daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) We'll I think its about time I started a build thread since I've been on here a couple of years now and my mk3 has been on the road for about 6 months lol. Here goes. I bought the car as a project back in Christmas 2011 with the title on gumtree being Golf VR6 in need of tlc. I rang The Guy asked him a few questions and to be fair he was fairly honest and him knocking £100 off it as I was coming from Newcastle to Dewsbury sweetened the deal a little so I thought it'd be rude not to have a look. When we got there everything as the lad described was fairly accurate, a nice big dent in the drivers door which he had a spare to go with the car, a little crease on the drivers side rear arch, clutch starting to slip and a misfire. I had a good look round it and it seemed solid enough so I took it out for a test drive came back and started the haggling lol (I like a bit barter lol) and to cut a long story short i got the lad down from his initial £800 price in the advert down to £700 before I left to have a look then from there I took my first mk3 VR6 away for a tidy £420 lol bargain of the century for me as I knew how little the Work really needed to have it running and lookin spot on again. I got it Home and started with the misfire, one set of dubpower ht leads off a Guy on here for £25 and that problem was sorted as the old leads were arching out against the head. Next was the body work that me and a mate sorted out over the period of a year or so lol. It would of been quicker but I kept changing my mind about things lol so it went from painting the replacement drivers and having a bit of arch welded in to having the lights taken out of the front bumper, filled and smoothed aswell as the swadge line smoothed obviously the back bumper was smoothed too then the tailgate badge and wiper mount cut out plated and smoothed then totally frenched to boot then two new front wings then removing the plastic side skirts to eventually a full respray lol. I think at this point my mate hated me lol but it turned out lovely in the end and got my mate back into painting as he's time served but left the body repair industry a few years back to become a fat trucker like me lol. Any way that's all for now and I'll get my build picks up asap Edited May 26, 2014 by daveyboy VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Here's how I bought her Standard apart from gas monkey style lowering kit (chopped springs) and a lovely (honest) peco back box lolSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Then moved to this to thisSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Love a bargain. Nice colour! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 In the same day in the bodyshop it went to thisThat's 4 layers of colour next is the lacquerSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Lukey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Then I built it back up and flattened it back and my mate machine polished it then to nice and shineySent from my LT26i using Tapatalk ky_uk, Dave_ciw, D11PS and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's an amazing transformation looks awesome VR6Pete and daveyboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,456 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 awesome transformation mate hope you are proud daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Cheers guys. It was a long journey to be fair. I hope it does the club proud at UD. Just a couple of bits and bobs to do before then Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I've got to give my mate a shout for doin a cracking job of the body work. Jaks14 he's called on here. He's just joined coz he's caught the dub bug and is after a raddo vr Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk jaks14 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,456 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Cheers guys. It was a long journey to be fair. I hope it does the club proud at UD. Just a couple of bits and bobs to do before then Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk I'm sure you will mate looking forward to the line up, and loving the amount of interest the event has had this time around daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Reaperx 181 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Looks really good hopefully I can get mine to look as tidy as yours. daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Looks really good hopefully I can get mine to look as tidy as yours.You'll get there mate. All in all it took me and my mate a year and a half to get all the bodywork sorted and get it all back together and on the road. We were just working the odd weekend here and there on it as we both work shifts and only have 1 decent weekend out of 3 to spend some decent time on it. Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Reaperx 181 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 That's the problem finding the time as I spend all my time fixing other people's cars. VR6Pete and daveyboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Tell me about it mate I need to put an oil cooler on mine but I'm always on with my wife's mates or my mate's cars lol luckily enough I've just bought another bargain from my wife's mate. A Peugeot 206 just a 1.2 but that'll be my winter Car lol. Couldn't knock it back for £130. I need to put a clutch in it but that came with the car and the best bit about it is it came with a full tank of fuel lol I think I've scored with this one lol ;DSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Reaperx 181 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 You got a bargain there. The best bit for me is my car is literally parked 2 foot away from my toolbox at work but I can't work on it customers come first. Hopefully get some spare time over Xmas and New Years. Link to post Share on other sites
bennyk 1,238 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 ^ Exactly the problem I have! Had mine in the workshop well over a month now and I'm still welding up bits of rust! Hope my repaint doesn't take 18 months though! I'm hoping 6 months,that was definitely a bargain at £420! Got any more plans for it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 ^ Exactly the problem I have! Had mine in the workshop well over a month now and I'm still welding up bits of rust! Hope my repaint doesn't take 18 months though! I'm hoping 6 months,that was definitely a bargain at £420! Got any more plans for it? Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLike I say it only took that length of time because of the shifts we work and the weather and having to spend time with our families lol. I've went on to put full black colour concept leather in it, a full custom magnaflow stainless exhaust and an induction kit and coilovers on. The future plans are upgrade my brakes get another bare engine strip it and rebuild it ready for a turbo and turn the car to a VRT ;DSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk bennyk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Reaperx 181 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Liking the sound of your plans, already looks good and will go like a rocket with a turbo on it. Good luck with the Peugeot might be worth checking the clutch cable on it.I have had a few customers complain of clutch going and turned out to be the cable on peugeots as the teeth inside the adjuster wear down over time and the cable doesn't pull the arm all the way back on the box. VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'll double check that mate. I'll only be using it till the spring then I'll sell it on and hopefully make a few quid on it and put it into my turbo fund but shhh don't tell my wife lolSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Reaperx 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 I received a pair of these from the state's today. Best get the front bumper off and graft them in Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 I know this isn't a VR but it's still VAG. Got rid of my wife's Volvo and surprised her with this for her Christmas box (quality bedroom points for me lol )Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk ky_uk and palmer 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) FR niceMakes no joke about Christmas box lol Edited December 25, 2013 by Lukey. Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted December 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Cheers Lukey lol Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Well went to do the oil cooler and discovered I should of got 2 new water pipes as the one from the cooler to the block was split and the one from the cooler to the crack pipe wasn't much better so I've had to leave it like this Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Edited May 26, 2014 by daveyboy Link to post Share on other sites
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