My sort-of restoration

[Preen59]

Just breezed through your thread mate. It looks REALLY good. I love what you've done. Good to see a young guy doing things right.


Maybe some older style wheels? I'm thinking Zender Turbo's?

[GeorgeMK1]

Yeah id love some new rims, although i was thinking off those famous BBS rims or something like that with a nice offset to it.

i dont have the cash hahaha. after im done with the engine im gonna start looking at rims. im too lazy to get a job but if i want to finish my project before i get my Ps. guess ill have to get one

[Preen59]

Wow.. Doing things right AND a concept of money and foresight.. Are you REALLY 16? Haha.

Yeah i've got 15x7 ET25 BBS mesh wheels off an E30 BMW 318i on my golf.. You need to fold the guard lips to stop them scrubbing.. But you look to have low offset wheels on it currently.. Are your guard lips folded up already?

The wheels were only a suggestion mate. I have some Zender Turbos i'm fixing up at the moment that i want to put on my Mk1.. Not many around, unlike the BBS wheels...

[GeorgeMK1]

hahaha yeah mate i really am 16.
are those rims off the beemer 4 stud or 5? i thought they were 5 stud, but to fit the golf obviously must be 4.

um as for the guard lips, only the back ones. when i took the sideskirts and wheels arches off. i found out that the wheel arches were covering the guard lips (obviously) but my point being is, the back guards have been bashed up and had dints all over them from the previous owner.

they obviously did this for clearence of bigger wheels and then used the kit to cover up the s*** job they did of it. so when i took the wheel arches from he kit off, , the guards had to be smoothened and straightened out. so even more work there.


BY THE WAY IF ANYONE WANTS TO BUY THE KIT FOR SOME REASON PM ME.

[Preen59]

They're 4 stud. They went to 5 stud after E30.

The back is where you'll have trouble with clearance first. I put mine on a standard 2 door and the rears scrubbed. The fronts were ok.


That kit is tempting.. It's so ugly it's cool! haha.

[16v_kid]

damn, as 16 year olds really get a move on with our projects. aahahha

i miss my blue one.

[Calais]

Nice build bud, looking forward to seeing your car evolve, it already looks pretty good especially considering your years and experience, but your on the right track, in having a sweet ride to call your own.

I can sympathise with why you repaired the damage after the car park accident, I did the same thing to my first car, and I still have it (all tucked away under a cover now though).

[mikinoz]

damn, as 16 year olds really get a move on with our projects. aahahha

I think that the lack of demands in your lives may help.

Having a job, a house to maintain, a few kids, wife/husband/partner etc are all real time suckers.

[16v_kid]

I think that the lack of demands in your lives may help.

Having a job, a house to maintain, a few kids, wife/husband/partner etc are all real time suckers.

Yeah, i think we just want to have cooler cares then the rest of the young blokes around us and we work hard to achieve it.

The only thing that takes up our time is school...(:

[GeorgeMK1]

To me its not really the time i have or what demands i have. i grew up in south africa, and every second car there is a golf. so i have a huge passion for it as all my older friends had nice zippy golfs that did 12's (AND THAT WAS NORMALLY ASPIRATED!)

There was a guy there who owned a performace shop called FEROLLI Performance and what he did was a 2.0L in the back and a 16V 1.8 in the front. both of them turbos and it was a crazy project. just seeing all those guys and what they did made me have a great passion for it.

by the way i was ment to go see a dude in Thomastown today to look at an engine but unfortunately my dad is working till late so it will have to wait