i promise this is the last i'll buy

[alex g]

well when a bargain presents itself i am the first to buy. 90's spec digi gti with front end damage , doesnt seem to bad. stripped down the front end in anticipation for the parts needed.i think the rails arent even bent
reminds me off a few weeks back ohh thats rite that was my mk1

anyone in sydney with a nice radiator , front big bumper, front support thing and a hood pm me

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/10/Photos006-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/10/engineopen-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/10/Photos007-1.jpg

[evorobin]

Nice purchase. How did you hear about it?

That rear wiper has had a hard life by the looks too. Those wheels are shocking although both easily fixed. Had any interest in the bling machine?

[joshyd-mk2gti]

a white one ey. sweet. so wats it like besides the obvious damage???? and more importantly, wat u got planned???!

[GoLfMan]

its wat he hasnt got planned which is the question :lol:

[Golf Loon]

Looks like my jetta from the front! Ive got a Mk2 radiator with a small leak, or use a later style Mk1 one with the expansion bottle.

How many Golfs do you need bro? Where did this one come from, its not the one at the show is it? If so you need a new back window winder too!

[alex g]

scored it through a panel beater mate for a steal,have got the front end sorted a little something different , youll have to wait and see :lol: :lol: . but honestly this one is gonna be my daily so mods are gonna be simple

[Golf Loon]

but honestly this one is gonna be my daily so mods are gonna be simple

I`ve heard that before from you Al. I dont believe a word of it!

[alex g]

so atleast i have it on the road again, been a while(well this it the first for me)

its still on it stilts but that wont be for long, got a few nice thing on the way for this one, watch this space

oh and thanks to peter shelley

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/12/alpine003-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/12/alpine004-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2005/12/alpine001-1.jpg

[WABIT]

omg dude the front looks soo hot are they passat light and grill or rado ones?? cant tell the diff!! hehe

wabit

[joshyd-mk2gti]

ah looks wicked dude!! love the aero's, i wana get some smoked ones on my golf one day. whered you get the jetta radiator support thing from????

[Golf Loon]

They are Jetta lights and Grille.

Looks mad on your car Al, but I`m glad my Jetta has the Golf Front!

[WABIT]

the car has a g60 feel to it.. well thats how i see it..... y dont ya wack on in it???

wabit

[alex g]

g 60 ehh funny you say that

[GoLfMan]

o god where will this man stop!!!! 8) its looking awesome man love your work!!!!

[WABIT]

g 60 ehh funny you say that

hahahahah... what have u got up ya sleeve mate can we have a idea?? :P

wabit

[GoLfMan]

its never an idea it just happens :P this mans a genius

[alex g]

not a g60 engine

i wish

[WABIT]

whattttt then????
16v, 1.8t, 2.0lt t?????

wabit

[alex g]

the engine is staying normal, this will be my daily, doesnt mean everything else cant change though.gotta get the motor sorted for the swallowtail first anyway

[WABIT]

so is their gonna be another dubstarmk2 style mk2 on the loose....... :?

if that makes scence :shock: :?

wabit

[Golf Loon]

You should know better than to ask.
Al always plays his cards close to his chest to keep us guessing.
I reckon its about the show, not always the go. Especially in your daily driver.
Buy a 16v motor off me mate, that`ll sort the swallowtail right out!

[mrgolf]

Jetta grille from Pete Shelley? That is the grille from my g/fs old Jetta. Got rear ended by a twonk in a corolla. He was doing 80, she was stationary!!!

[alex g]

have to thank your missus for me mrgolf,i knew it was yours, one mans trash is anothers treasure

[aprr32]

Recycling, thats the way to go.

[mrgolf]

...and it is the duty of every owner of rare dubs to make sure the wrecks of their cars are "recycled" to the right people, so the bits live on in other cars...

I told her, and she was duly impressed...

[Golf Loon]

...and it is the duty of every owner of rare dubs to make sure the wrecks of their cars are "recycled" to the right people, so the bits live on in other cars...


Damn Straight Steve.

Thats why my Jetta needs a good home and why I havent scrapped this big tail light 1983 Mk1 in the Garage. I`d love someone to want a straight shell though.

Its the duty of us as watercoolers to make sure the rare parts dont go to the crusher.

[Rednut]

speaking of recycling! my golfball gearknob from milo will be entering the jetta when i buy her! :)
i may have to bring it down so you can fit it matt.. hehehe

back to the topic.. i dont recall seeing a price for that golf when it was dingededed.

[Golf Loon]

The Jetta has got a chrome golfball gearknob and leather surround already. It looks trick. I`ll take a pic when its daylight.

