Now with new paint and leather

[fla 9]

On 8/14/2018 at 5:06 PM, dragon green said:

Fixed my loose gear shifter surround, over the years the locating tabs broke,my spare one is my old grey one,so I fabricated a couple of brackets out of some thin aluminium angle I had laying about.

Fits nice and snug now

 

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These pics seem to have disappeared.  Any chance you could post up again please?  My shifter surround has the same issue!

 

Hasan

[fla 9]

2 hours ago, dragon green said:

Just been through another MOT, two advisory’s,
Not bad for a 29 year old car with 273k on the clock


Dug this out my loft,can’t be many unused spoilers left.
Not for sale,as now on my car

Very nice.  Any fitted shots?

[dragon green 4]

Rear wheel was looking a bit out of sorts ! Thought I had bent a stub axle, further investigation, and my rear beam had rusted through, and my rear wheel was nearly touching the strut !
Note. This wasn’t the original one, but one I got off eBay, about 14 years ago when the car nearly got wrote off


The one I replaced it with ,is a Mk2 golf, (blasted and painted) with new bushes,bolts etc

[dragon green 4]

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[_Matt_ 26]

Ouch but good you've fixed it already. You must be coming up to another MOT again soon - what's the mileage now and any more pics of the car? It looks to be holding up nicer (axle aside) on the last picture. Is it a 1.8t if I remember correctly? 

 

Edit to add - such a shame all the pictures and history have gone from the threads.  

Edited January 12, 2022 by MJA

[dragon green 4]

Yep 1.8t, mileage 280k, I got my mechanic mate to do the beam for me, I had new rear discs,pads etc I was going to put on for the MOT,(next month) so they went on the rear, he found one of the carrier pins had snapped ! Luckily I had a spare carrier in my stash of spares

[_Matt_ 26]

Lets see some winter dirt pics 😄 Nice to see one used daily. Do you ever worry about a minor impact like a wing or a headlight (or fog) going or do you have those in stock. 

[dragon green 4]

I’ve got headlight protectors on, they really help,(I’ve got spare lenses) I’ve got lamin-x over the fogs and indicator’s, didn’t stop a fog light getting cracked , I bought a set of tinted plastic lenses from corrado farm parts (USA) I did the indicators,and one fog, am trying to get a damaged fog, to put the other onto, as I don’t want to ruin a good fog,
Got three sets of indicators,and 2 1/2 fogs,
I’ve still got the hi-spec four pot calipers on the front, they’ve done about 180k now, apart from routine cleaning,(pads,pins etc) they are so much more reliable then OE, I’ve had about 3 sets (new) of rear calipers (mk4)

[Cressa 43]

Your car is looking fantastic. Let me know which side fog you need. I have a broken one somewhere that I may find in the next couple of months.,.. somewhere in the house or garage !!

[dragon green 4]

Your car is looking fantastic. Let me know which side fog you need. I have a broken one somewhere that I may find in the next couple of months.,.. somewhere in the house or garage !!

Thank you,
I’m after the offside, (drivers)

[dragon green 4]

Got to love 11” discs on the rear,only just go under 15” wheels,(bit of caliper shaving)

[dragon green 4]

MOT today,
One advisory (one tyre getting low)
281k been working local, so mileage has slowed down

[Cressa 43]

Quality mileage. That reminds me to look for the foglight this weekend 🙄👍

[James. 7]

281k is brilliant. Hope I can get to that one day.

[1xshaunx1 27]

Wow

[_Matt_ 26]

I love a high mileage hero car - great results on the MOT show the effort you put in and you must drive with mechanical sympathy - well done. 

 

[Cressa 43]

I've found the broken fog light. Will get a pic up later for you ✔