Jonny doesnt take this whole car thing seriously at all....

The idea was to buy my first VW after i had to weigh in my old daily 'ghetto cabriolet'



So after missing out on a few 3 door MK4 1.8T's and slowly spending the money i'd set aside for the new daily i did a deal in Ipswich and drove home in my new Golf! A 5 door, MK3, 8v with towbar......not quite what i set out to buy but a good deal for a few hundred quid with fresh MOT and tax. happy days!



The intention was always to leave it standard and just keep it clean as i should really be concentrating on my long term project FD3S.



However after a few weeks i decided to 'tidy it up a bit' so i gave it a good wash, fitted a new set of number plates, smoked side repeaters and smoked reflectors up front and removed the GTi badge and wiper round the back...




After that i thought i'd DIY smoke the headlights to match?




Then i stumbled across these....





They're the 15" not 16" version so will test fit them as soon as the PCD adapters and 165/50's arrive! I've got some -60mm springs ready to go on but am thinking about finding some 2nd hand coilovers now?

Oh i've now removed the towbar so need to fill the hole in the rear bumper and i'm gonna remove my arch trims and see what lurks under them, hopefully nothing too bad, if they're clean can you guess what i'm going to be doing next.....



any comments, critisms or advice would be greatly appreciated!

To Be Continued.....

If you remove the arches, you'll need all four corners painting mate. The arches have fixings underneath them.

i took mine off to check underneath and you dont lee, they are just like the mk1 and mk2 arches. Drill the rivets out underneath and pull the arches off. You just need CL side mouldings.trims as they finish with a bevel instead of meeting arch trims cause they dont need them.

Tiz wrote:

i took mine off to check underneath and you dont lee, they are just like the mk1 and mk2 arches. Drill the rivets out underneath and pull the arches off. You just need CL side mouldings.trims as they finish with a bevel instead of meeting arch trims cause they dont need them.

Thats what i thought, trying to find the 53mm CL trims at the mo. Not having much luck but got all the part numbers to order some new ones if i have to?!

like your fd3s there too fella

Lupton_20vt wrote:

like your fd3s there too fella

I was trying really hard not to comment but... PLEASEEEE more pics

Tiz wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

like your fd3s there too fella

I was trying really hard not to comment but... PLEASEEEE more pics

someone had to say it as Tiz said pics.

Tiz wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

like your fd3s there too fella

I was trying really hard not to comment but... PLEASEEEE more pics

its fendubbers not fenjappercrappers, one picture is to many.

Tiz wrote:

i took mine off to check underneath and you dont lee, they are just like the mk1 and mk2 arches. Drill the rivets out underneath and pull the arches off. You just need CL side mouldings.trims as they finish with a bevel instead of meeting arch trims cause they dont need them.

Whoops, i been thinking of the smoothed clean look

billybug wrote:

its fendubbers not fenjappercrappers, one picture is to many.

As this is a VeeDub project section i'll refrain from posting 'JapCrap' pics in here....


Might post some in Random Chit Chat for those that are interested tho....

CaddyRage wrote:

Tiz wrote:

i took mine off to check underneath and you dont lee, they are just like the mk1 and mk2 arches. Drill the rivets out underneath and pull the arches off. You just need CL side mouldings.trims as they finish with a bevel instead of meeting arch trims cause they dont need them.

Whoops, i been thinking of the smoothed clean look

I'm gonna use CL / Highline side mouldings and colour code them so i dont have to fill the doors etc.

billybug wrote:

Tiz wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

like your fd3s there too fella

I was trying really hard not to comment but... PLEASEEEE more pics

its fendubbers not fenjappercrappers, one picture is to many.

Shut up ball bag

WeFoundThePark wrote:

billybug wrote:

its fendubbers not fenjappercrappers, one picture is to many.

As this is a VeeDub project section i'll refrain from posting 'JapCrap' pics in here....


Might post some in Random Chit Chat for those that are interested tho....

Yes please

I'm undecided on how to finish the 15's, they're too badly kerbed to just fit up and roll so need something doing?

1. quick rub down and paint silver all over? (quickest)

or

2. complete rub down, sand, flat and polish? (most time consuming)

or

3. rub down, polish lip and paint centre either same colour as car or greyish? (my favourite so far)

i decided to give one a quick go so i can offer it up to the car and get some idea of the 'look'. I now have a blistered thumb and finger from polishing the lip up.....

thought i'd update this thread as its changed a lil bit since the last pics and has attended it first meet so you know what it looks like......

how the car ended up looking for gti international last year -





added more stickers, painted wheels, got proper coilovers and lowered it alot more, spaced out the rears and fitted a gti splitter, smoked the lights and made a mirror blank......










and thats us up to date.....well..... until i get tyres for the new wheels and get the chassis notch

all comments and opinions welcome....

this looked badass at the meet ;-)

looks cool there mate! i like the idea of a mirror blank!

cheers guys, proper pleased with it at the mo!

i've got a blank for the drivers mirror too but it makes everyday driving a bit more erm... 'exciting'

ha ha that would be epic! but dont you need 2 for an mot?

MO....what?

Its got 12 months ticket so can worry about putting it all back to ministry spec in a years time!

(but yes officially you need drivers side mirror and one other, either interior or passenger side)

looked spot on at the meet. love the stickers where the side mouldings should be. great idea

Can i come park in your garage to take some pics?

The wheels look so much better now you've painted them dark grey. Will keep my eye out for some CL door mouldings

thats what i like to see

That picture doesn't display the odd shape the sump is now in

thermal wrote:

this looked badass at the meet ;-)

As said yeah cool as penguin p**s you love your stickers! and im seriously jealous of your workshop/garage dude Now are the fd3 pics going to appear in the genral chat section?

billybug wrote:

thats what i like to see

i love peoples faces as it scrapes over stuff..... (steph just sits there and cringes....)