June 9, 20242 yr comment_225290 Just joined the forum been on the Facebook group a while Recently bought a mk2 1986 hatch slowly fixing other people's mistakes. Hopefully be able to join events and gathering and share my experiences and off any advice I may have. Report
June 9, 20242 yr comment_225291 Welcome to the site. Good move buying that one when you have the skills to sort it. What else are you planing to do? Report
June 9, 20242 yr Author comment_225292 Bumpers coming off and replaced with grey, grill will be going and replaced with cross hatch grill Maybe a better lower front valance. Rear bumper going back grey, number plate back up and behind it painted grey. Eventually I'd like a 5 speed box and SEH/NE on 40s. Will all be repainted and blistering fixed. Installed wiring will all be pulled out and redone properly with no scotch locks. New bonnet, replacement bootlid (spoiler is staying I like it) Once I find another terracotta interior I'll get some bits mine is let down by. I'll fire a project thread up later of the journey so far. Report
June 9, 20242 yr comment_225293 Gareth Hollis old car isnt it? I saw it had been hit but didnt know he had sold it. Welcome to the club. Good luck with it, its a solid base to start with, I was never a fan of all the colour coding so well done for going back to standard. VBOA is the show to get too! Report
June 9, 20242 yr Author comment_225299 37 minutes ago, C20Brett said: Gareth Hollis old car isnt it? I saw it had been hit but didnt know he had sold it. Welcome to the club. Good luck with it, its a solid base to start with, I was never a fan of all the colour coding so well done for going back to standard. VBOA is the show to get too! I don't know if it will be standard. It will 100% be contrast but I'm not the kinda person to have standard. It's is indeed Garaths old car it was for sale some time, a VW friend sent it to me knowing my interest in vauxhalls. My wife and I went to view it 2 days later and hashed out a provisional deal with Garath, we left it a few days and came to a deal and I collected the following weekend. It was fixed and straight buly the weekend after collection Report
June 9, 20242 yr comment_225301 Ahh no I didnt mean leave it totally standard, sorry for confusion, I'm not one to keep things standard either. Far from it., I normally go too far!! I meant the standard bumpers will look better than the painted ones. Ive known it a few years through Facebook, he had it on Carlton steel wheels and hubcaps for a while. The Manta wheels look good! Report
June 10, 20242 yr Author comment_225304 16 hours ago, C20Brett said: Ahh no I didnt mean leave it totally standard, sorry for confusion, I'm not one to keep things standard either. Far from it., I normally go too far!! I meant the standard bumpers will look better than the painted ones. Ive known it a few years through Facebook, he had it on Carlton steel wheels and hubcaps for a while. The Manta wheels look good! The bumpers will be painted contrast like my nova is. That way I'm not back to blacking all the time Report
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