Hey. I'm Trevor, I'm 21, and I live in Lexington KY.
This is my build, and it's a long time coming. Got this car in 2005 when I was 14. It was my first car and taught me nearly everything I know about working on cars. Besides, I had a solid 2 years to fix her up before I could legally drive. The 'Shitaco' name grew from narrow minded kids in high school who dubbed my car the "Shitty Taco" or "Shitaco." I kinda dig it, and it's always stuck in my head all the way through college.
For those who aren't familiar, the mk2 Scirocco is the ugly duckling, the 'not quite a GTi', or just the shitty taco. They're not exactly desirable, the following behind them is very odd (nothing like other mk1's), and they're not very visually appealing. I decided that my first car deserved a new life as the Scirocco that I wish I had seen on the forums all these years. There's not much to go off of, so bear with me. I took a leap with this project, but I'm starting to see it pay off and wanted to share with everyone.
These are loosely my plans/specs.
88 Scirocco 16V
Exterior
Smoothed/color matched European bumpers
European headlights/turns with deleted inners/long grill setup
Shaved hatch spoiler, emblems, rear sprayer, front sprayers, OEM body kit, and all holes relative to said kit.
Volvo 940 (I think?) front lip
Fenders rolled all around (omg stance)
Rockers, front and rear valences stripped of all undercoating and completely smoothed
Shaved and polished OEM 16V tail lights
Respray original Tornado Red (LY3D, base clear)
20" khrome rimzos
Interior (relatively simple, it's pretty much all done)
Corrado front leathers redyed black w/ rear seat delete
Dash swapped w/ 83 dash
Converted to crank windows (shit don't break yo)
Black dyed OEM vinyl headliner/sun visors/relative trim (SEM rocks for this)
Sunroof panel wrapped in some kind of pseudo-suede material
OEM 160mph speedo (VW was quite ambitious here)
Other
Stock drivetrain with completely rebuilt head, all new gaskets, belts, all that.
New OEM Bosal muffler (can't stand how 16v's sound with aftermarket exhausts)
KYB shocks/Vogtland lowering springs (coils in the near future?)
I don't know, I'm sure there's more I've done.
Timeline:
Started with a stock 88 16V. Blown headgasket among many other problems that plagued a ragged on 80's sports hatch with 130k miles. I believe this was the day I bought the car for $700 sometime in October 2005.
Fixed many of the Shitaco's problems, and got it to daily driving status in 2008 when I got my full license. Visually... the same, but a rebuilt head and many new parts made this a very fun deathtrap during the end of my Junior year.
Got a grey door, making the Shitaco even shittier in most everyone's eyes. Original door had lost to rust, but the rest of the car is rust free!
May 2008 I bought my Mk3 as a daily. Shitaco wasn't the best daily. I had fixed half the broken shit but that just meant it was still halfway inoperable. I decided to tear it down and teach myself some bodywork skillz. This is where I should have stopped being so ambitious. You'll soon see why.
Pulled the OEM 16V body kit, decided the look I wanted to go for.
Started buying parts. Found the one thing I REALLY wanted. A wiperless (no hole in glass) and third brake light...less hatch.
Bought some wheels, and went through a few sets. ATS Cups... Compomotive TH Monos... BCW Powertechs... BBS RS 211... BBS RS 207... and now what I have settled on (pics soon)
I think this was 2010. Home from college for a summer and dove into the bondo. Big mistake.
Did manage to shave some stuff. Emblem holes and rear sprayer hole on c-pillar.
Tried out the RS's from my Mk3 on it, gave me an idea of what kind of offsets I can and can't run on these. There's little to no info on wheel fitment for these cars, seems like no one really does that on Scirocco 2's.
Stripped it nekkid
And I mean NEKKID, pulled the glass (surprisingly easy)
Shaved the tail lights. I'm sure most of you are wondering what the fuck that means... Stock Scirocco tail lights have raised plastic ridges built into them. I took a palm sander with 80 grit and got rid of said ridges. Then sanded up to 2000 and made dem bitches glossy. Before/after:
It sat for a while in this half assed state of bodywork. I was completely over my head with it at this point. Found out after digging through it that the car was hit AT LEAST twice. Once in the driver front, and a big hit in the passenger rear quarter. I had nothing better to do so I drove it around with no glass in the middle of February (2011?) Uncomfortable to say the least, but it felt quick with all that weight shed.
