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and so now it is like this, failing to finish wiring and Rs 16 BBS wheels (8.5 "front axle and 10" rear axle), as a note I have 4 aletines G-60 striker in the 4 steps. a greeting

New plug leads fitted,
New plugs fitted,
New coilpack on order!

Slow day today for progress....

Ordered the following bits though....

Valeo clutch kit.
Discs and pads front
Discs and pads rear
Oil and filter
Pair of wings.

Gonna make a start and do the clutch first. At least then I can manage to move the car around easily.

Rear bumper will be coming off and more prodding around to inspect for rust.

Underseal is waiting after the welding is done, if I'm investing in this one, I want to make it last!!

Anti roll bars to be removed and painted orange.

Have a pair of new rear calipers ready to fit.
Along with a mile of copper pipe to redo all the brake pipes.

Sure I've still got some goodridge hoses somewhere in the garage too.

I guess at this stage it's all or nothing? So I'm going in balls deep lol!

Figure I might as well sort all the rust on the body and prep for top coat myself to save some ££££.

More progress to follow!

The sneaky bastards!!!

Yo! So ime the owner of a 2001 2.8 vr6 vw t4 caravelle factory spec super luxury edition,my aim is to convert it to a manual from the pain that is the standard auto so any input on that would be greatfully received,modified style wise ime going down the swamper look as i got fed up with the potholes around here with the drop on 18s,so ime now raised on at tyres.

With owning scrap yards BBA reman is quite a regular customer for ECUS and pumps. They buy a lot of new age pumps from us and ask us to ship them direct to their customers yet the order comes with a note "DO NOT INCLUDE PAPERWORK WITH PARTS. PLEASE EMAIL VAT INVOICE TO US". However with the vr6 they couldn't do that so its a must repair job.

I'm chris,
 
i'm from newark, uk. I've got a (rough daily) 1990 mk2 golf with jetta front end running mk3 vr6 lump that i fitted about 12 months ago (so far trouble free). 
 
i've come across the site a few times over the last year or so so i thought it was time i joined up and introduced myself.
 
cheers. 

Galley photos of the weekend are all available for your viewing in the Owners Club Gallery 
 
Enjoy, because I know we did!  

Was watching an old episode of wheeler dealer tonight with the Corrado VR6.
 

 
It had an ABS pump fault which Mike Brewer took to BBA Reman to repair.
At the time of filming, the inspection fee was around £35 to identify faults and repaired for around £159.
 
Thought this would be useful for some people should they have issues and require a repair.
 
Website: http://www.bba-reman.com/gb/index.aspx
 

Was a bit of a downer at the time....

Initially thought about looking for another car and swap all the good bits over....

Then gave my head a shake. Two Golf's on the drive is too much, it's full enough at the moment.

Plus I'm likely to find something in a similar condition unless I'm spending some decent money.

Had a look on Euro car parts....
£250 for clutch, all brakes, pair of wings and oil filter.

I can paint the wings myself before fitting to save a bit of faf and hopefully money when it comes to painting - at least they will be green and fully fitted before painted again with the rest of the car.

I can fabricate a patch/repair section for the sills as its only about 6" at the front that is crusty.

Copper brake pipes are no drama, might as well just do the lot while it's all apart.

Just a bit more work than first anticipated.

I'm thinking I'll keep the similar lines to as it was in the mag feature.

Just need to sort a set of wheels.

Or a set of 5x100 - 5x120 adaptors for these that I've got.
7x16 OZ MSW split rims....


At least I can do all the polishing myself, and just get the tears powder coated.

Possibly a set of wider dishes for the rear too....

All food for thought....

Done a little more today.



Seems I've a little more work ahead than anticipated....

Needs both sills patching.
Needs a pair of wings.
Rear arches need work.
Rear wings under light clusters need work.

All brake pipes are about shot.

Car is somewhat rusty underneath.

Needs a clutch.

Need some wheels.

Gonna need a full paint job....

Meh......


At least the interior looks good lol....

So,
Now that i'm back into VR6 power I thought i start a little build/project running report.
Story so far goes like this:
Not long sold my 91 8V 5 door Golf MK2 GTI. Was also in a bit of a non running state when purchased. Been stood since 2005. Managed to get it running nicely. Original paint was mint, one small area needed attention, MOT'd lowered, wheels, etc....
Turned out to be a nice clean low mileage car (77,000).


