Dr.AK
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Dr.AK
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Did some minor fixes over the last few weeks. Repaired the licence plate lighting Repaired the heater lighting Got new side signals since my old ones were broken and kept falling out Replaced the broken cover for the rear wiper: Then I had to align the car - bought myself a TrackAce and did it myself Two weeks ago I finally installed the taillights I had sitting in my garage for months. I think they mesh a lot better with the white lighting on the front. And yesterday I pulled another front grille out of my parts stash and gave it a quick coat of paint. It's not perfect, there's a dent in it that I didn't remove completely, but it's 100% better than what's in there now as that is more stone chips than paint. And once the car is not my daily anymore, I'm planning on a whole re-paint anyways. Sanded Filler Base Clear Gonna let this sit for a few days then do some finish on it - sand it with 2000 grit then buff it. After that it's time to install it
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Dr.AK
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Classic car - living outsideDr.AK
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give it a good waxing and make sure none of the windows leak and you should be good to go This is the way. If the car is in good nick, the paint is well protected and all the rubber parts and such are taken care of by using some care products, I wouldn't worry. One of my cars always lives outside, whichever I want to drive currently - both of them have received heavy detailing and protection, however. I also regularly wash them so the dirt does not have a chance to really stick. I'd additionally also caution to make sure all drains on the body are clear and unclogged so there won't be any moisture traps.
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Dr.AK
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Dr.AK
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Took me almost a year to formulate a game plan but things are finally starting. I have acquired a parts car today! A RHD '86 944 UK model that was imported into Germany a few years back. Reasons why it's ending up as a parts car: I'll be transplanting as much as possible from this into my 924 shell. The track will be a bit wider, so the 924 will likely end up with some fender flares. I'll keep you posted.
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Dr.AK
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Feb 29, 2024 20:39:20 GMT
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All done! Just re-assembly left to do, get the tires back on and then finally put them back on the car. I'm excited This is how these wheels should've come from the factory.
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Dr.AK
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Feb 29, 2024 13:02:52 GMT
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After my last update I decided to sand the finished wheel again - last time I had only sanded them to 2000 grit, but now I followed up with 2500, 3000, 5000 and 7000 grit. This made the shine even better and if my logic checks out, should keep them looking nice for longer. I think the finer I sand, the denser the material will become and the longer the shine will hold. I now have three done, the fourth is already sanded halfway - just some more sanding and polishing left then it's time for assembly.
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Feb 29, 2024 12:59:53 GMT
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I have just refinished my BBS LMs - I polished the lips to a mirror finish. To get the powder coating off, I decided to go for a bit of a rough method - I used an abrasive nylon cleaning disc. It will leave a very rough finish, but nothing that a bit of elbow grease can't fix. After I stripped them, I sanded them from 240 grit to 7000 grit and then polished them. Maybe this will help you. Might be a bit of a hassle to get into all of the nooks and crannys - in that case I'd probably go about glass blasting them with glass granulate and after that with glass beads to get a nice surface.
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Dr.AK
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Mainly PC. I'll occasionally browse on my phone, mostly on the toilet , but typing on the phone is something I'll probably never like.
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Dr.AK
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Feb 18, 2024 19:21:50 GMT
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Feb 12, 2024 21:17:49 GMT
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Feb 12, 2024 21:17:38 GMT
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Feb 12, 2024 11:41:09 GMT
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Dec 27, 2023 12:39:19 GMT
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What a mess... Friday after I installed the coils (so the 17th), I installed a new drive shaft. Do a test drive and just a few hundred meters down the road the drive shaft starts knocking real bad. Suddenly the car won't drive anymore. Was able to push the car back into the garage together with a neighbor and then took it apart again. The brand new drive shaft exploded. I fixed up the old drive shaft with a new c-clip, that seemed to hold for the time being so I could drive the car for a few days. Then I received a package from an old buddy - older Alpine CDE-9880R headunit with a bluetooth module and a new, never mounted Hertz ESK 165.5 2-way component system. Eventual goal is a nice sounding fun hifi install that is completely invisible. Got started on installing the radio, put the bluetooth module behind the glove box. Works flawlessly and integrates itself very nicely into the interior since it has green lighting like the rest of the interior. When I drove home from the garage, suddenly the passenger side started knocking. Back to the garage, up on the lift... oh, nice, passenger side drive shaft is also broken. So now I have ordered a bunch of parts to replace everything up front. - 2 new drive shafts - ball joints - control arms - tie rods - sway bar links - wheel hubs - wheel bearings - new oil pan gasket since I have to remove it anyways to access one of the bolts of the control arms Hope this stuff arrives sometime this week so I can get it back on the road.
