Just back from trying to get my tracking/geometry done having changed more or less all the steering and suspension on my 1.6 petrol. The guys at the garage told me that it was impossible to do as there was not enough adjustment on the track rods. they unscrewed the track rod ends until the thread dropped out but still not enough to get things lined up.
Does this ring any bells for anyone?
My first though was that there might be two different length and i'd fitted the short one but a quite look doesn't show up any different length parts.
Something could be bent somewhere but seems unlikely as I've just changed everything.
Any thoughts wlecome - had a search for old threads but didn't throw anything up.
I've found a golf in the local scrappers with a nice clean headliner but its a 5 door and mine's a 3. I've had a look at parts numbers that I can find and only found 1 number, but I see some sellers on ebay as selling different ones for different models. Or can I cut it down to fit? I imagine that a 5 door is a bit smaller along the edge where the back door goes than a 3 so it would be more possible to cut a 3 door to fit a 5 but not vice versa... Any info greatly appreciated
Hi folks First post on the forum I've been restoring a 1.6 petrol 3 door that somebody gave me for the last year or so. It had some fire damage to its paintwork having been parked next to a car that was on fire briefly, before being moved, and was in a sorry state mechanically but is otherwise fairly sound. I'm nearing the end and I've done more or less everything, and I'm now trying to replace the rubber strips/mouldings that run up the side of the windscreen and along each edge of the roof to the top of the tailgate. Item 30 here: https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/golf/go/1989-92/8/853-168010/#30
Judging by the mess I made of getting them off I'm sure I'm going to have loads of people saying "Noooo, just leave them - too difficult to put back on straight, can't find them as replacement parts" etc, but the thing is the fire damage had wrecked them so I kindof have to replace them. Them problem is the metal U channel in the middle and trying not to bend it out of shape...
Any advice on where I can find a replacement set?
Or any advice on taking them off in such a was as to not bend/warp them too much if i manage to find a car being broken.
