Good to see someone doing a proper job, these so called "show cars" are always the same, all fur coat and no knickers! Looking forward to seeing the outcome of this
I've finally managed to get myself another VR6 sorted I've bought a mulberry highline VR6 as it ticked all the boxes I wanted. Ideally I wanted a 3 door but decent 3dr's are either silly money, thrashed, knackered or rotten.
The car is in very good condition but I want to take it up a notch ready for show season starting again in March.
So the list of planned mods are:
Set of wheels, not sure what to go for yet but something shiny and with a bit of dish. Recaro front seats in black leather Full respray Supercharger!!
So this mornings task was to give the car a good look over, lift the coilovers a bit and give it a service.
Give it a good wash last night so I could have a good look around it
On the whole its very tidy, the bodywork is straight which is always a good start and its very solid underneath which is always a bonus with a mk3
First things first was to get all the wheels off and have a check on the suspension, they're only cheap coilovers but all seem to be in good condition with all the adjusters moving freely, so I started cleaning under the arches as there was a good few years worth of dirt under there and I want this car mint.
bit of a 50/50
Before
After
Then onto the engine, it was clear I had a bit of an oil leak from somewhere but wasn't sure where until I got it on the ramp, looks like its been riding low for a while and was lucky to still have a sump in one piece!
So luckily I managed to source one from Euro Car Parts in Preston and got my dad to pick it up while I was carrying on with the work.
Also had another leak from the usual VR6 place which is the oil cooler seals which luckily I had in my tool box ready for my last VR6
New seals fitted
Nice new VW oil filter which I had lying around too
Back together and cleaned up a bit better than it was
Got rid of the awful crystal front fogs and indicators in favor of some smoked ones I had lying around, these won't be staying either as I want a set of OEM anniversary smoked units.
Rmoved the number plate too and cleaned all the double sided tape off, might run it without a number plate for a while and see how I get on,
Managed to regas the aircon and low and behold it works! Not gonna need it much now but it's nice to know it works!
Changed the brake fluid as well as it was fairly black.
Refitted the standard airbox but its now made it too quiet so something will have to be done about that
Filled the engine with 6ltrs of castrols finest 10w40 and its now running like a dream.
Lifted the coilies a couple of inches ready for winter and it now drives a lot better, I've got some Votex roof bars to go on so I car stick my mountain bike on the roof instead of cramming it in the boot.
On the whole very pleased with the old girl and looking forward to putting my own stamp on it.
Trickygti got a reaction from VR6Pete in K33N Vr - Show Car Bare Metal Rebuild!
