South African VW Citi Golf Conversion to Mk1

[Wade Lambert]

Nice to see a fellow South African, been 10 years since i have seen one of these the memories! :O

Looks great dude

come back and visit thanks man!

[Evilist]

Nice to see a fellow South African, been 10 years since i have seen one of these the memories! :O

Looks great dude

[Wade Lambert]

Those 3-piece volkswagen wheels.
So.
Much.
want.

Im so keen to make mine look like them, I wont get it made into a 3-piece though, but im adding a dish for sure

[Wade Lambert]

This looks super radical. Loving the work you put in

thanks man, I really appreciate it!

sorry I havnt uploaded a lot of pics and explained in a lot of detail but I have had the car for a year now and its been a great project! Before I got the car I didnt even know how to change a spark plug so its helped me learn alot....I will never sell this car, its like a collectors item for me now

[Strawhat]

Those 3-piece volkswagen wheels.
So.
Much.
want.

[Pseudonyms]

This looks super radical. Loving the work you put in

[Wade Lambert]

Hahahaha whats up bro!!! looking good man!!! glad youre on here now. will get loads of info!

oooiiii whatsup joshy!!!

[j3wman]

I've wanted a Citi golf so bad!

[joshitowamk1]

Hahahaha whats up bro!!! looking good man!!! glad youre on here now. will get loads of info!

[Sompie]

i am in the UK (migrated 11yrs back) but i have always wanted "fantasised" to do the reverse of what you doing. crazy nice idea though, looks man...

[Wade Lambert]

I would love to own one of these, will keep my eye on your build

But what about the engines ? mk1 ones or something newer? And do you know how much did they cost brand new?

What would you love to own? a Mk1 Golf? or South African Spec Citi Golf?

My engine at the moment is a 1.4i , with a 4 into 1 branch and 2 box freeflow exhaust, the motor has 130 000km (+- 80 000 miles?) So its still got some life to it... I would like to put a bigger camshaft, looking at a 272 degree

In the future once I am done with this motor I would probably look at a 2.0 8v, The ultimate goal for this car is to make it a "show car" in a sense but still be able to open it up on the highway

[Tanel]

I would love to own one of these, will keep my eye on your build

But what about the engines ? mk1 ones or something newer? And do you know how much did they cost brand new?

[Wade Lambert]

takes balls to go old school from new spec, well done. were u able to find NOS parts or are they original parts? im from Cape Town BTW

sorry noob question whats NOS? do you mean OEM?

My fenders, grill, mirrors and bumpers are Original...came off different models of mk1's

the gti door vinyls are to spec of the original

The black arches and bumper end caps are reps

I am hopefully to moving to CT in November

[Wade Lambert]

Hey Tanel, they made the South African Spec Citi Golf until 2009

the body was the same as a mk1 just slight changes such as bumpers, grill, L groove on the back panel, etc there is a list of Citi's they made. But now they have completely stopped.

The only way you will make a mk1 is of you do what I did

[Tanel]

Ive heard that they still make mk1 golfs in africa? Dont know what part of it but is that right?