mk1 golf goes broom broom

[finemk1]

well i finally splashed out so i could upload my pics so here are some of them
i did the guards myself took me a while but turned out ok i think,




other pics soon, when i take some decent ones!

[GoLfMan]

dude that looks soo sweet!!! can you take some pikkies of the exaust?

[finemk1]

pics of the exsaust what like the tailpipe bit?

[GoLfMan]

looks awesome! is it close to completion? you should turbo it love the rims...pipe...everything.... cleeean car

[el_foolio]

absolutely beautiful mate!

[finemk1]

very close just need a head and afew other little bits and peices and chapowwwwieee another golf back on the road.

[GoLfMan]

wat bout the head that golfwise has?

[alex g]

hey bro did you source some poly bushes??? i am interested if you find a source
and by the way http://photobucket.com/ will host your pics for free

[finemk1]

i will be changin the bushes later on i decided when the car is running so i can just drive it in to the pros and drive out with it all done, as you guys say some need to be pressed in so ill get a good job done.

as for the head, ,i can get one but it will cost me a little bit more and i can pick it up plus it has a warranty on it so ill will be getting that one not the one in tassie, and wont be breaking the bank.... but i know if i get the head now i wont fix all the little things wrong with the car, while its off the road im fixing everything! so im getting it to the stage wheer i can just buy the head bolt/hook it up and drive a nice car with the thought that nothing is wrong with it at all.. and im nearly there folks, nearly there

[alex g]

how did you role those arches?? if you dont mind helpin a brother out.not the baseball bat??i hope

[finemk1]

close to but no
striped the paint of with a crazy spining wire brush back to bare metal, heated the arch up with a propane torch grabed a bangstick and a body repair kit, dolly in different shapes, hit the buggery out of the untill they were a relitivly nice shape i wanted, metal filled any weird bits in the arch , i didnt use body filler as i dont beleive in body filler maybe on a jap car but our vws should have the best of the best, but after the meatl fill i did use a tiny bit of filler, which im not to proud of, then the whole painting process,
NOTE. was hard to blend new paint to old but buffing during each layer of paint should fix it, which was my mistake.... i didnt do it

but the rear arches were harder as its twin plated so i had to a bit of cutting, and welded a little extra steel to the bottoms of arch and made it look like try hard WRC style, different to the front as the front slope in and dont flare out as much... now i need bigger wheels!!! might redo the rear, not sur yet...

but this let me lower the car i tiny bit more with no rubbing at all and creates that unique stance

and if anybody knows how to bring the rear out about 20-30mm safely please let me know, even if its a hub change?

[alex g]

i made some hub spacers for my mk2 a few years ago basically spaced the hole hub brake and so on out. basically a plate with holes to space the hub off the trailing arm think they are in the garage i dont know if they will work on a mk1 though ?? or hubcentric spacers h&r are the go.

[finemk1]

i have H&R 5mm on the rear at the mo and i thought that was max but how far can u go with original bolts< where do u get longer bolts? do u need longer bolts?

[alex g]

on my mk2 i have 25mm adapters and 20mm spacers 45mm of spacing, they bolt onto the hub and then you bolt onto the adapter check h&r trak+ hubcentic spacers and all shall be explained

[TassieGTi]

Obviously parts from Tassie aren't good enough!