vr6nay 5 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 hey guys My name is nay i am 21 and from manchester ! my family has always been into vw's and its kind of bit me from a young age i have owned a mk1 polo , 2 mk3 polos (one witch i drive daily) and a mk2 golf aswell witch u still own, I have been on here for a while so thought i would post up my project , the car was being driven daily upto 2009 by my brother witch sadly pasted away , so rather than sell the car it was passed down to me and has been sat for nearly 6 years ! its a shame its been sat so long but work commitments and money issues ! mainly down to the insurance 8000£ for third party insurance as a first car ! so it put me off the idea of driving it ,but now with me being older and insurance cheaper now is the time to start the project ! The car has always been a bit rotten when my brother first obtained the car it had its rust but after 6 years its definitely got worse with it being open to the elements , i wont blab on to much just a insight to the story to my car and the sentimental value it carrys before people say buy a new shell ect I dont have many recent snaps of the overall car just the recent rusty pics i shall update on sunday when i next work on the car Here is my daily driver this was a year project (only 1.0 with 1.3 head highlift cam and 1.3 injection) but still nippy anyways heres a few snaps of the vr6 car after a year of the road the car had a green top tint screen fitted as the old one was crackedhere is some of the rust i shall get better photos when i start repairing the selected areas of the car one of the arb mount bracket a drivers side floor grommet i repaired today so no before photo sorry it was same as above photo of passenger side ^^^etched and seam sealed all of it still a novice welder i no how to weld just bought a new welder and a proper bottle and reg and this is my first go with it all and tbh not to bad to sat i pushed for time so the welds should get better ! there strong tho so it all good i just like to do a good job and make it look good, as you can see its typical mk3 rust ,rear arches both inner outersills are shot can put foot thru them ! floor grommets , once all the rust is sorted i shall be starting on mechanical overhaul of the car ,running gear ,brakes,engine ect the engine is at 110k from memory it needs chains and guides and clutch is on it way out and the release bearing is knackered but it does whine a lot sounds like a super charger on idle only if it was aye ! maybe in the future ! just a quick thread to my project i will update when i can and i will be on here floating about maybe posting to some threads cheers damian8588 and Bealieboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bealieboy 1,625 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Good work fella and great pics too. Looks like you'll have the hang of welding in no time! Look forward to seeing more of your handiwork! Link to post Share on other sites
vr6nay 5 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 cheers mate Link to post Share on other sites
richierich37 236 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Good stuff dude, keep up the work and bring it to a nice wee car Link to post Share on other sites
vr6nay 5 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) think its about time i updated the thread got her on the road in the end the dead line was santapod vw action 2015 i managed to get it moted and taxed a week before the show so it went there looking a shed ! ran perfect and was thrashed on the strip all day, anyways i drove it for a year but now shes off road for a refresh and a turbo build spent a fair bit of time on the car this includes: engine overhaul all cleaned up and painted new chains and guides new clutch clutch slave and master new oil coolers and pipes cams and lifters were in good shape so left them as welll as headgasket as it had one 20k previous good compression also plugs leads coil aux water pump some coolant hoses were changed new inlet and exhaust gaskets aux tenstioner and belt waterpump new sump and gasket oil pump strainer cleaned as was full of old chain guide material crank sensor temp sensor low and high oil pressure switches fresh gearbox oil and output seals fuel pump full brake system overhaul new lines braided hoses and seals ,abs sensors and rings est discs, pads ,rear brake bias rear beam polibush rear beam painted coilovers front wishbones and ball joints new driveshafts track rod ends engine mounts plus hockey puc raise full 2.5 stainless cat back system and new hangers full car vinyl wrapped sparco wingback buckets quick release steering boss and omp wheel all interior plastics and roof lining painted black hella clear rear lights hella quads custom grill new wings quick release front bumper oz superturismos refurbed and new tyres fully painted , seam sealed an painted all undercarrage lots of body work for dints and previous rust repairs probs missed a lot of stuff but its late and this will do anyways here is a small selection of pics of the project , dont want to put lots of pics on as it takes ages , sorry for the photos not many before and after i forgot when working on the car just got on with it as i am not on for taking lots of pics heres a few pics Edited September 14, 2016 by vr6nay VR6 Supercharged 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vr6nay 5 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 here are a few recent pics of the car complete car got reversed into by a takeaway driver and ruined the door had that damage for 6 months finally got a door and fitted it c00k and VR6 Supercharged 2 Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Fair play mate, loads and loads of work gone in. Keep it up dude, and will be mint in not to distant future. Link to post Share on other sites
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