rsweeney

All courtesy of auto body craft http://www.autobodycraft.co.uk/home.html
 

Thats awful, people need to know exactly what these places are like. There are still stone chip marks under the new paint on the bonnet on mine but thats the least of my issues to be honest.
 
the body shop - 
 
Auto body craft
Unit 9 Double Arches Farm
Eastern Way
Heath and reach 
Leighton buzzard
LU7 9LF
 
http://www.autobodycraft.co.uk/locations.html
 
I advise everyone to avoid using this body shop on basis that the work is horrendous and the part owner is very aggressive. In my case he went to the extent of criminal damage by cutting multiple wiring looms on the car, not to mention afterwards threatening to take  a hammer and smash the car to pieces.
 
 

Mate, Ive just read from start to finish..
What an utter bunch of cowboys... Ultimate cunny funts to cut the loom and all your other nightmares. 
Obviously did not know what they were doing with a Mk3 or just wanted the job out the door as soon as so they could carry on with other things. Bunch of tosspots mate.. 

If you can afford it and wait I'd recommend ben in ware all day long he will do an amazing job he luvs mk3's and know exactly what to do to make your pride and joy sweet again

Gutted. Sadly it would appear i'm in a slightly similar postion to yourself. Went to collect mine today after paint was done, could have cried. I could see sanding marks through the paint in various places, scratches on the fresh paintwork an even parts which had been cut straight through back to the undercoat through serious excessive buffing/compounding of paintwork. So I feel your pain.. 

Oem floor pan from Germany cost a fortune!
 

Looking well, thats definatley dedication that is. Mines in bodyshop at the mo having bits done, but nothing like yours, just tidying it up a bit so it looks good. Yours is gonna look like new when you've finished. 

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Great effort especially cutting rot out and fresh metal back in.

Good work mate. Gonna be one solid shell with no more rot.

I did something against my religion this week and paid someone else to do something on the VR, I had the gear and my US hand brake gaiter's re-trimmed in alcantara to match the seat centre's. I was looking at changing the gear gaiter and knob but I really like the oe full leather ones and I'm really pleased with the outcome, the only problem is that I'm now looking at other parts of the interior wondering what else I could get done!

I'm planning to collect parts for the conversion and do it after the paintwork next summer. Would plan to remove all of the auto wiring and ecu
 
As far as parts go :
 
02A gearbox
Flywheel
Clutch kit and fork
Starting Motor
Clutch master and slave cylinder + pipe work 
Clutch and Brake pedal - separate items?
gear selector and cables
throttle cable
 
Not sure on :
engine ecu
wiring for starting motor 
driveshafts
 
Any ideas on these would be great !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

looks immaculate,  If my vr6 looks anything like this out the body shop i will be chuffed!

need to some for the golf they look slightly different but may give it a go as don't want a wet interior again!

that interior looks great very jealous mate !

that interior looks great very jealous mate !

The two things sound unrelated , but if they do need replacing these are genuine lifters for the 12v vr6 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Genuine-INA-VW-Golf-MK3-2-8-VR6-Hydraulic-Tappet-Lifter-Set-034109309AD-/262002716311?hash=item3d00942e97:g:LdUAAOSwjVVVy6Fp

Cheers dude, just picked up and refurbing some 4 pot brembos, should be going on in the next week or two...
Need to give them a few more coats of paint first 

As Pete said dude, you won't get one with a take off on though, at least i couldn't find one, hence me making my own

Take. Look at ASH (auto silicone hoses) on eBay they literally have everything you need 

hey any chance you have a link to the 90 degree intake pipe? cant seem to find one on ebay with the breather pipe take off

although it looks corroded if it isn't leaking it's probably best to just give it a thorough clean. They are an interference fit, the same principle as the valve guides. So if it needed replacing I'd take it to a machine shop and get them to carefully remove the old pipe. VW don't list this as a separate part of the cylinder head so you could work out the correct diameter of pipe needed for the interference fit, cut a section of this pipe, and then put a slight flare on the end so the hose has an edge to seal against. You could then fit pipe into the cylinder head using a wooden mallet or similair (I would probably use some loctite when fitting this)