[alex g]

bb yes got the finishing touches on the way, at least they are 4 hole now

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/dubstarmk2/sukme047.jpg

????????
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/01/sukme049-1.jpg

[worm]

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3884/sukme0471ex.jpg

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8512/sukme0495xw.jpg

[worm]

Weird.... I put those pics on image shack, because when the bandwidth is exceded at photobucket they stop displaying the images.... but for some reason they are working again *shrugs*

[alex g]

thank you sir

[alex g]

i love wide arches on alpine

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/03/g60-1.jpg

and when these are back together they will be filling that big void, just waiting on the finishing touches. they really are one of the best wheels around

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/03/alpine009-1.jpg

[alex g]

so finally the fedex man and an unnamed crew got it together

but damm was it worth the wait

3 inch for the front and 3.5 for the rear 9 and 9.5 ohh yer
and some gold bolts for good measure

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes008-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes005-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes003-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes002-1.jpg

[worm]

*drools*

They would look well wicked :twisted:

I expect photos as soon as they are on your car! :P

[Golf Loon]

And this is for your daily driver right :roll:

[GoLfMan]

:shock: DROOOOL when are they on your car???

[joshyd-mk2gti]

holy-wack-mick-jagger-jesus thats some big lip. cant wait to see em on the car.

[86gti]

daaaaaamn!!!!!!!!!!!! those are awesome!

[alex g]

test fit

daily driver um yer it is oops ive done it again

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes015-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes010-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes016-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes011-1.jpg

still got a little work to go on the arches but they are working well. does anyone know of a paint to retexture the arches????

[ausgolfer]

That is fantastic, I wanted to do the exact same thing to my GTi arches but had the same problem you have now of how to get them back to a textured finish, as I'm not really a fan of color coded arches, especially on a white car.
As a suggestion to get the texture onto the arches you could try some of that sound deadening spray. I'd obviously trial it on a bit of old wood or something, it usualy comes out fairly unevenly though. Or maybe if you had some gloss black in a can and a fine sponge to dab a texture into it (would take quite a few coats and lots of dabbing)??? I think last time I was in Bunnings I noticed you can get speckled type paints in a can but again you'd want to trial it.
Probably stupid ideas but brainstorming is what you need to get the ball rolling.

PS. Does anyone know where I can get Simmons wider lips and bolts for that matter?

[Oneofthegreats]

Try The Mag Wheel Centre
http://www.magwheelcentre.com.au/

This is where my Dad & brother always go for BBS stuff & wheel repairs.
The also build wheels in house (Simmons etc.) so I imagine that they will be able to help with wider rim lips & bolts.

[alex g]

or talk to wal or paul at neil wheels they have heaps of fat lips for simmons in stock 96421002

[ausgolfer]

I just asked the guys at the mag wheel centre and they're $198 per rim and $3.20 a bolt. Sounds like an exercise I can't afford at the moment. Just after paying for $900 worth of tyres which will only go on half an inch wider rims I might have to wait for the next lot of tyres before going a few inches deep dish.

Anyway back on track can't wait to see pictures of this thing back together, painted, with tyres.

[worm]

If you go the dabbing techinque suggested by ausgolfer, I would suggest using a piece of sponge, which you can get from art supply stores.

[Valver.]

Those are soooo phat :shock: That is just pure evil and I love it :twisted:

You have to offer them up to the Mk1 just for pics to send the yanks wild :lol:

[alex g]

new caps still waiting on the other centres from germany and then off to the powdercoateer

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/05/bbyes019-1.jpg

now just gotta find tyres

[golfvr6]

does anyone know of a paint to retexture the arches????


there is some stuff called spray putty - as i understand it - used for filling that sort of texture - was going to try it on my vr6 arches but never got around to doing it. still have the can - think i got it from kmart but sure any other auto shop will have it

[RAD '83]

My mate skinny is a panel beater and I was talking to him about this very same issue the other day as sometime in the near future I am guna respray the mk1, but want to keep the textured effect on the arches but still paint them black, anyways he said if you go to a body shop and ask them they can use a product that gives a result your after, he warns tho that it will be hard to emulate the exact texture but it is pretty close. He does resto's on old cars so uses the product occasionally. Its simply called bumper paint or the like and produces a mottled type of effect in the paint. They'lll know what your'e on about... Alternetavely you could use an underbody deadener or chip guard type of spray, might not look right tho... Bit long winded but hope it helps :P

[alex g]

there is a product from a paint company called sem i am working at getting some from the states, it results are perfect

[WABIT]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/04/bbyes011-1.jpg



look at how much wider the yellow mk1's wheels are hahahaha TUFF :twisted:

WABIT :twisted:

[Golfwise]

In my opinion those wheels look strange and you have ruined a good wheel arch.
What is the purpose of having such wide rims anyway??

