My Mk4 20vt GTI

Well ive been on here a while now so its time to start a project thread for my golf. Ill stuff a few pics up until tomorrow when im more awake







Before it was lowered if you ask new wheeks on though!



Few more shots of the new wheels.












Got fed up with the fake wood trim in the golf so for couple of hours work i didnt come out too bad did the door handle trims too. Little inexpensive mod but i like it.




Next on the agenda was new brakes as the old ones were shot both pads and discs. Gave the calipers a quick brush of red.


Some of you may know max off here with the ratty mk3 well these are his...




Next just one evening spur of the moment thing i all reded my rear lights pretty happy with the result.



Then some spacerage 20mm hubcentrics

Before





After:






Had a clean and tidy up of the bay too:




A good clean wax, clay etc later:

im trying to find pictures of when the car was stock no luck as yet, ill get a fe more pics up later today.

yeah boi !

one word though kit, lower ^^

ea i know max coilovers should be here i think today or tomorrow then its a case of getting it sprayed! is it okay to use your sand blaster then?

na dude its not set up or anything atm, plus it only has a small box, what are you thinking about putting in it ?

max wrote:

na dude its not set up or anything atm, plus it only has a small box, what are you thinking about putting in it ?

i sent you a pm, i want to out the golf front calipers in it to give them a proper clean and paint.

as the golf stands today it looks like this :(








Pretty clean for being 11 years old imo, expected to pull the liners out the arches ti find rust but only a very tiny amound on the arch lip, just cant wait to have it done.

Comments Please

little update for today the coilovers have just arrived, ill get the droplinks and whiteline arb ordered after pay day

Looks cool, I do like mk4's

other opinions? good or bad i dont mind

How lows it gonna be? got Another ARB yet? which 1 you getting?

matty_mk1 wrote:

How lows it gonna be? got Another ARB yet? which 1 you getting?

low as possible im hoping im just trying to find this arb trick that you speak of....

Cool, i look forward to seeing it, you keepin them tyres you already have?

its not a trick, its just stiffening the chassis everywhere else to compensate for the lack of ARB.

gotta be so low you kill catseyes

billybug wrote:

gotta be so low you kill catseyes

noo matty the nankang ditchfinders are going in exchange for falkens round here billy we dont have cats eyes! we ave wildlife

Same size? any other mods planned?

matty_mk1 wrote:

Same size? any other mods planned?

maybe 205/45 insead of teh 225s just getting it into good working order for now got new water pump cambelt and a service to do. dehandling the bootlid is on the agenda as well as a remap. ideas are welcome though

raw metal?

billybug wrote:

raw metal?

no.

well today either side of work i got a few bit done on the car rubbed all the bumpers down and started getting the primer down, had a clean up of the engine bay and my few new bits arrived from the veedubya dealers so neatened the bay up nicely, also have started to slowly polish up the inlet manifold. does anyone know about the hard plastic battery covers that are available instead of the cloth ones that are factory fitted? hopefully the weekend coming i will trailer it up to my friends garage to be change the cambelt and water pump and paint the trailing arms have a good service etc. should be running prime then. Ill get the pics up tomorrow as i have work at 10! lol

I have the hard battery cover fitted on mine. It consists of about 4 parts in total. You have the cover but then under it you need the support frame and possibly the fuse holder and holder for that aswell. Best to see if you can get one from a breakers

cheers Ian and thanks for the dv once again all polished up nicely now

Sorry about the grubby finger prints on it!

I can try to find out what parts you would need to fit the battery tray in work if you want. They come in two sizes as well the diesel models had a bigger battery cover