Passion Garage - Bora Build

**PassionGarage** · 05-05-2016, 01:26 PM

run down this isn't my first bora nor my first VW
I've owned
1978 mk1 GLS - stolen, never recovered
2003 24v vr6 4motion Bora tornado red - Had an 87 year old take me out ( i was not at fault )

2001 24v VR6 AUE 4motion Bora in Cool White

picked her up from Melbourne back in Early Feb and drove her home

mods as it is right now
MODS - ATM
BC BR Super Low Coilovers w/ Adjustable damping and Powerflex -10mm drop strut tops
Pod filter for the good sound
17x8.5 Rays VolkRacing CV Pros - 225,45,17

From the beginning
day i picked her up

2016-02-13 15.35.48 by brad edwards, on Flickr

then this happened

13100769_10204820501472933_4258649349420451375_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

BC BR Coils

Coils by brad edwards, on Flickr

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cleaned the bay up

13133093_10204820498592861_6088770067929180931_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

Nickmk1's mk1 caddy 20vturbo both of the rigs at HOUSE OF VW

13087836_10204820499512884_8831986145313210341_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

Then after putting big wholes in 2 sumps i moved to a 12v vr6 mk3 steel sump

13138754_10204820501912944_1026168567429900662_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

13087817_10204820502232952_7103032049149582347_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

painted my other 4motion lip white and put it on ( no i didn't jack up the car to put the lip on it was up trying to sort a scrubbing issue )

13087835_10204820502672963_6664105020573338918_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

Sydney Airport shot lol

13178521_10204820503112974_8303040925419098751_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2016-04-25 at 3.29.13 PM by brad edwards, on Flickr

My wheels and tires going on soon for the beauty quick specs
17x8.5 225,45,17

13177375_10204820501272928_6443663131640162201_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

then picked these up

13177992_10204820506353055_2449019328121289820_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

25mm spacers all round to clear brakes

quick test fit of the Rays

13177771_10204820506833067_8499814232509073139_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

13094184_10204820507033072_6698455451943709802_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

Then nick hooked my up with a mk5 gti steering wheel with red stitching all round and perforated leather

BEFORE

13124722_10204820497952845_7700662292426119837_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

AFTER

13094229_10204820503392981_5806333533102927212_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

also picked these up and are on the way from the UK
Genuine Hella Magic Colour Clears
and a few other little details here and there

13166043_10204820504153000_5419729646820465146_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

The car is currently sitting low, but still wanna go lower

13139318_10204820503912994_9199978346948471704_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

And the most recent photo from last week at Eastern Creek

13139138_10204820507553085_2552558398725218269_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

So thats all for now til i get a few more things in the mail,
Nationals Prep and Fitted Friday Prep

**PassionGarage** · 09-05-2016, 01:15 PM

****ty sydney Weather, but hopefully getting around to boring out the centres hubs for the spacers to fit to 57.3 in diameter
and polishing my lips as well this week. Nats Prep, Fitted Friday prep,

13151722_10204820505713039_3911969954087952538_n by brad edwards, on Flickr

School is taking up my time, **** HSC sometimes.
get that feeling of being sick after trying to work on the car late night and then not being able to sleep grrr I'm in the middle of an english class bored out of my mind thinking of what to do next for the bora.

Also have ordered a few little details for the car which should be in the mail atm. hopefully they look good will upload photos when all is installed

**PassionGarage** · 13-05-2016, 03:06 PM

So nothing big, but just getting ready for fitted friday at the end of the month at eastern creek

so my car was backfiring like absolute crazy couldn't figure it out thought it could of been fuel pump or coilpack, but the only one that made sense was my spark plugs as it would backfire under load and acceleration and i would loose power straight away.

so went and bought some new plugs and this is what i found !!!

