Therusterman 59 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Cracking home build, not my usual cup of tea but still very nice! Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 With a spare set of handles I went to work on stripping these down and seeing if I could refurb them to a decent standard. Took afew attempts to find a product which would bring back the black shine without it fading after a wash and ended up with a good result.The internals were stripped in coastic soda and buffed with the dremel. While I was at it I decided to match the spare barrels to my key which wasn't as difficult as most make it out to me. All back together and I finally have a drivers side handle that let's me lock the car from the outside! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yea they're dead easy to shim to a key aren't they Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Stripped out with the cloth seat in as the leather needs attention xawierek 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Gone till next year Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 well the cracks in the roof turned out to be a complete skin of filler 2-4mm thick in places and covered the entire roof. After getting some of it back some rust and in the end a hole appeared from where they had welded it up and covered it up. Was no other option then to source another roof and have both skins picked off and swapped over. Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 While I wait for updates on the car these are done and ready to come back xawierek 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Made a surprise visit to the body shop to add some pressure and actually get it sort. The surrounding round were badly flooded and one guy thought he'd go for it and get stranded lolApprently the roof is being started today when it was already on they told me...On the way back picked up my front seats from Lawrence grey who replaced the bolsters and seat base with new napa leather which I will strip the coating and blend the two leathers Link to post Share on other sites
abvsean 32 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 nice build, 3rd time lucky!! liking the red bay with the gold manifold!! nice work for working on the street and a garage with no real power.I remember those days! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Haha. Love the air filter Club Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 The front seats are now done! New baluster panels and seat panel Aswell as a new base foam for the drivers seat. I stripped the top coat off the seats and recoloured them to see which areas need some filler and more colour. After the prept and colour was done I have them 2 coats of satin top coat to seal the colour.Old damaged panelsClear difference between old and new leatherBefore and after colourThe finished product Link to post Share on other sites
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Shiver 11 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I made a start on the new engine loom from the fuse box to ISO connection as I wasn't happy when the loom coming out of the fire wall it just looked untidy. I plan on relocating the main connection out of sight and somewhere safe from water.I chopped up the spare loom I had to separate all the senders and to make more sense of it all. I wasn't willing to use trailer wire like many companies do so I opted to go to the breakers and take out two whole looms from a Gti and a polo so I could colour and thickness match the existing wires. This way I can back track any wires and not have to worry about not knowing what they are. All wires checked and shrink wrapped I have to wait for the car back before I do anymore of the wiring.Old loom Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Slow progress so attacked my parcel shelf and supports. The shelf had the old grey carpet removed and fibre glassed the supports on there to prevent any sag.The supports I sealed from the inside to then cut off the outside speaker grill. Once it was off I sanded it back to meet the fibre glass and prepped it for the new carpet.The lugs for the shelf had snapped off so I made some new ones and deleted the alarm switch to smooth it.Once I've sourced the right carpet I'll cover these that's if I can find anything close to oem carpet. Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Well I gambled with the carpet and it paid off as it's a exact match to the old carpet. Just a shame I got my measurements wrong with the order lolLots of waiting around for glue to set and move onto the next section was boring and contact adhesive stinks so much!!! Atleast it's all paid off and I done it first attempt. Ickyketseddie and damian8588 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Shiver 11 Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Well while I'm still without my car thanks to the bodyshop being beyond a joke I got bored and found a 24v vr engine with ecu and looms. There's no rush to get it in just going to source everything and get it all ready to drop in when the time is right.I couldn't make sense of the PDF file so I ported it and stitched it all together shame it's over 2 meters long now but on the plus side I don't need my reading glasses The loom is pretty much there now being made a hybrid to fit the ce2 fusebox just need to get it back to the engine for routing and then leave it for whenever it goes into the mk2. daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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