BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Had the Golf just short of 2 years now and although its nowhere near finished (they never are!!) its starting to come together nicely me thinks :smiley:It had 193,000 on the clock :-# and was a little rough around the edges but for £500 with full service history I thought 'Why not'When I first got her - [img width=1024 height=768]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/VicksPicture24012010028.jpg[img width=1024 height=768]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/VicksPicture24012010013.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 To cut a VERY long story a bit shorter, I serviced it, cleaned it, re-furbed the wheels from thisTo thisGot bored of that colour after a couple of weeks so did thisAnd made myself some wheel spacers Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Gearbox then went pop so I bought this for £350 for the box and as an added bonus got a full Mulberry leather interior, 10-disc multi-changer and lots of other odds and sodds I cant remember nowDid lots of interior modding with switches etcDid this firstThen changer to thisDid thisSome exterior moddingAnd front fogs installedGot myself some Hella Quads and some coily'sAnd did a little more to the interior'W8' mod on the interior light switch, gives a nice little glow around the gearstick area Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Re-furbed the Le-mans wheels and boshed them onReplaced the front wings and bonnetJust before I replaced the bonnett :-)Got myself some OEM number plates made up but with the 'VW' in redRe-modded my headlight switch and my clocks Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Got myself some BBS splits and did this to emAnd finally set about getting rid of this pathetic excuse of an engine ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 More to come tomorrow.Good night ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Top Stuff mate! Looks a fantastic car, I wish my interior looked like that, I think he green lighting is pretty boring and love the red switches etc like on the later Golf's.Can't wait for more pics! Link to post Share on other sites
Sidhu88 1 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 hw du get ur needles on the dials glowing?? those with some DDI dials would look sweet Link to post Share on other sites
Nero Mk 2 8 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 good progress Link to post Share on other sites
Gazbarber1982 3 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Also Interested in the needle mod. Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Afternoon, the needle mod was pretty easy, dependant on what clocks you have, From personal experience I know of 4 different types of clock for the mk3 Golf so who knows how many are actually out there.If you have this internal designThen they are the easy ones.Get yourself some pre-wired 12v LED's and some needles from mk5 Golf clocks (or mk4 but I prefer the design of the mk5 needles)Position them like so under each face, as close to the centre as possible, facing upwards and stick with some kind of glueThen link and wire all the LED's into the clocksAnd voila Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 HOWEVER, the clocks from my VR are the newer designed ones, they have SMD LED's running the MFA and Mileage and are an enclosed unitThese are a pain in the arse to do, but I will be doing them in the next couple of weeks so I will take some pics and do a little 'how to' Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Anyways, back to my build.I managed to pick myself up a completely standard VR Highline, 120.000 miles with full VW history, I was buying it for the sole reason of putting everything in mine, so the fact it had no T & T and the entire underside of it was rotten, didnt bother meStarted the tear down on Thursday morning Link to post Share on other sites
BenVictors 1 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Once the 8v lump was out, me and my mate set about cleaning the bay, De-A/C'd the VR lump and cleaned down, cleaned out the expansion tank and washer bottle, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned etc etc ;-)By Friday tea time I had this in my bay Was just waiting on the exhaust mid section now, the exhaust off the VR was rotten so I bought myslef a Sebring backbox that has reeeeediculously large tailpipes, and was going to run a standard mid section. However, the mid section never turned up and as I was itching to get on the road with this thing I went down to Tony Banks in Leeds on Saturday afternoon and they knocked me up a straight through stainless section.Threw my Splits in the car and went to get some rubber...Im sure I have missed shed loads of stuff out that I've done to the car since owning it, but you get the general jist ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 That looks real sweet fella, hats off to the detail too!!Bet that rear sounds lurvely in a tunnel Link to post Share on other sites
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