Mk2 2dr Project Car (1.8t swap)

[Weeman]

Respect!

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[Weeman]

Update: 16/07/2022

Long time no golf! Stripped another section this morning and hit with etch primer. Slowly making my way around. Just finished walking the Overland Track in Tas and had a few camping trips away so I have left the project neglected for a month or two. I'm feeling my motivation is slowly building up again to get this bodywork done!

Attached a pic of hopefully what it'll look like end product, maybe just a bit more meat on the tyres... Love the small bumpers

Thomas

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[sports racer]

You running 195x50x15's? Best compromise for handling/Aussie roads.

For showing off get some 16's with 45 or 40 profile. Here's my old one on 195x45x16's.

[Weeman]

Yea your right about the forgiveness needed on Aussie roads. Not sure I like the 16's? when I first bought this car it had 16's on it and they just seemed too big, maybe cause they were an ugly wheel I am scarred from it? but each to their own hey, yours look pretty good. I don't mind my current stock VR6 wheels I have on it and I like how it keeps the car a little bit oem. But they will certainly get upgraded sometime down the track. You still got ur mk2?

[sports racer]

Sold the MK2, working on getting my MK1 back on the road.

The trick to getting a good suspension setup for local roads is to fit soft shocks with good springs. When you hit a bump the soft (standard) shock easily compresses so there's no harsh ride. Stronger springs and nice thick sway bars will still stop the body roll and give you great handling.

Both my MK2's (I crashed the first one) were setup like this and were my daily drives doing over 1000ks per week over country roads.

Cheers

Paul

[Weeman]

Yep fair enough! Sounds like some good tips. Not sure how much driving I'll be doing in this once I finish it, just a sunday arvo cruise. If it drives a bit like a go kart, that'll be ok. Just as long as it looks good haha!

[sports racer]

LOL, I'm doing my MK1 to the same specs. Sunday cruiser built for looks.

Helps that my daily is a Holden Calais with everything.

[Weeman]

Update: 20/08/2022

Fun!

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[Weeman]

Update: 27/08/2022

Bit more stripping. Patches of rust on the lower sills, take it back as far as I can with wire wheel then use a rust converter that converts to a ferric tannate. Good for painting over. The area hides under a wheel arch trim so not too fussed about cutting it out. Excited for all the painting to be finished! Got a few goodies coming in the next few weeks from UK, new bumpers, grill, lights, BMC air filter and much more to give it a good finishing touch once painted

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[sports racer]

China is a good place to get parts from. Their old taxi fleet were MK2 Jettas. Thousands of them and a small industry supporting them with (Chinese made) parts.