Post by Chris on Apr 6, 2006 13:48:30 GMT
Right, posted this on another site so I figured I may as well put it on my own one 
This one's gonna get updates very, very slowly!!!
I bought the car in October from some dodgy South African guy who had obviously treted it like crap, the previous owner had owned it from new, always had it serviced at VW, Genuine parts, valuations every 6 months etc... but the new owner had owned it for 6 months and in that time it had been driven un-taxed, un-MOTed and uninsured. He'd ripped wiring out to wire LEDs into the dash and doors :roll: Also, he'd destroyed part of the central locking, screwed the engine (the air filter was full of oil!!?) and he'd tried to wind the clock round to make it look like it had done less miles.
When I bought it, it had...
16" Stilauto alloys
40mm drop
Re-spray in Toyota blue/purple metallic
Single-wiper
De-wipered rear
Full Scorpion exhaust system
Crystal rear lights
4-bar single light grille conversion
Sprayed mirrors
K+N panel filter
Painted spoiler
De-badged
CL bumpers with chrome detailing
Clear indicators
Clear side-repeaters
Wolfsburg edition gearknob
Sony headunit
Pioneer 17cm component speakers
When I bought it...
Cleaned it because it was covered in green slimy crud...
First mod... Sunstrip!!!
Then it turned into a bit of a mess...
I've sold the alloys, they were nice but not really what i'm looking for (no dish!) and it's now on standard mk1 1.1 steelies (taken off my g/f's car). Taken off the grille and headlights, crystal crosshairs will be coming soon, and I'm not sure whether or not to keep the grille or get a de-badged one. What do you think?
I've also stripped the interior, found out that the inside is green not blue! Got rid of a few of the leaks, found some new ones. Just need some new window and door seals, then I can get the interior back in.
I've got a starter button, I intend to rip out the ignition barrel and put the starter button where that is.
More mods coming soon...
This one's gonna get updates very, very slowly!!!
I bought the car in October from some dodgy South African guy who had obviously treted it like crap, the previous owner had owned it from new, always had it serviced at VW, Genuine parts, valuations every 6 months etc... but the new owner had owned it for 6 months and in that time it had been driven un-taxed, un-MOTed and uninsured. He'd ripped wiring out to wire LEDs into the dash and doors :roll: Also, he'd destroyed part of the central locking, screwed the engine (the air filter was full of oil!!?) and he'd tried to wind the clock round to make it look like it had done less miles.
When I bought it, it had...
16" Stilauto alloys
40mm drop
Re-spray in Toyota blue/purple metallic
Single-wiper
De-wipered rear
Full Scorpion exhaust system
Crystal rear lights
4-bar single light grille conversion
Sprayed mirrors
K+N panel filter
Painted spoiler
De-badged
CL bumpers with chrome detailing
Clear indicators
Clear side-repeaters
Wolfsburg edition gearknob
Sony headunit
Pioneer 17cm component speakers
When I bought it...
Cleaned it because it was covered in green slimy crud...
First mod... Sunstrip!!!
Then it turned into a bit of a mess...
I've sold the alloys, they were nice but not really what i'm looking for (no dish!) and it's now on standard mk1 1.1 steelies (taken off my g/f's car). Taken off the grille and headlights, crystal crosshairs will be coming soon, and I'm not sure whether or not to keep the grille or get a de-badged one. What do you think?
I've also stripped the interior, found out that the inside is green not blue!
Got rid of a few of the leaks, found some new ones. Just need some new window and door seals, then I can get the interior back in.I've got a starter button, I intend to rip out the ignition barrel and put the starter button where that is.
More mods coming soon...