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    Here is some images of the car with the grey wrap. I lent the car to a friend and it came back and didnt drive in a straight line so i decided VR time. I started stripping the car and polishing a spare vr inlet i had.
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    MY car at apex festival Its the one on the left Finally got my full stainless steel exhaust and fitted it and my gosh i love the noise of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPq0Ci6FDI8&feature=youtu.be
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    New wheels next day Bam Then A week later New clutch More Wrapping Show Prep Thanks Maguires Even More Wrapping MY Hoodie Arrived Stickers
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    Led Switches Had a breakdown:( the cause was and a clutch cable - Which was replaced with a mannual cable. Show pics Start of Wraping Fittament
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    MASSIVE UPDATE Its been a while since i fitted the roof and such. Ive done some miles on the car and replaced things and fixed them as they broke. I also have done the following ... Painted Dash
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    The Rest of the Wheel refurb images.
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    These parts have been removed and will be cleaned with a wire wool brush on a pillar drill and then painted if needed. Today i woke up and deciced i was going to fix my curb damaged wheels and paint my calipers. There is a lot of pictures and the process was very long I will be painting the wheels white in a few days time.
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    I then sprayed my debadged grill the same colour as the car Another Update I decided to finish what i started and fitted my rear window. Today i started cleaning the bay. I had to paint the battery tray where it is as 2 of the bolts are seized and have been rounded off previously. Whilst i am in the bay i am going to clean the visible areas of the everything and paint stuff where needed. The coolant looks far too red if you ask me?
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    I then got linked a Lovely roof material on ebay (Thanks Dubstar9) I then purchased the roof and with dubstars help over the computer for a week or so i then thought i knew enough to change the material....
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    Im nearing my first 100 miles which £20 has got me. I also got some off driveway pics and here they are - needs a clean btw. UPDATE: Its been a few months since ive been on the road. Nearing 6 months, In this time not much has changed but it has. The interior is still original, the exterior is a little different and the engine has had a little bit of tlc. The journey through the last 6 months has had a few hitches but my face always has a smile when i am driving the car no matter what the weather. A while after driving the car i felt some wobble on the front end. I realised it was th
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    After a few coats of Clear coat i have rebuilt the car Just need to G3 the wings in a few days. My badge fitted. Exhaust tip to cover the rubbish looking pipe. Final photos. Now just awaiting the new calipers to turn up then to fit them bleed the brakes remove tools from car clean and do pre MOT checks and the wait for my insurance money. Get insured - Mot'd and then Taxed. Should be on the road in beginning of october Thank you for reading. Had a few fun days of driving the cabrio even was suppriesd when my mates said its a piece of crap and then i took t
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    After replacing the discs i proceded to bleed the brakes to find the drivers caliper had a broken bleed nipple - had to find some 2nd hand callipers - managed to get some on ebay jsut waiting for them. On to removing the rusty wings The following Day... Putting these on.. Then this arrived.. Long jump to painted wings
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    I then got some money and brought some parts. All this packaging for this then the rest of the parts I also had a new brake pressure regulator ordered and had turned up. fitted Old air filter new air filter Old Fuel filter and the fuel that came from it :/ I also gave the car an oil change and have found 2 wings in a good condition. I have also had an insurance quote that is actually affordable and all my mods are delcared and cost nil as they do not change the Hp. The Last
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    Pics from today Rubbed down the filler. Painting my bumpers First coat Rub strips fitted to the car First attempt at hydro dipping Just after dipping - Too much activator just after dipping - was better left too much angle on entry so decal stretched. i have also done the main part of xbox casing. will post pics once dried washed and lacquered. more pics of the xbox casing just waiting for it to dry just done this and it looks awsome I think i have the hang of this hydrodipping now. Been a bit quiet whilst i was getting so
