Stu
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Good work Jabbo - looks a heck of a lot better in that engine bay!  |
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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Cool! Love tranformation shots |
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1979 VW GolfDeleted
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Mar 10, 2006 18:59:15 GMT
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Easily solved. 1) Find man with steam cleaner. 2) Befriend said man. 3) Turn up at their place of work at 9 on a Sunday before they open. 4) Get engine cleaned! 5) Come home and clean/wire brush/paint manky bits. Nice Golf! And i don't really want to know how you did point 2 on the list ;D |
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Samage
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Mar 11, 2006 15:15:07 GMT
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Very nice car, I love the small rear light Golfs!
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jabbo
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Mar 11, 2006 16:15:03 GMT
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Nice Golf! And i don't really want to know how you did point 2 on the list ;D Oi, behave! ;D |
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dub
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Mar 11, 2006 21:23:36 GMT
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nice ride, lowered asnd stick some corrado steels on it, or some ATS classics or cups
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jabbo
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Mar 12, 2006 15:09:15 GMT
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Been back out there today, so it's time for another weekly update. Following on from last week, I decided to remove the headlights and grill, so I could access those harder to reach areas of the engine bay and carry on cleaning. Once I'd got the grill, lights and bumper off it looked like this;  The fact this areas not painted to match the car really bothers me so out came the paint! I wasn't too worried about doing this area perfectly as it's obviously not greatly visible behind the grill, so a quick bit of wire brushing and on went the primer. Then came the snow! B@llocks! Thankfully it was only a couple of small showers so no damage done. Went back out there this morning to give it a couple of coats of paint;  Seeing as the day was still looking good I also decided to refit the front bumper (now with clear indicator lenses), and also the chin spoiler (to make it look that bit lower). Following on from DW's advice on another thread I decided to attack them with Kiwi Black Leather shoe polish and was amazed by the transformation;  The bumpers a bit bent, and missing the chrome inserts, so I'm keeping my eyes open for a cheap replacement, but until then it'll do. |
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2006 15:12:34 GMT by jabbo
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1979 VW GolfDeleted
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Mar 12, 2006 15:48:15 GMT
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Car is coming on nice, good work man, keep it up! |
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Neil
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Mar 12, 2006 19:25:41 GMT
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Brilliant work jabbo man, just goes to show what can be achieved for a little outlay - it's all about puttin the hours in!  Love the updates too mate, keep 'em coming! |
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Mike
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Mar 14, 2006 12:55:29 GMT
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Some damn good work jabbo, its looking great! Were you not tempted to paint the lower front valance white too though? Might make the chin spoiler stand out more? Just a thought. And seeing yours with only the little rear arch spats (which suits it down to the ground) has got me thinking about mine, might look better without the gti arches (wheels appear to fill the arches more etc..)
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1979 VW GolfDeleted
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Mar 14, 2006 13:20:16 GMT
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First thing i did to my gti (who started its life as a 1.5) was to remove the GTI arches and boot spoiler.. Rust traps the lot of them |
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jabbo
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Mar 14, 2006 19:04:58 GMT
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Some damn good work jabbo, its looking great! Were you not tempted to paint the lower front valance white too though? Might make the chin spoiler stand out more? I did think about it, but personally I prefer the lower valance being black. I can totally see your point about making the chin spoiler stand out more. However I decided against it as I feel keeping it black makes the bumper/under valance area/chin spoiler blend more into one, and give's the impression that the car is lower. I may change my mind though, see how it goes! ;D |
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Ed
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Mar 14, 2006 19:10:57 GMT
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good work on a fine car, keep it up ;D
looking forward to the finished article.
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jabbo
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Mar 14, 2006 19:13:05 GMT
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On to todays work. I'd arranged with a mate to help me drop it today. I was tempted to do it myself, but if someone else knows what they're doing and has got all the tools then I'd be a fool to say no! So here's the car at the start of the day. Full on side;  Front wheel;  Back wheel:  |
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jabbo
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Mar 14, 2006 19:39:31 GMT
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So armed with the 40mm drop springs that came with the car it was off to the workshop.
Once we got there and got the car on the jacks off came the wheels. Now the car's been knocking a bit lately so I wasn't expecting the shocks to be looking all that - and I was right. The front's where totally shagged. The rears however have clearly been replaced fairly recently so were good to go. A quick call to the local automotive parts dealer and an hour later a pair of new uprated shocks had been delivered. Now that's what I call service!
3 hours after it all began the job was done. New springs on the back, new springs and shocks on the front! The front's still looking pretty high, but hopefully should settle down a bit once all's run in.
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jabbo
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Mar 14, 2006 19:57:23 GMT
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Next it was back home to fit the new wheels. Now anyone who's been following this thread will know I've been buying wheels like there's no tomorrow and hadn't decided what to fit! I'd finally decided on the Sebrings (there's just something about them that appeals to me!), but then eBay struck again. I decided to have a little bid on another set of wheels last week and to my surprise landing myself a set of polished p-slots. 4 wheels fully polished, plus a set of decent tyres, all for £47  Now that's in keeping with the plans on making this car as cheap as possible! Anyway, on went the wheels (albeit late in the day as I got sidetracked by working on my mate's car!). Took it for a quick spin but the front's still got a lot of settling to do. Here's that shot of the rear again; And here's how it's looking now;  No pics of the front as it was too dark to get a decent shot. Tomorrow should see me driving it about to try to drop the front down. I'm still undecided about whether to lower it another 20mm though. |
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1979 VW GolfDeleted
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Mar 14, 2006 21:58:33 GMT
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DO it! (in a Starsky and Hutch kind of saying it) I got 40 on my golf, and its still in the offroad height in my eyes.  Loving the p-slots! But too much rubber in my eyes My gti lowered 40 mm  |
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Neil
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As madmaxx wisely said - DO IT!!
40 mm just aint enough in my opinion. Loving the p slots on it, never been a big fan 'til now, i think it's cos they be proper polished me andsome!!
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1979 VW Golfarthurbrown
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Mar 15, 2006 10:38:01 GMT
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Nice work Scott. Using your time off wisely I see I reckon another 20mm isn't going to hurt at all. Get it done |
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jabbo
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Mar 15, 2006 11:44:18 GMT
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Nice work Scott. Using your time off wisely I see I reckon another 20mm isn't going to hurt at all. Get it done The plan was to spend half the time off doing NCR's and half the time on the car. Incase you hadn't guessed I haven't started the NCR's yet! ;D DO it! (in a Starsky and Hutch kind of saying it) I got 40 on my golf, and its still in the offroad height in my eyes. Loving the p-slots! But too much rubber in my eyes I'd love lower profile tyres, but there's nothing wrong with the ones on there, and I can't really afford to put others on at the mo. Guess I'll have to settle for that extra 20mm drop instead! This is for you ;D ;  |
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Loving the p-slots! But too much rubber in my eyes