[delux]

Love em mate. Good work, you brought a dead car back from the grave and gave it some style. 8) Where did you get the outer lips and bolts from? I'd like to redo mine at some point.

[alex g]

from a lad of vortex in the states it was unfortunately a rite mission though, image wheels in the uk are also good from reports.

[delux]

Thanks mate. I'll do a bit of looking. Don't listen to the preachers, it looks horn. :wink:

[alex g]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/06/backlip005-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2006/06/backlip009-1.jpg

[WABIT]

wtf is that? :shock:

wabit

[Golf Loon]

you are a crazy man.

[Golfwise]

I still recon it looks stupid.

grey ghost looks nice and I buy my mags from the newsagent so it took me a while to get your article.FGS don't go backwards. :(

[joshyd-mk2gti]

so whats news with this car cobber?

[alex g]

have just been driving it as my daily as i get stuck into the mk1, the wheels are ready and waitin just need to put the finishing touches on the arches, but i am almost thinking about leaving it normalish, just to hard when you use it everyday especially in my game

[Water Boy]

Im sorry i know its an old thread but did you ever get the wheels on that you had refurbished... I have just read through the build up and it looks sweet with the Jetta front...

Love to see some pics of it finished :)

James :D

P.S Sorry if you dont own this car any more but i would really like to see some more pics...

[rayray086]

WOW I had no idea this thread existed. It was way before I discovered VWW. You have PM dubstarmk2!!!!!

[alex g]

i drive it everyday
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/digi002-1.jpg
how i sat as a couple of months ago when i blew the headgasket (note grease marks)

that was fun
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/digi004-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/headbuild003-1.jpg

and i could nt waste such god perfect wheels on a daily driver, so i took the plunge and made them work on the mk1, widened arches

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/tyres007-1.jpg

and with home made custom centres

[alex g]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/bbs011-2.jpg

[alex g]

and by the way the full arch set g 60s for the front and the custom for the rear and running strip are all for sale

[Water Boy]

Sweet those wheels look hot and will sit swet on the Mk1...

Is the Mk2 at standard height or is it lowered... are yoy running Mk3 steelies on it now...

I must say it looks so good with that Jetta front rock on...

Cheers James :)

[alex g]

yer i went for ghetto lowness took to the spring with the grinder(i reckon it about 70mm low, it is running bilteins and golf 3 steelies, i do have something else wheel wise but try doing anything else when you have a mk1 in the state that mine is

and thank you
i do love the jetta front such a great change

[rayray086]

Inspiration for sure :thumbup:

[Water Boy]

yer i went for ghetto lowness took to the spring with the grinder(i reckon it about 70mm low, it is running bilteins and golf 3 steelies, i do have something else wheel wise but try doing anything else when you have a mk1 in the state that mine is

and thank you
i do love the jetta front such a great change

Mate you have inspired me to add a Mk2 to my wish list... Something about the Jetta front on the Mk2 Golf is horny... That look your car has is hot... Irs clean, pretty simple and very kool... I want it...

Now if you dont mind could you get some more pics of it... So i can drool over my key board...

Cheers James :)

P.S I love your work mate... :D

[silverMK1]

have a look on ebay for the jetta fronts... so expensive, about 1k for the lights alone. but yes it looks sweet.. :)

[evorobin]

OK don't confuse jetta lights (cheap as chips in UK) with Rallye lights ($1K+). Alex as always pushing the envelope thanks to ex-mrsgolf inthis case I believe j:

[alex g]

correct

via pete shelley

[intensem1]

Mk1 is going to be different!
Can never go wide enough or too much dish.


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/intensem1/akaumao-img600x450-1173685086dsc015.jpg

Or maybe you can

[rayray086]

You can't even call that a "dish" anymore! Those 3"/3.5" dubstar has are just right when it comes to looks :thumbup:

[99gti]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/06/bbs011-2.jpg

These rims are mega eye candy!!!

[alex g]

you should see them in real life and tucked under the back of a mk1

pure sex

just gotta get some rubber for them

add it to the list

[DubSteve]

Al when is the mk1 going to be finished? Dying to see it!

[alex g]

realistically at least a year off i would say, and im well my wife is about to have a baby so the dosh will be miminal but hopefully a year

[DubSteve]

realistically at least a year off i would say, and im well my wife is about to have a baby so the dosh will be miminal but hopefully a year

A year ARGHHHHHHH!!!

Congrats Alex, all the best mate!:)