Dubvrs 2008 GTI restoration and upgrade

[dubvrs]

Well after getting a company vehicle last year my daily became unused and thought I better get me a toy to play with.

Roll up this little unloved GTI. One owner from new and 80k miles. Interior is ok but leather has suffered a little and some interior trim. Exterior wheels have just been sprayed but bodywork needs a lot of work but looks ok from 5m away but managed to get it for 6k.

Pic of car as I got it tonight.


Initial jobs to do.

Rust on front wings is only just starting but also a little on the drivers sill just under the wing.
Dents in drivers door.
Damage to passenger rear arch plus dent.
Rust on boot lid under glass.
Couple of rusty stone chips need treating.

Bit of mould in the interior as not moved since September.
Look at getting leather on drivers seat sorted.
Crack in passenger side rear quarter card.
Sunglasses holder does not shut as clip broken.
Rear bumper damaged and paint missing.

Paint needs a good going over as a number of scratches and moss.

Will start to order loads of replacement bits plus some mods.

Picture of the old daily that I will miss for its uniqueness.


Couple of my previous projects.

[Dave J]

Best of luck with your new project. I see you bought it in the best colour...!

I had a few things to do on my ED30 when I bought it - I mean, how do you dint the ali trim on both doors. It was a good car, it's now a brilliant car with MFD, hi-line, RNS510 added, plus loads more.

You've had some tasty motors - look forward to how you get on with this one!

[Gmac]

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the golf.  Lovin the allroad!!!

[dubvrs]

Cheers for the comments.

Put a new battery in my spare key as no red light came on when pressing the buttons. Red light comes on now just need to adapt it at the weekend when I get my mates Vagcom cable.

Gear gaitor looking a bit worn out so ordered a replacement.


Picture of damage on the rear arch and bumper. Ordered a touch up paint for the moment.

Also found some rust under the lower edge of the rear window of the tailgate.

Parts ordered.

Floor matts
Wheel nut covers
Centre caps as all have white worm
Roof console with working sunglasses holder
Can follower
Rev G diverted valve
Pair of new fog light and yellow tint film
Pair of open lower grilles
New grill and lower grill
Dark hazard switch
De wiper kit
Ram air over size induction kit

[dubvrs]

Taken it for a spin tonight and seams like the thermostat is stuck shut.

Temperature goes into the red and coolant warning light comes on. Checked radiator and feels cool. Top hose to radiator was slightly warm to the touch. Away with work now until the weekend so will have to investigate further then.

Broke it within one day of ownership  . Hopefully just a stat as been sitting for 7 months.

[Rippers]

Some sweet rides there, will be watching with interest 

[dubvrs]

Golf getting picked up today to be repaired under warranty 

Couple of my previous golfs that i have built.

Late mk2 GTI 16v




Mk2 16v converter to 20v






mk2 G60 Edition one converted to R32




I do have a liking for mk2 golfs

Can see me stripping the mk5 and doing the same 

[chrisr]

Loving the MK2 Golfs 

Will be interesting to see what you do with the MK5 to keep up to that standerd on previous cars

[rdfcpete]

The AllRoad and Black MK2 get my vote 

Looks good work, nothing particularly repeated across the cars which shows fresh thought, respect to you 

Guess that's kinna someone like Luke @ Plush's job, to be paid to bring that kind of creativity to a show car time and time again?

[dubvrs]

Thanks for the comments I have had a lot of cars as I get bored once they are finished. I do enjoy doing things myself and making things. Kind of like different looking cars. Used to get a lot of questions on the Allroad.

Did a lot of research on the silver mk2 as did the 20v conversion myself when they were not that common. Purple golf had the R32 already fitted but never run properly. Took me a while to find out how the conversion was done to be able to sort out the issues but was worth it.

My current daily is a Mercedes Vito Brabus+ with a 3.0 V6 TDI auto running 270ps. Could be a great vehicle if it was not for the poor auto box. Covered nearly 30k miles in it this year.

[Rippers]

Love the white Mk2.

[dubvrs]

Got my car back on Friday after having a new thermostat fitted. No overheating now just the fans run all the time. Did a quick vagcom scan and resistance to high on radiator coolant sensor so going back in next week for that but no other fault codes.

Managed to get quite a bit done today.

Firstly replaced the diverted valve. Reg G fitted and old one was a G but fell apart when removed.

Removed a lot of dirt from behind the front arch liners.


Stripped the front and fitted a Ramair intake.


Gave the engine bay a quick clean but finish it off tomorrow.


Tinted my fogs yellow.New open grilles along with upper and lower grille.


Removed my broken sunglasses holder in installed my replacement. Led's fitted in interior lights as well.


New matts fitted along with new wheel centre caps and wheel nut covers.

Ordered a set of H&R springs.

[Rippers]

You're not hanging around that's for sure.

How tricky is the ram air to fit? Thinking that's my next upgrade.

Personally I love my H&Rs, a great choice.

[dubvrs]

Very easy to fit the Ramair just get some silicone spray on the inside of the hoses as it makes it so much easier to get on.

Got a bit more done today.

Mainly tidying up. Polished a load of fine scratch's out and touched in loads of odd stone chips. Still needs a clay bar and waxing but came up better than I thought it would.














Going to find out if anything can be done with the drivers seat as bit of the leather missing and bit below it has come off the backing. May try to glue it back down.


Still needs a lot of cleaning but for a start its come up very well.

[Rippers]

Love the front end. How are you going to attach the plate?