Well guys I picked up the golf on Friday night.
Speck is

TA Coilovers slammed on its arse (going to raise it can't even get a jack under it )
Powerflow exhaust
Mk4 wheels painted green (going to repaint different colour ) Suggestions welcome
Pipercross induction
Quad hella lights one lense cracked seeing if I can get a replacement
De badged front grill
Wind deflectors
de locked front doors
total closure alarm and immobiliser




will update with what i have done today a bit later when i have uploaded the pics .


Just a quick pic I found from when the previous owner (Chris@ac ) had it .

I loved this car when chris bought it ^^^^

It was ruined by the wheels and other things..... Hope you sort it out because its a tidy motor.

Think i saw you Friday, might've been the previous owner though, was in my girlfriends BMW

Was never much for the green wheels!

G60 PB wrote:

Think i saw you Friday, might've been the previous owner though, was in my girlfriends BMW

That would be the po

Well got the pics all be it off my phone as you will see it needs a bit of work but i have done worse .





front end raised up




hmm rust got a new boot lid to go on


same here and again got a new wing to go on


don't know what to do about these yet




look at the state of these took me 3 hours to free them off and get it adjusted


engine bay seems pretty clean

well as you can see got my work cut out but i like a challenge ,will look loads cleaner / better when i have worked my magic
any suggestions/ comments welcome .

cheers Tim

alittle work and it will be tidy again,

plenty of cheap oem style wheels out there unless you want somet nicer

Will defiantly be tidy again with a bit of effort.

I'd bin the wheels man. It looked sick on the pots, i'd see if you can pick a set up

Thanks for the comments folks ,keep them coming.
I am going to have to just respray the wheels for the time being, but will keep a look out for some more .

Well had a few hours on the car again today stripped the back coilovers down and rebuilt them.
raised the back end up a few inches , loads better height now ,next up is fitting the wing and boot lid ,

some picks of today's antics lol

back end stripped down


better hight now


oh and there is only 4 bolts in all the wheels WTF !!

good work timmy id spray them wheels silver for now till you can get a nice set off ebay

just been to pick up a set of steels to bang on ,while i spray these up just need some trims for them now .wheels with good tyres off egay £5 winner .have put on the new wing and boot now ,will post the picks when i get my stupid internet back on

dont bother with trims mate just wasted money get mick i i to paint them lol

ha ha like it ,wouldnt let i i touch my toy cars let alone anything else of mine

Remove those checks too... some mistakes were made with this one by the previous owner... the whole red and green should never be seen keeps popping up.. but it looks like you'll be giving it a new life...

the checks are starting to be removed as we speak /type ,only problem with them is it is lifting the lacquer with them so i might have to get a wrap of some sorts on the roof untill i can get around to spraying it

you could always match the roof to the wheels... or even a matt red roof...

i am going to try flatting and polishing first but something will get done watch this space

well here are some pictures as promised

first is of the steelies on that i got at a snip of £5 hehe
still got to get some more wheel studs too .





i think you will agree it looks loads better than the green ones ,

next is a pic of my fuel rail that was leaking slightly ,when i took a closer look to see where it was coming from the bloody return pipe snapped off . just my luck ,but am glad it has gone now rather than on the move which could have resulted in a major fire .



got a wanted add up but there are a few on e bay if nothing comes up local

try Volksmine in cobridge for the fuel rail...

ahh forgot about them i have to go Burslem in the morning so will pop in there on my way back
cheers Jon for that

Dont ever go volksmine for anything, ever. T**ts

Nice work mate, there is a GTI in my local. Its AGG engine but im pretty sure the fuelrail is the same.

haha luckily they didnt have one in so have got one of ebay ,on its way ,i think i may have just bagged some pepperpots too

been back on it today ,de-sticker d the roof ,as i thought some have pulled up the lacquer.
am going to see if it will flat and polish if not am going to get the roof wrapped .

pic of the damage to the paint ,some of it is just the glue .

well just done 212 miles to collect these beauties



don't know weather to put them straight on or paint ,time will tell

you thought about polishing them up?

yeh thought about that also ,don't know how much work it would be to polish them but am willing to do anything

luposean wrote:

you thought about polishing them up?

polished wheels may look good but they are 100% the worst wheel to have to maintain....

yeah id keep them the nice silver they are tim they will look cool when they are on

right new fuel rail turned up this morning .

parts needed/ getting this week :-

Thermostat .
Fuel filter.
HT Leads.
Antifreeze.

Bits to get as soon as money allows :-

Tyres for the pepperpots - 195/50/15's
End caps for o/s sill trim.

Can;t think of anything else right now but am sure there will be more to get .

