My Cousin grabbed a Left Hand Drive MK2 16V GTI that was in Serious need of some love
This thing is pretty cool
260,000kms
Digifizz Digital Dash
Left Hand Drive (how it should be imo)
From the Outside it looked OK.. and in need of a tidy up but scratching the Surface everything began to cave in..
I kinda talked him into getting it. and kicked my self a tad afterwards... not only it was riddled with problems. but i Promised to get it all mint again.. (he is fairly disappointed to say the least)
Things started to get super interesting When what was supposed to be an easy Wide Track conversion (mk3 front and rear subframes) we started hitting all the stumbling blocks after the engine was pulled out!
- Big Rust Hole in the Drivers Door
- Rust hole forming in the Rain Tray
- Subframe had been welded to the Chassis as someone was to lazy to find the correct sized bolt.
- Pedal Box was broken
- Gearbox was naffed
- Heatercore wasnt plumbed in
- Headliner began to drop
- Exhaust System butchered
- Exhaust Headers Cracked
- Seat Back release cables ****ed
So the mission is to fix all the above
and add in some nice new mod cons
- Electric Windows
- MK3 Front and Rear Subframes (5 Stud - Wide Track) all the stuff i was going to use for my MK2 project untill it changed direction to 4 Motion...
- Power Steering Installation
- 288mm Big brakes (MK4 Calipers Front & Rear)
- Fix the headliner
- REplace the sunroof Seal!
- Fix the Rust ole's
- Fix the Paint.
- Super Sprint headers
- and Pretty up and give the Engine a bit of a birthday!
The Poor thing has been loved but needed attention that not many people have the time and space for!
Here are some pics from one of the Previous owners
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Originally Posted by Stiggy_21
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