What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[Jarred]

I reckon start off with a few black cable ties, tighten up some loose wires/cables, unless you want to start rerouting stuff, lengthening wires & such, I'm not sure there's a whole lot that can be done. But I think alot could be said for cleaning up some of the scraggly looking wires, and/or placing them against solid/straight objects.

[mrlex]

Yeh that's what I reckon. Will give it a go!

Cheers

[Jace]

Straightened my chrome bumpers all by myself!
Surprised that I could, and seriously stoked!

I got to vent some aggression at the bumps with a rubber mallet and they're nice and straight now, satisfactorily so.
Really surprised and pleased, finally something worked for me!

[Jace]

Oh and Mark the MX5 wheels look awesome! I was wondering if they'd be NA6 or NA8 wheels, and yeah they're the ones I've had!

[squirrel]

Not today but last Saturday

Got the GTi up on a mates hoist for a bit of a pre-roadworthy lookover...

Discovered the chassis rails are a bit damaged, either from a monkey with a trolleyjack at Kmart/Beaurepaires, or a painful exit off a high kerb (damage is consistent on the sills and side skirts).

Treated some of the rust that's appearing on the sills.

Fixed the passenger seat latch (bodge job which will get it through roadworthy), also fixed a weird noise from under the bonnet (and later discovered the thing causing it was an aftermarket 'agitator' on the fuel injection system).

Fixed the throttle cable as the sleeve had split and was causing the accelerator pedal to not travel smoothly (another bodge job then will look at replacing it).

Had a good look underneath for leaks etc. (only one very minor one, which was fixed by tightening up a bolt).

Did about 100kms of varied (but highly enjoyavle) driving to and from my place to Coburg, only missed a beat once. And the battery definitely needs replacing...

Apart from that, we're pretty much ready to put her in for a roadworthy. And then the fun really starts...

[mrlex]

Sounds like good news squirrel!

I tried my best to clean/tidy/hide all the wires in the engine bay today. Looks much better!

[melissa]

Took a wire brush to the original Mk1 rims and then gave them a spray of silver wheel paint. Scrubbed the dress rings and centre hub caps. Will put them on tomorrow. Getting her ready for the Nationals.

[Peter Jones]

New battery for red and cleaned up corrosion in one indicator.

[ethan]

today im fixing my brakes, the light stays on, new rear cylinders and all but wont go off.

[GoLfMan]

shooting some high fill primer!!! YEW

[dubai gti]

Resprayed my front bumper, fixed front indicators so they don't wobble any more
Swapped my cam pulley back to the original one and sat back and admired my new rims

[GRN_VAGN]

removed spare radiator, fill up tank, GTi grill and GTi front sway bar out of boot. No more clanking around now ...
Also adjusted mixture and timing, seems better now.

[Jace]

Took a wire brush to the original Mk1 rims and then gave them a spray of silver wheel paint. Scrubbed the dress rings and centre hub caps. Will put them on tomorrow. Getting her ready for the Nationals.

I basically did the same thing recently. What wheel paint did you use?
I found 3M Wheel Silver at supercheap for like $10 a can! Came out really well, even though I sprayed a bit heavily.
How'd yours go?
I polished up my center caps and scrubbed the brake dust off the inside of them too. They could pass as NOS now!

[melissa]

I used the VHT Wheel Paint in Chevy Rally Silver - cost me $16.99
Very happy with the result - if it was daylight I would take a photo but its not. They look great and my centre caps are perfect. Only one of the chrome rings has some gutter rash, the others are all in great condition.

[Jace]

I think i bought a set of 14" dress rings for like $40 from autobarn once.
Good to have spares, they tend to fall off sometimes!