VW Cabriolet Project for the wifey

[juicedz4]

So Ive been busy buying parts, but havent had much time to get any real work done, well not as much as Id like anyway.

Stuff that has come in:

Wheels and tires
Walbro fuel pump
New fuel filters
Rear shocks and mounts
Rear axle beam bushigns
Scriocco ebrake cables (already had the rest of the disc swap parts)
Smoked headlights
H4 Hi/Low HID kit

I have the rear suspension completely out, stripped down and in the back of the GTI. Im dropping it off for powder tonight. Rear calipers are all sandblasted and ready to be rebuilt and painted.

I worked on the engine wiring harness a little more, but nothign to see.

Few pics of the new stuff and progress:

16"s from DTD with 205/40 Azenis … $614 total after rebates

Yep, Ill be that guy to put HIDs in a non projector housing. Truth is she’ll prob rarely drive at night anyway.

Empty, except for that stock exhaust that I need to get off soon.

Stripped beam with one caliper test fit.

Things I need to order soon:

Rear braided brake lines and adaptors
Plug wires (will have to be custom - Magnecor?)
Gaskets and timing parts for motor

Im hoping to get the walbro and the new fuel stuff in and also the rear undbody painted up before the suspension comes back from powder.

Then I need to pull the motor, pull the dash etc out and start on the engine bay work.

Dan

[LUKE_L]

Nice progress.

I thougt about painting my Car Anthracite (Toyota Slate Grey equivalent). It is such a nice color. But decided to stick with OEM Super Red II repaint.

[juicedz4]

Saturday I picked up the axle beam, spring cups, etc from the powder coater.

Yesterday I pulled the gas tank, fuel pump, filter etc. Also got the stock exhaust off.

Tonight I started cleaning the rear underside of the chassis. I got the drivers wheel well basically ready for paint. I just need to sandblast and prime a couple tiny spots of surface rust. I pulled the filler neck and scraped all the dirt and crap out of the passenger side and thought about how to mount the new walbro inline pump.

I pulled the rear sections of the clipper kit off along with a couple pounds of sand and dirt and rocks.

Oh, I also got the Reiger front lip from WRD. :tup:

Empty

Only a couple little spots of surface rust.

So not clean.

This weeks goal is to get the rear end cleaned up, painted, and maybee the new fuel pump and filters etc back in.

Id love to start assembling the rear suspension too, but we’ll see.

Dan

[juicedz4]

Busy nite tonight. I got the rust cleaned up and primed well. Finished cleaning up the drivers wheel well and almost all of the rest of the underside. I just need to really wash behind the tire well super good, degrease and finish the paint. Ill probabaly finish that up once spring comes and I can roll the car outside. At least now I can get the gas tank, fuel system and suspension back in!

With any luck I may start reassembling things friday nite, or monday

Dan

[Jam]

what did you use for the rust? por 15?

[brent_strong]

DAMN that looks good.

[reliant_turbo]

the usual hammerite?

looking good.

brian

[juicedz4]

For the rust, since it was just some light surface rust, I just ground the shit out of it and used some heavy rust primer I had around. Then everything got painted with Duplicolor truck bed liner in a spray can (two of them).

Thanks Brent! It took me until like 12:45 but I managed to finish enough to start putting it back together!.

Dan

[juicedz4]

Managed to get the rear shock/springs assembled tonight.

And the rear stub axles, bearings and discs all on and ready to go.

I planned on installing the gas tank tonight as well, but when I got it out of the shed and took a close look at it, the seams arent looking too good. I may just bite the bullet and put a new tank in now while its already out etc.

Probably make a decision in the am.

Dan

[juicedz4]

Ordered the gas tank today. Hopefully it will be here before the weekend.

Finished bead blasting the calipers, rebuilt and painted them up along with the carriers.

Also cleaned up and paitned the hardware for the axle beam and assembled that.

Quiet night tonight.

Dan

[juicedz4]

New gas tank showed up yesterday. I wont be able to get it painted until sat am. I did get the beam mounting brackets bolted up and figured out the brake lines and fittings I need for the rear. With any luck Ill have the tank and rear suspesnion back in this weekend.

Dan

[juicedz4]

Acutaly had time to get the tank and rear suspension in today. Up next, rear brakes, lines and ebrake cables. Tomorrow nite.

New gastank painted and in.

Rear suspension in

Dan

[Anonymity]

ru the man that has found the 25ith hour in the day? looks great! but how do u have the time?

[juicedz4]

I work like 2-3 nites a week, depending on what the wife is up to, from like 8:30-12:30. Occasionally I get a few hours on sat or sunday.

I dont sleep much …

Dan

[turbojohnny]

wow, I’m not really a vw fan, but this build is amazing. I love how clean everything is.

[glitch]

After soo much effort and time into this car I would never let a woman drive it, lol. Looking good though.

[newman]

Looks really nice Dan!!!

Hope your pressure bleeder works out.

[juicedz4]

Got the rear calipers, pads, and ebrake cables on last night. Also got the tank vent lines, etc all back on. I also started working on the fuel pump filter etc.

Dan

[Karter]

how are both your builds not best of nyspeed ?

[chemicalbro13]

amazing work man…and if you need any little vw stuff i have 3 mk2’s and 2 mk1’s and ill hook you up becuase this is amazing work:bowrofl: