let me start by saying:
lmao
a heads up, all pics are taken with my n73 so pics arnt very clear
now onto business...i got monkey as a bday pressie when i turned 18so it was really hard for me to sell it as it was pretty sentimental from my mum
wasnt the mintest of golfs but i was mainly looking at insurance prices and this was fairly cheaper than even a corsa B 1.2
so i bought it with 18s (will get pics of them soon) and soonish got 15s fitted instead and refurbed them in satin black
(see wheel refurb thread)...after i got the 15s i started getting trouble with the car during the MOT, the front shocks were dead, as were the topmounts, clutch slipped for a while then died as the spring inside snapped
lmao was funny actually as i was taking the car round the back to change it, so i had to push it to the garage for about 10 feet lmao
...then i decided i want to sort the body work out so my mate started with the arches, but im gonna cut them off and weld on new arches just to get some fresh metal back on
smoothed the wiper off as it packed in, but i wanted to keep the badge as i dont like debadging that much
then got some sills
this is why i got some new sillslmao
removed the arch and the door came off soon after
needs a clean
marking up where to make the cut...door is off as you can see and it has been blocked off with a wet bed sheet and a door skin to prevent sparks going in, and to protect the inside when welding
omg its gone![]()
mate is hard at work
mmmmm chunky weldage (soon got ground smooth and primered)
thats half the body work completed, now i need to have the other side sill done and the care resprayed and caged up
the car soon got pulled of the road in december as i started to get engine trouble, so got the volvo as a run around and work horse
so today i moved the car onto my dads driveway (waiting to finish off garage build)...so now that its on private property i send of a v14 to claim back on 5 months tax (£80)(about a weeks worth of petrol for the volvo lmao
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now today i got the engine runningcleaned out the TB as it was pretty gunked up, and its running now but its still alittle rough, need to change the relay and hall sensor now for it to run mint
took off TB housing, TB is black lmao
note the fule linesall i can say is i have cursed the previous owner alot
lmao
before the clean up, split the TB in 2...was pretty manky....forgot to take pics of the TB after i cleaned it
proof that it is runningwhat was happening before is, when you lift your foot of the accelerator pedal it would just die and it failed to stay alive, but if i did manage to keep it running it would run very very rough...so all it cured bar the tiny tiny missfire
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so it was really hard for me to sell it as it was pretty sentimental from my mum
so i bought it with 18s (will get pics of them soon) and soonish got 15s fitted instead and refurbed them in satin black
lmao was funny actually as i was taking the car round the back to change it, so i had to push it to the garage for about 10 feet lmao 





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lmao im learning how to weld aswell though, but not confident to weld such a big job on the car yet
i owe alot of it to mig for teaching me how to do alot of things 






will see on the weekend what can be done about it











