Jetta Gti .. new daily

Tidied up;

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Other side;

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Have managed to do a bit more today, all taking a bit longer than planned, but I'm between jobs at the moment so it doesn't really matter

Cleaned up the arches to stonechip them;

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Refurbed rear beam ready to be fitted;

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Stonechip on arches, this is getting painted over in fresh Tornado red tomorrow;

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Arch roller in place;

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Result (yet to be sealed);

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Hopefully get this all finished in next couple of days

excellent work mate, must pull my finger out and sort my rear beam

Cheers

Just popped in for a cuppa mid electric window fitting so thought I'd stick a couple of pics up of todays progress;

A good friend popped round to sort out my engine loom, before;

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After (wrapped and labelled)

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Finished rolling and sealing the arches, then layed down some fresh Tornado red. Also fitted the brake compensator and all the new rear brake lines along with the Goodridge hoses. Tomorrow the Mk3 fuel tank can go in and I'll put the suspension and plastic arches back on, followed by the interior

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Didn't get too much time on it today, but did get the electric windows fitted and put my new door cards in, they're genuine electric window ones which is a nice touch

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lets see the rest of the interior!!
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Taking it on a track day on the 31st so only fitted the front seats for now. Sorta getting there now, Had to use it on Friday so threw it back together, brakes are poor so need bleeding again and need to refit the arches and stuff, so going to be another busy couple of days. Some of Thursdays work..

Cleaned up the fuel tank;

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Fitted a new earth strap;

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Lots of pics of the filler flap area;

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Mate, fare does if i was standing anywhere near you right now i would shake your hand truely well done!

Thanks very much

Brakes are sorted (for now) and finished refitting the arches etc. Eibach anti-roll-bar makes a massive difference to the handling

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looking good mate! where did you get the door trims from?

The interior trim you mean? Bought it off a guy on here.

Did a few jobs today, managed to get hold of a boot seal in good condition so fitted that. Also, bought a new timing light as mine died a little while ago so thought I check out the timing on the Jetta as its never run right .. glad I did.

Pic below shows how far out it was! Supposed to be set to the 6deg btdc mark, but some muppet had set it to about 20deg atdc!! Needless to say runs much more smoothly now

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My flywheel was marked about a cm off btdc when I had it off to be lightened, excellent work you've been doing mate

Cheers mate I've also adjusted the idle and Co and it is a completely different car to drive now (it's still definitely getting a G60 engine though )

Another afternoon under the car today, but more on that later. Have been spending a few pennies this week, mostly on tyres - Yokohama AD08s;

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These are the wheels they're going on - very rare 6.5j x 15" forged Le Castellets

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Not much clearance over the S2 brakes though, going to put some 3mm spacers in;

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So, on with todays efforts. Firstly I pulled out the front crossmember to fit a poly front mount. Old;

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New;

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In place;

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Also fitted the front Eibach anti roll bar .. absolute barsteward of a job!!! Won't be doing another one without dropping the whole subframe to the floor that's for sure. Before;

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After;

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Also shot blasted another pair of mk4 rear calipers so I can paint them red to match the fronts. They came up nicely, but unfortunately on one side the seals were knackered (hadn't noticed before) so going to strip them bare and prob get them powder coated for longevity. Before;

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After;

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nice work bud, looks like a floflex mount got the gearbox one on mine very happy with it

Cheers dude, yeah it's a floflex mount, got the other two as well which I'll fit when I drop the other engine in.

Noticable engine vibration on start up, literally as it kicks in to life, but better throttle response so happy with it

I had a full floflex set but got miffed with the vibration so sold them on, especially as my Country came with a couple of vibratechnics mount that i pinched.

Yeah, I imagine the vibrations are a bit annoying for a daily, but hopefully the throttle response on a G60 will be worth it

You leave your car for one night in a vaguely public place and this happens Not happy, but it is only a daily and hopefully it'll polish out - going to have a go at it on Saturday.

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On a brighter note, the wheels look ok, although a little shiney for the dented, scratched and unwashed apperance of the Jetta at the moment

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I quote "Ive been wanting a new daily for a while now" And "Eibach anti-roll-bar makes a massive difference to the handling" OH and lets not forget "Taking it on a track day on the 31st so only fitted the front seats for now" LMFAO! Daily my arse! Love your work as always bud keep it up.

Haha, yeah fair point Been to Castle Combe, Teesside Autodrome and Blyton Park now

This was from Teesside;

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Not actually done much to the car recently. The scratch polished out so was pleased about that and I have fitted the rest of the interior too. The only problem with the interior is that the passenger front seat sits very high for some reason. I don't know if this is because the seats are from a pre 90spec car or whether they are just like that, but I'm thinking of getting a drivers side base with the height adjustment and swapping the material over (if this is possible, not actually looked into it yet) so that passengers don't spend all their time banging their head on the headlining

I will be putting the G60 engine together over the next couple of weeks and hopefully it will be fitted in time for a day out at Castle Combe on the 2nd August. If anyone else is interested in that then have a look on Apex's website for details and also for other venues and dates - I'll be at Donnington on the 21st July for the evening too, would be good to see some other Jettas there

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Nice action pic bud, I have the same problem with my passenger seat which is post 90 spec don't think its possible with another drivers base beacuse of the slider adjustment being on the wrong side as is the seatbelt but then it might be possible with the base from a corrado seat think an ebay hunt is in order

Done a little bit, note to self... must do more!!

Decided to strip the old paint off the charger casing, the silver paint G-werks put on it a couple of years ago has not stood the test of time well

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After;

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The poor quality paint made it easy to strip off at least Couldn't have done it without this little attachment;

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Will get some paint on it tomorrow.

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Freshly painted;

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Wrinkled up, but not quite dry;

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Got hold of two of the seals that are obsolete from vw.

Rear charger mount;

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Side blanking plate, have a spare if anyone needs one;

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Also found someone to powdercoat the last few bits so will drop them off Monday and engine should be back together next week (finally!)

i organised a track day at Blyton once (E1k meet in revamped PVW a few years ago) but its been well done up since then. I must go again! Was it a good day out?