mk2 jetta coupe...the irish one.

[vinnie]

Still trying to get the panel to fit, just about there now, also started stripping the bay.

[vinnie]

just stripping more off the inner wing,removing brackets and filling up holes and removing some tabs for clips which i hope i wont need.




all removed


all welded up.still have to weld in the battery tray,its on the cards tommorrow!



bit of grinding





bit of primer to keep it fresh enough for the paint and a bit of filler here and there.



just have to fill up the few holes in the tray and weld it in....turn the key and head off for a spin,..if only it was that easy!

[moostin]

Looking good, what level are you taking this to?

[vinnie]

Looking good, what level are you taking this to?

just going to remove all the sealer for the moment,i was going to remove the rain tray but decided against it in the end,and fill as many of the holes in the bulkhead i can.




you can see here where i had to heat up the inner wing to get it to meet the tray.












it took a fair bit of time and hammering and fettling and heating up the inner arch but got the fitment spot on in the end.






nice day for it!


bear in mind that when all the welding is done,im going to go over the whole lot with a skim of filler to fill up some of the inperfections in welds,like the ones in the tray,as they were welded from underneath.




it just got a quick coat of primer to stop the rust until its painted...so all in all a good evenings work done,it was always letting down the car,well i always thought so anyway,so plenty more to be done during the week again.

[GoLfMan]

looking good mate

[Jarred]

good work!

[vinnie]

These are the wheels i have on it at the moment,they are lenso bsx bbs reps,theyre not worth a whole lot but i wanted to change them about a bit..






Took out all the bolts and drilled out the holes all the way through,polished the lip on one of them to see how they would turn out, and got gold bolts for them to





Theyre only reps but happy enough with them to, i painted this one also and ill stick up a pic later, still in two minds though

[vinnie]

Still in 2 minds about these?, i may do another one and wait till the car has the engine and box back in





Still need a small bit of work .

[vinnie]

getting started on this again after a bit of a break..stay tuned.

[Jarred]

good to hear!