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    First coat of black after being sanded with 2000 WND Ive messed up my photos but after many light coats and just been lacquered. Here is pics of my new hydro dipping tank and my work on the bumpers My hydro dipping tank Bumpers strippped apart. Rear bumper damage Front Bumper damage First few light coats of primer My ruff fillering. Will rub it down tomorrow and paint black plastics black. Morning it's currently 9:45 am and I've already given my bumper black plastics 2 coats of black paint rubbed down my filler on painted front a
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    Today i decided to raise the car a little bit more for the Mot and ease of access whilst i work on the car. While doing this i decided to fix the rust patches forming in my rear arches. So i rubbed down the patches treated them several times then primered and painted them black ( this is for protection until i get colour matched paint ) I then fitted my Stickerbombed petrol flap Then on to sorting out my dodgy window switch - Turns out its not the switch and that one of the pins in a connector was corroded. I still had to get the whole door loom out to find this out but
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    Today I got As far as fitting the beam. Was a pain to fit had to loosen off one of the brackets to the bodywork. I had to remove it to get the beam off but it's now 2mm to one side. Looks like the garage will be looking at that when they did the camber. Also have made plans that next year if money is better I will be buying a gti to break and get the engine and gearbox reconed. I will then get the front and rear subframes shot blasted. Powder coated and new rubbers fitted. The cabrio will then be resprayed and fitted with all new coolant system and fitted with waterless coolant along with
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    Lots of progress the rear beam is now ready for Its new bushes and then to be rebuilt I have also replaced my suspension with coilovers on the front and set the ride height. Was a pain to remove the top mounts as the allen key parts had broken and rounded so i drilled them out. UPDATE Last night I was going through tins of spare parts and found my aluminium mirror adjusters. Today - nothing except these turned up. MINI UPDATE Well the rear beam is in the local garage having the bushes fitted. Only costing me £20 at a local VW Specalist i have now rem
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    A few interior parts. Then the Courior arives New middlebox Test fitting the exhaust. Fitted black plastics and wing mirrors. Painted door grips New gear gator Wing mirrors UPDATE Its been a long time since i last posted. There has been a lot going on recently. Since my last post i have made a decision on my old golf and have purchased some new parts. I have also have now started on refurbing my rear beam. Before I have also replaced the rear exhaust from cat back as it was rotted. UPDATE Been a very productive day working o
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    Credit for the method of removal for the steering column goes to these guys http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3445064 Another busy day on the cabriolet. Started the day by giving the plastic the heat gun treatment Then on to tinting the rear lights side repeaters front indicators/reflectors. Then onto checking the rear brakes to find they are in a good order Then i removed the old middle and back boxes they were fubar. Then after speaking to my mate i took his advice and removed the passenger airbag and replaced it with another glovebox.
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    I have been making some changes on the car already i Have fixed the bonnet catch cable Fitted Bonnet lifters, Fitted areo wipers, Fitted wolfsburg door pins and changed the grill to my custom one. I have a 1.3 mk3 golf i can get spares from. I would like to know if the jom coilovers i brought for it would work on my 1.8 cab. Today i managed to fix the electric roof. It turned out that the pump valve was set to release air. So i turned it clockwise and bam Working roof. (When key is held in ) I assume that the fault is the igintion switch. I also spend the day cleaning the
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    Hi there and welcome the build thread for my cabrio vr6 so far the journey has taken over a year and only now is she becoming a vr6. The car was given to me by a very good friend. All i know about the car is that it is a 1.8 1997 golf cabriolet. The car has 179k on (providing the clocks haven't been switched). The cars tax runs out at the end of the month. I do no not know any status of the current mot or previous history. I have done a check on the car and it is hpi Clear. The current faults are that the exhaust is Blowing (Ahem more like in two parts) So that will be repaired. The
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    I just need to sort throught the abundance of images i have collected.
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    Hi guys My name is trevor. I have a MK3 cabrio that started life as a 1.8 and was my first car. The car is now in a state of needing repair and i am converting it to a vr. I will soon upload the story of the car to its current state and all future updates.
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