Looks like they haven't been changed in forever

Sorry for out of focus but this is it next to the new ones

chucked them in and all is good now no more backfiring and misfires of the cylinders under load !!!

i have lost motivation to finish my wheels but my Beautiful Girlfriend Ellie has said she wants to help sand them down and get them ready for paint and prep !!!
she's awesome so thanks to her they will actually get finish

also getting the centre bores for the spacers bored out as i bought them from a 5x100 celica, so the needs to be bored out to 57.3 in diameter

Til next time happy scraping

**PassionGarage** · 13-05-2016, 03:07 PM

also forgot to mention, so same night i fixed the sparks i went for a quick test drive to make sure all was good and then i was going about 100+km/ph (stupid i know but oh well, i won't be going fast down this road ever again) down a backstreet in my area and i took a chunk of the road out with my sump and subframe all is good on the car no cracks in the sump ( good old 12v mk3 vr6 steel sumps, soon hard to break them !!! ) and the subframe wellllllll its holding up, but might get a refreshed subframe sometime this year haha

sparks flew everywhere wish i had a camera for it was cool to see tbh haha then the shock settled in and i stopped to check if everything was ok, and not a single leak or broken anything

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Til next time happy scraping!!

**PassionGarage** · 16-05-2016, 09:19 AM

Alright soon quick wheel update on the Rays VolkRacing CV Pros

my Beautiful Girlfriend Ellie knew that my motivation to finish these wheels was extremely low so she has been over every night this weekend helping me sand them back so i can spray them with a filler primer and then get them ready and closer to paint.

as the wheels had paint stripper on them at some point and the original owners of the wheels had done ****ty paint jobs the paint had lots of bumps cracks and other **** that makes them look cheap, so this is where I'm up to

Ignore the **** in the garage, my house is currently under renovations so theres crap everywhere haha

Paint stripped and sanded back to bare metal

First coat down

In the background i have the dart board, defyallodds banner and my Bora to do list

Second coat down

So i haven't taken photos of the 3rd and 4th coat on both Centres that were down to bare metal

and the ones with the paint left on them is currently like this

Sanded down and almost ready to get filler primed

so til next time happy scraping

ON THE ROAD TO FITTED FRIDAY !!!!

**PassionGarage** · 25-05-2016, 11:54 AM

So first off i got down to changing the Headlight covers to new Plastic ones

Old headlights

Looks Rad without the front bar !! IMO

Front bar without the lip
VDUBBN

then my Girlfriend came to visit when i was half way through doing them

Makes the difference and totally updates the look

then the other night started with polishing the Lips

Then i started the painting of the centres, tbh theres a lot of imperfections but what can you do when you're on a tight student budget, so this is how they've turned out

First light coat

then a few coats later

Played some darts whilst waiting for the paint to dry

Getting some stuff done on the list finally

**PassionGarage** · 25-05-2016, 11:55 AM

Then painted one of the other centres

then put a clear coat on both centres

Then quickly put the bolts around with one of the more polished Lips
still need to drill the lips centres and barrels out so the Hardware fits

Put the "waffles" in and centre cap
probably won't run them as i only have 3

To be completely honest I'm pretty happy with the result I've gotten for a home job and the first time I've rebuilt wheels
not completely professional and they aren't the best and i can say that but I'm happy with what I've got, now to finish the lips and paint the last 2 centres drill it all out and then mount the tires up and finish then get the spacers bored out and then mount up onto the car !!

**PassionGarage** · 25-05-2016, 11:58 AM

So i stayed up til about 12am last night to finish the wheels
well almost finish them

so i drilled all the centres 3 lips and 2 barrels out so that the hardware would fit
then i painted the last 2 centres and got a clear coat onto them

then i finished polishing the lips and now this is where we are at !!!

the spacers are being bored out to 57.1 in diameter which is the right size for my 4mo i hope haha
and then getting longer lugs and hub rings so the wheels sit on safely and won't fall off on the way to the show on friday

My house is currently being renovated hence the bricks and other **** in the garage as the wall is being taken out

Denis the speed drill and my old MK1 seat

metal shavings from drilling everything out

And this is how they will all sit like

Lips polished as best i could on a tight time limit and tight budget

Til next time Happy Scraping
On the Road to Fitted Friday

#fittedfridayprep

**joshmrmateria** · 26-05-2016, 01:46 AM

Looks awesome man! I've got a Bora too and going to start doing a few things to it. Unfortunately Bora took the back burner when i went off travelling. :/ I'm thinking of doing some similar things