Right it's been awhile since I've posted anything on here so I though I would start a thread on how my car is going at this point.

Firstly I started off with a pretty stock MK2 GTi 8v in Alpine white.









Then it was straight into the body shop to get stripped down and the engine taken out ready for smoothing and respraying.
It's getting a respray in dark-ish brown with a light brown/beige roof and engine bay.

This is how it looked once it was stripped:








First off the rain tray was cut off and any holes were welded on except the heater holes and the ones that I needed.

After the rain tray was cut out there was a bit of corrosion where the battery was which has been welded up and treated.



Next it had a transporter vent welding into the wing







The chassis legs had steel plate welded on next for a properly smooth look and all bumpy bits were ground down:

Today I have bought some refurbed BBS RM's which I might buy some new outer lips for to make them a bit wider and give me a bit of poke

This week I'll be ordering some coilovers and a Shrick inlet manifold. I need to get myself front and rear strut braces this week ready for spraying.

I should also be picking up the engine and gearbox this week too and hopefully the car will be ready for E38.

The interior should be going to the trimmers this week or next week depending on when they can fit me in to have a nice retrim in a light tan leather

Hope you all like the progress so far.

Any comments welcome

Ollie

nice work so far mate, look forward to seeing more

Nice bit of bay smoothing there.

loving the fab work in the engine bay mate , will look uber cool when that is finished

Bought some new wheels for it the other day. Some nice BBS RM's off eBay







Gonna get some wider lips for them to give them a bit more girth

Found some rust that needs treating too so that might slow things down a little bit.

cracking work mate will be nice to see this at edition! cracking fab work on the bay is the furry rug goin on ur dash lol

any progress mate?

Right not done any updates for a while since i've been a bit busy but the car is coming along very nicely now

The interior has gone off to the trimmers for the seats and door cards trimmed in dark and light brown leather.

I bought a front upper strut brace and polybushes which were fitted and also a new anti roll bar to keep things firm haha.



The MK1 fuel filler neck was welded in and smoothed and primered -



I managed to get hold of a vr6 manifold for the mk2 with a cat bypass and some lovely exhaust wrap.

I also got a full system from Jetex which should make it sound pretty mean. At the same time I bought braided brake hoses and 280mm g60 disks, pads etc...

The schrick manifold arrived and so did the coilovers (kw adjustable dampening variant 2s i think they are )

So far the car is ready for spraying in 2 different browns next week. A light brown for the roof and bay and a dark brown for the main body. Hopefully you guys will see some pictures of it next week and decide if you like the paint haha.

this is how the car is looking now:


Smooth bootlid








Just test fitting the wheels to see how much wider I can go with the new lips

Let me know what you think guys. Any comments and stuff welcome

Ollie

Bloody hell that's some good work there I like brown paint looks really nice on the right motor!! Looking forward to seeing some more updates mate!!

looking good bud ,wheels look mint also

NIce work so far... Nice to see you've spent some time in the bay...

The BBS look good too just a bugger to clean them!

loving the new rims.
smoothed bay will look very nice once painted.
who's painting it??

It's being painted by a guy in Cambridge. The companys called MV Developments. It's also being built by them so it's not my personal handy work haha.

I havent put the new lips on the wheels yet Jon they're still only 7j but I'm going to order the new 2.5inch lips to make them 8.5j which should make them look pretty mean under the arch. If they don't sit how I want them to I'll have to look at getting some spacers.

I've spoken to the bodywork guy and the car should be coated by the end of the week and then the engine is getting stripped down to get bits painted either black or light brown and a few bit cleaned up so they match the schrick.

Last night I was toying with the idea of sticking in a TT dash or something similar. What are your thoughts on that? Keep it retro or new dash?

Cheers guys
Ollie

liking the look of this and them bbs are spot on
good work mate

Here is a pic of the manifold that I managed to dig out before it gets wrapped and stuff



Yeah the bbs look pretty cool. I spent ages on the old ebay looking for some decent ones. Hopefully the grey will go well with the brown but the gold bolts will look awesome!!

Stick with the Mk2 dash...TT ones are so 2002...lol. Like that manifold alot.

OK guys quick update. The car has now been sprayed!!! I will upload some pictures later but i need some advice.
We have hit a bit of a dilemma on the direction the golf is going to go. Because it's been sprayed brown and with the wheels it looks pretty retro so I'm thinking whether to go small bumpers and make it all out retro with chrome trim or keep the big bumpers and have a mix. It's got the early doors on it with mk1 style mirrors so small bumper might be best.

What do you guys think?

here are the pics....

