Benny's MK2 GTI

[86gti]

ok, some things will start happening to the mk2 from now on.
so ive made this thread to keep ppl up to date on whats going on with my pride and joy...lol

part one will be my run in with the transport when they checked my car over to clear a defect.
the guy drove the car up the ramps and used the door to lower himself to the ground (big guy, huge fella) snap goes the welds on the bottom hinge...
then told me i better get that fixed. :mad:
all is well, we ripped the door off n welded it up on monday.
few pics.............
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/120307_1406-3.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/120307_1425-3.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/120307_1426-3.jpg


soon its time to start getting it ready for a fresh coat of paint. but a few more lil bits to do first.
keep ya's posted

[KI11Z]

man! wat a tw*t! (Naughty boy...Admin ;)) i woulda been furious!! :mad:

How'd ya go anywayz? you pass it all?! . . .

[aussieg60]

Does it really need a paint job ? Doesnt seem so in the pics. Whats happened with the original paint ?

[86gti]

Yea, its all good now. got it passed yesterday.
the paint is ok, bit faded on the bonnet and roof, and some paint coming off on the rear pannel, otherwise a few scratches annoy me every time i look at it. A buff would bring it up ok, but I would still see the scratches etc.
and once its done it will be a weekend car only.....the GTiR will become my daily driver. then ill start worrying about the mk1 a bit more. oh, too many things to do :(

[86gti]

Got my new rims today. second hand Volk replicas.
bit reminisant of a big ATS cup (sort of) lol.
wanted something with dish but still enough clearance for some Ajustable coil overs at a later date.
will have centers painted black and cleaned up when the car gets painted :D

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/150307_1841-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/150307_1840-2.jpg

couple of little dings in one of the rims, and a couple of chips in the paint, but they in good nick.

[Water Boy]

Those new wheels look horn... What size are they??? :)

[tassie_euro_mk1]

yea yea. I like em mate.
Dish!!! woot woot
I must say i think i like them better than your current ones.

will they be on the mk2 on saturday?

[86gti]

heya, they are 17x7in

still on the gold lensos for now, till i clean em all up and get a couple of new tyres. 2 were brand new and the others are bit worn out.......
bit of hoon action by the previous owner j:

[86gti]

new rear muffler came the other day too. not too rice, upswept DTM style
should have a new stone tray and lower grill on sat (thanks Andrew) .
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/150307_2057-2.jpg
another rim pic.. ill send em off to "tru wheels" clean up the lips n give em a good polish.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/150307_1839-2.jpg
then ill get onto getting some bits for the enterior, i basicly need a dash top and some front seats, thinking some nice recaros at tax time.

[GoLfMan]

love both the wheels and the DTM muffler :D looking great mate

[tassie_euro_mk1]

whats gonna happen with your seats?

R they in alright nick???;)

[86gti]

whats gonna happen with your seats?

R they in alright nick???;)

Passanger side is fine, drivers is a bit worn in the side bolstering wher you get in and out, worn a bit of a hole, otherwise fine.
Id recover them if i could get the same pattern :( .
dont know what i will do with em yet. Might sell em, ill keep ya posted :D

[tassie_euro_mk1]

dont know what i will do with em yet. Might sell em, ill keep ya posted

that would be great thanks.

Recaros are a fine seat. never sat in one but they look good on the net :D

[86gti]

the STRAIGHT stone tray has now been fitted and the spoiler is back on.
No more hitting hoppers ont he highway for me.(thanks again Andrew)
Tinted rear lights back in (after the trans-inspection) and also my driving lights...so basicly it's all back together. Found a couple of race seats off "knupflog" so hopefully have them in a couple of weeks when i get financial again.
Ill give it a good polish on the weekend and post up some new pics. :D

[86gti]

stone tray and spoiler back on! :D
makes it loo 120% better.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/010407_1541-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/010407_1645-2.jpg

was having a good day till i did an oil change and a bit of a check over n found a big hole in My outer cv boot :-(.

[86gti]

Put my new wheels on today.
have to swap some tyres over tho. running 215/50 on back and they are a little too wide, and look a bit "hot roddish" with 205s on the front.
anyway, her is a couple of pics.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1701-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1702-2.jpg

ill swap my 205s off gold rims to the back tomorrow, ....i hope :D

[rayray086]

Looking good mate; what's the offset on those wheels?

