VW Golf MKII 16v 3 door

mikeb · Post by **mikeb** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:10 pm

So pleased your happy with the results Russ it does make a huge difference to the little 16v

Sorry I couldn't be there . Did you get a chance to look round the golf when you where down.?

I do have a set of lowered springs which came on the golf when I got it.

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:51 pm

Stuart wrote:An excellent update

Thanks mate!

Tk wrote: wur mod makes a big difference then

Its difficult for me to say exactly as i changed the whole injection system. I dont know if my system was buggered? or the difference is the WUR? Or its a bit of both? I know its a differnt car now.

mikeb wrote:So pleased your happy with the results Russ it does make a huge difference to the little 16v

Sorry I couldn't be there . Did you get a chance to look round the golf when you where down.?

I do have a set of lowered springs which came on the golf when I got it.

Thanks again mike! It was a flying visit and i had my mum in tow so i didn`t have a chance to give it a full going over.
As for the springs, The suspension was already done by mr Connor.

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:53 pm

russ979 wrote:As for the springs, The suspension was already done by mr Connor.

You had better check it then

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:04 pm

Stuart wrote:You had better check it then

Ok i will re-phrase that! Mr connor paid someone else to do the job.

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:48 pm

Yeah the closest Ben gets to getting his hands dirty is getting grease on his hand from lifting his bike into his car

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:11 pm

Right i spent bloody hours last night trying to get this post up but bloody photobucket was not playing then it all crashed and i lost the lot!:(
So here goes again albeit a little briefer.
Boxing day i decided i was going to do the welding work on the golf. I knew the sills were getting flakey in a couple of places due to having been jacked up in the wrong places over the years and crushing the sill lips. I started on the drivers side and removed the side skirt. A good prod with the screwdriver and this is what i found.....

It was kind of what i was expecting.
Then i couldn`t help myself buy removing flacky under seal from the floor.
Then i found this bit...

Bollocks I thought!
Time to get chopping the rot out.
I apologise for the extra crap pictures even by my standards, I did take more but that was all i could up load last night and im not even going to try tonight.

I welded 2mm plate into the front jacking point

I then rust treated the whole lot, seam sealered it, cavity waxed it and finnished off plastic gaurding (like shultz only more rubbery!:)) it so hopefully by the time its weathered down no one will be able to tell it was ever messed with?

After spending two days doing that i was going to do the near side today. I took the side skirt off.......saw more rust, Then went and fixed the ariel instead!:D

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:19 pm

Good work there Russ:)

Tk · Post by Tk » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:20 pm

good work, thats the trouble with plastc trim and covers
whats it like under the arch trims ?
i do love a 90 spec 16v

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:29 pm

Tk wrote:good work, thats the trouble with plastc trim and covers
whats it like under the arch trims ?
i do love a 90 spec 16v

I did photo the arches, They are perfect which quite surprised me.
I do recon all the rot has come from poor jacking.
Have you still got your 16v?

Tk · Post by Tk » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:44 pm

no the only golf i have now is jaffa, i recently sold the blue mk2 just before christmas and the a3
had a bit of a clearout as it was getting a bit silly with cars dotted around

good news on the arches