Small bumpers FTW........carbon ones would look the bolox.

yeah small bumpers and stay retro the tt dash would look silly with a brown car and brown leather the paint looks the dogs mate proper good job

deffo small bumpers mate ,the paint looks the bo11ocks too

Thanks for the feedback guys. I bought all the bits and bobs for the small bumpers today. I still need to get a gti splitter and some gl quarter spats. Got me some chrome door handles too

Still need to get some lips for the bbs.

The bay and the roof are getting sprayed tomorrow.

Here is a picture of the two leathers with the paint:




the leathers together on a seat. (not my seat though haha)

What do you think?

very nice mate!! good choices. what colour is the roof and bay going??

Cheers mate. The roof and are going like a biege type colour. Sort of light brown. The swatches looked good together so hopefully the real colour will go too

So the pictures of the roof and bay are here!!

The car hasn't been in the oven yet so the colour may change slightly.

















I think it has turned out pretty good. Thoughts?

cookies and cream

looking good mate

pure class mate top work

looking blinding mate ,saw it on edition last night ,

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Yeah Jon it looks like that marble chocolate stuff doesn't it? haha

so a few updates. I been in America for the past month so not been able to post too much on here. The seats are back from the trimmers and they look like this:





I bought myself brand new carpet throughout from Newton Commercial but unfortunately one of the carpets was cut wrong so I had to send it back but heres the carpet in the boot



the rear strut brace has been sprayed too and I think it looks pretty cool

The front strut brace was painted the same colour as the engine bay and the brake servo painted dark brown which is a nice contrast i think:



here's a few more pictures of how it sits now



mk1 fuel cap


small bumpers look best right?




Smoothed boot. I'm not sure about the lights though i think i might need smoked ones? What do you think?







Powder coated goodies Subframe etc



Now I'm just trying to sort out the speakers and stuff hopefully going with a full hertz setup but I'm leaving the sub and amp untill a later date. I'm also still struggling to get hold a small bumper gti splitter.

I need to get some little bits for it this week like interior door hanndles, locks and catches etc.

Thanks for looking more updates soon

Ollie

Very nice... Will have to sort a photoshoot out once it's complete

Very nice chap.

lovely colour choice on the paint and seats. amazing.

looks the biz now mate ,and i think smoked rears would go better ,more subtle.

looking champion mate going be awesome when its finished i say keep the rears on as they are proper retro with the brown paint and the dark brown servo looks sweet in the bay

Just a quick update, I've managed to get a gti splitter for the small bumpers and also got me some rear stone guards.
And today I bought Hertz door speakers and 6x9's hopefully gonna make/build a stealth shelf so it looks as oem as possible

Thats really nice, well done fella,

Not really much of an update but I thought I would let you guys know that I went to see the car yesterday and it's looking pretty good. Still waiting for the carpet to come back after Newton Commercial screwed it up. My speakers etc are coming Tuesday so once I get the and the carpet the interior can start going in and then the wiring for the engine can go in. I've decided to have the Schrick inlet manifold polished so it's nice and shiny what do you think?

Next week the powdercoated running gear is going in and also the brakes I think

Also had a bit of news that Performance VW want to do a feature on my car when it's finished so I need to make sure I have a Staffs sticker in my window haha

Thanks for the feedback guys

congrats on the PVW feature!!!
How did that come about?

Well they went to the workshop to take photos of the new premises and they saw my car and wanted update pictures and wanted to know when it was finished so they can do a feature on it. Well chuffed!
Dunno if they'll like it when it's finished though haha

Batler wrote:

I need to make sure I have a Staffs sticker in my window haha

We'll sort you out with a colour coded version of it too

thats proper good news mate congratulations on that one!!!

thats well cool congrats

Jon wrote:

Batler wrote:

I need to make sure I have a Staffs sticker in my window haha

We'll sort you out with a colour coded version of it too

Haha that should look pretty cool. I want a sticker making for it too. i got a jar of retro Marmite in my cupboard and it's black and cream. I think it would look good as a sticker and pretty appropriate since there's some difference in opinion over the paint haha

Well chuffed with the feature though just hope it actually happens

cant wait to see this car

Looking really good

Looking through this thread makes me think I should keep my Mk2 stuff and get it finished one day!

Not sure on the colour, think your right about the marmite will hold judgement until it's done though!

congrats on the feature ,coming together now

Haha yeah it'll look better when it's on the wheels and the bumpers on etc. Them TSW wheels make it look gash. I'm just waiting on some wider lips for the bbs then i can burn the TSW!!