[peedman]

And secondly will u swap a left kidney for them?? :) :D

[GoLfMan]

wheels look great :)
where did you get the DTM style muffler and how much?

[86gti]

:D heya, cheers.
not shure of the offset on them, ill have a look tomorrow.

What condition is the kidney in? hahahah..i might need one!

I got the muffler of a mate who picked up 2 for his E30 bimmer on Flea bay.
they were $60.00 each from Melbourne. i payed 40 for it.
it isnt on yet tho.....soooooooon.

[GoLfMan]

:D heya, cheers.
not shure of the offset on them, ill have a look tomorrow.

What condition is the kidney in? hahahah..i might need one!

I got the muffler of a mate who picked up 2 for his E30 bimmer on Flea bay.
they were $60.00 each from Melbourne. i payed 40 for it.
it isnt on yet tho.....soooooooon.

do you have a link for that ebay site mate?? or was it a one off :(

[86gti]

do you have a link for that ebay site mate?? or was it a one off :(

ah, not shure, they are made in Australia, and it was about 12 months ago.
Ill see if i can find out.

[GoLfMan]

ah, not shure, they are made in Australia, and it was about 12 months ago.
Ill see if i can find out.

Cheers mate, PM me details if you find out :D

[86gti]

Cheers mate, PM me details if you find out :D
PM'd you mate...only has 1 hr to go on the bidding tho...... I think my mate might still have one unused.
Ill ask when i get back to work (on holidays) :D

bit off topic, but i stuck my Gold lenzos on My i-R today.
suit it pretty well.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/PICT0671-3.jpg

[GoLfMan]

PM'd you mate...only has 1 hr to go on the bidding tho...... I think my mate might still have one unused.
Ill ask when i get back to work (on holidays) :D

bit off topic, but i stuck my Gold lenzos on My i-R today.
suit it pretty well.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/PICT0671-3.jpg

that they do mate ;)
cheers for the heads up too :) thanks for looking into it for me

[peedman]

Share the love! Hook me up with those wheels as well....theres a set on ebay that look really similar priced at $600 odd dollars.

I remember a while back that someone was selling em for $400, i should got some :(

[86gti]

Share the love! Hook me up with those wheels as well....theres a set on ebay that look really similar priced at $600 odd dollars.

I remember a while back that someone was selling em for $400, i should got some :(

Heya, i know a guy who got a new set about 18 mths ago..they were bout 1,800 ... i scored mine off a mate for 550 with tyres. front ones were new, and rears were subjected to some abrasion. lol....
for the life of me i cant remember who makes them...they are a RAYS engineering VOLK replica tho.

[rayray086]

The GTi-R looks awesome. The rear taillights are actually very reminiscent of those on the Mk2, and I kinda thought that was your Mk2 until I noticed that wing and badging (of course)!

Wheels definitely look sweet on the Mk2 - post some side shots for us! :D

[peedman]

Wow 1800, i wasnt expecting that. Are they 16"? Well no matter what u scored a bargain and they look great.

[86gti]

The GTi-R looks awesome. The rear taillights are actually very reminiscent of those on the Mk2, and I kinda thought that was your Mk2 until I noticed that wing and badging (of course)!

Wheels definitely look sweet on the Mk2 - post some side shots for us! :D
Cheers, I'll Get some pics up over the weekend :D
GTi-R sort of reminds me of a MK3 .lol ...and much to the disgust of most
It was wearing a VW badge for a few days, lol j:


Wow 1800, i wasnt expecting that. Are they 16"? Well no matter what u scored a bargain and they look great.

they are 17x7 with 205/40 tyres. they will stay on until i can Find (and afford) some 16in BBS splitties. hehe.

[Water Boy]

How is your Mk2 going Benny... Did you get those new wheels on...

Update and pics needed...

Keep it up...

