1984 VW Jetta GLS Automatic

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Some pics from this weekends Gymkarting, I left the camera bag at home thinking I have the 18-55 on but discovered it was the 50mm when I got to the track

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I bought a set of 5 Compomotive CX wheels, the spare wheel looked the best of the batch and was just a bit dirty.

The other 4 needs a lot of TLC but I have decided to attempt it myself, I got some decent quotes for a full refurb but I bought this car with the intentions to do as much as possible myself, I am also still saving for tires, the cheapest price I could get on Pirelli 170/50/13's were R1200 a tire so I have more than enough time to finish these wheels up.

The tools I used for my first DIY attempt below


Here is a picture of the spare wheel before the high preassure wash


After the wash


Some polish to see the condition of the lips and face


This is what the rest of the wheels look like, I have a ton of work


I started with one wheel only, gave it a good wash and then masked the face off to start with the lips, I used the wire brush first and did a small piece, it took all the gunk off the side but it was eating too much into the metal so I stopped, put the drill away and tried with the grinder and flap disks, this was even a bigger farkup so my wife took all the power tools away and I called it a day.

The next day I got home from work and my wife made a concoction of Baking Soda and Vinegar that she had made into a paste and put on the lips, I took it off when I got home and the results were amazing, she also took another wheel and started rubbing it down with Steel Wool, it really is a lot better than the power tools and combined with the paste it took off most of the debris, I am still busy with these and will update once I am happy.

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So I did some panel beating this weekend.

The front valance of the Jetta was in bad shape, unfortunately the lip is part of the body and not a plastic clip on like a chin spoiler on the Golf

I only took out my camera once I was halfway done with the job but here are the pics, I still need to find the correct paint as it is currently only primered with Rustoleum.

I like the bumperless look, would be awesome if there were some Silicone hoses or an external Oil cooler popping through those holes.



The state of the valance


Here I have already straightened the right part.


What it looks like with the Rustoleum


I need to sort out the bumper slide that goes on the right, the one I got from GW was for the newer Citigolf bumpers.


And my spannerboy for the day, not sure he was worth the wages

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Time to start a rides thread, will add all the technical detail and specs later.
It is a 1984 model, Automatic with 199k km on the clock