Passat mk1 Retro resto

[16v_kid]

[QUOTE=tassie_euro_mk1;445576]Never tried waxing it after a polish. To be honest im a bit new with cars with older paint work. My VR6 had newish paint and I had my black mk1 repainted so Im not really sure what polish is best...

Farecla is the way to go. Its an Italian brand and worth every cent!

This is what it did to my car.



to this





crazy stuff. But i cut it aswell with 2500 then 3000. Then polish and then wax it by hand.

[Preen59]

Cookiecutters are pretty cheap if you can find them. Remember though, that they will be 5x130. You'll have to get adapters..

Search around too. There was quite a few different offsets etc.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

16v kid your Fiat's paintjob looks pretty damn neat after that work. Will have to give it a shot when I get a bit of free time

yea Preen, have been looking at adapters to fit the cookie cutters wheels. Im a real big fan of oldskool oem wheels so these are on top of my list of wheels. Worth the hassle of finding adapters, correct offset, width, etc... In my opinion

[16v_kid]

16v kid your Fiat's paintjob looks pretty damn neat after that work. Will have to give it a shot when I get a bit of free time

Thanks man.

Yeah, it sure does take alot of time. Good luck but.

(:

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Gave the old girl a polish today. Nothing too crazy., not enough time. Just a quick going over with some Autoglym brings it up alright.

Got rid of the chrome stripes along the side because not one of them was is decent condition. Did the old trick that I did with my black Mk1 and run some pin stripping along its place.

Also took off the mud guards. They are handy to have but they just look bollocks in my opinion hahaha.

[lawny]

dude, that looks sweet. its gunna look so good when u r done!

[Jarred]

Looks good man.

head down to autobahn or something and pick up some stick on chrome trim, I reckon that'll look tops. (same thing Pete Jones has on his Passat, and I've got on my GLD)

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Thanks guys.

Jarred I was looking in Autobahn for that exact same thing but couldnt find it. Got a few decent auto stores down here like Rare Spares. Reckon they can help me out with that stuff

[16v_kid]

DAMNNN!

I told you man. Looks great.

[Peter Jones]

Looking good!

Pete

[RedVR6]

Awesome! what kind of parts? Interior/exterior/mechanical?

I can't rmember - will get the old man to have a look see. I know there used to be one or two frt guards, probably a gearbox or two, carbies, seats etc. I had a couple of parts cars, but can't remember what's there.

[GoLfMan]

just spotted this thread! Looking the goods mate, looking forward to seeing it in the weeds

how easy is it to find coilovers for this?

[tassie_euro_mk1]

just spotted this thread! Looking the goods mate, looking forward to seeing it in the weeds

how easy is it to find coilovers for this?

Cheers Buddy.

No such thing exist for the mk1 passat unfortunatley

the rear suspension in these oldies are a bit odd hahaha. The shock is not inside the spring like golfs are (macferson strut i think is the correct name). And the fronts have the steering rods connected to the macferson strut haha

Custom setup look to be the only way to go

[Jarred]

It'll most likely be the same setup as audi 80's etc have, so that should broaden the options a bit. I'd go for a shortened front strut & lowered front springs. For the rear, I'd go trawling through the wreckers trying to find a similar, but shorter rear shocker (that could fit, or easily made to fit) and then fit a lowered spring. Maybe you could also lower the spring perch on the rear too?

I could never find coilovers for my audi when I had it, only cup kits, and only from germany and a few in the UK.

HTH

[GoLfMan]

Cheers Buddy.

No such thing exist for the mk1 passat unfortunatley

the rear suspension in these oldies are a bit odd hahaha. The shock is not inside the spring like golfs are (macferson strut i think is the correct name). And the fronts have the steering rods connected to the macferson strut haha

Custom setup look to be the only way to go

Surely there would be SOMEthing in Europe?

if all else fails, airbag it