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Dr.AK
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Got the coils in yesterday! Just some cheap TA Technix coils for the time being, but it's better than the worn out factory suspension and looks a million times better as well. In the long run I'm planning to swap for some better coils once all the other stuff on my todo list has been taken care of. Couldn't do a test drive however, as the drive shaft joint came apart when I unbolted the factory suspension and the knuckle swung down, lol. Replaced the boot there almost two weeks ago and had already wondered how easy I could take it apart, but figured it was still good. Now the boot is full of little ball bearings, oops. Oh well, ordered a new drive shaft already.
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Liking this! I've had a couple of VR6s and they remain one of my favourite engines. Except when its time to do the timing chains, what a horrible job. Followed you on IG to see progress on the Golf, those Porsche wheels will look great Yeah, I am very happy I did not have to do the chain job myself haha Thanks folks! This weekend I did the front brakes and a cv boot and also got new snow tires put on the stockers. Gonna do the rear brakes this week whenever I find the time and then maybe also finally install the coils I've had sitting in my garage for the past few weeks... Winter tires were not a moment too soon, as yesterday we saw our first snow this year. At least the dog's happy!
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Last Edit: Dec 4, 2023 9:06:02 GMT by Dr.AK
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Took care of some minor things this week. Was missing the tow hook cover, got a new one in the mail. European Golfs didn't have cupholders but I need one for longer drives. So I sourced a US model cupholder and cut apart my center console to fit it. Now I'm just waiting on my brake stuff to come in so I can do that sometime this week.
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Dr.AK
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Soooo! My previous daily was a 2010 Ford Mondeo, it was good car but I wanted to get back into something older again as to me it always felt kinda like driving a rental. 16 years ago my first car was a '92 Golf GT Special with a few mods: When I sold that a year later, I always swore I'd own another Mk3 one day. Fast forward to this year. When a buddy of mine took me along to a Mk2 only meet earlier this year, I came out of that day inspired to look for Mk2s with AC for sale but ended up finding very few and none of them really caught my eye. Then I figured I might as well look at Mk3s again. A bit shocked by what people wanted for them, because a good, original VR6 seems to be roughly between 10 and 15 thousand Euros. That's when I remembered - a buddy of mine had a VR6 sitting in the back of his shop that he bought just because it was offered to him for cheap by a customer. A quick phone call later, I went over there to have a look at the car. I saw it on the lift and I was impressed - the last time I had seen a Mk3 this clean was probably 15 years ago, and even then I can remember seeing cars with rotted out strut towers, non existant sills and swiss cheese'd hatches. The only rust on this one was a small hole on the passenger side fender. However, the car had sat for about 10 years, so some more work was likely to be expected. The interior was in very good condition too, although some trim pieces were missing or broken. The leather seats were retrofitted by my buddy, the matching door cars were included, although not fitted on the car.The engine ran, but sounded bad - the chain would need replacing. We struck a very decent deal - I basically got the car for what it cost him + whatever the chain plus some paint on the fenders (I'd source a new passenger side fender first), which was roughly 5k€. Ready for collection at my buddy's place: Then I drove it over to my garage. Then I got it registered.
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Last Edit: Apr 17, 2024 7:42:05 GMT by Dr.AK
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