cheers for all the comments. there's loads more that needs doing though. Ohh and I'm getting some porsche goodies tomorrow

I'm pimpin', rolling on porsche goods in a polo :p

my new wheel

testing to see what it looked like but it wouldnt fit on, the spline on the polo was to big. so did some research and found out they just come off. theres a big spline adapter over a small spline.

spline off. used a chisel and a hammer, didnt have a bearing puller to hand lol

went on like a glove.

there was a savage squeak coming from the wheel. had a lil butchers and it was the indicator cancel thing, so just trimmed about 3mm off it and the squeak was gone

old handles

new handles

had to change the barrel over and change the mechanism that pushes the leaver to open the latch for the door. the mechanism was easy, just a lil pin holding it in. i had to modify the chamber were the barrel sits because some of the porsche handle was in the way, so chopped it off.

fitted and working :)

one more thing to put in thats porsche. will do that tmoz after work

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

Needed to make some subframes for the new seats

one side done. took more pics on the other side

sweet :p

my new mechanic john

got some new powerflex bushes for the control arms :)

blow torch had to come out

had a split :(

new one on :)

bushes in

fitted

when i took all this off i snapped a bolt on the anti roll bar bracket, oops. drill didnt touch it :s

found a stereo on ebay, ipod straight in :)

me and my mate have found a nice little unit.

made our selfs at home

went to get this yesterday

started to strip it down n sell the bits i dnt need

this is all i need for now. rebuild soon :)

you dont hang around do you?

Looking like a cracking build

lol nah, the progress has been crazy the last few weeks but i just had a new job an dont get payed for a month so I'm skint for a while. progress is gona be slow for 4 weeks :(

loving this

good choice on coulor it looks lush :)

as i said last time amazing progress

You don't mess about mate, can't wait too see this done! How has the paint come about with the home job?

alot of work going into this, love it man

did u just do it so that the porsche subframes just bolted straight onto a bar that you welded in?

did u just do it so that the porsche subframes just bolted straight onto a bar that you welded in?

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well we took out the original seat guide and yeah just welded 2 bars in and drill the 4 holes in the bars and bolt them down. took about 30 minutes per seat.

love what your doing with this keep it up!

so heres whats been happening in the last few weeks

new tie rods and ends

one side fitted

other side fitted

camber still abit out but got it tracked now :)

G40 brakes and new pads and lowering springs

random pic :)

my mate was putting a vr6 in his mk2 golf and had a 1.3 with 50k and full service history, kinda beast my 175,000 engine,lol. so engine out

new engine :) so much cleaner than mine

new oil filter and all the plugs, belts and tensioner transferred to new engine

5 speed gearbox on

ready to go in

bolting the mounts

wiring it all up

job done

goodridge hose lol other side popped while i was bleeding the lines :(

rear set of goodridge hoses but havnt fitted them yet

been trying to find a set of these black trim things for ages, well ones with no cracks. only managed to find a set with one side mint and other with tiny crack

new goodies

unit-13.com for the win :p

braket for spare wheel needed to come out for storage lol

how it looks today :)

Edited 6 July, 201115 yr by wideboi

This is cool

how do you afford all these bits though? id love to be able to do this

Edited 6 July, 201115 yr by Polio

This is cool

how do you afford all these bits though? id love to be able to do this

i do cash in hand jobs on the weekends m8 lol

This is cool

how do you afford all these bits though? id love to be able to do this

i do hand jobs on the weekends m8 lol

Whts this unit-13.com i googled it and when i click the site it says this account has been suspended :(

http://unit-13.forumotion.net/

http://unit-13.forumotion.net/

Cheers man :)

anyone got any suggestions about fat wheels? pics please?

more progress over the last month

new bulbs as my dipped beam is awful, fuel line clips and a new wheel bearing

new lights fitted

noticed that fuel was going back into my tank and there were air bubbles in my fuel filter. this was the cause

i filled up the tank 2 days before lol

new ones

brand new suspension for £80

new rear springs were shorter so wacked em on :)

old hight

new hight

old shot set

new bearing

painted the handles black

new disks :)

old disks were fudged

dirty hubs

nice clean hubs

beast!!!

new plates

sprayed the roof black

the car started drinking water and started boiling over on tick over so head off

new gaskets and water pump

took the head to my mate mr lee barnes

darker bits indicate distortion in the head

done

nice and clean

all clean, ready for gaskets

water pump removed. what a gay job

difference

head back on

new exhaust

old one

mk1 golf and new whel bearing for other side

pick with new splitter, pine stripe on front bumper and arches back on

quickly polished up the tip

new clutch cable fitted. it was the new modified type that sits on the bulk head. waw what a difference. if anyone has a stiff clutch then buy a first line cable. it feels like a new car

Nice job so far mate! Love the colour as well..

cheers mate :)

the car is still over heating on idle so got a new rad and thermostat

love the colour so muchhh thinking of doing mine matte blue. do u no where i can get matte blue rattlecans?

Wow, i hadn't looked in here for a while. What a transformation

Looks fucking amazing

Simply have to get some pics of this and mine together, if u still have this when the satin one is finished.

Would look sick!

What paint have you used?