1987 Monza Blue Mk2 Golf 16v

[VdubMKII]

So clean en all the details, i love it!
Only thing i don`t like is the exhaust, it looked much better with the 16v Muffler.

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks man. I don't really like how loud the exhaust is anyway. Will probably get changed in the future.

[LukeyBabes]

Fixed my exhaust leak today. Was only leaking from the connections. Took it off and reassembled with some stronger exhaust clamps. Not going anywhere now. Not as loud and doesn't stink anymore.



And adjusted the ride height a bit. Thought it was reverse raking a bit. And it was.... 5mm. Unacceptable!

[LukeyBabes]

Couple of interior shots because why not.

[LukeyBabes]

Got some new rear arches and drivers side skirt fitted. Cleaned behind them while they were off. Had to hold down a bit to stick it so out came the wood and bricks. lol




This stuff is awesome. Will stick anything!



Bumper refitted. And I got bored waiting for the glue to dry so I thought I'd clean behind the rear lights. Then I fit the 16v half smoked lights while I had them off. Will run with them a bit. But as usual I don't know which I like more.



The reason i replaced the rear arches. Wore down from the tyres rubbing them last year. And the passenger side had been scraped (Not me) lol.




I also fitted the cup holder to the votex. Had to keep saying to myself. It's only plastic, it's only plastic!

[LukeyBabes]

Woops. Just went out to take the wood off of the arches and noticed my rear fitment looked different. I think I accidentally fitted G60 rears.... About 8mm wider? Anyone confirm this? Kind of annoyed now since my rear fitment is off.



Maybe I will change up my wheels and fit g60 fronts too then.

[Mikethepanel]

G60 rears are wider yes and fronts are much wider(from memory about 15-20mm)
I had several mk2 golfs and loved them all!
You've got a belter there pal,i never seen factory air con on a mk2 either

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks Mike! Got to love the mk2s.

Just found out that G60 fronts are 22mm wider and rears are actually 8mm wider. So these are G60s. Bonus. Genuinely didn't know until I got them on. lol. So that's 2 expensive bits of plastic I chopped up today. lol
Looks like fate wants me to get wider dishes. Good thing I bought some this morning.
But going to have to get some G60 fronts now.

[animal]

So awesome!

[jbginger]

This mk2 is awesome, like so awesome. SO AWESOME.

[LukeyBabes]

Thank you chaps

[LukeyBabes]

Had a nightmare earlier and now I'm a bit pissed off.

Was in a rush to go out so I went outside to put my centre console back in and I accidentally put the live on the earth of the equaliser and something is fucked now. The blowers turned on when I did it. So the live went through the equaliser. Through the din cable switched live. Through the radio and out of the switched live on that. To the fan since they use the same switched live. Sounds crackly on the speakers through the equaliser now. But sound ok with the speakers running off of the stereo. So I hope that is ok.

Then when I retried the equaliser it gave off some smells and kept popping fuses. And it had continuity between the live and earth terminals.

I found a diode between the live and earth feeds on the power circuit in the equaliser had shorted. I cut it out and it powers up again. But sounds like shit still. So pissed off. Such a stupid mistake. Not sure if replacing that diode will fix it or if other components have had it. Just going to buy another one I think.
I really really hope that the equaliser is the only thing that broke. If the stereo has something broken in it too I am going to cry. I have tested the equaliser with another stereo and still sounds crap so time will tell I guess. Going to dread trying it.

All this to fit this cup holder. Equaliser is just in for show now.

[LukeyBabes]

Equaliser got sorted today. We couldn't figure out what went wrong with the one I had in the car, but I had another spare equaliser that needed something simple doing to make it work. Big thanks to Dave (Monkey) for sorting it.

[Miles.]

Come back with dish

[LukeyBabes]

Hopefully. The seller isn't responding to my emails now.