kiefers mk2 8v build

well i said id start some sort of build thread
so here goes.

i bought this mk2 through ebay of some bloke in london for 200 quid i though i
had a steal at that price, considering the photos he had looked semi like a
show car, the only thought i had was respray and slamming, well heres the pic
he had on ebay among others






what he told me on ebay was that all it needed
was a fuel pump and the drive shafts putting back in and 2 new front seats fair
enough i thought thats ok il have it so send the courier to pick it up without
me having a good look which i blatantly should of before i payed seeing as the
condition it was in when i got a look, the engine had been half waythrough
being converted to a gti but then he must've gave up or something cuz all he
did was stick a gti cylinder head on, the interior well there wasnt one to be
frank the carpet was missing the rear bench was mullered and same with the 1
door card that was present the paint had completely faded and flaked in
some places the bonnet had been modded by him using only filler and no fibre
glass so that fell to bits as soon a sit had pressure put on it, and the
tailgate had had the smoothed mood on it but the pleb in all his wisdom didnt
even fink to fit any locking system or popper or nefing so that had to go as
well, needless to say i had my work cut out for me lol

well 1 month later i primered the car including the gay bonnet but not the
tailgate,





then not even a week later and i got a new
bonnet tailgate and a new interior all for 70 quid which i'm quite happy with,
just a shame i got the bonnet and tailgate after i primered it bloody typical

the new tailgate







and the new bonnet





this was the only pic i managed to get of the
interior
before





but with the new carpet. thanks to mates
scrapyard freebie

after with the rainbow interior only front seat pic tho
not the greatest pic but you can sort of get the gist of the style for them





here's the engine i was having all the issues
with










and thats as far as i've got. I've taken the knackered one out and
just gotta pick up the new one, il be taking fresh pics with a proper camera and
not a phone this week or next so il show you the new engine and the work in
progress plus some ideas that i think are pretty cool for the bonnet and
tailgate
any comments completely welcome




This is basically what i've got in mind for my bonnet
and tailgate, i just love how it slightly sits over the lights think it looks
brilliant, and the outcome on this blokes project is amazing. i should be
starting it tommorow dependant on the weather, plus il be spraying the car dark
platinum grey with flake mix in it. il add the pics then, well











well i've made some progress on the bonnet today only got 2 hours to play with it today, so only little bit of progress



started measuring up for the lip with some crappy not so thick steel



tried cutting along the steel with tin snips, didn't really work that
well, so i'll have to get some half decent cutting discs for the grinder



grinded along the bonnets edge ready for the welding


some not so great tacking, my welder is shite


me hard a work welding, got some serious arc eye from all that
should've kept the helmet on, why do they have to be so god damn irritating!?
lol









and well thats all the pics i got so far, forgot to take a pic
of the finished result, but i've grinded down the weld tacks, just gotta
cut the sheet down at the bottom to make it fit then weld a triangle
cut into the lamp corners then its ready to be filled, smoothed and
primered


Iv copied this build thread from my the other forum i'm on (mk2ownersclub.com)

new pics up

bit harsh? its not everyones taste specially mine, but he likes it and its his car...

and he has a real car a volkswagen,

not the sort of car id have but its a vw and ur doing all the work ur self cool

Chris bottled it when he got a Dub........lol

maybe it'd look better without that front bumper/spoiler combo with the round holes in. still showing some good skills tho fella welding without a mask isn't too clever tho)

I've tried to edit your post so that its not quite so "all over the place" but cant seem to get it right and dont want to risk deleting half of it so give up!

Lets try to keep the comments constructive, slagging others cars off or stating they should scrap it is really not necessary hence i have deleted the posts, everyone has different tastes and if we all did the same thing then it would be boring.

good effort for doing it yourself mate try putting spaces between your pics when you enter the image code

lads the only reason its buggered up is because he's copied and pasted the html code with it. just go through it mate and delete all the <td> <tr> <table> <span> and pretty much anything in those sort of brackets. that should sort it out

as for the car its not to my taste but still looks really cool. so glad you got rid of that f50 bonnet lol

First post should now read OK (only took me half an hour!)

As for the car...each to their own...i think it could look good at the end

Keep it up dude...looking forward to some updates

martinb wrote:

I've tried to edit your post so that its not quite so "all over the place" but cant seem to get it right and dont want to risk deleting half of it so give up!

Lets try to keep the comments constructive, slagging others cars off or stating they should scrap it is really not necessary hence i have deleted the posts, everyone has different tastes and if we all did the same thing then it would be boring.

thanks for trying to edit it to get it right i did try but im useless with computers lol and as for the slagging bit didnt mean to come back with the offence kinda, he rattled me tho lol

VW Mike wrote:

First post should now read OK (only took me half an hour!)