Continued...
This is my build, and it's a long time coming. Got this car in 2005 when I was 14. It was my first car and taught me nearly everything I know about working on cars. Besides, I had a solid 2 years to fix her up before I could legally drive. The 'Shitaco' name grew from narrow minded kids in high school who dubbed my car the "Shitty Taco" or "Shitaco." I kinda dig it, and it's always stuck in my head all the way through college.
For those who aren't familiar, the mk2 Scirocco is the ugly duckling, the 'not quite a GTi', or just the shitty taco. They're not exactly desirable, the following behind them is very odd (nothing like other mk1's), and they're not very visually appealing. I decided that my first car deserved a new life as the Scirocco that I wish I had seen on the forums all these years. There's not much to go off of, so bear with me. I took a leap with this project, but I'm starting to see it pay off and wanted to share with everyone.
These are loosely my plans/specs.
88 Scirocco 16V
Exterior
Smoothed/color matched European bumpers
European headlights/turns with deleted inners/long grill setup
Shaved hatch spoiler, emblems, rear sprayer, front sprayers, OEM body kit, and all holes relative to said kit.
Volvo 940 (I think?) front lip
Fenders rolled all around (omg stance)
Rockers, front and rear valences stripped of all undercoating and completely smoothed
Shaved and polished OEM 16V tail lights
Respray original Tornado Red (LY3D, base clear)
20" khrome rimzos
Interior (relatively simple, it's pretty much all done)
Corrado front leathers redyed black w/ rear seat delete
Dash swapped w/ 83 dash
Converted to crank windows (shit don't break yo)
Black dyed OEM vinyl headliner/sun visors/relative trim (SEM rocks for this)
Sunroof panel wrapped in some kind of pseudo-suede material
OEM 160mph speedo (VW was quite ambitious here)
Other
Stock drivetrain with completely rebuilt head, all new gaskets, belts, all that.
New OEM Bosal muffler (can't stand how 16v's sound with aftermarket exhausts)
KYB shocks/Vogtland lowering springs (coils in the near future?)
I don't know, I'm sure there's more I've done.
Timeline:
Started with a stock 88 16V. Blown headgasket among many other problems that plagued a ragged on 80's sports hatch with 130k miles. I believe this was the day I bought the car for $700 sometime in October 2005.
Fixed many of the Shitaco's problems, and got it to daily driving status in 2008 when I got my full license. Visually... the same, but a rebuilt head and many new parts made this a very fun deathtrap during the end of my Junior year.
Got a grey door, making the Shitaco even shittier in most everyone's eyes. Original door had lost to rust, but the rest of the car is rust free!
May 2008 I bought my Mk3 as a daily. Shitaco wasn't the best daily. I had fixed half the broken shit but that just meant it was still halfway inoperable. I decided to tear it down and teach myself some bodywork skillz. This is where I should have stopped being so ambitious. You'll soon see why.
Pulled the OEM 16V body kit, decided the look I wanted to go for.
Started buying parts. Found the one thing I REALLY wanted. A wiperless (no hole in glass) and third brake light...less hatch.
Bought some wheels, and went through a few sets. ATS Cups... Compomotive TH Monos... BCW Powertechs... BBS RS 211... BBS RS 207... and now what I have settled on (pics soon)
I think this was 2010. Home from college for a summer and dove into the bondo. Big mistake.
Did manage to shave some stuff. Emblem holes and rear sprayer hole on c-pillar.
Tried out the RS's from my Mk3 on it, gave me an idea of what kind of offsets I can and can't run on these. There's little to no info on wheel fitment for these cars, seems like no one really does that on Scirocco 2's.
Stripped it nekkid
And I mean NEKKID, pulled the glass (surprisingly easy)
Shaved the tail lights. I'm sure most of you are wondering what the fuck that means... Stock Scirocco tail lights have raised plastic ridges built into them. I took a palm sander with 80 grit and got rid of said ridges. Then sanded up to 2000 and made dem bitches glossy. Before/after:
It sat for a while in this half assed state of bodywork. I was completely over my head with it at this point. Found out after digging through it that the car was hit AT LEAST twice. Once in the driver front, and a big hit in the passenger rear quarter. I had nothing better to do so I drove it around with no glass in the middle of February (2011?) Uncomfortable to say the least, but it felt quick with all that weight shed.
Continued...
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