1989 Golf 16v (another dub!)

[andyb]

Joined up the other day after lurking for a while (my brother joined up last year because someone put a flyer on his Volvo at Retro cars show but does not have much time to play on the net) and thought it about time to show you my car, it is as the title says a 1989 Golf gti 16v which is pretty much stock.
The few mods done so far are a mild lowering, a full stainless exhaust and a ITG panel filter.



My plans for the car are to keep it pretty much as it is exterior wise but beef it up in the engine department with the help of either a supercharger or a turbo.
Any comments welcome.

[bodieanddoyle]

andyb said:

mild lowering

understatement of the millenium!!!! looks good tho

[samyboy]

'ukin ell shes low

[Stu]

Hiya, welcome along - I was going to mention the 'mild' lowering too, looks a very low to me! ;D

Is it Helios blue? Looks very tidy indeed!

[Pillock]

get it lower

looking good there, nice to see some subtlety instead of going euro. keep it stock and slam it till it cries
It's also nice to see one that's not Oak Green!

i hear Eaton chargers are cheap on the bay....?

[gotwood]

Very low=very nice,mmmm.

[louis]

Niice, typical dub, low...but not slow.

The top photo looks like the tax disc is stuck on your head!

I'm guessing that that is royal blue metallic, I used to have one that colour, really nice colour, so understated.

[andyb]

Hi thanks for the comments so far keep them coming.
The colour of the car is a non metallic dark blue which i believe is called blue/black, its possibly the rarest colour they came in,i know i haven' seen many others (3 in the last 2 years).

i hear Eaton chargers are cheap on the bay....?

I have an Eaton charger from a mini at home I also have a t3 laying in the garage so need to make my mind up which to use, I'm leaning towards the supercharger at the minute because I like the lazy way that power is produced.

get it lower

You may be joking?? But thats part of my master plan just need to dig up all the local speed bumps and i will be laughing ;D

[dub]

That is brilliant, soooooo low

[penski]

Awesome.

Get it twincharged - Eaton AND T3

Is your bro's Ovlov the red turbo or the v8 estate?

*n

[andyb]

My brothers Volvo was the red 340 which since then has been lowered a little and is now running on Renault 19 rims.

[andyb]

After recently destroying one of my wheels by hitting a brick I was forced to buy a new set, my main problem was too much choice so in the end i went with something that has been done 1000 times before, Mostly because it has been done a 1000 times before and all those people can't be wrong?

Before Brick


After Brick


I think the brick did me a favour!

[Neil]

Brick defo did you a favour!!

Your brothers Vulva looks awesome on those Renner rims too...

[Dave Dorson]

Didn't you and I have a little head to head at the pod a while back?

I was in a ratty Helios blue 8V, really messy hair and a gorgeous but grumpy looking girlfriend ;D

[qwerty]

All hail the brick! Love both motors

[Mike]

Those new rims are spot on! it was damn good before hand, but now its even better!

[Rico.]

Very nice, Love the splittys mate

[andyb]

wow check my super speedy replying skills .
Thanks for the comments.
After having the wheels on the car for just over a week i get less and less sure by the day that the brick did me a favour, The wheels look great but they are such an to keep clean, supose practise makes perfect.

Posted by cappuccinocruiser on May 26, 2006, 9:20am
Didn't you and I have a little head to head at the pod a while back?

I was in a ratty Helios blue 8V, really messy hair and a gorgeous but grumpy looking girlfriend

tis very possible but only if i won otherwise it was another guy with a similar motor LOL.