86 mk2

[jrcanes55]

What's with all this VW Business? I thought your life was like basically //M

Dude you're so wrong. That's me

[tricha02]

Nice mk2 man. If you need a front grill I hve one sitting in my garage.

if you have a 7 slat i will trade you my brand new 5 slat, where are you located?

[DaCabrioGuy]

Nice mk2 man. If you need a front grill I hve one sitting in my garage.

[tricha02]

No need for apoligies, i should have explained my comment right away.
Thanks man. I didnt realize at first that you put that much work into car already. Good to know now

Try that liquid shoe shine stuff. If used it on the flares my buddy's mk3 GTI which tend to fade similarly. You probably have to repeat it a few times until the plastic is all saturated.

Have you though about a respray? You can get excellent results at home with single stage paint and some knowledge. Flat red looks really good too and has a nice vintage touch. It's also cheap and even easier to do at home.

You might know this car. I think it looks fine



You could also respray just the lower part of the doors using can spray paint and matte clear.

yea ive had it for a while, i just didnt think it belonged here till i realized my frame is actually low, until now i would always looka at it and think it was too high but with the new 13s i think its down enough

as far as a full respray im not a huge fan of taking away original paint, i did my bmw in the back yard, and learned a lot, i would like to try again just not on this car, if it had been resprayed before i would be down all day, i have buffed it before and it brings back the shine like it was new, i just need to be better about keeping up with it

i may redo the bottom of the doors, but it would have to be a perfect match, the rust spots all have neutralizer and clear on them now so im not too worried about spreading

What's with all this VW Business? I thought your life was like basically //M

yea, i wish that had actually been my M and not alex's he got so much shit for that on bf.c too, i should make a new one for his fiver, but its just too clean

[DinanDave]

Love the street sign faring!!!!

[aaron22]

What's with all this VW Business? I thought your life was like basically //M

[G535]

No need for apoligies, i should have explained my comment right away.
Thanks man. I didnt realize at first that you put that much work into car already. Good to know now

Try that liquid shoe shine stuff. If used it on the flares my buddy's mk3 GTI which tend to fade similarly. You probably have to repeat it a few times until the plastic is all saturated.

Have you though about a respray? You can get excellent results at home with single stage paint and some knowledge. Flat red looks really good too and has a nice vintage touch. It's also cheap and even easier to do at home.

You might know this car. I think it looks fine



You could also respray just the lower part of the doors using can spray paint and matte clear.

[tricha02]

I didnt mean to offend you, man. Sorry about that.

First thing i'd start with is put a grill in instead of rocking a zip tied VW badge. Next would be taking car of the faded flares. A heatgun works pretty good from what ive heard. I used shoe shine on my lip though. Same goes for the bumpers.

Personally i'd remove the antenna ball and aftermarket fog lights, but its your car and style so what do i know. At least tuck those wires somwhere please.
Also, whats goin on with the black stripe on the side? Is it left over adhesive from the rubstrips?

I'd also take care of the crack metal sheet under the front bumper and the rust bubbling through on the passenger's door.

Polished up wheel caps wouldnt look bad either.

I dont mean everybody should do a full restoration and i'd never troll people because they have less money to dump into their cars than others.

At last i'd like to say that my car looked nothing like it looks now when i bought it. I changed, replaced, restored or added almost anything you can see.

youre good man, i think i was drunk when i wrote that, i know what you mean, with the grill, i honestly didnt want to cut the tabs of my brand new grill, because the front end is warped to where they dont fit, but i decided that it only cost me $10 so after exams when i go home im putting the grill on.
i have heat gunned the flares, but it has been a while, and it does fade, ill do that over winter break too
as for the fogs i got them because the headlights blow, but being that i got them at harbor freight they also blow, they are gone now
wheels havnt been cleaned since i bought them, i think im going to paint them and then try to get some old baby moon beetle caps to polish, since these are already pretty dented
the black lines are where i painted over the old adhesive, because it wouldnt come off, i plan on bringing those lines all the way to the flares and buffing the paint again

i didnt mean to attack you either man your corrado is nice, sorry

[G535]

explain please, the paint is 10 fold better than when i received it, there is rust, but i am in no situation to go full out restore on it. besides missing the grill which i have im not sure how you are in a situation to say that unless you have seen the pos motor and the rust on the passenger floor, im usually cool with internet criticism but when it is not the least bit constructive or informed its worthless, yea its not the best mk2 out there, probably one of the worst intact, sorry i didnt buy a mint corrado, not that i dont like your car, but jesus people these days.end rant
sorry about that peoples

I didnt mean to offend you, man. Sorry about that.

First thing i'd start with is put a grill in instead of rocking a zip tied VW badge. Next would be taking car of the faded flares. A heatgun works pretty good from what ive heard. I used shoe shine on my lip though. Same goes for the bumpers.

Personally i'd remove the antenna ball and aftermarket fog lights, but its your car and style so what do i know. At least tuck those wires somwhere please.
Also, whats goin on with the black stripe on the side? Is it left over adhesive from the rubstrips?

I'd also take care of the crack metal sheet under the front bumper and the rust bubbling through on the passenger's door.

Polished up wheel caps wouldnt look bad either.

I dont mean everybody should do a full restoration and i'd never troll people because they have less money to dump into their cars than others.

At last i'd like to say that my car looked nothing like it looks now when i bought it. I changed, replaced, restored or added almost anything you can see.

[tricha02]

hey so update
actually i did nothing
but god decided the car would look better without a rearview mirror, so he put an invisible bump and removed it for me
i like it, but driving without that mirror is so weird
ima keep it off unless i get pulled, but keep it with me so i can be like ooh im so sorry officer it just fell off

[animal]

man, your mk2 looks like it has been the free hooker for your local vw crew LOL

Please goto the yard and grab any mk2 aero grill, and even if all the tabs are broken, zip tie it on and the car will already look a lot better.
edit: you got the grill! nice.

like the steelies!

[ULY]

so much going on here lol, love it

[jrcanes55]

Put the stupid turn up on it already.

[tricha02]

This thing needs some love. Now.

explain please, the paint is 10 fold better than when i received it, there is rust, but i am in no situation to go full out restore on it. besides missing the grill which i have im not sure how you are in a situation to say that unless you have seen the pos motor and the rust on the passenger floor, im usually cool with internet criticism but when it is not the least bit constructive or informed its worthless, yea its not the best mk2 out there, probably one of the worst intact, sorry i didnt buy a mint corrado, not that i dont like your car, but jesus people these days.end rant
sorry about that peoples

Looks pretty good,

but did you by chance buy this out of East TN?

it honestly could be from there, im the 5th owner that i know of, the guy before me did some sketchy stuff and only had it it for a bit before selling it to me. odo hasn't moved in 7 years (except the 3 miles it moved round trip to sowo) and its at 230,000
anyone could tell me that this is their old car and i wouldn't doubt them

[Hayden]

Looks pretty good,

but did you by chance buy this out of East TN?