James :)

[delta|triangle]

Dude I think those new wheels on the GTI make it.

really really good choice, looks great

[86gti]

cheers.
ive been a bit slack with the Mk2 lately. especialy with taking pics.
its coooooold down here and there is so much road work on the way to work that the car hasn't had a good clean for the last 2 months or so.
im tossing around the idea of a 16v for it at the moment runing on K-jet.
but really havn't come to a conclusion. Im a bit scared to go from a 2.0 to a 1.8....so maybe a 2.0 16v.....or my 2.0 block with a 16v head and some EFI and turbo action. Its such a brain strain.
but the Mk1 is for sale so I can get my GTiR upto daily driver specs and take the mk2 off the road for some TLC.

Few things are certain...and that is some coil overs, a Bonrath grille (de badged 2x lights) and some paint....
after that is done then ill move to interior...
If its a nice day on saturday I may give her a bath and take some pics :D

only pics i have with new rims are theese

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1702-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1701-1.jpg

[99gti]

OH....MY....GOD! Becky - look at those rims... Theyre just so deep. She looks like one of those rap guys girl friends - huh!

That is sex on wheels. AWESOME choice!

[Water Boy]

Looking good Benny with the new wheels... She'll look sick with the Bonrath grille, give it a tuff look... Must be sad having to part with Helga your Mk1, oh well lide goes on...

Gets some shinny pics for us on the week end...

James :D

[silverMK1]

only pics i have with new rims are theese

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1702-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/04/190407_1701-1.jpg

they kinda look like the BSA 333 wheels, they are cheap aswell.. i think bombsquad has em on his mk3... not sure though...

http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=264

[86gti]

Time to pull my finger out.
I finaly decided to sell my last long term project (RNN14 GTiR pulsar)
sold within a week...so now its time to get on with the MK2.

Ive started by puting on some Compomotive CXN rims 16x7.with toyo TR1s tyres..soon to be 16x8 when i get some transport and take the old girl in for some Paint and a bit of guard pumping.
Also on the way is KW v2 coil overs. So hopefully over the winter things will start happening :D ...
when a new daily thrasher comes I will start pulling her to bits.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/02/090208_1357-1.jpg

looking like this now.....but about 1.5inch higher...due to still being dail transport...for a lil' while.

[99gti]

Looking good Benny. Have you decided what your going to do motor wise?

[86gti]

Its running a mild 2E on k-jet..I'll leave it with that for the moment I think.
tossing up alot of ideas in that area. :confused: 16v 2.0, keep 2E, 2e on throttle bodies etc. hehe. Ill wait and see what pans out. biggest possibility will be a 16v on throttle bodies.

[Jarred]

Its running a mild 2E on k-jet..I'll leave it with that for the moment I think.
tossing up alot of ideas in that area. :confused: 16v 2.0, keep 2E, 2e on throttle bodies etc. hehe. Ill wait and see what pans out. biggest possibility will be a 16v on throttle bodies.

2l 16V on quad throttles, = much hotness!!!

rims are looking good, will work well with a bit of dish imo

what are you getting for a new daily?

[99gti]

2l 16V on quad throttles, = much hotness!!!

rims are looking good, will work well with a bit of dish imo

what are you getting for a new daily?

Amen to that! Sounds like it'll be one tough Mk2!

[86gti]

i was looking at borrowing some $$ and getting a 97 A4 1.8t .....buuuuut.
i hate borrowing from the bank, lol. I dont really know what im going to get yet.. Maybe another mk1 or yet another escort. lol.
see what pops up :D

[ausgolfer]

I know a 20vT would be very cool, and I had the option to do it myself but I just thought it'd take too much character away from the car, with a semi quiet turbo motor in.

2.0 16v FTW!!!!

When I have the money I want to rebuild my KR to 1.9L to give a good compromise of revs/torque increase. Soo many plans soo little money.

[99gti]

i was looking at borrowing some $$ and getting a 97 A4 1.8t .....buuuuut.
i hate borrowing from the bank, lol. I dont really know what im going to get yet.. Maybe another mk1 or yet another escort. lol.
see what pops up :D

Dooooooooooooooooooooooo it! Those old escort are a bugger for axle tramp but drop in a t-15 5 speed and they are a barrel of fun.

Go the A4. I couldn't bear the urgency's of life now without a semi reliable modern car. Day 1 of the eski being dead as a doornail you'll thank me. They do it quite often (and I've had a few).

