Mini Project: Save the Hooker... MK2 GTI 16v

[Jarred]

awesome work!

[Stiggy_21]

Love your work. Keep it up!!!

[ranton-inc]

Re: Mini Project: Save the Hooker... MK2 GTI 16v

Bit more progress in the last couple...

Coolant system filled and pressurised minor leaks all corrected with tightening hose clamps..

CAR DRIVES... big step running open headers for an exhaust at the moment thou... so freakomg loud... did dumb it down with one resonator thou...



going to sick with the factory 2 1/4 inch dont want it stupid loud...



Wheels will need to be machined slighly maybe drop the offset by 4 mm or run super stretch tyres... or limit the suspension travel......

M M and fizz kindly replacedy sunroof seal and reinstalled that shebang



Then they kindly re installed the headlining and other various peices of trim

And i was making rust holes dissappear



Very happy with how its all slowly coming together next year i will be getting the paint work done



Just for good measure a shot of the powdercoated intake mani and crash panel... win all around i think....

Oh and it seems to pull great with the mk3 o2a gearbox!! And the lightened eurospec abf flywheel..

Exhaust to be completed this week and hopefully it can go for its road worthiness test next week...

[ranton-inc]

Other Wheels and Factory Exhaust rear box came back from Powdercoaters



Compomotive MO1670 - I had some 15mm Spacers to go with them I have turned them down to make them fit... and made them Slip Type Spacers instead of stud conversion...


Compos vs the Technomagnesios


Cermachromed Rear Box.




Also picked up a replacement LHS Door to replace the one with the botched Rust repair attempt on.

will also fit the replacement boot lid also.. These all need to be painted up in the new year to get the car looking prime again!

Fitted brand new door seals over the weekend too!

[GoLfMan]

you sure do work bloody quick dude! Nice work!

[ranton-inc]

you sure do work bloody quick dude! Nice work!

Not quick enough..

Was hoping to be cruising in this over christmas but its just not going to happen now.. (well not how i envisaged it at the get go) car needs a serious lick of paint
...

Any who Today Completed the Exhaust System..

Welded it all up.. Its nice and Graspy (Grunty and raspy)

The Twin tips are a little bit small but never mind. when my magnaflow rear box arrives next year that can replace that!







System only has the Middle Resonator and the Rear box

4 - 2 -1 Headers 2.5 Inch Stepped down to 2.25 inch for the Middle section and then the rear box (OEM job) 2.00inch

Sounds good any way.. meh.



Also installed Doorless Entry ... (whats that you may ask?)



Haha Need to ascertain which door I will end up using.. the one I welded up the big gaping rust hole on... or the new one I got for $45 dollars that is rust free but the wrong colour............

Took her for a good rape up and down the road..

Wheel Alignment is terrible... really need to sort that.. if I get a chance tomorrow Ill drive it around to the Tyre Shop... :-/

[ranton-inc]

Well It made it to the tyre shop so It can't be all bad!

[ranton-inc]

Re: Mini Project: Save the Hooker... MK2 GTI 16v

Well as fate would have It, 2 days After finishing the exhaust the other day..

My magnaflow rear box arrived this morning ... a month and a half after ordering it...

So all day at work today it started to irk me more and more that the system went from 2.5 -> 2.25 -> 2.0

So at lunch time today i thought fk it.. went out and bought some more flanges and some more bends in 2.25 inch

and tonight I started making up a new rear 1/3 of the exhaust...

Some progress shotZ

Custom hangers welded on



Initial mock up





Almost there for the back box



May need to make a different double hanger but will see..



Will complete the balance this weekend... will make a section where i can bolt in an additional resonator if i need to make it quiet-er.

[ranton-inc]

Re: Mini Project: Save the Hooker... MK2 GTI 16v

Since my digifiz cluster blew up the other day I had to get a new one..

And quite literally it is new... by the looks of it made in 2006



Now have a mk2 with 17kms on the clock




More work on the exhaust for 20 minutes today to will finish the car mechanically sunday hopefully






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[ranton-inc]

New Year Update.

- Canned the Magnaflow rear box I like the Smaller Ceramic Chromed rear muffler I got (OEM)

- I have decided to fit my 90's Spec Kit on this car that I have been saving for my other project

aaaannd Car is booked in for a Full body Respray Mid February...

So basically the Car is driving awesome at the moment (taken it for a few test runs.. the wheel offset is probably a bit much atm and can pull them in slightly!

Have a few options for wheels also.

Currently fitted are 16" Techno Magnesios

16" Compomotive 5 Spoke Wheels freshly refinished in Antique Steel (Powdercoat color

or other Options are some 16" BBS Mesh Wheels with a Polished lip

[Dub Toffee]

good work man your pulling it of in no time at all

[ryana89]

Since my digifiz cluster blew up the other day I had to get a new one..

And quite literally it is new... by the looks of it made in 2006



Now have a mk2 with 17kms on the clock




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Awesome work, incredibly jealous.
Mind me asking where you aquired the digifiz unit from?

You've reignited my interest in those quirky, little, expensive gauges...

[ranton-inc]

Meine eBay Welt - noorwagen.motorsports

This fella right here

I had to shell out 780 EUR for mine but it was brand new ... he also has the retro fit loom etc

send him a private message he will do it cheaper.. really nice french guy.. (or some euro variant)

[ranton-inc]

17days and counting.....

[ranton-inc]

a little bit of an update

Not long now to the full respray!

Did a bit of work on Interior Design (of the car) over the Weekend, M M (Not sure if he is a member here) is a genius when it comes to improvising and making something look good.

My Factory door cards were pretty ****y doo so after a Inspirational idea from M M (Interlagos style Tartan)

I had some spare Hard backed door cards (that haven't become weetbix) and have decided to recover them from the hideos Golf CL Spec Material they were covered in...

(While I'm at it I have deleted the horrible window winder holes in the door card!)

Basically the Equation goes something like this


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with the Tartan plus some Faux Leather at the bottom should net a pretty nice result.

Was also machining some Centre caps for someone else and thought I should trial a test fit on my compomotives... (looks better I think)