Sold that on a few months ago for a nice profit, needed something else to tinker with. originally looking at another MK2, but nothing really caught my eye.
Browsing the usual places...
Spotted the car I've ended up with on ED38 forum.
Quick chat to the owner, a trip organised from York to Dudley in the next few days.
Thursday the 11th was the agreed date, picked up the trailer at 16:00 from my dads house where stored and set off to collect the car.
Traffic was a nightmare as usual and arrived at 18:45.
And here the "minor problems" started.
Flat battery on the golf. No Power. Dead. - Bit of a bummer as id left my spare battery, jump leads, winch remote (more on that....) and all my tools in the back of my Defender 110.
Took the battery from the sellers van, we had lights on the dash. Bingo. Cranking.... Cranking.... Cranking... Spluttered into life.... ish. Running on 3 cylinders. Hmm...
Had a few more moments looking around the car, interior is still clean and fresh - which to be honest is what is selling it to me, Front wings need work/replacement, rear arches need a little work as does under the rear lights. can feel a little bit of rust under a sill cover - more investigation is needed there.
Agreed a price, time to get loaded on trailer........
First issue - put the windows up and get trailer in position to load up. Drivers window motor is shot. lots of clicking and no movement. Quick strip down of the door - its shot. Window down on the way home then - hope it don't rain.
The next issue rears its head....
Car splutters into life, engage clutch, pedal feels good, lift pedal to move off...... NOTHING! no drive, car wants and feels like it will move but nothing... Bugger!
No driveshafts spinning, and a smell of burning clutch..... FFS...... Clutch plate appears to have stuck on the splines. JOY.
This is the point at which i'd have needed the remote for the winch fitted on my trailer..... Double joy.
Trailer backed up to front of Golf, bed tilted and pulled winch rope out - can use as a safety measure to stop the car rolling all the way down again. Hooked the rope up and pulled the car into the trailer about 12" at a time. Finally on, strapped up, money changed hands, parts loaded up, along with some extras thrown in to compensate for some issues.
Around 21:30 I'm on my way home......
Crap nav in the Range Rover seems to send me through the middle of birmingham, had to stop for more LPG and some food.

Arrived home around midnight.
Slung the car cover over the Golf.
Went to bed. Will look at the Golf in the morning and see what I've gone and bought!
Makes for a long day when you've been at work since 03:30 in the morning!
Up and about at 06:00 and need to get car off trailer, trailer back to my dads at the other side of town, get caravan loaded and off to the VW festival at Harewood house.
Made a quick list of what to look out for if any bits turn up at the show. secured the drivers window enough and put cover back on.
Away we go for the weekend!

Head still isn't firing on all cylinders but I have a solid 12 months to recover for the next round!
 
How was the drive home chaps, hope you all had clear roads!

Right I didn't really want to sell these as I wanted a set for so many years, but I could do with freeing up some money to do a couple of bits to the car.
Specs are 16x8 5x100 et15 so a bit of poke on a mk3, not sure about a Corrado. Repainted by me in a Fiat Gold which was the best gold for wheels I could find after weeks of searching,( I still have some paint left for touch ups).
The have brand new chrome centre caps.
Tyres are 195 40 R16 Continental Sportcontacts that have only done around 2-3k miles.
A deal could possibly be done without the tyres.
I'm located in Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire and pick up would be much preferred.
Any questions please ask.

Love these wheel. I just can't justify £650 with the misses. Lol.
These would look good on the Green goddess.

Yes, family camping.
Took missus and both daughters..

Need my T5 to tow the caravan and for all the crap we take!

Just joined here....
 
I'm Dan - living in York.
 
had as a few VR's before....
3 Mk3 Golf VR6
4 Corrado VR6
and an R32 some time ago.
 
All had to go due to house, kids, and life in general costing £££ lol....
 
Just picked up another Mk3 Golf "ex show car" in need of work. 
 
Have a VW Transporter, into my Land Rovers and mountain bikes, motor bikes.
 
Last Pic was taken last night how the golf looks now.
 

The pics look great, will Defo be there next year with you guys

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Ahh gutted mate, yeah we left at about 3.00 to try to miss the rush!

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Definitely haven't laughed so much in a long time was absolutely brilliant, I'll be doing the full weekend next year! The other Benn and his brother Matt are really grateful for everyone making them feel welcome and can't wait until next year already, though they will be bringing a man size tent next year!
Absolutely love everything about this show, the location, the atmosphere and the amazing selection of Dubs of all ages shapes and sizes. I second what Bealieboy said and say that if you haven't already, you need to go to this show!!

Now for a few more!









Bit of a random one folks just chilling with a pet duck!