New (ish) member - my 90 8v

I've been a member on here for a while but not checked it out for a while until Steve B gave me a nudge..site's looking good!!...anyways heres my motor as it was listed on ebay 18 months ago (got it for £155 , taxed and tested!!)

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Then a few more bargains off ebay (wheels, steering wheel,k&n panel filter etc), a bit of graphite grey spray on the indicator lenses, a bit of a clean and fitted the exhaust, closer ratio early gti gearbox and new clutch i'd kept from a previous car:

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since then I've put some german style plates on, replaced the brakes all round, swapped all the gear linkage ball joints for steel ones and serviced it!

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There is something about a white Jetta looks the bomb buddy mega clean to boot what are your future plans?

p.s. lovin the sign in the petrol station

well done noticing the fuel price! that was opposite a police station too!!!
cheers for the comments.
as for future plans.........

1. replace front wheel bearing and wishbone bushes.
2. fit some decent springs (eibach or weitec?...cant decide on which or how much to drop) looks like its gonna take off at the moment!
3. fit uprated a.r.b bushes I bought a year ago!
4. sort out couple of small rust spots/dents and finally give it a wax!

btw - this was my old one froma good few years back (R.I.P) I llove white dubs!!!
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mate you really do have an eye for white that second one is well nice what happend??

Reaver wrote:mate you really do have an eye for white that second one is well nice what happend??

what happened?? 8 years of hammering + rot + neglect in later life due to girlfriend using it+child+house with no drive! Had a golf mk3 estate then an audi80 (great car) after that but left the Audi with the gf when she became my ex gf !!
I did like the old thing (car that is) but looking back to its earlier days I think I prefered the small bumpers and the rims polished instead of black.
(I miss those rims like hell )

live somewhere near stockport? looks like a building there, work pretty close to there sometimes.

looks nice mate used to have a white 16 myself always loved them in white and you dont see very many at all.

was that sign for real!?!?! or is it a photoshop.

steveb wrote:live somewhere near stockport? looks like a building there, work pretty close to there sometimes.

looks nice mate used to have a white 16 myself always loved them in white and you dont see very many at all.

Yep , thats ye olde stockport pyramid.Its on the way from mine to my work in cheadle (not to be confused with Stokey cheadle)
I live about 5 miles east towards t'hills.

oh and white is the easiest colour to touch up/blend in!
I always regret not buying my mates valver off him. He had a black RE1900 16v with aircon, PAS and heated seats.
It pulled strong ALL the way. he sold it to a lad from Leeds in the end
(it had been in "a touch of frost" with some tsw 3 spokes too )

manzi wrote:was that sign for real!?!?! or is it a photoshop.

The sign was for real!! It was in Carnforth up the A6 past Lancaster one sunday late last year. It's one of those price signs where you can move flaps to black out the segments. Probably some drunk villager......well done I say!!

quality.

YOU SAID ::(I miss those rims like hell )


are they zenders??{hard to see them in black} just bought a set myself!
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is this them?

mart gx wrote:YOU SAID ::(I miss those rims like hell )


are they zenders??{hard to see them in black} just bought a set myself!
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is this them?

thats the babys....I am so jealous, thats what mine were like originally
(et30 offset?) but a t**t to look after in the winter; thats why i sprayed 'em.

mart gx wrote:YOU SAID ::(I miss those rims like hell )


are they zenders??{hard to see them in black} just bought a set myself!
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is this them?

In gunmetal ...after laquer...new bolts. enjoy your rims look after 'em
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haha that sighn is the mutz! i like the car too (both of them for that matter)

Nice ride... Lookin good with the gunmetal rims..... White looks so clean and pretty lol..... I wish mine was white, but its red, and i plan on keeping it red ..... But white rims and hood and such...

finally got the front a tad lower and just got some cheap 15 inch rims while I Paint the Seat rims in a brighter silver (or maybe gunmetal ?).
Drives much nicer with the 15s though....may keep em on and paint the spokes in black..or yellow...or green..or orange... what d'ya reckon??
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looking good!!! what color green are you talking about....

looking neat fella, wheels look tidy

vdub_shawty wrote:looking good!!! what color green are you talking about....

something bright ..maybe something like a lime green! Its just that black's a bit boring nowadays.!

pipster wrote:
something bright ..maybe something like a lime green! Its just that black's a bit boring nowadays.!

thats what i was hoping you would say!!! dooooo eeettt!!!!!!

Now got my car on my TOMTOM !!

from this:
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to this:
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to this:
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lol sweet!!! lol

WELL if that is cheap wheels i like to get u to get me some wheels as well and as for tom tom that is just ...............................COOL MAN (but how did u do it )

wiggy wrote:WELL if that is cheap wheels i like to get u to get me some wheels as well and as for tom tom that is just ...............................COOL MAN (but how did u do it )

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does that mean that you could make your own bmp file of your own car and then upload that to your tomtom?

will have a go when i get some spare time. would be pretty good to be able to get your own car.