My sort-of restoration

[Stephy]

Wow - it's just gorgeous!

[GeorgeMK1]

Today finally got the engine going for a period longer than 2 minutes.

Fuel pump working fine and not flooding carbi. The fuel pump also stopped worked due to me changing the hose a slight bit bigger and took me 2 hours to figure why it wasnt working, i think due to the bigger diameter/width of hose it lost pressure. Engine starts on first crank although needs to be adjusted to advance or retard, at the moment it starts on a slight bit of advance if i remember correctly. Seems to be idling at 1000 revs and doesnt seem to die down. No leaks so far so it all looks pretty good.

Although a bit of smoke comes off the block, im guessing from when i first cleaned the engine with degreaser etc.
I let it run for about half and hour and no problems were seen or heard. LOL the only gear that goes in is first so gearing is the next thing im tackling as well as wires. Wont be long till its going again.

Heres a vid for fun (sorry for the poor quality, i must have degraded the quality on the cam)

[JoshFair]

Good work man! Couln't imagine the thrill you would have gotten from the ol girl firing up!! i'm hopefully getting mine going on the 8th of May. booked some mates with the know how to come over so i hope i have a result similar to yours!! good on ya

[GRN_VAGN]

Love the bumpers black, considering doing this myself to the set i have.

Had them on the green golf but it has no other chrome on car so looked funny, maybe all black it will be better!!.. what did you use to paint them?

Im thinking a quick sand, etch primer, then a satan black

[GeorgeMK1]

To be honest i just gave it a quick sand, cleaned it and gave them both a few coats of Matt Black with Australian Exports. Its poor paint quality i know although i just wanted to see the result.

Im going to hopefully get a proper job done soon, once i straighten the bars out or get new ones.

As for the looks yeah i love it. Im going for a black/orange look so i love the black bumpers. You got any pics of the black/green? That sounds pretty good.
Should have kept it IMO its pretty different and un-common.

[GRN_VAGN]

nah no good pics,
I removed all the chrome around the windows when i put newish rubber in.
No chrome on grill besides the badge, but that will be black soon.
Bumpers are black,
Going to respray all the GTi arches and the Duckbill.
Will hopefully look good, just need to paint the Blue panels to match the green .. or a full respray haha

[GeorgeMK1]

LOL at the blue panels.
If the paint on the body is good then no need for a full respray. Are you planning to strip and shave everything off and make it black, or going to have a bit of chrome?

I was origally going to spray my wheels black but im going to have white in trial and make my decision. What you reckon white/black or just make em silver again? I even have complete black stripes to go alond the door and panels. Should look good, hopefully next week everything is going to be put together.

[GRN_VAGN]

The GTi stripes along bottom of car would looks nuts on yours!!.

As for mine, the paint is below average. body is straight though.
White would look good against the orange and black theme.

[Henri]

I was just about to suggest that seeing as you were gonna have a orange/black theme then you should have some black wheels. That would look sick I reckon. The stripes would look good too eh.

[GeorgeMK1]

Mmm, well ill give the rims a quick coat of white tmoro just to see the result. I dont have the bottom gti stripes, i was talking about the higher ones, the thin stripe up top along the the side of the car.

How hard is it to get the gti bottom stripes anyway?

[Preen59]

Those wheels look phat.. But it's a given really. They look phat on anything. Haha.

[GeorgeMK1]

Those wheels look phat.. But it's a given really. They look phat on anything. Haha.

Thats true haha. Im not VERY fond of these wheels though preen, i dont know why not exactly what i was chasing. I might go for some ROTA track R if i have the money.

Plus if i decide to keep these wheels, i want a stretched tyre look with mega low profile tyres. Do you know what exactly id be chasing and the price range for it? cheers dude

[dom123]

nah no good pics,
I removed all the chrome around the windows when i put newish rubber in.
No chrome on grill besides the badge, but that will be black soon.
Bumpers are black,
Going to respray all the GTi arches and the Duckbill.
Will hopefully look good, just need to paint the Blue panels to match the green .. or a full respray haha

where did you get window rubber from?

[Golf Loon]

where did you get window rubber from?

Hot cheap tip for you Mk1ers. If you use the inner rubber from inside the window and use it on the other side on the outside, you can have cal look rubber for the cost of an hour of tinkering.

Either put the worn ones on the inside, or pinch more inner ones from you parts car.

[Preen59]

Thats true haha. Im not VERY fond of these wheels though preen, i dont know why not exactly what i was chasing. I might go for some ROTA track R if i have the money.

Plus if i decide to keep these wheels, i want a stretched tyre look with mega low profile tyres. Do you know what exactly id be chasing and the price range for it? cheers dude

They're an awesome wheel dude. I've wanted a set for my MK1 since i bought it, but they're expensive and i don't need them. haha.

Price range for what wheels? ROTA? I'd shoot WABIT a PM. He's the wheel man.