[ausgolfer]

nothing unreliable about a 16v on kjet ;) Mine hasn't skipped a beat in 5 years and I thrash it daily. And it sounds.....OT

[86gti]

lol... Yea a 16v on Kjet is likely... Want to keep it in the same vein as an original GTI.... Like Ausgolfer says, it takes away some character if you go for something high tech and turbo......one day Mk2 GTIs will be rare..very rare, especialy 3 doors...so i want to keep her close to standard... (not that i plan on selling it!!)

Basicly a nice respray (black) neaten it up, new seats, coil overs, and some dish on the new rims :-P ..
I now have another mk2 3door to go nuts on....so the old girl will get a spruce up and maybe a 16v on kjet...

New car....will get ..umm....unshure yet, but ive sold my GTiR pulsar, so ive got a few ideas...ARGH!!!.....

Gave up on the AUDI idea..Love the A4s...more of a cruising car tho... want something fun lol..... something different...so ill build my own car from another mk2 shell once the GTI gets her new paint!!!!! too much to think about now. lol

[dans_mk2VR6]

hey just wondering if anyone nows if a mk3 dash will fit into a mk2 ?

[GOLFBALLS]

Hey benny, can you PM me the link for that DTM muffler? They are freakin sweet.
Amen re the non turbo thing. even tho i'm doin the 1.8t swap, i'm definately keeping the kjet motor from my grey car that is now being stripped. It was rebuilt a while back with a 1900 Audi block (not sure exactly which one), and a nice cam. I think its the bigger Euro 8v head too as it was an ex UK car. I've heard they had different heads??:???:
it had/has heaps of low down grunt even tho it was running poor!! That old motor will be handy for occasional use to keep the car eligible for TargaWest and hopefully Targa Tas in a few years!!
It will be nice to come back home (i'm an ex Launcestonian).
Whatcha doin with those BBS's?:cool:

[86gti]

Hey benny, can you PM me the link for that DTM muffler? They are freakin sweet.
Amen re the non turbo thing. even tho i'm doin the 1.8t swap, i'm definately keeping the kjet motor from my grey car that is now being stripped. It was rebuilt a while back with a 1900 Audi block (not sure exactly which one), and a nice cam. I think its the bigger Euro 8v head too as it was an ex UK car. I've heard they had different heads??:???:
it had/has heaps of low down grunt even tho it was running poor!! That old motor will be handy for occasional use to keep the car eligible for TargaWest and hopefully Targa Tas in a few years!!
It will be nice to come back home (i'm an ex Launcestonian).
Whatcha doin with those BBS's?:cool:


Hey Hey.... sorry for late reply......I've been hibernating.:)
The muffler was found on ebay a while back by a mate. If you search for DTM muffler on ebay a few usually pop up. they usually go for around $ 50- 80 big ones....

The BBS rims are actually Compomotive CXNs....:D.. they are staying on the car, and getting a little wider in the near future.

........................
Update of whats going on .
Unfortunatly its still doing daily duties :mad:
My Bonrath grill turned up during the week and is now on the car.
Huuuuuuuuge thanks to Rocco Dingo and his contact in the UK for getting the grill and having it safely arrive in Tassie..( can't thiank you enuff mate ).
A large box of eurosport goodies and a few other bits is between here and the US too...should be arriving next week (I hope)

Taking a holiday mid July to get her up and stands and fit all the new bits.
So, things are happening...A little slowly tho, but i'm getting there! lol.

Bout to go wash the car..so i'll have some pics up in the next few hours....

[roccodingo]

Was all good fun benny, u ned to get over there to check some shows out one summer buddy.

Still sorting thru all them boxes of K jet bits.. keep you posted when i got a pile ready..:D

[86gti]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/090608_1403-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/090608_1412-2.jpg

The muffler isn't on the car yet :mad:
Waiting till the new exhaust goes on mid july.....

Just got 3 huge boxes of bits from the US..
here is part of the joy of it all. haha

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/bits-2.jpg.....

onnes of eurosport bits, full polly kit, quick shift, blah blah...
Will be putting it all on over my holiday break :D

[Water Boy]

Dang boy...

[thestu]

that my friend is a very freshhh mk2.

love it! good work mate, i can see a lot of time and effort has gone into that beast!

