Project Cordy - My old 16v reborn

[Icecavern]

I took the two TT comps that weren't on the car, and tried to give them a new polish. They don't look as good as they did when I got them polished by the pros but they look pretty shiney

OK so she still has no brakes, just an LCR disc on each side, but she's now sitting on 4 wheels again

Pete

 

[WeeJase]

got a full frontal pete?those mirrors look HUGE!!! it will be great for towing a caravan

 

[Icecavern]

Mk3 Ibiza mirrors, passenger side is a stubby one, haven't got around to getting a stubby one for the drivers side yet. I think the wiring colours are different on the Euro one so that will be fun rewiring again

 

[WeeJase]

still makes me miss mine

 

[Icecavern]

Can't afford a respray at the minute so I'm considering using a touchup pen on the chips/scratches and then wet sanding/polishing the paintwork up.

 

[Icecavern]

OK so today I polished up the wheels on the back, connected the new battery up, and let her run for about 30mins. Idles nice and smooth and apart from a bit of black sooty smoke after starting up runs perfectly

Also got the cleaning stuff out and gave her a good wash... Looks damn good now

Pete

 

[Feel]

I thought it looked good before, Pete - but the extra shiney wheels look even better extra SUPER shiney! Especially with the bit of tyre gloss.

 

[WeeJase]

get rid of them bloody side repeaters pete

 

[F2 Stu]

Not sure on the mk3 mirrors

and lol the repeaters

 

[Icecavern]

lol the repeaters were supposed to be replaced with clear ones... Only they're Mk4 golf ones not Mk3 so wont fit

The mirrors will be fine once they're both stubby, oh and the Mk3 front end goes on to match...

 

[WeeJase]

lol the repeaters were supposed to be replaced with clear ones... Only they're Mk4 golf ones not Mk3 so wont fit

The mirrors will be fine once they're both stubby, oh and the Mk3 front end goes on to match...

i think i did this with my cordie pete.i kinda modified the bulb holder to make it fit the casing,pretty sure the repeater fits the same though.just that VW used smaller bulb on the later models.

 

[Icecavern]

Yeah its the bulb holder that is different. I might see if I can mod them to fit.

 

[andyj]

either that, or get a mk4 bulb holder, and just splice the wiring in to the Cordy's loom

 

[Icecavern]

Well I don't want to go to too much effort. I mean they'll be comming off completely when the Mk3 stuff goes on

 

[Ruddmeister]

Looking good Pete

Is the interior in? I can see a Porker seat through the window......any more pics of the interior??

 

[Icecavern]

No interior isn't in. The boxster seats are just shoved in the car to store them. I'm going to get the car MOT'd etc then start taking a grinder to the car and weld some seat mounts in... The whole interior is going to be rebuilt once I've got the car mecanically sorted.

 

[Ruddmeister]

No interior isn't in. The boxster seats are just shoved in the car to store them. I'm going to get the car MOT'd etc then start taking a grinder to the car and weld some seat mounts in... The whole interior is going to be rebuilt once I've got the car mecanically sorted.

I assume Audio install first?

Or is the car wired for that already??

 

[andyj]

very true about the repeaters....

does look good now it's lowered and on the TT Comps

bet you're itching to get driving it again.....

it's going to have some damn good stopping power with the LCR Brembo's on it... I know how good my Mk3 Ibiza was with the Brembo's, and they were only 305mm !!!

 

[Icecavern]

I assume Audio install first?

Or is the car wired for that already??

Well the interior is being built around the install. Amps ( 4 or 6 not decided yet ) mounted in the rear 3/4 then loads of subs fitted along with the 2 HUGE batteries in the back. I've not wired the car up yet, but I'll do that after getting the steel framework welded up for the ampracks etc. I'm gonna bolt the whole amp rack framework to the rear seatbelt mountings etc so it's all properly solid

very true about the repeaters....

does look good now it's lowered and on the TT Comps

bet you're itching to get driving it again.....

it's going to have some damn good stopping power with the LCR Brembo's on it... I know how good my Mk3 Ibiza was with the Brembo's, and they were only 305mm !!!

Yeah it looks exaclty as I hoped it would. Rears need spacing out a bit but the fronts are perfect. Will have to remove the arch liners and have the arches rolled I think though. I'm hoping the brakes will do the job, with the LCR stuff up front and Mk4 rears it'll hopefully stop pretty quick

And yes I am itching to go for a spin in her.

Ordered the brake hoses front and rear, so just need some brembo brackets now

 

[Mckellar]

looks excellent on the TT comps mate, love those rims when they are polished.

One thing though, were you changing to VR6 hubs so you could get LCR brakes on or so you could get the wheels on, because you can get adaptors.

Ive got porsche ones 4x100 (seat) > 5x130 (porsche)

just wondering, and im not calling you daft, im just curious the reasons you changed the hubs