mk3 3dr beater

[shooitt]

Got a little bit done today. I removed the flares to see if there were any hidden surprises, apart from the missing/cut trim pieces this was the only surprise:



Anyone got some 3-door trim pieces they wanna sell?



The garden I found behind the front wheels lol:



I trimmed the inner guard plastic (cut my hand), rolled the front guards with a hammer and a hair-dryer (ghetto style), fitted my Borbets and turned the coils down at the front.
It's no lower than my Vento was but the drivers-side driveshaft is grinding on something and it's not the frame. Gonna look at it tomorrow, I have a feeling the worn engine mounts have something to do with it....... bit saggy. Also all the stock splash guards and heat shields are still around the driveshafts.

Fitted my new headlights, fricken H1 globes are pricey, still haven't got high beams lol. And the Thule roof rack I got from Ventlo

Some pics of the front before I work out the kinks...




...see no lower than the Vento was.

[HaydEn]

That looks so damn good!

[shooitt]

Thanks! Almost there now, just need to buff out marks where the old flares were. Still waiting on my budged re-trimmed roof liner to come back. The grinding ended up being the wheels rubbing on the calipers, both the Vento and the Golf have the same calipers so I didn't foresee this.... Must've been freaking close on the Vento. So I ground down the calipers a bit.

Before:


After:


Not pretty, but it ain't grinding anymore

Rolled, ground, pumped (with a bottle jack) and hammered the rear guards so I could fit the Borbets with a 15mm spacer for a bit of poke... 0 offset now
...also added a washer to the bottom bolts of the stub axles for a slight bit of camber, screw the ezcamber kit I got. Way too confusing! hahah









Really need those 3 door trim pieces

[Water Boy]

Looks so clean. Well done. Shows some simple tweeks makes a car killer.

Some tape over the rust and all will be good.

Hows driving with 3 pedals going?

[Flea]

Great job. Car is looking really good.

[ffoff]

rear is on point dude! pullin off 8 ET0 like a boss!

[shooitt]

rear is on point dude! pullin off 8 ET0 like a boss!

Still scrubbing like crazy, needs more work.... Moar hammer!

[ffoff]

get some old magazines, jack the rear up, place inbetween tyre and guard and leave overnight. See if that does anything

[jamie88]

3 door lovin'

[shooitt]

get some old magazines, jack the rear up, place inbetween tyre and guard and leave overnight. See if that does anything

Lol really?