[86gti]

Thanks fellas!
Yeah, ive been bashing my head and changing my mind as far as an engine transplant goes. :D

So im just going to concentrate on getting it neat again with a few goodies.
The 2e is fine for the moment, and ive become a bit of a lover of the 8v motor on kjet...

Basicly what I want at the moment is to have it fat and low.
Going to pull the rims out another inch next and see how much clearence I get..possibly mod some g60 arches to suit small bumpers. or mod the 2 sets of std arches I have to get the desired width. then some race seats up front and rip the back ones out and put them in storage.

Iv'e also got the other 3 door mk2 sitting there in storage waiting for me to decide what way i want to go with it...It will be a daily so at the moment im not planning anything major in the motor department. tho a 16v 1.8 might be the go depending on the $$$$ situation. basicly all i have planned for that at the moment is slammed on big bumpers and possibly some fat 15s

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/230308_1154-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/230308_2127-2.jpg

nothing special, just be a bit of a clanger with a tuff stance and big bumpers.. lol........ohhhhhhhh.. brain strain.

[Jarred]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/230308_2127-2.jpg

Oh that is perfect.

If nothing else works or anything, that is perfect. no need for big bumpers 16V turbos and all that junk.

if i looks like this, nothing else matters!

btw, what wheels are they? the compos are the mesh ones yeah?

[86gti]

They are the rims that used to live on the gti..
17x7 replicas of Volk wheels by Rays engineering. :D
heaps of pics of the black one on those rims on here around the place.

[Jarred]

Yea i know I've seen em before. They just looked so much better on the grey 3dr! hahahahaha:D

[99gti]

Jesus - you mean to tell me you have 2 2door mk2's.

They are coming along nicely. Well done!

[Water Boy]

Jesus - you mean to tell me you have 2 2door mk2's.

And both of then have small bumpers... Thats how cool ol mate Benny is :D

[WABIT]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/090608_1403-2.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/090608_1412-2.jpg

The muffler isn't on the car yet :mad:
Waiting till the new exhaust goes on mid july.....

Just got 3 huge boxes of bits from the US..
here is part of the joy of it all. haha

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/bits-2.jpg.....

onnes of eurosport bits, full polly kit, quick shift, blah blah...
Will be putting it all on over my holiday break :D


GET THOSE CENTERCAPS HAPPENING MATE!!! you will love your car much more when they are on hehe

wabit

[Oneofthegreats]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/06/090608_1403-2.jpg


I like the stance of this Benny.

It's got a very sinister stance about it. Black, black window's, belly ached!!!

Good luck cleaning those wheels ;)

I'll be honest & say I've never been a fan of the badgeless grill's.
I reckon a single headlight badged grill would be a goer.

[Satanstoenail]

They are the rims that used to live on the gti..
17x7 replicas of Volk wheels by Rays engineering. :D
heaps of pics of the black one on those rims on here around the place.

They are possibly the best looking rims I've seen on a mk2. Up there or better than ATS Cups imo. Are they available in Australia?

[86gti]

They are possibly the best looking rims I've seen on a mk2. Up there or better than ATS Cups imo. Are they available in Australia?


Yea the 17s are available in aus... i know BSA does a version of theese rims too. I cant remember the brand that i have, but the BSA ones dont look as good.......hold up, i'll head under the house and battle the spiders n find out (they not on any car at the moment)..

No brand on them....I got them second hand. And there was a set on the black GTI before I scored it...They were bought by a mate locally to put on an AE82 sprinter and then he put em on the GTI when he had it. He held onto them to put on a soarer....... another friend has some on her CRX..tonnes of cars around Launceston have em. lol.

I'll have to see what more i can find...they did have stickers on them had "Ravs Engineering" in the same style as Rays Engineering. and "vork" instead of volk racing...

I'll prolly put them back on the silver one once i get rego on it....


FOUND EM!!!!!!!
Advanti Striker
http://www.tyres.com/upload_images/Advanti/striker.jpg

thats them, come in a range of colours...Bob jane has em :D

[86gti]

I like the stance of this Benny.

It's got a very sinister stance about it. Black, black window's, belly ached!!!

