My Maroon MK3!!

[rmuruga]

Hey guys, now that I've done the intro, thought I could show my car properly now.

First of all the car was mechanically maintained in A+ condition. But the outside trims and things were faded so I got out the black spray. While I was doing the bumper trims, I did the badges as well.

This is how the rear looks:
Before the spray:

After the spray:


This is how the front looks:


-blacked out badge
-resprayed grill
-changed the black under grill from my old maroon one.

After this I was just gonna put some dynamic steelies (15x8 +10 all round), but unfortunately that didn't clear the brakes and it scraped the insides. So didn't get those, but this is how it looked:




Since that didn't fit, I got them swapped for some Rota shakotan (15x7 +20 all round). This is what that looks like:



Then for some fun, I sticker bombed the petrol panel bit:


And the rear boot opener part, (this had the clearcoat pealing off) hence my decision to do this bit:


I also stencilled "illest" on to the bottom of my left tail lights:


Picked up so,e vr6 taillight from Sydney for $35 for the set, lucky as find. And rebadged the golf gl badges.


Did this on the rear window:


Did the roof in satin black as my clear coat was peeling like a potato. Haha


So far that's it.. I have ordered some Jom coilovers and expecting those next week or two. Also waiting on the bushes.

Eventually want to put some Nemoto Borbs staggered sets and get rid of the rota. But need to save up some more money first.

I'll keep the thread updated once I put in the coilovers. As this is first time putting in coilovers for me, if any of you live in South Eastern Melbourne and would be happy to give me hand..please help haha.

Thanks in advance!


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[KI11Z]

oh man, lots of (last season) jdm influences! also, I understand that money may be tight, but you've now bought rotas and are planning to buy some nemoto's; with that money you could've easily purchased a set of legit wheels..... other then that, you seem like a keen modifier, try scan the euro seen and get ideas from there. Also, before you start smashing ebay, be aware that it's full of a lot of china ****, so two words, please don't..... :p keep us posted!

[junyip_69]

what tyres were you running on the steelies?

[rmuruga]

oh man, lots of (last season) jdm influences! also, I understand that money may be tight, but you've now bought rotas and are planning to buy some nemoto's; with that money you could've easily purchased a set of legit wheels..... other then that, you seem like a keen modifier, try scan the euro seen and get ideas from there. Also, before you start smashing ebay, be aware that it's full of a lot of china ****, so two words, please don't..... :p keep us posted!

yeah thanks for that mate, will defs keep you posted.

what tyres were you running on the steelies?

I was running 185/55/R15 but I was too new to the tyre thing so I realised I would have liked to have run 195/45/R15..

[mike1990]

That last picture seems to show a lot of condensation, is this the case? I have this problem with mine too and would like to know how to solve it lol.

[rmuruga]

Yeah mike1990, Its attracts a lot of dust as well. I have no clue how to get rid of that, I have to keep washing it every couple of days. So far i haven't found a solution. Ill let you know if I find any information on it!

[rmuruga]

Hey guys, this is a quick update on the car. I had really bad interior roof lining issue. Went to spotlight and got some fabric for $20. I followed rayray's diy, with my own little tweaks.

This is how it turned out:



I'll put more pictures in the morning tomorrow.

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[Water Boy]

Nice work on the head liner mate. Well done!

[rmuruga]

Nice work on the head liner mate. Well done!

Thanks buddy!


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[KI11Z]

using those patterns can turn out bad because when you stretch it, the squares lose their alignment BUT you smashed it dude. I can appreciate it.....

[rmuruga]

using those patterns can turn out bad because when you stretch it, the squares lose their alignment BUT you smashed it dude. I can appreciate it.....

Cheers Buddy. First time doing the whole headliner thing, I was so conscious about the line being aligned haha. Got help from a mate and lil sister too. Certainly not a one person job if youre doing it for the first time, especially with this pattern!

[rmuruga]

Another update guys, since the roof lining. So someone reversed into the driver mirror and shattered the window. So when I got it repaired, it came back with two different shades of black so I ended up taking a gloss black can to both the sides.



Then I stencil the vw symbol on the passenger side c pillar.


So I was cleaning my headlights today and then decided to try my hand at joey mod, it turned out pretty sweet, Sorry if you can't really see it.


I had plastic headlight protectors, I made good use of them for testing purposes, I yellow tinted it, this is how it looks on top of clear headlights. So far I only had tinted one of them, hence its up only on one side..


Also a question, are yellow tinted headlights illegal in Victoria? I know red and blue are illegal, many forum say many answers. just wanna clear it up!

Cheers till next time

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[rmuruga]

Another update guys..

I have been trying many different wheels on the car as I've not been happy with a single set haha (some people will agree...hopefully)

I had some 16 inch rays cv pros that didn't end well. I did stud conversion, got internal nuts and different bolts.... had to buy too many thing to fit these. (Didn't think it through before buying them).

Specs: 16x7 +31 front and 16x8 +37 rear. I had also put 15mm adapters in the front and 25mm in the rear.



Felt too big for the car. And it started hitting the guard and rubbing too much, raised the car and still it hit the guard.

Then realised it was my control arm bushes that were shagged pretty badly.

I got all those fixed and so far the latest one are steelies. I'm quiet happy with them for now.




However, to get them to fit, major guard work had to be done. I took a sledge hammer from work to it, and they all listened to what I had to say to them. I've got flares that are going to be riveted on so didn't really care too much about the guard for now. Makes it look a bit widebody imo.

The size is 15x8 +0 all round with 175/50/15 tyres all round.

I'm looking for one or tyre in that size now, cause one of the ones on the car is up to its wear indicator. Let me know if you have one in that size.

Also the whole 16inch cv pro setup is up for sale, including the nuts bolts, studs and adapters. Wheels are great condition, one has gutter rash. Wheels were fine the control arm bushes are what made them hit the guard.


Cheers,
Ram

[stefcio007]

So when I got it repaired, it came back with two different shades of black so I ended up taking a gloss black can to both the sides.

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My mirrors have all that protective plastic peeling away and look ****house. How did you spray the mirrors? Did you just get a can, cover up relevant areas and spray carefully or?
How would I go about respraying my red mirrors?

[rmuruga]

My mirrors have all that protective plastic peeling away and look ****house. How did you spray the mirrors? Did you just get a can, cover up relevant areas and spray carefully or?

Yeah, I covered up the window, front windshield, half the door and bonnet. So pretty all around the mirror. Make sure you don't do it on a hot day, as it'll start to crack the paint as it dries or a windy day..too much dust.

Like that.

Good luck!

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