heyup just got to starting on the golf its at home the min on the drive so work on it has been slow just got the seats taken out door cards off gettin ready for painting. thankfully a mate at work is gonna let me keep it his garage big enough for spraying and working on so things should move along abit quicker :party: just wondering though im putting an mfa 160mph dash in and was wondering if you need owt special to work it or does it just plug in and go, mines a 1.6 driver and does have twin plug dash in already its just the stalks are abit differnt from mfa ones, cheers heres some pics of what shes lookin like at min. :thumbup:

next to my old polo but sold that now

looks like a good start pal, where in south yorks r u

doncaster, that place chris moyles made a song about lol

nice base :thumbup:

what other plans you got?

first of all its getting painted tornado red, and hopefully turn into a daily driver g60. its abit of a longer term lower budget project but it does help being a mechanic :wink:

Your going to need the stalks and the loom to match IIRC

ye got the stalks, ok cheers

Looks a good solid car, ideal for a project, yeah :happy: :d1:
(I converted a 1.3 to a 1.8 GTI)

get a later spec fusebox and stuff if you can, if not i have all the wiring diagrams here for conversion to G60

spot on cheers nino, that might have saved me some time from crawling around under the stairs at work looking out all our wiring diagrams for mark 2's :thumbup:

nice car bud!

tornado red ehh .. . i might have a few wheel colour suggestions for ya :thumbup:

send me your email and ill send the diagrams across to ya when youre ready bud :thumbup:

cheers ta for the help, wheels im thinking of borbet a with the nut centre cap and just getting the inside of them darkened, dont think ill paint the outside

hello does any one know what model mk2s had a black roof lining or where to get a decent one from ta

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...:MEWA:IT&ih=010
found this on ebay, is this all i need fusbox wise can make a loom myself if needed :happy:

bit of an update what iv been doing this weekend. taking bumpers off and arch trims and side plastic trims interior is all stripped out just roof lining to come out :party:

very happy about how little rust there is to say its 19 year old :thumbup:



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Wow talk about being Guted :)

Any more news on this mate? :)

I'm liking the look of this project :wink:

ye there is i just havent done any photos yet. wanted to get a few before adding.
erm been to halfords and bought a cheapo jack and axle stands so could lift it off the floor abit, all well and good, BUT the jack you get in the set doesn't lift high enough to get the axle stands on there highest :planet: STUPID HALFORDS :rant:
im over that know anyway :lol: iv got all the shockers off bar 1, need to lend proper kit from work, shaft is just spinning when undoing nut, rear axle is almost off just need to bleed brake fluid so i dont make a mess. im off machine mart when i get paid to buy myself an engine hoist to get old lump and gearbox out in 1, then all the wiring can come out and engine bay can be cleaned up. that reminds me does anyone know how to take front seatbelts off, its the bit with the height adjustment i cant get the adjuster knob off to get the B-pillar trim off from behind it
i think thats it, photos will be coming soon :wassup:

well with the good weather today i got up and built my hoist, got the engine and all subframe out, can get some work done on my G60 lump now :happy:










and a pic of how inside looks

wish mine that looked that clean! i just found more rust :( and my garage just looks like absolute mayhem :(
yours goin for a respray did i read??

well......its not going anywhere but its gettin a reparay :lol: ye its going tornado red :cool:

lol sounds good
where you getting that done??

plan at minute is to do it on my drive, when weather perks up and gets abit more reliable and not so cold :lol: might do it in may when im off work, just try not to spray caravan coz my mam will flip :lol:

lol yeah tornado red caravan would look good :P
guessin youve done summin like this before then? i was plannin on sendin mine off for a respray but i guess il just have to see how much i get quoted! think il sit down when he comes to give us a quote got a funny feeling its not gna b cheap!

no i havent done any spraying what so ever, my painting skillz go as far as a tin of gloss and a roller :planet: im a mechanic so other bits im ok with but i wanna learn how to spray and my quotes made me faint so i thought give it a try myself.
i got quotes around the £1500 mark :omfg:

i was excpecting summin linke that? what sorta spray was it for tho? propa inside n out oven jobbie or......?
and spose bein a mechanic help a bit, i just make it up as i go along haha

Are you going to hire a spray gun and compressor?
Might be worth building a makeshift tent around it,don't want anything to land on it while it's drying.

ye think im gona buy a compressor for some air tools and painting it, ye 3x3 metre tents are like 50 quid on ebay :wassup: and ust hire a infra red heater :thumbup:

if it turns out well............................. dont spose u wana do another mk2 in black do ya hahahaha :lol: :yabba: :whistle:

ye might to do for some beer tokens :lol:

Don't forget to get some spare pannels to practice on,it's a fine art spraying.To close it looks crap,to far away and it costs you more in paint.

obviously :lol:
have to lemme know how it turns out mate!
i should have some spare panels soonish if u wanted to practice lol might have a "bit" of rust on um tho haha

ye was gonnaust go breakers pick up a couple of bonnets :lol:

cool nay ta, where you live :thumbup:

not far off leicester
just down the road :P
when u hoping to have ur car on the road??
got any big plans for it or just keeping it standardish looking??

:unsure: not sure really when i can afford stuff i get it bought its just i cant afford too much so its going slow, and this really long winter has been poo :noway:


thats what im planning on outside to look, but im thinking borbet b's.
iv got mk5 gti seats to put inside :wassup: bit of a dash mod and a little boot install, its having full works but i still want it to be my daily :cool:

yeah i know what u mean, i only bought mine about 2 weeks ago so im quite happy with the progress iv made so far! can see it slowing down now iv got the engine out, just takin it to my mates soon to start rebuilding it, then the rest of the cars gunna be following it to have a fair bit of welding done, so0o0 maybe not actually haha

over the next few weeks im just gna be strippin the bottom arms and everything else off to get it rubbed back and painted, just gunna have to buy everything bit by bit till i run outa money, was hoping to have her on the road for mid summer!
dunno if im gettin my hopes up too much or not tho! il do my best tho thats for sure lol

That brings back so many memories of when we were doing mine, skinned knuckles and bad back!
oh the joys! :party:
Glad to see the cars moving along pretty well, any help as always, just holla :boss: