Hey All,
Figured I would make a thread for my "new" Mk2 to share it's progress and to keep track of everything.
Anyways I bought the car off martinijosh here on the forums and it's nice to be able to see the car history of the time he owned it.
First time driving a Mk2 GTI and must say it drives pretty well, the car doesn't feel at all fast by any means but this will be my daily car so I suppose I can overlook that for now. The paint is in good condition (minus the front right guard damage).The clutch travel and disengage point is pretty different to my RX7 so that will take some getting used to and it feels a lot lighter. The silverline coilovers feel pretty good. Josh mentioned in his thread that the brakes feel spongy and weak in the first part of the pedal travel, they definitely work but it takes a lot of travel to engage them so I suspect they either need bleeding and a fluid top up or the master cylinder wasn't upgraded when the bigger mk3 front brakes were installed, either way it's on my to do list. I already have one money pit and as much as I don't want the golf to be another one there is more than a few things I want to do haha
TO DO LIST:
- General Service and clean up - DONE
- Fix exhaust leak
- Further diagnose fueling system and replace necessary components - DONE
- Fix mysteriously weak brakes - DONE
- Get the paint detailed/Fix right hand guard
- Install some sort of (cheap) sound system (music=me ignoring that rattles of an older car hahaha)
- Get some 15's or 16's in dark grey/black with a good offset (KINDA DONE)
- Paint brake calipers yellow (love the look of yellow calipers on silver cars with above coloured rims -see Porsche 911)
- Get a new radiator core and flush existing coolant
- Fix interior light
- Custom Headliner/upholstered seats
And probably more to come when I can think of stuff
Cheers,
Sam
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