I thought i would start a little build thread of my own to show what i have done so far and what i will do in the future to my box.
The story goes something like this. Bought the car about 2years ago. It had a very good body and interior, not perfect but better than most mk1s but the motor had 400,000 ks on it and it was an auto. The car came with a 4door mk1 rust bucket with the fresh SD motor in it and heeps of spare parts in the boot.
Originaly dad bought it because he could and retrimed the seats, put coilovers on and did bits and bobs to get it roadworthy, it passed but we didnt get it registered. All this was done in a couple of weeks so that we could take it to DOVW 2008. After DOVW is kindo just sat around as heeps of other stuff was going on. Early 2009 i crashed my mk2 and needed something to drive so i "bought" the car off dad and this is where it all began.
Mods so far:
Interior
Seats retrimed in swayed
Electric windows
Wood trim wheel
Custom speaker pods and door pockets
Custom rear panel cards to house speakers
Custom center console to house headunit
Timber look boot floor
Dynamat on front doors
Sterio (My fav)
Alpine IVA-D105E Media Station
Response 6" Kevlar Splits
Response 6.5" Kevlar Coaxial
Soundstream T5-12
Response 1x 1000wrms D-class
Response 4x 130wrms AB-class
Optima D34 Yellow top
100amp Volvo Alternator
137.2db playing music
Motor Still in progress
1.9L SD bottom end
Mk2 head, dunno if its gti but i asume it is, hydro tappers, part number is 053 103 373
Mk2 GTI gearbox
High torque extractors
Webber 32 DATRA 21/100 E9 carbie
Wheels and Suspension
BMW e30 BBS 14x6.5
165/55 r14 Toyo Teo
24mm Stub axle spacers (rear)
Mk1 GTI brakes on the front
Ball joint flip kit
Hottunning Coilovers
Exterior
Original 32yr old paint
Chrome handles
Chrome side stripes
Orange 76 antena ball
There is still a way to go. I want to re-do the sterio including:
newer model response amps
A second 38ah battery in the boot
0awg instead of 2awg
Custom voltage meter
install more dynamat
re-do the boot and door cards
Im shooting for 140db, the problem i had at the sound-off comp was that the tiny 35amp alternator couldnt provide anough juice for the amps.
A respray, new chrome trim and new wheels are on the table aswell.
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