Passion Garage MK3 Coupe

So my Bora blew up and i needed a new car and thought id go backwards rather than find something new.
Nick and James had recently bought a mk3 cl and done a vr6 manual swap on it and i thought id grab it off them for a good price

So here is the mod list and a future mod list ( i will do a check list and add things and remove things as i get new parts and that )

Body
- Vr6 Tail lights
- Hella Dual Headlights
- Hella Clear front fogs and indicators ( we found them in japan )

Future Body
- New close door Respray in same colour - MK3 hot chilli red
- Voomeran Wide Body Flares/ Front lip/ Wing straight from Japan
- Votex Side Skirts
- Pop out rear windows if possible
- Rear USDM Tailgate
- Hella Clear twilights
- Rear Euro Votex Valance
- Painted Rub Strips
- Clear Front Quarter Indicators
- Small Mirrors
- Bonrath mono Wiper

Engine
- AAA - 12v VR6 / recently Rebuilt
- VR6 5speed box
- Full Magnaflow exhaust

Future Engine
- Turbo -

GT2860R

- Cams
- highflow fuel pump
- all supporting mods for the turbo kit

Suspension
- Koni Coilovers

future suspension
- KW Coilovers
- sway bars
- Strut braces front and rear

Interior
- Stock standard

Future Interior
- MK4 bora seats or Recaro buckets
- Short shifter
- boost gauges
- digital Dash
- Cage
- whole rear false floor with back seat delete

Wheels and Tires
- 4x100 Some type of race wheels got no idea what the brand is
- semi slicks

Future Wheels and Tires
- TSW venoms 17x8 4x100
- RPF1's 16x8
and well wheels will always come and go no matter what so that'll always be changing

there is some things im probably missing but yea

on with the photos


When James first bought it

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How it sits today


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So hopefully i will try to update this every time i do something new

Anyone heading down for VITS i will hopefully bring the golf down

I'm looking forward to seeing your work!

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Thanks brother hopefully i can work some magic and with some help from friends and through my job

Looking good and nice plans for the future. I like how it is a "sleeper" with the stock CL badge still in place ;)

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Looking good and nice plans for the future. I like how it is a "sleeper" with the stock CL badge still in place ;)

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hahaha i forgot that was still on there
i recently just got a mk3 GTI and vr6 badge from a bloke in the states so i might but the got badge on once the car is painted and finished

but yea defiantly a little sleeperish, with the CL badge still on there

Welcome

Very clean, Where did you visit in Japan for parts? Heading back over again this year and keen for some MK3 goodies.
Also thought about going VR 5 stud upgrade?

Keen to see some work on this.
I helped with the head a few owners ago.
Does rear muffler still fall off the hanger?

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cheers man !!

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Very clean, Where did you visit in Japan for parts? Heading back over again this year and keen for some MK3 goodies.
Also thought about going VR 5 stud upgrade?

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Hey dude, we visited euromagic/voomeran in osaka and we got really lucky with finding some more little bits n pieces at Upgarage
but you never know man you could find stuff we missed lol
and yes i have thought about going 5x100 but i will see how i go, lots of cool wheels in 4x100 but if i do a brake upgrade il move over to 5x100 hubs

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Keen to see some work on this.
I helped with the head a few owners ago.
Does rear muffler still fall off the hanger?

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Thanks dude
i think you might be mistaken with who's car this was
james and nick bought the CL from a guy in Sydney for cheap with a 1.8l auto in it ( bloke didnt know what he had ) james and nick bought a VR in the same colour and 4 door as a parts car for the vr6 and the box motor had been rebuilt as well, james and nick also did the swap on the motor and trans and was finished off by Matt at camden for the immo delete and driveshafts. so the car hasnt even been rego'd or driven properly since the swap was done and even since I've bought it, I've driven it twice and hopefully should rego it this week in time for vits, you coming dylan ?

