Burgundy VR6 - Project Colour Code!!

[VR6Wherry 0]

Turned 21, thought "Lets get rid of the MK3 8v GTi and treat myself to a VR6!" after some searching I stumbled upon a cheap VR6 with slight rear damage, unfortunately it had been declared a CAT C write off. I figured i would go take a look anyways as i wanted to do a conversion into a Mk2 at some stage. Turned out the damage wasn't as bad as i first thought, Channel Island garage charges are stupidly high, this being an old car, meant it wasn't feasable for the insurance company to fix it! It was bought back of the insurance and in the end, it ended up in my hands. I'm hoping to restore it to it's former glorey (h)

Any way here is when i picked her up!

Looking a little worse for wear, expansion tank look like it exploeded! I've checked it over and it's all fine now thankfully.

Okay 1st thing i did was to give it some lows and painted the badges white!

SPAX PSX kit 60mm drop all round:

Can you see the size difference?

Sitting on it's new suspension with the badges white:

That's after 1 months of ownership...i've had it for 6 now! :-p

[VR6Wherry 0]

Didn't like the way the engine bay looked, quick clean later and an engine cover we have this:

Before:

After:

The head unit was pants so i fitted my Sony DVD player with a flip out 7" screen (Screen doesn't come out now automatically, you have to pull it )

Ditched the old rubbish momo gear knob for this:

Bigger updates on the way! (H)

[VR6Wherry 0]

Did a little clean up of the engine bay. Trying to go for a white/burgundy theme

First got it:

Engine cover and quick clean:

As it stood about 3 monts ago:

Decided to get my old debaged grill and give it a spray

Spraying:

On the car:

I like it with the badge on (H)

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Next i decided that i didn't like the orangey in the lights and that i wanted either just clear or red! This will hopefully sick with my theme

New side repeaters:

New front fogs with built in tow eye blank and new indicators:

And lastly, not to everyones taste but the clear and red rear lights:

[VR6Wherry 0]

Black bumpers annoyed the sh!t out of me, so i did a test to see if i could/would like a colour coded car!

I did use etch primer as i was too cheap to buy plastic primer but this is only a trial and i know it will/has started to peel and crack

Didn't like the black bumper and arch trim colour, but i liked the look and texture. So instead of going down the dearch route. I decided to give it a colour code myself i had previously done the grille (which was the 1st thing i sprayed) and it came out okay, then i did the spoiler which also came out okay.

Bit the bullet and £50 later i had:

couple of sheets of 400 grit paper

2 1/2 cans of made up paint to match the paintwork (spot on match as well!)

2 BIG rolls of masking tape

3 whole news papers lol

Well it started off by being masked and then lightly sanded to remove any small imperfections. didn't take the trim off as this will be happening when i tackle the arch work which i'm hoping is fine!!

After that it was then completely covered with news paper, primered and sprayed

I was very happy with the result and this is how it came out

Yes the car does sit that low, it does scrape and i do need to higher it lol

Also picked up genuine VR6 splitter off my old GTi

[VR6Wherry 0]

Got some stickers made up for me from a friend on the GolfGTI.co.uk Forum.

The VR6 and VW badge. Wasn't so sure at first but really like it now

[Ian_rogers 0]

Good work mate, what's next in line?

[VR6Wherry 0]

Good work mate' date=' what's next in line?

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Cheers bud, still a few updates to go to show where it is up to now!

Took some snaps of it the other day (About 3 months ago now!). Hope you like!

[VR6Wherry 0]

A nice little package arrived for me in July with the shiny bits i was waiting for almost a month!. Venom were good at keeping me in the loop as to what stage we were each week.

Cat back stainless steel scorpion exhaust with a Jetex Decat pipe.

on the car:

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My next bit of goodies to go on...

Mmmmmm SUCTION!!!

Induction kit is on with the new 83mm hose, have managed to direct the kit to face the inner corner side of the wing, away from the engine so should pick up cold air. If not i'll run the cold air feed.

Here are some pics!!

[VR6Wherry 0]

Took a few new snaps last night, all done on my camera phone!!! lol

Hope you like!

An my favs! (H)

There is more but haven't got them at the moment!

[VR6Wherry 0]

Right here is my latest project I've taken on:

Bought these wheels with almost two brand new tyres on, one crappy one and one with out!