Good luck cleaning those wheels ;)

I'll be honest & say I've never been a fan of the badgeless grill's.
I reckon a single headlight badged grill would be a goer.

yea, its going to sit a tad lower after when i get holidays...
I'm also taking the tint off ...already taken the black tail lights out...
Going back to plain old school in the looks department...
Cupla red fixed back recaros and a half cage... like something out of an early 90s PVW magazine. lol.

[86gti]

UPDATE. I've been very very slack. The Driver now has a 16v KR and is moving very slowly and all the plans have changed. "again"..:rolleyes:
My car spending $$ were put on hold for a while due to a trip to Tokyo not long ago.

I'm going back to Japan in March and hopefully be working there by the end of next year.
So the outcome of all this will determine what happens to the cars.
The GTI stays...that is a dead cert. with the possibility of it comming to Japan if I end up staying for more than 2 years. ( golfs are actually very popular in Japan )

In the mean time I'm still doing a bit of work on both.
Since last time the GTI now has a carbon bonnet (thanks again Carl)
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_0010-2.jpg
and a few little tidy up bits. Door rubbers, hatch rubbers, new underlay,
and a good detail etc....

here is a few pics over the last few months.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_1759-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_1763-1.jpg
yes my Winter wheels look sus...LOL

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_0840-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_0844-1.jpg

My compomotives are currently off being detailed, so i'm riding on some horrid 15x7s..

and the driver now sits waiting some form of fueling......
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/11/IMG_1821-1.jpg

All in all I plan to keep the GTI close to original, It's a classic car !!!!

[walshydub]

Welcome back to one of the best looking MK2's in oz!!

If you can't bring it to Japan with you i'll gladly look after it for you :bigok:

[86gti]

I have been getting sick of looking in my rear vision mirror and seeing my hood lining sagging more and more evey day. So I decided to fix it.
Pulled the insides out of the car too due to doing a bit of a retrim over x-mas.

took all the grab bars, etc out to lower the hood lining shell and the trim just dropped, LOL. all the glue had given up and the only thing holding it to the hood shell was the grab handles and the mounting buttons.
the shell also has gotten brittle over the years and big chunks of it broke off :(... No problems tho, I will fiberglass and re enforce it and then set about getting the lining back on.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/12/IMG_1928-1.jpg

the lining its self is still in great cond, no marks or splits so I plan to reuse it.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/12/IMG_1929-1.jpg

and untill some of my new parts turn up i'll be going race style with a stripped interior.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/12/IMG_1930-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2009/12/IMG_1934-1.jpg

The enterior will be all black ...I have kept all the GTI specific parts so it can be taken back to original if need be at any stage.

Now has all black bumpers (no red gti strip) removed the bump strips and will be taking the arches off aswell.

then I will be adding some more dish to the compomotives.

[86gti]

OK! after a long while I'm back... Now Living in Japan with the GTI tucked up under my parent's house. I got in as much work to it as I could before leaving Aus.

I had to sell my other mk2 2 door the 16v and my AW11 mr2. But I decided to keep the GTI. I would never forgive myself if I sold it.
I'm now looking for another mk2 2 door here in Japan. They are actually very popular here! Mostly 4 door GLI but quite a few Imports made their way here over the years.

Here are some pics I took just before I left.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3304-1.jpg
new rotors and pads went on all round, including all new wheel bearings.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3305-1.jpg
A new exhaust system
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3330-1.jpg
stripped rear end with race seats and harnesses ---- Now all sprayed black inside
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3360-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3465-1.jpg
Door cards...now black
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/door1-1.jpg

[86gti]

some instrument repairs
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3760-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3759-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3754-1.jpg

a NOS mk2 dash also went in

The hoodlining was pulled out and all the inside of the car was painted black.
I have kept all the genuine GTI parts that were pulled off also.

More pics when I find them !!! :facepalm:

[86gti]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/img5566-1.jpg
the NOS dash

also new genuine sunroof seal and hatch seal.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/img1166-1.jpg
front end came out for new bushes and sway bar

another cam was put in (no pics sorry)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/_2469047_n-1.jpg
all back together * std seat back in due to having to go over the pits before I left due to a #*$^ you know what!

Also any traces of stereo / speakers and unwanted wires were pulled.
Its so loud and lumpy now ya cant hear anyway.

annnnnnd, after all that all the OEM ambers put back in , tint taken off and generaly tidy up......

