redders 0 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 well having owned 3 mk3's, my latest been a vr that ive owned for nearly 2 years now, i realised i dont have a thread on here, im a long time lurker and dont post that much, but i really should get more involved with this site as it has helped me out noumerous times.. shame i missed the vr6 show tho...anyway, its going to be long winded, but here goes, hope you enjoy...firstly, heres a few pics of my previous mk3's, my green 8v and my chilli pearl abf the car saw many guises, trims, wheels, seats etc, but this is how it ended up sataying, unfortunetly, some bellend rear ended me so that one went to heaventhis was my baby for 2 years, did most of the retrim my self, got the pvw feature then a guy bought this one from me, broke it down to it bear bones and then just sold everything so onto the vr...heres how she looked the day i picked up the vr6, it was immaculate apart from a few tiny bits o rust, but it didnt put me off, low milage, full leather and good looking... this is gonna be pic heavy so bear with me it got some new wings as they were buggered...after that, i sold the porsche twists and bought something a little special...i bought a mk5 roof fin, and retrimed the roof lining and pillars in red with cab visors and black handles... i also made a great find and bought a full gti edition recaro trim, with door cards and rear head rests, i spent some time making some one off seat belts using mk4 anni belts with a red pin stripe down the edges...the whole thing looked really oem and suited the car perfect.i loved the interior and it stayed in there for some time... i gave the bay a really good clean...and heres how the car looked at harewood that year, i picked u a trophy too... inbetween then i did a few little things, new filler cap, lookwood dials, some vr6 kick strips from vw and some HID's...then quite a few things happened... the breyton wheels got sold, and i bought another set, the set from the green car in the first pics, i loved them on that one and didnt want to pass up the opportunity to own them again, unfortunetly these only stayed on for about 2 weeks as a pot hole destroyed one big time...shame because they are awesome wheels, but after putting £450 into the refurb, i couldnt bring my self to out even more money into repairing them, and the highways agency didnt want to know either...i did a few other bits to the car tho, carbon facia for the clocks, hella all reds, sorted a pair of heated and electric stubbys and polo handles, 2.5" blueflame straight through system, manifold back, ebc drilled and grooved front and rear discs, black diamond pads and braided hoses got done too, with all the bushes, ball joints and tie rods etc, the car felt amazing...i didnt have the heart to do the wheels again after the damage, so they were sold and got some comps obviously, i had to give them a re polish as they were a little dull... also painted up the calipers and cleaned everything up.some pics from elsecar...after id sorted the wheels, i decided i wanted to change all the leds in the car to red... and even made some trick illuminated vent sliders... i used neon wire for the surround back glow on the clocks and as plasma screen for the heater dials... sorry for the shite pics...3.5 cab switchthen i bought a new momo team 280 and hand stitched it red and got a snap off boss, also bought a fast rabbit weight gear knob... feels great in your hand...then a few little parcels turned up from america, ordered this about 4 weeks ago, after seeing it in elliots pvw mk4, id wanted one ever since... i had to make a custom collar to hold the gator nicely, i used the base from my old knob, cut it off and shaped a 60 degree taper on the inside so the new knob sat perfectly inside it... heres my end results... a little pic of the lot all together looks good if i do say so my self...then i got bored of the wheels again and bought these... also managed to get hold of some hella red black reds as you can see in the pics...those wheels stayed on the car a whole of about 4 weeks and i then got the chance to buy some id been after for some time, so i sold them to my old man for his charged vr and i bought the new wheels, jeep wranglers...these are the most recent pics before my major updateheres my biggest update yet...!and the petrol cap recess, i basically back masked it off, stripped it down, keyed it up and gloss blacked it and gave it a layer of lacquer, im chuffed with it, as it just looks so much cleaner, just hope it doesnt look cheap???car as it stands now....picked up another trophy at harewood again this year too... although they missplaced my score card and didnt tell me id won... the top ten space on the VW fest site that say TBC is for me i literly just fitted these yesterday... everything is soaked because it was raining lolso there it is, my car as it stands right now, theres a million things ive done that i have missed, upper and lower vents in the front bumper, custom front lights, red laminx's indicators, laminx'd front lights, 6 branch manifold, 200mm pipercross filter, drop plates, full paint correction, and now the car has some smoked indis and fogs, but dont think ive got pics yet... there is also the full mtx audio install ive done.but let me know what you think, im sure ill see you guys at a few shows cheers, jon Link to post Share on other sites
grandmstramrod 0 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 brilliant thread dude, giving me alot of ideas! great work! Link to post Share on other sites
bethslad 1 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 F**kin awesome looking vr mate hope i can get mine looking that good when im finished wi it;-) Link to post Share on other sites
richierich37 236 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Looks superb dude, great stuff!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
gavster_vr 0 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 I like very nice motor's m8 ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
redders 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 giving it a wax...shineyinterior shotsand a few rolling and i just like this one...http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff159/_redders_/DSC00191.jpg[/imgcheers. Link to post Share on other sites
bigsteve 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Mate that looks amazing cracking job on the interior, Whats the nxt plan??? Link to post Share on other sites
redders 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 thanks guys, yea i love the trim, its an MJ job so its the best work... im looking to charge it next.... Link to post Share on other sites
redders 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 cheers guys...well ive been on about getting a video done of the motor for yonks now, but ive finally got the manifold on so i thought what better day than today there not the best but the sound is there hope you enjoy them as much as me... Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 that sounds immense, were you at harewood this year? i cant remember taking any pics of it, or seeing it, i must have missed it if it was as there was alot to look at. nice car tho either way. Link to post Share on other sites
redders 0 Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 well well, alot can happen in a year so, its pretty obvious that i had forgotten about this thread, but alot has happened since the pics of it on the breytons... im gonna update this for all you guys but im not gonna do much talking, i know you only wanna see the pics anyway... the car had seen god knows how many different wheels since the breytons, had a new full retrim, and has not been off the road for last 6 months undergoing a transformation.its receiving a full nut and bolt rebuild, smooth bay, every nut, bult, bush, chassis item, bad, caliper etc has been replaced or refurbed to a better than factory condition.so heres the pics, these will cover from when the breytons were on the car to its current state now.enjoy Link to post Share on other sites
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redders 0 Posted May 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Got my new brake bias valve fitted today and the brakes bled through, I also got the new air filter fitted and in place, id like to make a small heat sheild to try and block any rising hot air from the manifold, I like the look of it there as its stays central to the engine and the bay, I need to source some new engine bay plastics, but other than that I'm not far from really re building this. There's a lot of titavating to do but it's almost there.Anyway, here's some pics of how the bay looks at moment.the best 2 cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
oldmandon 1 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Some seriously nice stuff going on here.... likey likey..... Link to post Share on other sites
Gefstar 1 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Simply Wow! Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Just lovely! Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 I tip my hat to you Sir. Link to post Share on other sites
VIW28 29 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Good work Jon, you've the patience of a saint! Link to post Share on other sites
redders 0 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 haha, thanks manRight so today I was on with a big job, get the cars out side and clean the unit, after 9months of graft it had become pretty messy. So I had the task of refitting my old mans rear brakes and bleeding them and refitting the wheels. That done I got the cars out side, bare in mind this is the first time my car has moved more than 9 inches in as many months, she fired up and felt great driving out. I have deffo fallen back in love with her. Anyway here's some pics,And after 3 hours, all clean as sorted out, Link to post Share on other sites
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