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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Bottletops - were they ever a dealer/factory upgrade to the 8v
Doesn't help with the bottletops but found this info today although I had to edit it......

85-ish changes:
dual tip exhausts on GTI models
dual exhaust cutout on rear lower valance introduced
MK1 style side stripes dropped
side repeaters added
single washer tank/pump instead of separate bottles/pumps for front/rear
GTI downpipe changed from 'toilet bowl' to 6 stud flange

Late 86 16v introduced.

Late 87 changes:
5 slat grill replaces old 7 slat grill
front 'GTI' & 'GTI 16v' grill badge font & clip design changed
left side rear 'VW' roundel & 'Volkswagen' badges removed, larger central 'VW' roundel with indent in panel introduced, right side 'Golf' badge font changed
single piece glass front doors replace 2 piece MK1 style doors, mirror moved to front of door
digifant injection replaces k-jet on 8v models
chunkier stalks introduced
wiper arms swapped to the other side on RHD models
chunky rubbing strips
bonnet & washer jets changed
better quality dash fitted to all models as standard?
steering wheel changed to single button
jack panel modified with a little extra webbing material to floorpan area
wiper loom hole enlarged, presumably so the extra plugs that pass through here for ECU looms can fit through easier

88-89 changes:
digifant engines now have a blue 2 pin push fit ECU coolant temp sender, earlier models have a white threaded 2 pin sender
large spline wheel column adaptors start being fitted
handbrake lever & mount bracket, cables & rear calipers changed
light switch changed to 11 pin
16vs got red/black tinted rear clusters, also on 8v '1 in 10 million' edition
256mm brakes on 16v
2 piece plastic timing belt cover

89-90 changes (90 spec):
CE2 fusebox introduced
complete wiring loom changed
engine management loom hole on scuttle to rain tray area behind coil moved
front wings all have 2 holes for big bumper brackets
hazard switch moved to top of steering column
dash clocks now have 1 plug instead of 2
coolant level sensor control relay removed, now internal to clocks (except with Digifiz & early Jetta CE2 which had CE1 clocks, relay is moved to fusebox)
16vs got plain rubber injector lines instead of braided
thin rubbing strips, sill trims & front fogs on GTIs
big bumpers on GTIs & GLs
outer column housing
ignition lock housing, ignition switch & stalks
fusebox holder brackets
driver side dash under tray
fusebox cover
boot carpet made of foam instead of carpet
back panel on rear seats made of painted fibre board rather than carpeted
colour coded boot plinth on GTI
wiper spindles are thicker
header tank, lower hose, cap, level sender, level sender plug & mounting bracket
longer gearbox earth to a stud on engine->gearbox mounting bolt introduced
lower engine bay heat shield on 8v GTI models
sidelight holders have different plug
front indicators have different plug
horn loom has different plug
reverse switch has different plug

later 90 model improvements:
key in ign live for stereo
chunky plastic scuttle & ecu covers
side impact bars in doors
loom tape instead of thick plastic sheathing stuff
stainless sunroof deflector arms
jack panel modified with wider egg shaped dimple

MK2 production dates/chassis number spread
01.08.1983 - 19-E-300001
31.07.1992 - 1G-N-300000
hard data on chassis number production dates for major shell changes:
31.07.1987 - 19-H-990000 - last month early doors were fitted
31.07.1988 - 19-JB200000/19-JW990000 - last month of Typ-19 production (JBxx means made in Brussels, JWxx means made in Wolfsburg)
01.08.1988 - 1G-KB000001/1G-KW000001 - first Typ 1G chassis rolls off the production line
??.11.1988 - 1G-KB075001/1G-KW240001 - 256mm brakes fitted to 16v
??.12.1988 - 1G-K-400001 - CE2 electrics fitted to Jetta
01.08.1989 - 1G-L-000001 - CE2 electrics fitted to Golf
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Bottletops - were they ever a dealer/factory upgrade to the 8v
You are probably right, just around 1989/90 when I bought my first 16v, well first VW it was just over 3 years old and had only seen 16v's up to that point with BT's and it was the one I wanted and I saw loads of 8v's as of course they had been around a few years before the 16v, so if they were offered it was from 86 as mine was one of the first in the UK on a D plate Aug 86 up until they went big bumper maybe in 89, as you say by then 15's were available.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Bottletops - were they ever a dealer/factory upgrade to the 8v
As far as I can remember I think they stopped the bottletops around the time they switched the qtr light windows late 87, my 86 16v I had in 90 had them but I never saw an 8v with them, think they were specific to 16v, also to KJet pre digi cars.

If yours is 88 then it's an E or F reg and could be K Jet/Digi E reg or Digi F reg, if K Jet then it would be acceptable for bottletops if it's digi then Le Castellets would be correct.

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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Polybush Top Mounts
I never found the Bonraths to be crashy to be honest but then it was the only poly bushes I had on the car as you I was constantly replacing the rubber ones, they split and allowed the shock to drop, the Bonrath ones are still on the car as good as new.
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General Chat / Re: Beloved...
I was pretty anal with mine, every receipt I spent on parts, every MOT (never failed), both keys and keyfobs, every original part kept, service book fully stamped to the point I started writing in the back of the book with dates and stuff that was done, previous V5 slip, only had one owner before me, well technically 2 as it was a company car that the bloke who used it bought from the company, full wallet with all the manuals as well.

Owned for 20 years!!