As for the car...each to their own...i think it could look good at the end

Keep it up dude...looking forward to some updates

thanks mate

nelds wrote:

Chris bottled it when he got a Dub........lol

maybe it'd look better without that front bumper/spoiler combo with the round holes in. still showing some good skills tho fella welding without a mask isn't too clever tho)

yeh im not to keen on the holes in the front bumper either, when i get a chance im going to try and fibreglass them and change the moulding abit. and yeh the welding has actually burnt my eyes abit, very stupid of me lol

wouldnt you be better off extinding the bonnet with one piece of metal? when you weld the 2 or more parts together they will distort and be a bugger to get right

MarkGTX wrote:

wouldnt you be better off extinding the bonnet with one piece of metal? when you weld the 2 or more parts together they will distort and be a bugger to get right

Yeh i did want to use a single bit of metal originally but didnt have any lying around in my unit at the time, so just vouched for using the 2 seperate bits i had there, and was a right bugger when i welded them together badly distorted, had to constantly keep bending them while i was welding at the same time to get em right lol cheers for ther advice tho mate

Right finally got a chance to crack on with the engine today, managed to get the head off.






heres the original head that i took off, then started stripping all the parts i needed for the swap to the new one.



Heres the new one thanks to guy for a tenner well worth it, cheers mate.
swapped all the parts over and put the manifolds on as well as the carb, havent put the head back on the engine yet as havent got a new gasket for it yet should be finishing that sometime this week or next.



started back on the bonnet again, only pic beinb this charmiong one of me nd ma mate cooke with me eating a donut bossing him about lol started grinding the welds down and attempted to cut the metal down for the right shape using a grinding disc didnt really work that well so left it at that, then moved onto getting the mk3 golf ready for mot

more updates soon.

well done on your work

bridgedubber wrote:

well done on your work

cheers mate

looking good fella

Good on ya i think you know what looks a bit outa place

mk1g60phill wrote:

Good on ya i think you know what looks a bit outa place

thatll be the lip on the bonnet then lol

mk2 1300 lil dubber wrote:

MarkGTX wrote:

wouldnt you be better off extinding the bonnet with one piece of metal? when you weld the 2 or more parts together they will distort and be a bugger to get right

Yeh i did want to use a single bit of metal originally but didnt have any lying around in my unit at the time, so just vouched for using the 2 seperate bits i had there, and was a right bugger when i welded them together badly distorted, had to constantly keep bending them while i was welding at the same time to get em right lol cheers for ther advice tho mate

you may already know all this, so if you do forgive me for being patronising. just tack them together along the joint and then using a dolly behind give the tacks a whack with a hammer to flatten it. it should stay flat when you weld it. everything else will distort mind you. also if you have a lump of thick aluminium or copper lying around clamp that to the back of it to soak some of the heat up. you'd be surprised how much it helps.

MarkGTX wrote:

mk2 1300 lil dubber wrote:

MarkGTX wrote:

wouldnt you be better off extinding the bonnet with one piece of metal? when you weld the 2 or more parts together they will distort and be a bugger to get right

Yeh i did want to use a single bit of metal originally but didnt have any lying around in my unit at the time, so just vouched for using the 2 seperate bits i had there, and was a right bugger when i welded them together badly distorted, had to constantly keep bending them while i was welding at the same time to get em right lol cheers for ther advice tho mate

you may already know all this, so if you do forgive me for being patronising. just tack them together along the joint and then using a dolly behind give the tacks a whack with a hammer to flatten it. it should stay flat when you weld it. everything else will distort mind you. also if you have a lump of thick aluminium or copper lying around clamp that to the back of it to soak some of the heat up. you'd be surprised how much it helps.

cheers for the heads up on the copper/aluminium suggestion thats a real good idea cant believe i didnt think of that! lol and as fot the dolly suggestion i would of but dont have a dolly or anything i can use as one unfortunatly but thanks again for the suggestions much appreciated

Alright Kief, looking good mate better than what she was to start off with. you'll get there mate just gotta put the hard work in but its enjoyable at the same time! You'll find that you will chop and change things as you go along lol. Keep up the hard work fella

Have been watching your progress with this, but not commented on it yet so its about time. As said, a vast improvement than when you first got it, and major props on doing it all yourself and Im sure it'll pay off.

Keep it up dude, will keep an eye on this.
Rob

gangsterdub wrote:

Alright Kief, looking good mate better than what she was to start off with. you'll get there mate just gotta put the hard work in but its enjoyable at the same time! You'll find that you will chop and change things as you go along lol. Keep up the hard work fella

cheers matt yeh looks wayyyyy better then when i got it lol will have it running for the 1st time in 7 months by monday anall!! yeh iv already decided to change the front boser on the bonnet about abit, i wont say much tho incase i c**k it up lol