Hi All
Whilst not a GTI, I picked up a cheap as chips 1.4TSI GT Sport with 60k on the clock as a small "Sunday" project.... I run a company car so something to fill a space in the garage and take me back to my youth!
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After a bit of a clean up, she soon had a new set of wheels (genuinely needed as corrosion on the old ones was letting air out) and some coilovers
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Then front grille smoothed
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And a few interior bits done (not sure what I was thinking here.....!)
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Sadly, and as more and more of the google nightmares of this engine came to light, the timing chain stretched.....
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Old vs. New chain...
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After a rebuild.....
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Some butchered lights with DRLs and retrofit projectors...
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GTI splitter and rear bumper.... Plus an armrest, mk6 style rear lights, headlining recover, and a few other bits of tinkering, She's back up and running!
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GTI sideskirts, Exhaust and remap next....
I'll stick some other updates up as they happen
Thanks for looking,
Steve