Mk1 Golf in brief so far

[DaveDreads]

At last!!!! :clap:

We can see it in it's full glory as intended, looks bloody amazing.

 

[Jay.S]

That is f**king awesome.

I will have one of these one day, I love it.

Possible my favourite car on the forum

 

[Ash87]

looks awesome, really smart.

 

[Laura]

thanks for this kind comments guys, like i say still a few bits to do, but asthetically its pretty much there

 

[Bondy 172]

Just, just, just bloody lovely!!

 

[Rob]

Hi, I just wanted to say it's awesome again.

 

[Laura]

lol thanks, got to say i do really love it, just want to sort out the height of the front, only needs about 10mm or so, i did drop it on that side about 20mm further already, but not quite enough it seems, and do the other side, still loads left to go on the coilovers so no problems there.

 

[ncoppen]

Really does look amazing! Brilliant work Worth every penny me thinks!

 

[EllD90]

Looks fantastic, bet you're a very proud owner!

 

[Laura]

i will be when the last few bits are sorted.

 

[Hixle]

Love it! Great work Laura.

 

[_Tom]

I'll echo everyone else. Looks great.

Genuine BBS RS? Must have cost a few pennies.

 

[Laura]

I'll echo everyone else. Looks great.

Genuine BBS RS? Must have cost a few pennies.

Nah reps, just fake bolts.

hahah not really , yeah genuine. Also a very rare set, originally off a renault Alpine GT, one of 25 sets ever made apparently.

 

[_Tom]

Nah reps, just fake bolts.

hahah not really , yeah genuine. Also a very rare set, originally off a renault Alpine GT, one of 25 sets ever made apparently.

Hats off to you.

 

[Laura]

well if your going to do something you may as well do it properly eh. were in a right state when i bought them too.

 

[Jason_E]

As said on Facey, I want to make a sex with it. Get the front height tweaked for pure perfection! Look forward to seeing it at some shows this year.

 

[Leah]

Looks awesome!

 

[ch!ppen]

LOVE that. Awesome

 

[Adam-o]

over crop on that pic is doing my head in, this one is nicer

Golfie-1 by laurataylor225, on Flickr

silly question, but is the front tyre the right way around? Love the car too!

 

[Italian_Job]

that looks stunning, fantastic work L!

 

[Djw Dave]

Thats fantstic work. Congrats.

 

[Laura]

wow 60 pages!!

 

[SamP]

wow 60 pages!!

Girls in the welcome thread get that. Your popularity's waning

Seriously though, nice one. Been following this since I joined!

 

[Laura]

not about this weekend but im going to spend next sat working on the suspension levels, then the following weekend the exhaust

 

[Laura]

well the manifold is now off and away for ajustment, should be back by the end of the week

 

[MarkCup]

Wow, amazing transformation.

As said above though...that tyre's rotating the wrong way! Unsafe!!!

 

[Laura]

if you were keen enough to notice the tyres were you keen enough to notice it still has steel wheels on the other side? haha, like ive said it was just to check fitment and ajustments needed.

 

[Revels]

Love it!

 

[Englebert]

Looks great...need more pics!

Nice job, but i love the irony of a 60 page thread called 'Mk1 Golf in brief...'

 

[Laura]

new manifold going on tonight, and suspension ajustment tomorrow.. my main issue is now i have no fuel in it and no where is letting you fill up jerry cans :s i had just enough to get to the one in the village but its all sold out

 

[Laura]

by the time the new manifold arrived it was too late to put it on so sat was spent on the monifold, re working the throttle cable mounting and fuel lines.

so very happy with the results.
remember how it was before?

terrible... angle is completely wrong, the angle of the engine hadnt been taken into consideration which ment i had to run a nasty intake design.

but now....

with the propper trumpets fitted

and filters

actually looking what they should look like!!

and finally ....

i do have a video of its 1st drive... but no idea how to get it on here. Its amazing, unfortunately the cabs now put too much strain on the hoses holding them on and they work loose so need to fabricate a bracket to support them now.

Ran out of time to ajust the suspension and fit wheels so thats an easter weekend job

 

[Rob]

Awesome work, can't wait to see a proper set of fully finished pictures etc. If you come to any CS meets this year (national) then I'd love a proper look around it!

 

[Laura]

when is the national meet, my problem is untill i start driving it i wont know how reliable it is haha

 

[Laura]

well ive ordered some new samco hose, although it feels softer im hoping it wound go as malubal sp* when its warm?

 

[MaLicE]

Shouldn't go soft if it's samco.... Though a carb is pretty heavy... Hang on a min.... You know you can't use silicone hose there don't u?? The carb is injecting fuel through the hose.... Which isn't fuel safe it will melt and peel off and go in ur engine and make the hoses fold and collapse

 

[MaLicE]

Ignore this post lol

 

[Laura]

it is fuel vapour safe

 

[Chili Red]

I'm no dub fan but even I think that looks great. You must be very pleased with yourself!

 

[Winston]

Gutted im going to miss its grand trip out to the meet on Sunday

 

[Laura]

the plan was today to finish the bits but it is my birthday and i opted for a huge lie in, a shopping spree and a take away instead lol