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_02711-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_02821-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_0247-1.jpg

[GoLfMan]

looking good Benny boy! Glad you kept it

[Jarred]

om nom nom! I like it!

[86gti]

Cheers!!! I miss not being able to go out and stuff around with it.
Hard to get parking room in Tokyo , let alone some where to play with cars... :(

Now looking at buying this, it's only 180000 yen so about 2g AUS.
The wife is happy, just have to go look and test drive.
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/222673_10150256069726558_587846557_9166024_3437034 _n.jpg

[Water Boy]

Benny you should get a job working on VW's instead of spamming FB all day like me...

[86gti]

hahaha, so so true!! I do need to find a job, I'm getting bored! :P

[Water Boy]

hahaha, so so true!! I do need to find a job, I'm getting bored! :P

Too busy watching funny looking motorbikes on TV.

[walshydub]

Cheers!!! I miss not being able to go out and stuff around with it.
Hard to get parking room in Tokyo , let alone some where to play with cars... :(

Now looking at buying this, it's only 180000 yen so about 2g AUS.
The wife is happy, just have to go look and test drive.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

Too many doors!!!

What's the specs on it? Do I see ABT 16's?

[AusScare]

Hey mate, where can I buy a badgeless grill with red stripe like yours?

[86gti]

Hey mate, where can I buy a badgeless grill with red stripe like yours?

Hey hey, Mine is a Bonrath grill from the UK, not cheap, but very good quality. Got a mate to put it in a container from the UK as postage for grills is pretty big from the UK. mine came from Awsome GTI.
seen some cheap ones on Ebay, just pin stripe the red.......



Walshy!!!!!!!!!!!! its a mk3 2E conversion on digifart. And.....for the big sighs....An auto so Meg can drive it! LOL
Found a nice 2 door but its LHD (can drive LHD here) and manual. black too!

[86gti]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/aaa3-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/aaa5-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/aaa4-1.jpg

[russ83]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/05/IMG_3360-1.jpg
stripped rear end with race seats and harnesses ---- Now all sprayed black inside

Nice car mate. Just wondering how you secured your racing seats in?

[86gti]

Nice car mate. Just wondering how you secured your racing seats in?
sorry Russ been away for a while.
the seats are bolted to a modded mk1 seat base. They seemed to sit a little high untill I got used to it. the cobra seats I have have the bolt holes in the bottom.
so 2 braces were welded on the mk1 platforms and lined up the bolt holes.

[86gti]

So, I decided to come back for the silly season and spend some time with my car...um, Parents :P.....

It's now back on the 17in rims until I get new tyres for the Compomotives.

Thought I wouls share what I have been doing today if anyone might be interested in getting some extra room in their engine bay.
I have been running an RNN14 GTiR Pulsar Thermo fan for quite a long time on the GTI, but decided I would mount it in front of the Radiator to tidy the engine bay up a bit.

First of all, rip it's face off.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0232-1.jpg

RNN14 Fan should be the same as a normal N14 Pulsar fan, But i'm not sure.
This one came off my old GTi-R Pulsar. Spins very fast and is quite slim compared to the old MK2 Dog Kennel that was on it.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0233-1.jpg

Remove slam panel and Aux bits and pieces.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0234-1.jpg

Now, to be honest, I don't recall if I made these brackets, if they were Pulsar ones, or VW ones.....sorry, I mounted it ages ago. (on the rear side)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0238-2.jpg

Yes, it's dirty in there, I'm getting there slowly :P

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0239-1.jpg

Does involve some very slight notching or slight bending of the front slam upright, about 10mm to clear the Thermo Brace.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0242-1.jpg

Remount the horn a little lower behind the bumper.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_0244-1.jpg

And, Pretty much back together.. Front lip etc to go back on when I finish cleaning up.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/12/IMG_02471-1.jpg

******** Remember you have to check the polarity of the fan!!
If its on the engine side it will draw air through, swap polarity to make it push air through the radiator.
Best way to check what way it is going is to hold a sheet of paper over the radiator and see if its blowing the air through and not sucking the paper to the radiator.

Cheers,
Other bits n things to come.

[walshydub]

Awesome stuff. Great to see you back and working on the MK2 buddy!