well since the weather was good today decided to attack the engine bay with de-greaser

my tools for the cleaning

firstly the engine mount

before

and after (still need more)

and also did the carbon canister (will get pics) pics as promised just needs some paint

and then got carried away and started on the gearbox (no before shot but you can probs guess how black it was lol)

also forgot i painted the lower cross member and the one just under the radiator will have to redo it as its dirty ;P

so after it started to get dark i decided to take out the battery and inspect for rust

before

gave it a clean

and have wax oiled it for now to prevent it getting worse untill i can get hold of some green paint to put right

SOME SEXY PICS ashamed it got dirty again before i took these lol

thats all for now but more coming this week hopefully XD

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

right decided to do some tarting up again so i sanded down the lower cross member and re painted it however I'm still not happy with it so its coming off again lol

anyway i have a pic of it fitted and re done

and i also got sick of looking at a rust air filter cover so off with that and....

Sanding

Primed

Painting

Bish, bash, bosh! :-D lol

its had 5 coats of paint and in not happy so need to sand it down abit and then give it another few lol

ill get pics of it tomorrow and then after it it done to my standard lol

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

as i was saying i wasnt at all happy with it so i had to strip it... and not just the paint i put on it lol

so after using thinners to get rid of my paint it looked like this.

Then attacked it with a wire cup brush

and abit more till it looked like this..

had to fit it cus i was needed to do lifts for peoplelol

and still wasnt happy so off again and this is what it looks like now.

now just the task of more sanding down and then I'm in two minds spend the time sanding it through the grit range and polishing it? or a garage fresh back to a standard finish?

opinions please

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

Black always looks awesome, but polished could look good too :p id try polished just to be different, and if you don't like it you could always paint it again!

i think i am going to try polish it like havnt seen one with a polished one on befor and want to be a little different anyway if it does look stupid it will be realy smooth for repainting again :p

COMING ALONG!!!!

also fucked about with new camera last night

what do you think?

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

Polished looks sick get three more and turn them into hub caps

cheers bud its taking ages like. soo much pitting its unreal lol

but i shall battle on! Now that is an idea lol once its fully done ill put up a photo shop pic of what it would look like.

you have me intrigued

Sweeettt. wish i could use photoshop! haha. the best idea of how my car is (hopefully) gonna look is using that polo.selecta thing! haha

Maybe polish the centre and then paint the outer ring black?

Bingo you have what I'm planning bud

have i put a photoshop pic up?? i did them night ones using just a camera lol setting exposure onto its longest getting and danced around it like a idiot with a torch lmao

was worth dancing for though! haha. no photoshop pics yet though!!

UPDATE

So I went up to Biggar for VolksFest 2012!!!

Weather was awesome people were great and the v-dubs were well top notch!!!!!

also while i was there I found a set of GT trims in a box tucked away, they wanted £20 for them but after being brilliant lol i got them for ........ £12!!

now some may think thats allot however take a look at the condition of these!

see these are unmarked uncurbed and have in total.... 2 2mm scratches that would props polish out lol

soo got back and fitted them

and gave the polo a good scrub after its epic weekend.

paint is coming along tooo

more updates tonight hopefully

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

and just like that I've got some alloys

thanks to JordanBMX good speaking to you bud

:) sound as mate nice meeting you, love the car!

cheers bud good luck selling your 6n like hope you find a mk3 again.

wheel trims looking good mate. what steels have you got?

cheers bud and under the trims are just the genesis ones the 5 spoke jobbies. like the gt ones only narrower

well picked up some wheels yestaday like i said so got some pics today in the daylight

not a bad width better than my steels anyway

this is them

The silver one also needs stripping

the two black ones i dont know what paint was used but i figured a wipe down with thinners would take it off and wasnt expecting the original paint to be in such good nick really lol

so after an hour the two black one looked like..... cant tell in the pics but they are quite glossy too

in white? does anyone know if this was an option on something? seems odd but it is original or seems to be

Edited 6 August, 201213 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

Wheels are looking good mate, i've never seen a set in white so no idea on that, but i reckon it could look good with the green! You gonna be buying new tyres or swapping your current ones?

oh and good going on the frying pan, get the outer lip black and spray your rocker cover too!

Edited 31 May, 201214 yr by coreymk3

One of the best colours these came in imo

Late spec smoked rear lights would look the bomb against that green

been looking to see what they would of came off but havnt yet lol cheers bud ano the engine bay has still got a fair bit of work to be done.

and yeah i love the colour and i duno i like the orange against the green but late spec lights would look awesome.

however i dont think ill change them since all the lights still have the original reg etching on them :)

oh and probably going to get new rubber for them i think :)

Edited 31 May, 201214 yr by v-dub-ee-dan

Didn't these wheels come on Mk1 Golf GTIs?

Really is a nice looking car this, I have to agree some late spec rear lights will really set it off and will look awesome with the green. I also feel the amber indies on the front look great onit aswell, people seem to always go for clears and imo they just look so bland

I look forward to seeing it on the new wheels, great looking wheels them

yeah Mk1 GTI's i believe! new rubber sounds the better option, look forward to seeing them on!

yeah they are the mk1 golf gti rims also known as tarantula's

hmmm you have me interested to see what they look like now lol might have to find some un etched ones then etch my reg on them, got to keep the originality of the car.

I did a trial fit last night to see and i liked them they stood out bud didnt look to in your face :)