Dave's 16V

[Stiggy_21]

hi guys,
some of you may already know the car, but i thought i better put a thread in the mk2 section.

UK import 1989 helios blue GTI 16V.

as a teenager, i thought what would be my first car?? so after 2 years of searching for a mk2, this popped up in the trading post, with very little info. so i rang the guy up in Adelaide on a thursday, and flew there that weekend to check it out with my old man. as a 17 year old i was very hesitant on spending that much money, so my dad said we'll take it. and i'm so glad he did!!!
so after a road trip to adelaide a few weeks later, we got her home. and she looked like this.


some rust patches, crappy wheels, didn't really run properly etc.
so over the last 4 years i've been slowly doing her up..

my main objective was to keep it semi-stock.. but with a little more performance touches.
so over the years i've;
cut out some rust, and resprayed half the car.
repaired the parcel shelf (see thread how-fix-your-mk2-parcel-shelf)
made a solid shift kit (again diy-overkill-short-throw-gear-shift-kit)
got the seats re-upholstered
fitted vibra-technic fast-road engine mounts
22/25mm H&R roll bars
Dampening Adjustable H&R -30mm suspension (now Weitec Hicon TX's)
cut out catalytic (legally doesn't need it) and went straight through to 2 rear mufflers
put her on some BBS RA's with polished lip and 195/55 goodyear eagle F1's

and the list goes on......

anyway after all that, i'm very happy with it... but it ain't finished yet!!

things yet to do (when i get time);
fit new injectors
still deciding whether to fit Girling 60's
new wishbones/polybush the whole car
fit power-steering
get a LSD (peloquin or quaife??).. yes the standard diff broke.






any questions, shoot away.

[Domel]

Very nice! That 2nd pic is great. You've got a cool dad

[GoLfMan]

lucky bastard to have that as a first car! Good on you for getting it back up to scratch

[ryana89]

That 2nd pic is great.

X2 Very noice!

Any picture of the KR lump?

[Stiggy_21]

cheers guys.

here's an old crappy pic i found.. ill get round to taking some more one day

[Cookie28]

man i would love one of these i think some colour coded rs/rm's would look dope!!

[Jarred]

car looks really great.

Really OEM and nicely modded.

Love the colour too, looks so much better in real life.

[ChaneyTec]

awesome car mate! especially for your p's!! looks great, hows the ride quality?

[velly_16v_cab]

nice, 16v FTW (soooo jealous!)

[Stiggy_21]

awesome car mate! especially for your p's!! looks great, hows the ride quality?

yeah its pretty good. i wound them down as soft as they can be, and it's proving alright for everyday
but if i make it as stiff as possible, its flat as going through corners, but hit a bump and you go through the roof!!