my mk2 golf gti- back on the road

this was how it was when i got my hands on it



this is what ive done over the summer

white tank straps


white rear beam polly bushed



new shocks, springs and rear callipers



K&N air filter, pic is from when i was putting on white cross members (unfortunately not pictured)


this is how it stands atm


finally a tease of the plan to be finished before going back to uni and in time for modified live


hope you all like it, any comments welcome

looking good fella ! ive got some smoked inner spots if your interested ? gota love a more door mk2 golf !

Cheers mate. Nah sorry sort of going for a clean oem plush look. Got some Castellets going on at the end of the week

fair play mate that kind of the way mines going oem but more retro than anything i supose ! look forward to seeing it !

4 doors are gayyyyy

nah looking good mate
nice to see a few more mk2s in the area
more doors for ya whores lol

Theres a local Volkswagen club meet today if anyone is up for it ! chequres pub in wimbotsham 2:00 until we get bored or cold lol

opinions please

10/10

do it mate

i like very much

Looks better in good sun light, need to sort out the red stripe next.

Sexy

Different Tyres n some spacers on them mate

saw this earlier luving the rims

cheers for the comments guys.

the wheels seem to be sparking controversy with most of the people i have talked to , love it

scottvtr wrote:

saw this earlier luving the rims

where abouts, didnt see you?

i was in my silver zafira, waiting for you to drive past as was a lorry and some vans parked in the way

thought id put up the pics of my car from modified live as its now time for the car to be my winter drive unfortunetly

well apparently i wont be hibernating over winter as i had a small fire at the rear end of my car and now i need to sort my rear breaks out will post pics asap

Before the fire it looked like this (dOnt have pic of right side)


After

how the bloody hell did that happen??

basically mk2 rear callipers are notoriously poo, the pistons stick and the handbrake seizes. as you can see i have new callipers to combat this but they still got stuck and the pads rubbed the disc becoming very hot and glowing orange, as i was driving i was saying to my mate how the car didnt feel right but when i stopped so did the wind so the powder coating then caught fire so i was stopped half way up st albans high street with flames coming out of my wheel

more damage



from the ashes a phoenix will arise though

new carriers (bottom compared to old)


and to stop further damage mk4 callipers

you fitted new calipers to old carriers and wonder why your brakes got stuck.....

Tiz (Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:28 pm) wrote:

you fitted new calipers to old carriers and wonder why your brakes got stuck.....

Needed new callipers in a hurry and couldn't find carriers. No I didn't wonder the first thing I did was change the carriers and the problem was still there, the piston is sticking. Hence new new callipers which I wanted to do at some pOint anyway.

Right finally got the parts and time to get my car back on the road

New callippers with goodrich conversion hoses


New compared to old


New ones on and bled


All is well and now I won't have to replace my rear breaks every year

My life is over

Oh dear!!

Explain?! lol
Im guessing its a write off..