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    Oh and these came up on the bay so I snapped em up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    A couple of pics of one of the wheels bolted on,got a pair of 35mm spacers to try them out,deciding on and finding tyres that fit is proving a pain in the arse, as the 2 sizes I want don't seem to be made but the same company and I don't really want odd makes front to back!
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    Didn't think it'd be this bad! I thought, bit of surface rust,clean it up treat it underseal it or whatever.........wrong!! But I suppose if you're going to do something you got to do it properly! Nearly there with the rust now so I can start on the rest of the bodywork, which is good because I hate doing rust! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    They look ok to me me but I'm looking at it on tapatalk,this is why I prefer to work on cars not computers lol! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    ^ 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
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    Similar story to me mate, can't think of any other cars that you can pick up for so little money at the moment,that have got so much character and make such a good noise! My idea was to give mine a quick tart up and use it, but now I'm giving it more or less a mini restoration! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Got the passenger side all welded up this week,it seemed pretty solid when I stripped off the wing and side skirt.....I was wrong the bit of surface scabs had started going all the way through, thanks to all of the crap that had collected behind the splash guard after 17 years off driving! This is what I found after cleaning off the paint; Cut a bit of sill out to have a look inside and found this; Ended up cutting a lump of inner sill out and putting some thicker plate in there to strengthen the jacking point but forgot to take photos! Then just used the front section of the pattern sill as t
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    Got a bit of primer and sealer on the repairs, as it's been so damp and horrible this week I wanted to get something on the bare metal it finished up looked like this; Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Got a bit more done this week,after cutting out all of the rust the o/s sill started off like this, Didn't want to use the whole sill as it's a cheap pattern panel and I wasn't happy with the lines or fit of it and I'm to tight to buy genuine, so just used a section like this Forgot to take more in between photos but once it was tacked in it looked like this; Then all welded and ground down; This bit half way along the sill was where at some stage the cars had a rear quarter and whoever did it should've been shot because there was a good cm of filler at the join! And it was rusting from the
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    After 15 odd years of playing with my own cars and being in the motor trade I've found out that nothing ever runs smoothly when working on your own car!! Good luck with getting the wheels on soon, they look great!
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    Yeah heard of a few heater matrix's going in mk3 golfs, so was thinking that if I do take the dash out.
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    Thanks, didn't want it to look an old dog that has had a few patches welded on to get it through mots! I've primed,sealed, stone guarded then ill dust a bit of colour over the patches so it looks quite factory,not forgetting the cavity wax........Is that a bit OCD!? Anyway hopefully it'll last. Got the wing whipped off today as I didn't have much choice as half of it was on the floor in a pile of rust and red paint and the sill wasn't to bad,was going to try to make a bit of a plate for it but then I found out that I could get a pattern sill for £11.50+vat!!!! ;-) I only want the section beh
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    Yeah think I'll wait till i get it all painted anyway,the original idea was to keep it very original,but that idea is gradually going out the window damn you internet for putting ideas in my head! Anyway got a bit more welding done today, I'll let the pics do the talking; Then thought I'd pop the side skirt off to see what it was like underneath...... and the drivers wing crumbled!!!! This wasn't the idea as I was just hoping to get all the welding underneath done and start on the bodywork towards the end of the winter,but it's kind of pushing me to make a start now! On the plus side though
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    Looks like I've got another job on the list then, remove half of the dash to find an air leak!
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    Here's a couple of close ups of the stubby mirrors I promised,I think they look pretty factory. Also won a rear handle from eBay for all of 99p,so thought I'd paint it with the mirrors to see if it looked ok, I reckon it does, or does anyone think I should leave them black?
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    Yeah from what I've seen on other peoples threads I've got off quite lightly! There are a couple of other bits on the floor, started on this one today; Not put a drop of polish near this yet,it'd be a waste of polish!! Here's a couple of reasons why; But I definitely agree though,always had a thing for red cars.
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    Thought that I'd get started on the bits of rust on the floor pans this week, I've got 3 bits to do on the floor,one of which is the usual from what I've seen! One of the rubber drain plugs(if you know there name and what they're for I'd love to know!?) The others bits of rust need to be done from underneath and I need one of the ramps for that so that'll have to wait for a quiet Saturday at work. So got stripping out the interior in my tea breaks and lunch times. Anyway got the rear section of carpet out and found this; Stripped back a bit of sound deadening to make sure it hadn't spread any
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    Could this explain why I seem to have a noise like an air leak under my dash? And my blowers are useless when trying to clear the screen? Mine has climatronic.
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    After buying the plate my tip would be to go directly to the dvla website, at first I found it on a brokers website for £320 odd quid. Then I looked on the dvla website where it was £250 including all transfer fees and vat, a bit of a bargain I thought! A bit undecided about wheels apart from they're going to be 16's of the porsche or Mercedes variety....... I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Got the mirror housings painted and on today,will get some close up pictures soon but here's a quick couple,one of the mirrors all put together, Then a quick one of them on the car Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    There was quite a few other issues, it needs a windscreen, and the front wings are rotten amongst others,wouldn't have been worth paying someone to do it but as I'm in the trade it didn't matter to much, got a few more bits done this week including the new private plate I bought for it, was the first private plate I've ever bought and I was surprised at how easy it was to buy and get on the car! Then the headlamp covers I ordered turned up,gave up looking for original hella smoked ones and got these for £28 delivered,not genuine but fit really well, though if anyone on here has got a good ne
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    Thanks was going to paint the grill slats black today,but thought it'd look to much like yours!
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    First things to do were to get rid of the lights a get some some oe fogs and cl orange indicators as I've got a thing for US cars with the running lights in the indicators etc, and some cl rear lamps which I have tinted the indicators red on, Then got a tailgate with no spoiler as mine had a couple of big dents on, plus a bumper from the same person as mine had a fair bit of damage after 17 years and 170k of driving had taken its toll! £50 for the pair bargain! Then did the most important thing and got some coilovers on it, they are ebay special prosports but for the price you can't complain
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    Hi, going to try to do a bit of a build thread for my new project which was a bit of an unexpected bargain buy from eBay, it was sold with a clutch that needed doing,(nylon bushes on the pedal had disintegrated) 68p or something later from vw this was fixed;) touch! Abs pump needed changing,(it didn't was the front right sensor £10 later fixed!) Luckily for me it was a bit undersold in the advert as it wasn't mentioned that there was 17 stamps in the service book,half we're main dealer and half were from the phirm who seem to know the car pretty well,apparently it had a shrick manifold on it b
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