Hey dude! Looks like you could turn this mk3 around them green wheels looked gash!

Just a 30 secind job that'll tidy up the front end; Raise the number plate up into the recess so it sits correctly. Sounds daft but it'll make a little bit of difference, and cost you no pounds and no pence! :D

well started to strip the car to begin prep for spraying , a few bits of rust but not too bad , it can all be sorted . Here are a couple off pictures to be going on with .





wont take long to get the rest off. just need to get the paint stuff .

good job timmy !!

Managed to sort the garage out during the weekend so i could get the golf in and start to rip it apart properly , wing mirrors now off front door window rubbers out ,

is there a knack to removing the rear door rubbers with the quarter light in ?

more updates soon

yes mate wind the window all the way down remove the door card where teh rear quarter window is there is a 10mm nut to undo then remove the rubber seal around the rest of the window, then at the top of the rear quarter glass there is a pos screw undo the screw then slide the metal along it should lift out then slide the rear quarter window along and you will be able to get it out if your struggling let me know and ill pop up tomorrow give you a hand mate !! should be easy enough though !!

wrighty wrote:

yes mate wind the window all the way down remove the door card where teh rear quarter window is there is a 10mm nut to undo then remove the rubber seal around the rest of the window, then at the top of the rear quarter glass there is a pos screw undo the screw then slide the metal along it should lift out then slide the rear quarter window along and you will be able to get it out if your struggling let me know and ill pop up tomorrow give you a hand mate !! should be easy enough though !!

You talk like you have done it before

ahh forgot about the screw on top of the door lol ,
Thought it was a bit stubborn .
Cheers for that will let you know how i get on ,.

t1m wrote:

thats 100 times better than how you got it :P

I'd love to come round and see it stripped, just to get a few ideas

madmanmart wrote:

wrighty wrote:

yes mate wind the window all the way down remove the door card where teh rear quarter window is there is a 10mm nut to undo then remove the rubber seal around the rest of the window, then at the top of the rear quarter glass there is a pos screw undo the screw then slide the metal along it should lift out then slide the rear quarter window along and you will be able to get it out if your struggling let me know and ill pop up tomorrow give you a hand mate !! should be easy enough though !!

You talk like you have done it before

yeah me and mart did it on one of his a few weeks ago lol

wrighty wrote:

yes mate wind the window all the way down remove the door card where teh rear quarter window is there is a 10mm nut to undo then remove the rubber seal around the rest of the window, then at the top of the rear quarter glass there is a pos screw undo the screw then slide the metal along it should lift out then slide the rear quarter window along and you will be able to get it out if your struggling let me know and ill pop up tomorrow give you a hand mate !! should be easy enough though !!

Cheers for that Jim all sorted now as you will see from the pics ,had a couple of hours on it today ,
nearly there with the stripping down ,just the side skirts to come off.
then its prep time /weld holes up i am not using etc. you get the drift .







Just a few more parts to gather up .

one more thing while the car was outside the other week the central locking locked me out of the car by itself,
luckily i had the rear lights out to open the boot as the car has been de locked.
looking through the guides on club gti tonight i found out that the central locking motor/pump
is right behind the drivers rear light ,looks like water has gotten into the pump at some stage and blown the motor ,here is a pic of it and one of how it should look

Burn marks on the pcb


melted the top of the pump


this is what a non melted one looks like lol



will have to contact my local vw parts man hehe

looking good mate

the car or the central locking motor lol

the car lol the central locking motor aint looking too clever lol

just waiting on some more prep stuff to get next week ,so i thought i would get the front bumper bar off and give that a paint ,came up nice i think and will protect it from the elements .

Rubbed down ready for painting.


And all painted up .



Ohh shiny !!



One last thing i can't remember how to edit my first post again to change the title,did it before but have forgotten lol

nice to see it in the kitchen bet hayley loves you lol

she did mention that it wasn't the garage ,but i like to keep her on her toes lol

hahaha !!

haha nice work

Well been gathering parts for the rebuild .
And have started the repairs to the car , only got 2 more to do and then start the prep for
the respray.

Just a few pics of what i have done in the last few days .

First i am smoothing the badge and wiper hole of the tailgate


This one is of it all welded up and ground back red oxide to protect while i do the other bits of welding ,will only need a light skim of filler.


next are 2 pics of both rear inner arch repairs just welded in .need to grind back yet .




And finally for now i have an early car that has the aerial in the wing ,well i am removing that and welding the hole up ,this pic shows the piece that i have made to fill in the hole, just needs welding in .


that's all for now folks, should be another update after the weekend .

Nice one on the wing mate, ive always hated the wing mounted aerials....

Nice work mate