Beige Mk1 golf 1.8t 20v The Rebuild!

[higher1]

Hi ive just joined the forum and thought i would share my build thread well rebuild thread all comments welcome

I bought the car last october (2012) a 1980 series one mk1 golf and although the car looked great it wasnt to my standard and there were a few things i wanted to change, so much to my friends horror after driving it for just 2 weeks i stripped the car and so began the rebuild.

My aim was to have it show ready by the following march 2013 under 5 months away!


The spec is as follows when i bought the car

Body
Painted original Mexico Beige
Scuttle panel smoothed
Arches rolled all round
Exhaust recess removed
Chromed bumpers
Chrome side trim
Chrome Flag mirrors
Chrome Porsche door handles
Removed rear wiper and rear badges
Sanded and Tinted red rear lights
All original glass (except front screen changed to laminate)
Chrome audi TT filler cap with trim ring

Engine
1.8T four cylinder 20v (AGU code) - 226 bhp
QPEng MBE Plug and play management with switchable high low boost
Custom downpipe, stainless exhaust (with down turned tail pipe)
Custom engine mounts (engine sits square rather than at the usual slight angle)
Custom boost pipe and water to header hose.
Bailey dump valve
Front mount intercooler
Top fill radiator (removed header tank)
Altenator and MK4 2.0 litre cross flow gearbox painted body colour
G60 Flywheel and VR6 clutch.
Raintray removed with Servo and mechanism
Smoothed bay with removed scuttle panel
Removed heater fan / matrix
Tilton pedal box fitted under dash
Relocated Battery and fuel pump to boot

Suspension
FK Konigsport stainless coilovers
Polybushed throughout
Rear strut brace

Wheels
15" G60 steel wheels (keeping it looking like a total sleeper)
195x45x15 Falken Tyres
12mm spacers on the front, custom made spacers with camber shims on the rear

Brakes
4 pot Wilwood midi lite calipers
Wilwood 280mm discs and pads

Interior
Porsche 944 Tombstones
Gti rear seat
"Euro cluster" series 1 dash
VDO boost gauge fitted to dash window vent
VDO flat fronted Voltage, oil pressure, and oil temp fitted in radio recess
Momo 280mm hand polished steering wheel with Porsche horn push
Mooneyes gear knob

And some photos






The car is an absolute animal traction is the main problem and will be addressed in the future the sound is just amazing its like a go kart only alot faster

[higher1]

Ok so a bit of an update

The car had a few places of rust and a couple of things i wasn't happy with so ive decided to strip it and respray it the only catch is the 1st show is now 17 weeks away!

Heres the process to date

The god aweful aero style fuel cap had to go 1 it didn't fit well and 2 its just not in keeping with the retro feel pics of the bad fitting cap and fuel pipe




so out it was all stripped new filler neck has been bought



Then i attacked the lower rear panel as the corners were suffering from the good old rust




new corner section welded in



then the cut out for the exhaust was filled in as it has a down swept tail pipe



stripped the sill back to bare metal and all is good



next up is the drivers side front wing, its a aftermarket part non genuine and i hate the fit the profile is all wrong so ive bought a new genuine vw wing





also the non genuine wing is missing the little reinforcing tabs -



the genuine wing -

[higher1]

Then the strip down started



in the process of this i found some rust in the drivers door so ive bought a new genuine door skin




engine out was the next step so i can work on the bulkhead

[higher1]

I sanded every last mark or imperfections in the bay as this needs to be perfect just like the rest of the car as its such a feature of the car

[higher1]

My wheels arrived today fresh from the polishers although as you will see these didnt stay for very long !

[higher1]

I was really getting involved by this time and spending every spare bit of time i had next was the tailgate i had to cut out a little bit of rust in the tailgate and formed a panel to weld in place keeping it with all the original seams etc

the black part is the new panel


and it welded and ground back


etch primed


started to take the nsr quater panel back to bare metal as i know they suffer from rust around the rear windows


took the scuttle panel back to bare metal as its showed signs of rust im going to replace it at a later date


nsr quarter back to bare metal


started on the ns door and along the drip rail


test fit of the new genuine wing

[AP]

Great build..


www.vagtuning.com.au

[higher1]

Looking forward to more.....I need a mk1 one day!

Great build..


www.vagtuning.com.au

thanks man

[higher1]

small update

ive been smoothing out some small issues and tidying the car up one of which was fitting a new battery box in the rear





ive decided i need to go a little lower and to do this i need my front wheels to tuck so im changing the front brakes

at the moment the wilwood calipers need big spacers for the wheels to clear so im changing them

the adapters and discs arrived the other day

[higher1]

Im changing my coilovers to ive bought some AH-exclusive modified ultra lows by H&R pure coilover porn lol
The koni fk's were ok but i know they wont be a patch on the new set up i ran the same ones on my mk5 golf the ride was amazing, they are bilstein shocks so you know there gonna perform well