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Copied this over from another forum so excuse the giant post.
Got this back in April. It's my only car and will see a fair bit of the road (400m a week). It's already very solid body-wise and mechanically. Sold as unwarranted 70k miles but its 100% believable - just no concrete proof as very little history.
Mods I know about were:
Full re-spray (no rust, no fade, very high standard)
KONI fully adjustable coilovers.
Magnex stainless exhaust.
VW Sebring Alloys (tatty)
Plans were to clean it lots, service it lots, fix all the niggles and keep it timeless.
How I got it:
In the first week of driving it I found out that when the guy I got it from changed the starter motor, he didn't replace all the bolts. (They hold the engine in)
He also didn't bother tightening the driveshaft into the gearbox, so that fell off while I was driving. Luckily it was before I joined the motorway.
All this and It apparently had an MOT done before I picked it up. Must have been done over the phone.
Replaced an engine mount as my engine was hitting the bonnet under acceleration.
So Now it's July and I've sorted most of the niggles I can think of for now. Time for some wheels.
Picked up a tatty set of O.Z. splits and set about them with a scotch brite pad. The ingredient in paint stripper you all have in the US is banned in the EU so it's almost useless.
Here's one lip after a go with a polishing kit on a broken drill that spits flames at me.
Got the centres powder coated silver for dat OEM look.
Tried polishing the original O.Z. bolts but gave up and sent them for chrome plating. Built up one wheel as soon as they were done.
Bought some Toyo T1-Rs in 195-45-15 for a nice fit with no real stretch. Got them mounted.
Needed some adapters as the wheels are 5x112 and my car is 4x100. These are hard to come by so I had G23 Engineering make me some up.
They have a strange offset bolt that you need to line up before you mount the wheel. I also picked myself up a Personal steering wheel for a steal.
There was a halt in progress as this point. I had been losing coolant for a while, and I had finally found where it was going. The sump.
To the garage we went for a full head gasket set replacement and new stem seals. A hefty bill later we were back and ready to mount the wheels.
First fitting teaser:
That was monday. Today I took some more photos.
It did rub in the rear on the standard arches until i turned up the dampening, and I should lower the front a little more. Plans now are to sort out some suspension maintenance, and get the arches rolled over the winter.
Got this back in April. It's my only car and will see a fair bit of the road (400m a week). It's already very solid body-wise and mechanically. Sold as unwarranted 70k miles but its 100% believable - just no concrete proof as very little history.
Mods I know about were:
Full re-spray (no rust, no fade, very high standard)
KONI fully adjustable coilovers.
Magnex stainless exhaust.
VW Sebring Alloys (tatty)
Plans were to clean it lots, service it lots, fix all the niggles and keep it timeless.
How I got it:
In the first week of driving it I found out that when the guy I got it from changed the starter motor, he didn't replace all the bolts. (They hold the engine in)
He also didn't bother tightening the driveshaft into the gearbox, so that fell off while I was driving. Luckily it was before I joined the motorway.
All this and It apparently had an MOT done before I picked it up. Must have been done over the phone.
Replaced an engine mount as my engine was hitting the bonnet under acceleration.
So Now it's July and I've sorted most of the niggles I can think of for now. Time for some wheels.
Picked up a tatty set of O.Z. splits and set about them with a scotch brite pad. The ingredient in paint stripper you all have in the US is banned in the EU so it's almost useless.
Here's one lip after a go with a polishing kit on a broken drill that spits flames at me.
Got the centres powder coated silver for dat OEM look.
Tried polishing the original O.Z. bolts but gave up and sent them for chrome plating. Built up one wheel as soon as they were done.
Bought some Toyo T1-Rs in 195-45-15 for a nice fit with no real stretch. Got them mounted.
Needed some adapters as the wheels are 5x112 and my car is 4x100. These are hard to come by so I had G23 Engineering make me some up.
They have a strange offset bolt that you need to line up before you mount the wheel. I also picked myself up a Personal steering wheel for a steal.
There was a halt in progress as this point. I had been losing coolant for a while, and I had finally found where it was going. The sump.
To the garage we went for a full head gasket set replacement and new stem seals. A hefty bill later we were back and ready to mount the wheels.
First fitting teaser:
That was monday. Today I took some more photos.
It did rub in the rear on the standard arches until i turned up the dampening, and I should lower the front a little more. Plans now are to sort out some suspension maintenance, and get the arches rolled over the winter.
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