Patch's Car

[Patch The Pomme]

Well i'm new to the site,but not new to VW's,so here is my latest car in the making.

Day one of ownership,June 08





First job was to remove the awfull lights,and fit a black rear view mirror.








Lost all of those stickers and it looked like this

[thestu]

thats sweet mate

[Preen59]

That's not half bad! Very different.

[Patch The Pomme]

Thanks

Next cam some 312mm front brakes



Then there was a proplem with wet carpets.
Got to my mates and we dropped the headlining and checked the sunroof drainage,everything was in order.We knew the carpet had to come out as it was soaked,so disconected the battery and spotted a gromit in the engine bay.It was for the bonnet release cable,on closer inspection some prat had fed the boost guage through the bulkhead and not sealed it.That's the sorce of my proplem them,we ran the boost guage through the fuse box and put the grommit back into place.

Front seats out,and carpet removed(not as quick as it sounds).






I ran like this for a few weeks while the carpets were drying out and to make sure the leak was fixed.

[Preen59]

That's a lotta water!

[GoLfMan]

awesome matey keep cleaning her up!!!!
bet it stops hard with the big brakes on it

[Patch The Pomme]

Lol,the first time i hit them i nearly went through the windscreen.

A few of us went for some rolling shots,these were taken by someone hanging out of a bora(elbows inches from the floor)

[Preen59]

Not exactly a "Sleeper" is it?hahaha

[Patch The Pomme]

Not exactly a "Sleeper" is it?hahaha

Not back then it wasn't

Once i was 100% happy that i solved the water leak i started to put the car back together.




While the seats were out i gave them a good clean





I bought some R32 clocks that were in a sorry state,so i had to refurb those before fitment.
Before


During


After

[ontarv]

nice lot of tlc
did you polish cluster face to the remove marks?
turned out very nice

[Patch The Pomme]

nice lot of tlc
did you polish cluster face to the remove marks?
turned out very nice

I used 1500grit sandpaper,them polished it up afterwards.Took about an hour to get them in that condition.

[Patch The Pomme]

New clocks fitted





Next came an R32 front bumper and i gave the intercooler a lick of black paint.

[ontarv]

nice i like a stealth intercooler

[DUB 20V]

nice tape on the bonnet wish mine was 2door

[Patch The Pomme]

That was a piece of plastic to solve the debadged issue(previous owner).

20mm rear spacers and a matt black grill(lost that plastic piece aswell).





New boost guage,and rear arb.