What they looked like (Rather corroded!)

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/14082010135.jpg

Sent them off to be sand blasted £25 per wheel. Declined the option to have them primered for an extra £40. They came back primered for free!!! :grin:

Centre caps before and after:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/31082010150.jpg

Here's my progress so far:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/01092010151.jpg

Pics of the wheels on...not great pics but you get the idea..

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04092010155.jpg

Will get some better ones soon after a good clean and polish :cool:

That's it for now

[VR6Nat 9]

looking good mate :)

[ashmk3 0]

thats a nice colour, from experience i would take extra care to get the water out from those arches, when i took mine off i found alot of rust :/ but that is a very good looking car, may i ask why project rainbow?

[VR6Wherry 0]

thats a nice colour' date=' from experience i would take extra care to get the water out from those arches, when i took mine off i found alot of rust :/ but that is a very good looking car, may i ask why project rainbow?

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Honestly, i don't know why i called it that! :-d Just wanted a fancy name for it really.. that's what i called it on GolfGTI.co.uk so i just copied it over 8-|

[Sidhu88 1]

hey mate just wondering if u used the adaptor piece to mount the bmc? i think i've got an 89mm hose somewhere, maybe smaller, i know it fits around the outlet on the bmc but how wides the housing just before the MAF? 83?

[VR6Wherry 0]

hey mate just wondering if u used the adaptor piece to mount the bmc? i think i've got an 89mm hose somewhere' date=' maybe smaller, i know it fits around the outlet on the bmc but how wides the housing just before the MAF? 83?

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I used an 83mm silicone hose coupler from www.siliconhoses.com. The BMC side is 85mm and the engine side is a tad smaller..

[VR6Wherry 0]

Right latest thing to happen was to de-wiper the rear and bung it up (for now!)

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/28092010163.jpg

[VR6Wherry 0]

Well over the weekend, i decided to joey up my headlights.

Seeing as black doesn't tie in with my colour scheme, i did this...

Before: (old pic)

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/25052010079-1.jpg

During: :grin:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04102010171.jpg

After:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04102010172.jpg

In the pictures you can't really see the difference but in person it looks awesome!! :cool:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04102010173.jpg

[cornishvr6 52]

looking good mate, did you have to modify the vr6 badge on badgeless the grill to fit?

[VR6Wherry 0]

looking good mate' date=' did you have to modify the vr6 badge on badgeless the grill to fit?

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i didn't but that's because it's broken!

When i get my new one i will have to, slightly.

[VR6Wherry 0]

Here is my latest little adventure.

A few reasons for the strip out.

I need to replace the headlining as it is sagging

Need to rewire all speakers to an Amp.

Need to get the drivers side rear arch looked at as there is a small fold!

Want to check for rust or and evidence of a water leak.

Also it could do with a real tidy up!!

Mess!

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010187.jpg

Rear seats out

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010186.jpg

Door cards and rear carpet

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010189.jpg

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010188.jpg

All carpets up and sound deadening

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010191.jpg

Side view

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010190.jpg

All the sh!t i've removed..

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010192.jpg

Carpets cleaned and put back in. Also head unit wires have been tidied up.

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010193.jpg

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/16102010194.jpg

That's how it stands at the moment as it was too blooming cold to do any more!

[VR6Wherry 0]

Small Vid here:

It's only a small preview as i didn't want to wake the neighbours :grin: only taken up to 5k!

Drive by vids coming soon! (H)

Probs sounds rubbish compared to a lot of yours! :-#

[VR6Wherry 0]

Did a small video (In the dark..by myself ) So no picture but plenty sound! (6)

*Note - the car was already warm when i switched it off!

[VR6Wherry 0]

Not much in terms of updates for this Channel Island based VR.

Will be heading off to JKM to get it on the rollers with fellow members from GolfGTI.co.uk

Been trying out different lights as i'm not a fan of the M3 styled ones anymore.

Decided to get hold of some CL rear lights, here is my take on them!

Out come so far:

Before:

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/17012011220.jpg

After:

[img width=360 height=640]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/18012011220.jpg

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/18012011221.jpg

[img width=640 height=360]http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/18012011222.jpg

Ended up tintin all the red to try match it up as the indicator was darker. Masked off where the reversing lights are so they will stay white :wink:

Camera flash makes them look weird, but i can assure you they look spot on! (H)