The Battleship Volf

this is all being copy and pasted form another forum so il split it up into different posts for ease of loading, all from how i bought the car to how it is now,
23/07/10

it be a mk3 golf 1.9 tdi! Its in great condition for the price, needs some work to get drivable (needs new gearbox and suspension) but the engine runs great! Pulls like a train and sounds great for its age.

Dont let the look of the car fool you as the final outcome of this car will be soo much different to the pics below...talking of pics, here ya go!

26/07/10

bit of progress for the weekend, got all the doors and lights off and striped them down to bare metal ready for preping for mods/paint

fronts off



rears off



bootlid and rear lights off



bonnet off



front end off

28/07/10

more progress, started smoothing the bootlid, fitted a plate into the numberplate recess, cut out the wiper mount and preped it for blanking, and preped the badge recess with holes for the filler to 'grip' then the first layer of filler over the top of it all





also piced up today a full VR6 big brake conversion and coilovers, will all be restored

3/08/10

picked up my donor car yesterday, which contained a rather fetching set of cloth VR6 seat amongst other things eg the gearbox and stuff i need, was sold as a dead car witch needed trailering, got there, hit it with a hammer and changed the battery and drove it home lol, now driving it around till the project is finished

heres the seats anyway, soo comfy

13/08/10

well i suppose il give you some more pics, this is how it stands, completely naked, with no interior or seals as its rubbed down and any imperfections corrected ready for painting, hopfuly primer will be on by sunday





and by seemingly popular demand, my vento, which i picked up the same time as the golf for, well, nothing as the little i payed for it iv already made back selling parts off it, which is where im getting the replacment gearbox, my interior and front end conversion and some other bits i need

18/08/10

well here is a pic of the worst rust on the car, which is on the front drivers arch



so pulled the offending wing off to be replaced with one off the vento



now let the sanding begin! So far done the rear passenger quarter, boot shut, and rear passenger door shut, the rest to be done tonight

23/08/10

was going to keep it quiet for now, but what the hell, heres the wheels! this is the only pic i have at the min, and ye they look rought, but they just dirty with flaky laquer, since this was taken they have been fully sanded down and ready for painting/polishing



ALSO

more updates!

its been a busy weekend with a spray gun!

Lets let the transformation begin!



pics it fully coated in primer







and thats the last of the paintwork pics your having, its now painted in its final colour, nearly ready to be put back together, but iv decided im keeping it quiet untill the final result

06/09/10


replacment gearbox is now fitted, along with replacment driveshafts, engine mount and rad, engine put back together, front end refitted with the vento componants, eg. headlights and loom and also coilovers fitted





bonnet and boot lid all rubbed down and hung up in the garage ready for spraying





bootlid and bonnet are now in primer, more pics to come

7/09/10

and the primer pics! also rubed them down and put another few coats on last night, so they are now ready for colour





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coulour is on now

time to say bye bye to the rear handles!

updates anyone?

interior is now in, pulled the whole dash out and swaped it for the dash in the vento as the one in the vento was better condition



talking about the vento, its seen better days, lol



decided to show the car now as it is looking prety damn damn good now, but to be anoying iv removed all colour out of it and messed around with it a bit so you cant tell the colour

bonnet is now painted and on



as is the bootlid



also, front arches have now been rolled and side repeaters removed!

well heres some more pics, look at the lows compaired to the tolly

you will have to egnore the doors tho as they have not been painted yet as im still working on them





I <3 SPEEDBUMPS



lets do some more custom work, start by covering bits or card in masking tape



then put all the taped card in position



then a generous coat of fibreglass over it all

WE NEED MORE UPDATES !!!!!!

Yeap, Get the doors sorted!

when are you getting it painted?

piss off it is painted

doors are now hung in my garage being painted

Door handles and posh shit like that next isset?

Stripped out cars just use string, you could do that! or chains for that battleship feel

Big Brake Conversion?

Why are you up at 4 in the morning trying to be funny?

lol owned, sith

Sith wrote:

Big Brake Conversion?

brakes arent going on untill spring when i change the wheels as its going from 4 stud to 5 stud, and want to keep the 4 stud wheels on for now as winter wheels

claymore wrote:

WE NEED MORE UPDATES !!!!!!

ask and you shal receive!

well then, any who have either seen or been in my car at night will know the headlights are shockingly bad, partly due to the laminex, and mostly down to the fact one bulbs dip doesnt work!

so rather than fork out for decient bulbs, mr post man droped me off the wonderful box of toys



nice set of 4500k HIDs, decided to get these as a half decient set of bulbs would cost atleast £30, so i was clever and played the exchange rate and ordered them in dollars from china and got them silly cheap, nearly £8 cheaper than the uk listing hehe

well heres the before and after, before on the left, and after on the right



looks so much better emitting a chrisp white light, now i should see at night!

Nice one! I wanna pop over and see how good they are coz my '5s lights are terrible!

yeah your lights were shocking tom, anything is gonna be better than what you had.
can you PM me the item number? i fancy a set of these for my tolly