My new mk1:)

nice pics, keep up the good work mate ;)
love seeing pics of this thing mainly coz of the colour i think! haha

well...
the slammming is not happening due to the springs being to short and the standard suspension is to soft lol...

so i put new suspension inserts on both sides. standard springs

also me and my old my put the bigger calipers and the discs. the new discs were only bigger by a cm or soo.

so everything is put know together and the car drives like a beauty.:driver::driver:

sorry for not taking more photos of the new calipers but you guys already no how it looks like anyway.

fun day lol.
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old brakes....:brutal::brutal:
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neww brakess....:eek::eek:
[IMG]http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/p...k/P2151708.jpg[/IMG]

New suspension

[IMG]http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/p...k/P2151706.jpg[/IMG]


everything is put on and brakes work better then standard,

also the suspension is a killer.

overall im more then happy...

also i think it will keep the value of the car if i keep it standard hight and everything original.

cheers for looking.


gordan

took the car out today for a massive drive lol...

(i didnt drive my old man did)

anyways...the car is so good over bumps and corners so good it like its brand new! lol

car is a beauty..

about the drums i don't no..lol it brakes good with the brake upgrade on the front.

all i need to do now is paint it!!!! lol...

cheers



Gordan:drinkbeer::drinkbeer:

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Gordan:drinkbeer::drinkbeer:

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should you really be drinking already?!? bit young for that arn't we? :P j:

Good to see you getting stuck in. I wish I could have been playing with cars at your age..

Good to see you making some progress on your mk1 chief!

It's a rare sight to see new standard equipment getting put back on these car's.

Also actually seeing some job's done properly like washing & cleaning all the part's while there off the car & refitting them!

Much nicer refitting nice & clean part's.


I don't know why your chasing wheel arch trim's when you want to keep it original.

IMHO I don't think a completely standard golf is worth anymore than a nicely modded one in the real world. Eg. suspension, wheel's, GTI complete brake upgrade etc.

Unless it's a genuine GTI.

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how do mk3 steelies look like...:duh:

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Oh by the way.

You already have mk3 steelies on your car!

Keep it up dude.


Alittle advice & maybe it's just me, but could you please not use txt talk. I can't understand it to save my life!

Please use normal english.

im going to start sanding it down this week..thank god i got no homework loL.

also how can i make the center of my steelies silver not black..?? how to get the right colour??

any body done it before..??

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yehh...

and the doors aswell so you cant really tell which part has been painted so like if i just paint the hood it would look new and the doors look old.

do you get what im saying.??lol

also might paint the room because it has like rust dots..no big drama..

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then the doors will look new too though!

Just get a really good colour match on the existing paint, and give the doors a real good polish.

Being a solid colour, and assuming you'll be using acrylic paint [are you spraying it?] it shouldn't be too hard to blend in, but not worth it imo! It'll just look bad if it's poorly blended.

The way you're going, you'll end up doing a full respray before long! j:

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then the doors will look new too though!

Just get a really good colour match on the existing paint, and give the doors a real good polish.

Being a solid colour, and assuming you'll be using acrylic paint [are you spraying it?] it shouldn't be too hard to blend in, but not worth it imo! It'll just look bad if it's poorly blended.

The way you're going, you'll end up doing a full respray before long! j:

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lol

my old my is painting it.

his a pro in painting. He use to do it for living..

yeh im using acrylic because i don't have enough money for some good brands

the red golf was painted in spies hecker.. thats one of the best in the world.
also

not the whole door will be painted only a bit at the start were its close to the white panels.

also there no point painting the whole car because its mint.


cheers

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lol

my old my is painting it.

his a pro in painting. He use to do it for living..

yeh im using acrylic because i don't have enough money for some good brands

the red golf was painted in spies hecker.. thats one of the best in the world.
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not the whole door will be painted only a bit at the start were its close to the white panels.

also there no point painting the whole car because its mint.


cheers

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Fair enough then. I'm sure your old man [??] knows what he's doing then.

btw, if the car was mint, you wouldn't be spraying any bit of it in the first place :wink:

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Fair enough then. I'm sure your old man [??] knows what he's doing then.

btw, if the car was mint, you wouldn't be spraying any bit of it in the first place :wink:

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yeh true..

but when i say mint..

its mint for its age..

i have to paint the white panels because the old ones had massive dents in them

cheers