Tony20vturbo 0 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi All,Well I got my new project the other day. Just for weekends and the occasional bit of fun. My daily is a slammed B5.5 Passat TDI 130 (coilies, stickers, mapped etc). I have been into my dubs for the last 10 years, Having owned a MK2 Ibiza GTI, MK3 Ibiza Cupra, MK3 Golf Valver, Leon cupra, all tuned to a silly amount of power, I sold the leon cupra (gutted), due to petrol prices. Passat is now all paid off and I wanted something fun again, so I picked this up the other dayMK3 Golf VR6, 113K on the clock. Paint despite a few scuffs is in very good condition, and looks like it has been polished a lot. Colour is Mystic BlueMods so far is only a set of JOM coilies and it comes with quite a rare biscuit colour interior. Rear seats in great condition but there is a tear on the drivers seatCar has come with very little service history, so need to get it serviced. Also keeps overheating to, so I have ordered a new thermostat from Awesome gti, new coolant housing etc with all new seals...arriving soonAnd here she is:Ordered some underseal with waxyoil, to do the arches and underneath, green panel filter, full set of red coolant hoses and silver brake disc paint to tidy her up.Plans will be some new wheels, cat back exhaust, tidy up the engine bay and to get the bodywork sorted out and thats it really, and just to enjoy it at showscomments welcome Link to post Share on other sites
b19drg 0 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 looks good , look forward to seeing the progress Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Looks good. Might be worth adding a de-cat to your list aswell. Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Looks good. Might be worth adding a de-cat to your list aswell.thanks mate, I might consider thatWhat are the gains like (apart from more noise) to do the decat?although I thought it was illegal for anything newer than a 93 year old car to run a decat?only thing with a decat is less back pressure, and this isn't one of the torqueist (if such a word!) type engines.... Link to post Share on other sites
bigsteve 0 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 very nice mate, loving the cream leather, just change the de-cat at mot time lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Well a few updatesDebadged her (might be re-adding the badges though but covered in real carbon)pulled out most of the dashboard buttons (the blank ones) and my mate is covering them in real carbonWon a cat back Miltek exhaust system (oval tail pipe) which is getting fitted on MondayLamin-x the fog lighttsGot an inlet manifold. It turned up and it was already painted to a really high standard, anthracite, so my mate is just polishing the runners for mecut out the plastic insert on the VR airbox, so it is less restrictive now and got a green panel air filter fitted tooPolished all the metal bits in the engine bay and gave it a good clean, as well as claying and polishing the whole carSamco red coolant hoses have finally been shipped after waiting two months, so will get these fitted, and spraying the 2.8 engine cover in a crackle red paint to match the new red coolant hosespressed plates on order tooI think thats it at the momentI will get some pics up soon.....oh and ordered some stickers! I love my stickersPics to follow over the next few days lots more plans too..... Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 oh and de-wipered her too Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Looks sweet mate!Come along to sum shows..? Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted June 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Managed to get some pics today to show off some of the work so farDe-wipereddebadgedAll dashboard buttons pulled out at the moment, currently with a friend who is covering the faces in carbonShows what a quick 20 mins of polishing the bits in the bay does. Really bought up the bits nicelyFresh new coolant bottle (as it had split from a previous issue of over heating), and polished up the piece next to it as wellPart Cleaned engine bay. Sprayed inlet manifold to be fitted soon, but my mate who is doing the carbon bits is also polishing the runnersFront fogs lamin-x'dAnd a picture of the old manky exhaust, which is going tomorrow (which reminds me....I need to polish it)comments and feedback welcome, but a WIP so far Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted July 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 got a few bits for the car recentlynew engine cover, now sprayed up in a crackle red. Came up a treat, so will get some pics upManagerd to get 4 genuine 4x16" Oz racing alloys, with 3 very good pirelli tyres for................£70!! result. Home refurbing these at the moment and will be done in an anthracite grey to give an OEM feelmy mate is currently polishing the inlet manifold which is coming a long nicely Link to post Share on other sites
Tony20vturbo 0 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 update for you guysmate is polishing up my inlet manifold, and its coming a long nicely. Spraying the inside of the runners blackfinished refurbing one wheel today, ready for priming and paintinggoing to spray this up as a test wheel and see how it comes out. Pending how it turns out I will finish off the rest of the wheels, or if not, then I will be saving for a proper refurbHere are the red samco's as well...these were NOT cheap to say the least (£297.....) but will look awesome with the polished mani once it goes on.next up will be covering the top of my airbox in carbon (another project for my mate to do). Here is his LCR one done, and mine will look the same All coming a long nicely now Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 nice work on the mani (#) lookin forward to seeing the red touches :-) Link to post Share on other sites
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