The shaved 88 Shitaco

[harlerocco]

Current lack of 'stance' has no one interested anymore.

Brake booster/master cylinder came out and more seam sealer came out. Passenger side about ready for paint. I picked up a quart of base T-red, reducer, and clear. Spraying it myself along with the top of the core support.

[Queef|Chief]

Doin work! I like

[harlerocco]

All the seam sealer on the rails and towers is gone! Took forever to get behind the towers but well worth it in my opinion. I'm leaving the seam sealer on the frame horns and areas under the frame rails.



There are a few spots I'm welding up, but they're very miniscule. As for larger holes I would like to use some OEM looking rubber plugs, I really like that look for some reason.

Then clean everything very thoroughly, make new fuel lines, and loop the PS. Then I think I should be ready for paint. I plan on using no filler, I like the indents from the spot welds and that overall raw look on Mk1 bays A LOT.

Oh and my friend found a NOS early rabbit radiator with the built-in expansion tank at a shop in town. It must have been buried in the parts attic for a couple decades.

[Chasen88]

Nice build

[RoccoChris]

I like your work and what you have been doing to your Rocco!
Maybe join my page and post some updates?

MK2 Scirocco BUILD GROUP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/391648550967186/

THXS CHRIS

[harlerocco]

I like your work and what you have been doing to your Rocco!
Maybe join my page and post some updates?

MK2 Scirocco BUILD GROUP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/391648550967186/

THXS CHRIS

Awesome page, thanks!

ABA is stripped down for the most part. Doing timing service.



Also got the trans off both engines and preparing for the 5th gear swap into the 16V trans.



Most stuff cleaned and smoothed. I'm trying to get it as smooth as possible without any filler. I got it pretty nice and hit it with self etching primer on all the bare spots, as well as areas on the core support.



Of course it's not perfect so a few spots of glaze should do the trick.





The brake booster is also in primer now and looks awesome.

Picked up the paint gun too.

Someone photoshopped an old pic from last summer. The only thing changed was the ride height. Can't wait until it looks like this!

[harlerocco]

Yesterday was in the negatives here so I didn't leave me house let alone work on the car.

Today though was a bit better (10 degrees wooo!) so I stopped by. Wasn't sure what I was going to do but decided to tackle the 5th gear swap. It went pretty smoothly for having never done it before. The brokevw.com DIY was great. I got the 16V trans with the mk3 8v 5th gear installed and 99% back together. All that I need is a new 5th gear end cap gasket and it's 100% done. I'm hoping I did everything right! Pretty sure I did, all the gears seem to engage when I use the linkage by hand.

Digging into the Mk3 trans.



Didn't take any pics during the whole thing because I was pretty much covered in trans fluid. Here is the Mk3 8V 5th gear setup on the 16V trans.



Cap installed (bolts not tight yet though, still gotta get that gasket)



That''s all for today but it was a big undertaking for me and a learning experience. Would definitely feel comfortable doing that again

In other news I've realized I can't use the Eurosport 4 point subframe brace because it hangs down too low and I plan on being pretty low on coilovers. I'll have to come up with another solution that doesn't hang down too much. Maybe a slightly modified stock kbar... Not sure yet.

So it's for sale!

[harlerocco]

Didn't do a whole lot today. It's been so damn cold here I can't lay down any more primer or paint! Friday and Saturday are going to be in the 50's though so it will be plenty warm enough in the shop to spray. All I did today was clean. It's been a pain in the ass but has to be done if I want good results! Went through at least 10 cans of brake clean.

[SnazzyQ]

Looks amazing man

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[projecthoarder]

Damn that's a lot of work you've put into it, it looks like its coming along great. Keep up the good work.

[harlerocco]

Looks amazing man

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Damn that's a lot of work you've put into it, it looks like its coming along great. Keep up the good work.

Thanks!

I go back to school tomorrow (an hour away). I really wanted to have the bay painted and the ABA together and painted before I went back but it didn't happen. I did get a lot done in a few weeks though. I've never worked on a bay aesthetically so there was a bit to learn and it required a lot of patience.

Today I finished bodywork on it. The filler was redone a couple times but it's sanded down to where I'm happy with it. There isn't much and it's not perfect but I think the high build will hide most of the tiny spots. It's an engine bay, it will get dirty, it's not going to be perfect, and I'm going to drive this car as much as I can this year so having it absolutely perfect isn't important.

As of now I need to mask everything, scuff the whole bay, and give everything a few coats of high build. Unfortunately I ran out of time. I even had the paint and gun ready to go.

And some shit S/W will actually care about...

While at school I'm refinishing my BBS RS wheels again with 1.5" lips for the front (15x7.5) and 2" lips for the rear (15x8). Tires are 165/50 and I'm adding new chrome bolts while I'm at it. Already have the 1.5" pair in my possession along with a single 2" lip so I need to order one 2" lip and chrome bolts sometime in the next few days. I'm hoping a 15x7.5 et19 w/ 165/50R15 will fit under my fender (they're rolled).

[doktor_b]

keep it up, Trev.
i want to see this at WBTB.

[harlerocco]

keep it up, Trev.
i want to see this at WBTB.

That's the plan.

Tires came off the RS's today. Time for another rebuild.

[Lobster]

i like this

[harlerocco]

who lost all their RS disassembly tools!?

me.

would go get new sockets but there's salt all over the road and i don't feel like having my mk3 rust in half. very inconvenient.