty clean, mine were one of the best sets. I got them from Tim Eastwood aka aquavalver, I'm sure a few of you know who he is and how mint his old mk2 was to know just how clean these seats are
Next up I bought new track rod arms and ends and gaters to finish off the steering freshen up. I left this task to a local mechanic that has recently just started up on his own. The wife followed me up there to pick it up, and as they were both clean if was a good opportunity to grab a couple of pics of both the golfs ????
I was fed up of of the bumpers on the car, the front had a few scrapes and I'd had damaged the rear with the garage door. I decided to buy some new ones from vw heritage and had them painted. They had freshened the car up a treat. New front Back New Gti badge, excellent quality for a Chinese special Got a pair of new hella side repeaters Fresh plates
They look great, are they non genuine? the fit and finish look really good, Also how does the car ride on the 16" B-Star wheels, thinking of getting a set. Dav