When the motor was in the 4 door.
Talking before Nick and James and before Dean who had it before them.
Even know the two owners of the vr before that
Yeah will be at Vits, hopefully you can bring the two door

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When the motor was in the 4 door.
Talking before Nick and James and before Dean who had it before them.
Even know the two owners of the vr before that
Yeah will be at Vits, hopefully you can bring the two door

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ahhhhhhh right i get what you mean now dylan haha, sorry for the confusion haha and yea il be bringing it down if i can rego it this week haha

wow so a lot has happened in almost 8 months, and i completely forgot i had a thread for this car

so here we go


so i went to its and met up with some pretty rad people

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then after Vits i decided to change over the bumpers and wing and few other trim bits as well, i polished up the good side of the car as best as possible and tried repairing the outer door trims back to black as well but i ended up pulling them off


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anyways Fitted Friday came around ( farking terrible ) so good ol raymond let me borrow some wheels for the event i ended up liking them so much i bought them off him with his help and now i have a set of BBS RM001's in original 4x100
but before then the boys test fitted nicks RS's on the golf and it looked awesome !!!

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Specs follow - BBS RM001 4x100 15x8.5" +0 on the fronts and 15x9"-6 on the rears, so they poke a bit but nothing that cant be fixed some rear camber shims and front camber plates

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i got sick of looking at the **** side trims so then i pulled them off and i plan on either painting them to the same colour as the car or just redoing them in gloss black

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i also picked up a genuine heckeblnde, which really looks awesome and blends really well with the vr6 tails and the colour of the car




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So life goes on i ended up putting a deposit down for the voomeran kit which includes flares, wing and front lip
but still haven't gotten around to paying the rest of it so it can be shipped
but then one saturday arvo I'm leaving work and driving a bit too fast someone pulls out infront of me and i serve and hit a nice big hole in the road and slam the car into the ground


then my oil pressure light comes on and then my motor goes boom....




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as you can see the sump never cracked it just pushed up so far that it bent and shattered the oil pick up !!


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so i put a new sump and oil pick up on for testing purposes


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So life goes on i ended up putting a deposit down for the voomeran kit which includes flares, wing and front lip
but still haven't gotten around to paying the rest of it so it can be shipped
but then one saturday arvo I'm leaving work and driving a bit too fast someone pulls out infront of me and i serve and hit a nice big hole in the road and slam the car into the ground


then my oil pressure light comes on and then my motor goes boom....




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as you can see the sump never cracked it just pushed up so far that it bent and shattered the oil pick up !!


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so i put a new sump and oil pick up on for testing purposes


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i also cleaned out the rain tray and that whilst the car wasn't going anywhere anytime soon haha and in goes a new scented cabin filter, lol even tho i don't have aircon !!




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so after replacing the oil pick up and realising the bearings are defiantly gone i strip the motor and find that my bearings were completley cooked




so i started to rebuild the motor
lots of time and money
and i rebuilt it all my hand all by myself ( perks of being a mechanic I'm able to use my skills haha ) it was my first ever motor build so I'm pretty proud for how it turned out
and it runs as well haha runs really well !!




so I'm back to work on the 15th of jan and ill be able to finish off a few things then VDUBBN.3 will be back on the road









So during the motor build

i got a spare block and head off stu
i ended up using the crank from the spare block and all the pistons from the spare block as well

all new piston rings
all new main bearings
all new big end bearings
all the new main cap bolts
all new Piston cap bolts
all new headbolts
I stayed with the standard mk3 head gasket as i was getting pinging with the mk4 one installed originally
brand new water pump
brand new oil pump

Brand new timing chains and guides

lots of other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting



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and so after all of that i was able to turn the key and she runs !!

so not long now til I'm ripping around in it again

So as the story goes on I'm going to be Repainting the BBS White

i also was able to pick myself up a very very nice BBS Steering wheel for the low price of $450 haha and a boss kit off ray again ( bloody legend )

the BBS should be able make the interior look a bit nicer as well and will replace my bora steering wheel
I've also got a new shift knob GTI golf Ball haha

