Down and out MKII Scirocco

[SkLeInMnEy]

wow this is amazing.

[Queef|Chief]

Saweeet!

[rsingh3g]

That ass

[Shepherd]

More work done today.




Fenders removed, right one was damaged, plus I still have the fenders from my '86 16V which came without the indicators and the hole for the antenna.


This way I also was able to have a closer look at the clearances with the car sitting on the ground.




Good news everybody!
There's plenty of space in any direction, no way the tire will touch the inner wheel house, I'm safe there.
Bad news for the driveshaft though, barely could fit my pinky between the driveshaft and the frame... so yes. gotta notch that for sure, too.
Also gotta make some room for the wishbone and other things, but I already knew that.

Gonna recheck the clearance between the strut and the wheel with the coilover strut tomorrow, might be a bit tight.
Then it's time to get the new fenders prepared and in place. Which is awesome, cause this is the last thing I gotta do with the car sitting on its own axles.
After this I'll build a rollable support frame on which the Scirocco will sit so I can do all the necessary welding and get it prepared for paint.

[Dr.AK]

Good job.

[philavon]

sick work!

[Shepherd]

Worked on the fenders, first cleaned them out and got rid of some underbody coat that the cavities were filled up with.



Discovered some slight rust.
The fenders are built out of two sheets, the part that connects to the A-pillar is a seperate, welded in piece. Karmann then filled the cavities between the two pieces up with underbody coat, so that no dirt could pile up there.
Sadly due to the porous nature of the material, the coat can sometimes work like a sponge, which seemed to have happened on one of the fenders.


It's not really much rust, but I rather wanna get it fixed, gonna take the fenders apart, clean them, weld them back together, have them rolled and adjusted, etc.etc.etc.
Will take a tad bit longer than I expected at first.

To get the work done though, I had to order some tools and material. While I had some free time now, I decided to testfit the coilovers once again. with the fenders being off the car I got a better look at all the suspension parts, so that I could check clearances and other things.



Fits like a glove!


Sadly the KW shock housing still is way too long.


During the past months I did some research though, to find out which coilovers have the most short shock housings:
Gepfeffert KW V1/V2: 33cm
Gepfeffert KW V3: 29cm
AH Exclusive H&R 150mm: 27cm
AH Exclusive H&R 200mm: 22cm

The V1/V2 are based on the normal KW V1 which I already own, so these are off the table. I could now go for the V3 or one of the H&Rs... we'll see what I'll end up with.

[MarkOwl]

I didn't read the whole thread but there's something that might help you (but it will cost you money).

Your top mounts are the stock ones or aftermarket?
I ordered camber adjustable top mounts for my car and they're shorter than the stock ones.
So I had to set the coil a couple threads higher to get the same height.
It may help you to clear another half inch or so.

Other than that, I'm useless.
Great car!

[Haris_Mujic]

This car Looks Amazing so far!!!

[Tavinchi]

Realy nice work here! love the details, love the photos, love the wheels, WOW! JUST LOVE! keep it up!

[kittenpuncher]

This thing is a sex.

[harlerocco]

Looking good so far, I just hope it doesn't look too silly with all the camber! I assume you're keeping the OEM kit once you paint it?

Also are you going to have to notch the driver side as well as the passenger side? I'm about to lower my Scirocco on 15's and I'm not sure if I should do the passenger side or both sides...

Would you be willing to ship some smallish rocco parts to the states? I'm looking for a driver side headlight frame and low beam. Oh and a couple of bulb holders for the euro spec turn signals. I'm coming to a close on my Scirocco build and would like to get a few more things and they're hard to come by over here.

[Kaiyin]

(first for 2014)

[Shepherd]

Looking good so far, I just hope it doesn't look too silly with all the camber! I assume you're keeping the OEM kit once you paint it?

Also are you going to have to notch the driver side as well as the passenger side? I'm about to lower my Scirocco on 15's and I'm not sure if I should do the passenger side or both sides...

Would you be willing to ship some smallish rocco parts to the states? I'm looking for a driver side headlight frame and low beam. Oh and a couple of bulb holders for the euro spec turn signals. I'm coming to a close on my Scirocco build and would like to get a few more things and they're hard to come by over here.

Sorry for the late reply, I'm a little busy getting my new daily driver ready for the street, so I don't have had any reason to update this thread yet.

But the answear is yes!

You should notch both sides, on my Scirocco there's already very little space left to the frame on the driver's side, while on the passenger's side the frame already sits on the driveshaft.

I could possibly ship some parts over to the states as well, already shipped wheels to Thailand, so why shouldn't it be possible to get some parts sent to the States, just send me a PM.

[ThayQi]

Looking good, excited to see where this is going!

I really like your Golf, I wonder why I've never seen it on the road, since I'm from SU too.

Keep it up and let us kow about your new daily.