My Burgundy Mk3

[Juzzpc]

well luckily my dad was a welder by trade so hopefully I have better luck being able to hook something up


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[BurgundyMk3]

So I sent my car back to get the exhaust quietened down the other day. It sounds so much better with the muffler and honestly a tad more powerful through the mid range. Win. I'll post proper pics and a video later on.

[Juzzpc]

can't wait

[BurgundyMk3]

So I haven't got any sound vids yet but they will come at some point.
Started haveing a look at ways to get all my black rub strips back to being black. I painted my spoiler a while ago but never bothered to clear coat it so its started faiding. I had a go at using a heat gun on my parts car to see how well it works and if anything ****s up in the process.
Here's some comparison pics. I like it.





I'll most likely start this on the other mk3 sometime this weekend or in the next week or so.

[HaydEn]

Forever black can get it at supercheap auto. Works a treat. I put it on once a month for 2-3 months and it lasted 4 years.

[BurgundyMk3]

So I went ahead and just used the heat gun on the good mk3. It looks good and was super quick. I'll see how long it lasts then I might have a shot at forever black if it doesn't hold up.

[stefcio007]

For the front lip and rear lip (tail?), I sanded them down, painted them with black heat resistant paint (2x) and used clear coat (2x).
holds up really well. You just need to get your clear coat technique right, but when you do you can get excellent results.

[BurgundyMk3]

Went down to the wreckers today to get a bunch of parts for a mates Peugeot and found 1 mk3 golf so I had to have a look. Found myself a mint glove box. Hellafunctional. Stoked.

Before


After

[stefcio007]

The glovebox is probably my favourite thing I ever found at the wreckers.

[BurgundyMk3]

I was so surprised it hadn't been broken or taken already. Best $25 bucks ever spent

[Special Air Service]

The glovebox is probably my favourite thing I ever found at the wreckers.

must get one of these myself, mk3 worst feature is no glovebox. did it bolt straight up or did you have to cut a brace out like I've read elsewhere?

[stefcio007]

must get one of these myself, mk3 worst feature is no glovebox. did it bolt straight up or did you have to cut a brace out like I've read elsewhere?

Bolted straight up, I think one of the bolts didn't quite align but got the majority of them in. Plus, it's not like I'm going to keep something really heavy in there.

[cliftronix]

Wait was a glove-box an option or something?

[BurgundyMk3]

Yea every bolt lined up perfectly from where the little shelf it actually came out with used to reside.
Nit sure if it was a full in optional extra or just the later models.

[Special Air Service]

Bolted straight up, I think one of the bolts didn't quite align but got the majority of them in. Plus, it's not like I'm going to keep something really heavy in there.

Good to know, I've always thought that there was a steel brace that had to be cut out with a grinder to install the glovebox, perhaps that's the US market