Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

I doubt it will be at the Nats, dudes.

[Preen59]

Don't worry, there's still plenty going on here...

First up, Timmy's been hard at it. These are the ONLY pictures he sent me.. The bastard! haha..




Now.. What I got up to.

While I was down at Golfworx Performance, I helped myself to a set of genuine 1976 Bosch headlights from a donor car. They were both immaculate, but very, VERY dirty.

This arvo I went about giving them a refurb..




First up, frames off and give the body a damn good clean with some spray and wipe (this was actually home brand stuff, but its bloody good!)




Then, stick the frame in the sand blaster and clean it right up..




Followed by some etch primer and some matt black paint. Put them back together and...





Pretty happy with how they came up and they should look really nice back in the car when it's done.

One thing I should mention is that I didn't clean the adjuster screw threads. This meant that I could see where the original positions were so that when I put them back together, i could get them damn close to level and they will hopefully only need some minor tweaks to get them pointing straight ahead.

[Jace]

You'll no doubt be needing a few extra digits on the speedo, one of these would be nice next to an OEM Porsche tach.

[Preen59]

You'll no doubt be needing a few extra digits on the speedo, one of these would be nice next to an OEM Porsche tach.

Haha.. Yeah, with the RPM range and gearing it should go off the speedo in 4th with enough road.. haha.

What's that out of? Early 911??

[Spyda]

Looks amazing dude, so inspirational!

How do you go about making thous hard lines?

[Preen59]

Looks amazing dude, so inspirational!

How do you go about making thous hard lines?

Thanks, man!

You buy bundy tubing from a brake place. Comes in a coil. Straighten it out and start making some lines. Kind of hard to explain without pictures or physically showing you.. But you also need a tube cutter, flaring tool and radius bender.

[Jace]

Haha.. Yeah, with the RPM range and gearing it should go off the speedo in 4th with enough road.. haha.

What's that out of? Early 911??

Some German company called SHK, their stuff looks amazing!

Meine Fotohomepage

[Preen59]

Some German company called SHK, their stuff looks amazing!

Meine Fotohomepage

Woah nice.

That stuff looks amazing. Actually might have been better than the Autometer tacho in some ways, but i like the resolution of it.

Any idea how you buy stuff from them?

[Preen59]

[Dub Toffee]

sick mate looking like its going to be very stealthy under the hood