1989 MK2 Golf- bike carbs?

[TomD]

trying to go for a retro look......
This is what it looKs like now.

at bug jam.
But this is the stupid weird stages it went through, ye it looked cack but now it's miles better haha.

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washed, back to blacked and debadged grill now.

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had nowt to do this afternoon, so decided to paint my rear drums black, just as a spruce up tbh.
wire brush all wibblepoo off
wipe with thinners to get oil and rest of rust etc off
paint with engine block heat paint
dry with heat gun
jobs a good un.

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now reppin clear lights and indicators, they were cheap. (now removed)
fronts goin a bit lower.
might be gettin a 7 slat grill off a mate to keep it that classic look.

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fresh boot install as i thought mi box was too big. not the best but it does the job (now has another one at other side thats been built better than this one cos my dad did it, lol)

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quick shop to see how itd look on wires lol
how can you tell where i park at sixth form? the space with the oil slick on it. hahaha

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while i was refurbing wheels

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bit of achievin done

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finally got a chance to wash it and linseed oil all the plastics.






rear lights will be goin so don't complain
7 slat grill comin soon.

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7 slat grill now on
central locking installed now thanks to help from mi dad (Y)

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someone at school was curse word about with a camera when we had a free lesson so told em to take some pics of golf. they're pretty s**t pics tho.

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thursday night i ended up at mi dads work on the ramps sortin the oil leaks out.
it was coming from the sump gasket a tiny bit,
also the dipstick as it had no O ring gromet at the top to stop it comin out
and also the oil breather as the breather filter was too far down at the back of the engine.
all sorted now hopefully.
also, red glass painted bottoms of mi rear lights, need another coat as yet but should look better than the full clears.

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fronts been lowered a bit more now. just need to upload pics when i can be bothered lol
all of these others are off another forum that I'm on. hope you like it

[minbin25]

That is one very tidy golf. Small bumpers and single lights FTW

[ettorebugatti]

Nice wheels! The body looks quite solid too.

Treasure it.

[Stu_B]

Does the linseed oil work then?

The seven slat grill looks much better, I'd lose the wheels & the rear lights for something a bit more OEM+ & introduce your sump to the tarmac.

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its as low as i can deal with tbh, i go and see my mum often and my grandma often and they both live on a road with huge speed bumps, and its a mile long so cba to walk down it lol.
the wheels are better than they were before as the chrome in the middle has been painted.
rear lights- trying to get some 16v ones.

linseed oil- yes it works, i use a paintbrush to put it on and then wipe of the excess with a microfibre. be careful tho because if you leave the brush and cloth in the garage/boot etc covered in the oil it can combust. when iv used mine and finished with em i throw the brush in a coffee jar thats full of water and i soak the microfibre in warm water until it can go in the washing machine.
it is good stuff if you do it right, and cheap too, take your time with it as its an to get off of the paint.
cheers for comments

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bump for original rear lights back on, washed due to some arrrrseholes egging all our cars and house.

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full stainless built, nice sound, quite loud. no loss of power/ back pressure etc as i didnt have stupidly wide pipe. old skool style outward rolled tip.

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