Sily Räbit - The SwallowTale

I'll keep an eye out for 16v's for you. Never had one myself, have always had 8v's because they were cheaper.

laith wrote:I'll keep an eye out for 16v's for you. Never had one myself, have always had 8v's because they were cheaper.

well i have a 8v, but im thinking it maybe cheaper/ a little easier to go with a 16v since i have all the wiring and mounts for a 16v along with a head, which im not sure is any good. and i also have an intake set up. so, i don't know, i want this thing to move but I never have rode in an 8v mk1, so im not sure what im working with. I'm not looking for drag fast, but just fun to drive fast. if i keep the 8v i'll deff put a carb on it just to make it old skool

nice job- crazy how much the car was messed up from 2001 until now

not alot of progress to be seen but its there.

what i worked on...
smoothed bay some more, removed the tar paper sound deading (took for ever!)

(guide to body filler...apply, sand off 90%,repeat.....)




fixed some surprise rust


filled the rear markers



now they are gone! yay! (but still need smoothing out more)


sorry pics are terrible, I cant remember my camera!

thanks for looking, comments/concerns/advice is appreciated

zabo wrote:nice job- crazy how much the car was messed up from 2001 until now

yea, it was a show car back in the day... but some of the POs let it go, the last owner started on it and gave up, so i'm hoping to get this little back out on the road!

I found some Enkei 92s quickly i think they will help keep the cars look in its time period. two of the wheels have some curb rash but one if just cosmetic and the other is straight up bent, so i'll have to see about getting it fixed. any recomendations on wheel shops? the tires are way to big for my use so they will be taken off and some 165 45s will replace them (did i mention the car will be slammed?) I cleaned up the lips on the wheels tonight and painted one of them to see what it would look like, i painted it a pastel white, i'm thinking i'll probably go with a pure white instead (glad i didnt have time to do all of them, seeing as i just changed my mind, changing timing belt/water pump on the jetta took most of the day)

pics



with center caps

What size are the wheels Mike?

They are 15" and either 6.5" or 7" wide I'm not sure at the moment, but I should find out tomarrow hopefully I'll have time to get the tires taken off, they have an offset of 35

got some more work done today. had the tires dismounted and found out the wheels are 15x6 et35 which gives me more room than i originally thought i had (which is a good thing!) so i took some mock up pics




and finally i pulled out the paint gun, not bad for my first sray sessesion (using a real setup neway aka "non-aresol" lol)
im gunna post a lot pics cuz the color is hard to capture, it really brightens in sunlight its l51c miami blue btw







it will need another coat as i missed some spots but owell, but it looks much better to me
i also started dissembling the engine

let me know what you guys think

a few more paint pics on the Bucket (<- Link)

Looks good! I am very familiar with miami blue. My buddy had his bug that color. Keep up the progress!

Just saw this 16v motor on craigslist:

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/pts/1480675914.html

laith wrote:Just saw this 16v motor on craigslist:

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/pts/1480675914.html

u better take that man or i may

Go for it dude I just don't have the cash right now and thanks for the heads up laith

i wanna put it in a 89 jetta i have find one

i always have to ask my finacial adviser(grandpa) for everything to do w/ cars haha

$300 seems like a steal to me. If I wasn't knee deep in 8v parts I would go for it.

buggin70 if you buy it and don't want/need the tranny let me know.

laith wrote:$300 seems like a steal to me. If I wasn't knee deep in 8v parts I would go for it.

buggin70 if you buy it and don't want/need the tranny let me know.

ok
i can do that im gunna try to get a jetta or golf that is allready manual that i can just drop in in

laith wrote:$300 seems like a steal to me. If I wasn't knee deep in 8v parts I would go for it.

buggin70 if you buy it and don't want/need the tranny let me know.

hey laith do you happen to have any carb intakes laying around in that knee deep pile or possibly a rebuild kit or know where I can get one?

Sorry, no carb stuff. For rebuild kits, you might try busdepot.com or thepartsbin.com.

You've prob seen this, but:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Golf-Rabbit-Scirocco-Jetta-32-36-DFEV-WEBER-Carb-Kit_W0QQitemZ250296530861QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3a46d5f7ad

actually i haven't but you can get the same kit from redline for like 350 but thanks for the heads up, christmas shopping is eating me money! lol so i'll have to wait on the carb. and my parents say they are not buying presents for the car (something about a gallon of paint not looking all that great under the tree )

got a little bit done today...

polished on the wheels and started painting another one

i cut down an old bumper i had, mostly for s&(#@* and giggles, but i kinda like how it turned out, definitely needs more work but i plan on doin the same for the rear until i can afford to get small euros
and finally i just set some parts back on the car to build up some motivation, body work is taking a toll, i cant seem to get it straightened out owell

got alittle done today, my buddy Nathan stopped by to check out the rabbit, and after talking bout it for a while, i was ready to get to work!!!

got this in the mail, so i can get rid of the remaining rust and finish up the bodywork


so naturally i welded it in





i also welded up the bumper mounts and now they are done (no pics, sorry) just gotta smooth out the bumpers now

it's been awhile since ive posted but i have made some major progress, hoping this may liven up the thread!

since ive been out of school i have replaced the two rear corners of the car and completed the rest of the body work, and for xmas my parents gave me a box of paint! yippeee!

so naturally i dug out a heater, and started priming the car, blocked it and started laying the color (l51c Miami Blue) with help from my buddy Blake

so this is what i ended up with... i still need to do some wet sanding and buffing (a lot of orange peel) but i think for our first paint job it turned out great! there are some runs but they will buff out fairly easy...

on to the pics

















and naturally i had put some chrome on it and a few other things









more on the photobucket, comments welcome

Enjoy

Looks great! Cant wait to see it on the road

Wow man, that is looking good. Great work!

WOW - WOW - WOW

You did WAY better than the one and only time I have tried to paint a car!

Good to see a ressurected Wabbit!

Good luck and it looks great!
Wet sanding will really make it shine!

KC