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Cant wait to see it finished mate looking good

looking good. certainly don't envy you with the wiring, i can only just wire a plug

looking good. certainly don't envy you with the wiring, i can only just wire a plug

I have been busy again and decided to call it a night.

Mainly wiring again, Got the loom sorted and extended the stuff i need to, fed the washer bottle feed into the cabin along with wiper motor wires, got the loom through the passenger side chassis leg.



Next up is the pic of the transmission with sound deadening removed.



Next up something alot of you want, can yo guess what it is




yes its a genuine sunroof seal from VAG, here is the proof.



A mate managed to get it, if you want one note the part number above, not many left now.

and finally my favourite purchase to date



genuine carboon fibre door panels

cheers for looking

Good progress showing hun.
Wiring must be sending you loopy now!

Can anyone count the number of Marlboro butts in that 1st pic?

15, 16, 17....

hmmm carbon and lock stock in the same shot, pure porn!!

well peeps its been a little while since i done anything, due to a great holiday in turkey.

But here it is, i'm a little bored of wiring so i took this




and this



and decided to try and make them as one

first up i driled holes in the carbon panel and also in the door



then i took this little beauty



and inserted a threaded tube into the door, this allows easy fitment of the door card.

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I got a delivery today of a 20m reel of blue seatbelt webbing. this litle lot will become my inner door pull.



and here's how it turned out





I will be finishing the wiring this week, and will chuck a few pics up later.

also found some ultra fine mesh, more to come later

cheers all

Looking great!
Did the panels fit nice and flush or did you have to fiddle/trim a little?

Good lad.

Back off hols and straight back on the job.

I bet you were dreaming about how to do thoughs panels for the last 2-3 days of the hols

Right ya'all who want to see the colour of my car ??

here it is





also got the sunroof back in with a new seal



decided to have the fuse/relay panel where the glove box once lived, had to make a cradle to hold the fuse panel then weld to the frame work of the dash, very scary, had visions of it burning.



and finally i got my solid front engine mount, wow, its a work of art.



aned with out haste i fitted it



cheers all

Funky spunky chris. Lovin it like a never ending supply of Big Macs!

that engine mount looks proper hard core!!!!

finished off fuel lines under the car





re-fitted the passenger side rain gutter



and started on the centre console that will house all switches and heater controls



made the ends up of the main power cable





mounted the ignition control



wired up the starter motor



I got some rear lights from Malc at inters and have decided to colour code the plastic bits.



also stripped and painted the door latch (thanks to oldskool for the bolts) polished the bolts too 8O



fitted front bumper but not happy with the red insert.



removed it and rubbed it down and painted that too



primered



painted



also wired up the main battery cable to the through panel connection



Bought some much needed bits today. Bumper supports and an 8mm 12 spline tool for the driveshaft bolts.



so tightened all the bolts, job done.

fitted these little beauts, they are none heated versions of what wa on there.



Well i couldn't help but browse the demon tweeks catalogue and bought a few bits

Blue silicone 3mm tube, 3mm 'T' peice.

turned that stuff into this



Piper X breather filter



And loads of wire

helped me to finish the engine bay and dash wiring



I also bought some aluminium tape to stop the steering boot melting, and i received a parcel that weighed alot. this will remain a secret, sorry.

i am now in the process of the last bit of wiring, the bit at the back of the car. all i have to do is route it down the passenger side and cut the horrible plastic sheath off and replace with cloth wrap.

you should have seen it today, i had it out side and the colour in the sunshine looks cool.

well here it is



O NO ITS GONE

like i said needed to turn it around to work on the ack and drivers side.



got to work straight away and removed every thing



just a pic for reference so you can see the difference between this and the refurbed article.



and my method to remove rear beam bushes



rear drum back plates painted up



and my favourite pic of the day



My Grp N exhaust system arrived today





I also got round to refurbing the re-used components of the rear drums, some bits are brand new too.



Deleted the rear badge and rubbing strip holes, small dents in rear panel to be smoothed over too.





i needed to change the rear panel as it had a big dent in the middle and rust around the tow eye.

so i cut a big section out



and had this to weld back in, its genuine VW too



my welding is rubbish

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also done some more smoothing on the rear and rear quarter



will have this little lot finished up soon

I will be smoothing out the exhaust cut out and creating my own to accomodate my new exhaust.

cheers all

Wow - that was a massive update. Looking fab hun!!

right had a nice pay so treated myself

first up were the silly bits to get me going, exhaust clamps, exhaust rubbers, oil filler cap.



I also managed to get myself a GTI rear end, so i will be converting the driver to discs. cheers jay.

yet to pick it up but have bought some goodies to overhaul



dont ask me why but i bought the steering wheel already, should help with the motorsport interior theme



I also dressed the center console and put the switches in to show you what it will look like



and as you know the rear end is getting the treatment, this is the offside corner.



turns out the rear brake compensator is fu-bared.

so i got me a new one



currently i am cleaning the rear beam ready for painting but it hasn't stopped me over indulging.

genuine new rocker cover



and a touch of under bonnet bling, it serves a purpose too going to have it welded to the front strut brace.



I should have it running soon too




i bought some new rear calipers for the driver and masked them up ready for the treatment



the treatment



fitted the disc's with new bearings and fitted to the stub axles, also painted the caliper carriers



then ground the rust off the beam and painted in my favourite finish




cheers all