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I've also got a badgeless grille coming from ray as well which should hopefully look pretty sweet
also got some free roof racks coming as well ( if i do ever decide to put them on I've got a travel pod that i would use for work and i would actually use the racks for when i head to the beach and what not )


as for the paint I'm watching my Crypto currency make some nice free money so once I've got some more moneys coming through there that will pay for my paint and the rest of the voomeran wide body as well !!

no one reads these bloody forums anymore but anyways
vits is on next weekend so eh ill try and update this now and everyone can see the finished product at VITS

so since i last updated this thread a lot has happened


until i have some good time to put more effort into this thread here is what i have for you


i am now the proud owner of the first EuroMagic/Voomeran Car in Australia and the first "widebody" ( fender flares same s h i t who gives a f u c k )


( CLICK ON VIDEO TO WATCH ME CHOPPING GAURDS )


http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...58a8cb_b-1.jpg20180412_185545 by brad edwards, on Flickr




The car/body kit is far from being done there is still lots to do !!


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Fitment still isn't dialled in haha


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i have 225/50/15 tires coming tomorrow that are being fitted to my now white BBS RM001's


lots an lots more as well, i will keep this thread updated more and more as i will have some more spare time these days !!

Should have gone with a 195/45 or a 205/45


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yea, if you saw my instagram post, a 215/45 would of been perfect

i had 195/45 on the bbs originally but too much stretch and i didn't like the fitment with the guards
unfortunately theres nothing i can do now but make these 225/50's work, it looks very chunky but i guess its all fun and games/ trial and error

And it's still got CL brakes?

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hahaha indeed it does !!
doesn't go fast enough yet for bigger brakes

see you all at VITS tomorrow night !!

been absolutely flat out in the shop with work so cant get out til 5pm which is sweet but long night drive ahead of me

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ok so its been about 8 months since i updated this !!


The last you guys saw was just before i went to Albury


Now i wasn't happy with how the car sat due to my tire size choice and the fact that i was still testing things to see what worked, drivability wise and what not !


So here are some pics from that weekend back at the end of April !! Theres also a video i put together of that small weekend with just me and some close mates you can find on youtube here - YouTube


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Alright so after that weekend a lot happened in terms of my life so thats why not a lot on the car has been done


i ended up moving house to my own place which was a big thing ! and got a rad tat as well


Pic of my new house :) nice to finally have my own place


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and got a tat which cost way too much so had no money to spend on the golf


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After all of this not a lot happened, i started prep for World Time Attack Stylized Show n Shine


including Neons ;)


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after that i ended up making a new exhaust which basically consisted of 2.5inch straight through from the downpipe back ( no Cat no res no rear muffler ) so its safe to say the car is very loud, as well as fitting up my Ported Exhaust Manifolds


Also fitted up 1 inch motor mounts


and of course fitted up my neons ! which was a massive Piss Take but people are loving them just as much as i am
( full LED Bluetooth enabled kit all run off my phone haha )


some more pics from over the months leading up to world time attack !


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Then along came World Time Attack
and i lowered the front of the car heaps


unfortunately when trying to lower the rear i was limited to how far i could go due to my tire sizes and not having the money at the time to go 2/3 tire sizes down in time for the show so i got it as low as i could ( rear tires touch body of the car when lowered and cant do much about it even with centring plates and drop plates installed nothing helped as the tires are just way too big )


so i got the car to a point where i was some what happy with and just said F U C K it and took it to the show that was "Approve Only"


and heres what i took


These next 3 photos are from the VIP Pre Party event for World Time Attack where The boys from hoonigan & Narita Dog fight showed up and had a good chat with them !!


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Next Photos are what have showed up from World time attack from Last Saturday ( more photos and videos are still to come )


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i also ended up being Streamed World wide on the official World Time Attack LiveStream
You can find the video here - https://www.facebook.com/braddles447...0154307094740/


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and after some pics of my car started popping up online
Voomeran/EuroMagic ended up posting the car on their instagram again for the 2nd time


TEAM VOOMERAN
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so until next time enjoy the long read

Great photos. Looking good.