Mk2 Golf

[paul26982]

hi new to the golf scene, always wanted a 3dr mk2 golf gti, was sort of my dream car, now finaly got one, only had it 2-3 weeks, and blew the gasket the other day, so hoping to get sorted with all VR6 running gear next week :grin:

anyway heres my car, only thing i can fault is the boot needs respraying wich id rather spray the hole car then, with it being red, its got electric windows wich i was happy lol too, future stuff to do is, paint brake calipers, ronal turbo's, de-badge, de-rear wiper, crystal headlights and front indiacators and vented wings, oh and finaly german plates and surrounds, let me no what you think

[Greendubber]

Why bother with German plates?, you're not in Germany. You'll also find out to your cost perhaps that they're not legal.

Other than that, cool car and the rest of the plans sound good!.

[paul26982]

well thanx for the coment, you might find that it goes along with the theme, had no problem on the past 2 other cars,

[Greendubber]

paul26982 said:

well thanx for the coment, you might find that it goes along with the theme, had no problem on the past 2 other cars,

I know the theme mate, but its just a bit of advice about the plates. Being an 'insider' I've seen a fair few people get pulled up on it lately.

[Pistuphead]

I might get some German plates for mine

[Forthright MC]

thats a lovely looking GTI there, always did quite like these! those BBS's look smashing on it IMO!
i've noticed a few old 'Dub's recently wearing german style plates, its still the british letter/number layout, but with the german style font and a "D" EU thing in the corner.

Edited by Forthright MC on Thursday 2nd August 23:05

[bertelli_1]

I bought mine with german plates on it & haven't been stopped yet. Does "they were on it when I bought the car officer" still work? Or will I get fined anyway?
Nice car though.

[16v Matt]

Looks tidy mate

You realise if you want to de badge it you'll need to weld or fill the holes where the badges once were.

[Greendubber]

bertelli_1 said:

I bought mine with german plates on it & haven't been stopped yet. Does "they were on it when I bought the car officer" still work? Or will I get fined anyway?
Nice car though.

Normally dealt with by ways of a VDRS, which is optional, you can refuse if you wish and go to court etc. However, with a VDRS there's no fine and no points etc as long as you change them for standard plates and get the ticket stamped by an MOT station and pop it into the station afterwards.

You'd have to have a very bored/anal BIB IMHO to give out a fixed penalty for it, so chances are if you got stopped you'd just be asked to change them back to standard.

[ol' dirty]

are those bbs' standard or are they from the later vr6?
They look different tis-all

Nice clean looking motor by the way!

[paul26982]

yeah guna fill the holes in the boot, head gasket gone the other day, deciding to get a group a or n one if can, cas float head, port n polished etc, some sprinter or transporter wing vents and smoked front indicators for the bumper so it looks flush if you know what i mean, also going to get some cross hair headlights, my stainless steel system should be with me this week too, thanx for all the coments guys, was very unsure weather to leave the wheels or get some ronal turbo's

[paul26982]

just not long had new parts fitted:
g60 arches front and rear
single lamp de badged grill
corrado 15''bbs allows with good tyres
tsr fast road cam
electric windows
new water pump
all new brake lines
goodidge hoses
mk3 rear calipers
new handbrake cables
new disks front and rear
new pads front and rear
new -60mm spings with all 4 new boge tubo gas shocks
new sump, sump plug , sump gasket
new header tank
new stater motor
golf mk3 indicator and wiper stalks
new distributer cap/rotor am
plugs and ht leads
oil just changed

could anyone recomend any other engine mods for the 8V

[Greendubber]

paul26982 said:

yeah guna fill the holes in the boot, head gasket gone the other day, deciding to get a group a or n one if can, cas float head, port n polished etc, some sprinter or transporter wing vents and smoked front indicators for the bumper so it looks flush if you know what i mean, also going to get some cross hair headlights, my stainless steel system should be with me this week too, thanx for all the coments guys, was very unsure weather to leave the wheels or get some ronal turbo's

I love Ronal Turbo's, but to be fair your BBS really suit your car, I'd stick with them and use the cash in the engine dept.

[RadoVR6]

I got told to take my german plates off last week by a traffic copper.

He showed me that the ANPR could not read the german font on the plate.

So if your car gets nicked and it drives past and ANPR it will not get picked up and the whereabouts reported to the police which would help them find it.

He just asked me to replace them with proper plates so i have.

[paul26982]

they'll get its chance, ya might do just keep the bbs's, love the ronals tho, outstanding wheel but more and more are appearing

[16v Matt]

What about ATS cups mate? Not too expensive, easy to clean if your car is a daily driver and look the nuts!

Mine before i bolted the TH Monos on

[paul26982]

they are very nice mate, what prices do they go for, not in the hunt straight away for a set

[16v Matt]

I've seen em for 98 notes a corner. Just be careful what offset you go for or you'll be chafing your rear Unless you get your arches rolled, in which case get 8x15 et 18


These guys sell em

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/?gclid=CLjv7drc4I0CFQ9...

[paul26982]

cheers fella give me abit more option now thanx

[aka_kerrly]

paul26982 said:

just not long had new parts fitted:
g60 arches front and rear
single lamp de badged grill
corrado 15''bbs allows with good tyres
tsr fast road cam
electric windows
new water pump
all new brake lines
goodidge hoses
mk3 rear calipers
new handbrake cables
new disks front and rear
new pads front and rear
new -60mm spings with all 4 new boge tubo gas shocks
new sump, sump plug , sump gasket
new header tank
new stater motor
golf mk3 indicator and wiper stalks
new distributer cap/rotor am
plugs and ht leads
oil just changed

could anyone recomend any other engine mods for the 8V

You have got quite a nice spec building up there.

Best advice for tuning a 8v.... get a 2.0L bottom end from a Audi 80 or VW passat/mk3 golf for about 150quid. combined with a ported an polished head and high lift cam you should be heading toward 140BHP and close to 16v territory!

Or if you arent happy with a 8v... then really you have to consider VR6 or 20vt as there is little point doing a 16v conversion- never build something you can buy!