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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / My beetle “S”
Had a good day out today, taxed it and used my COVID 19 mot extension...its ticking away nicely now ,  Mrs H wants me to sell it... not easy to think about on a sunny day .

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General Chat / Blue square with a number one in it
Hiya, I have a blue square with a number 1 in it at the top left of the page... sometimes directly below the home button... can’t think of anyone who would want to give me one , anybody know what it means?
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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / My Audi shopping cart .
Copied across from the old site ... sorry if it’s boring

2016

Because I want to be Monkey when I grow up I recently sold my lovely old gold E30 shopping cart , might also have been something to do with Mrs H hating its brown velour interior... Had a TT a few years ago and loved it , it was a roadster and I always thought the tin top was prettier ...
so after a bit of research and a long search finally acquired a V6 coupe with a manual gearbox, heard so many nightmare stories about the dsg box I sought out the manual which took a while as only one in ten are manual

Its a 2004 3.2 in black with silver leather interior, I would have preferred black leather and intended to source a black interior but the silver has grown on me .


As it was after an initial jet wash to remove mould











For some time been thinking of putting the golf back onto its original dealer reg and plates, number swap Then after a few hours with lotions and creams...







Then a few days later went to a drive like a nob around a Costa evening and came away with a tripod wheeling johnny’s photo



Got my Dear old Mum knitted me a colour coated replacement for the beige number ....





Have Added an Oem drink holder and hens teeth coat hangers , not everyone’s cup of tea
 




Came out one morning and some angry trick or treaters had mat vinyl Matt wrapped it





Summer baby came out for a family shot, I am a spoilt brat sometimes





 ... previous comments mentioned the VW R32, thingy wouldn’t swap mine for one, don’t like blue golfs .

Such a pretty thing love looking at it, doesn’t sound too bad either, a pox upon those who kill them ( you know who you are)



That’s all up to date now I think









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OEM / First geekiness
rubjonny wrote:
ok here are all the changes i have found so far:

85ish 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

late 87 changes:
16v introduced
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

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):
almost all car loom changed
engine management loom hole on rain tray 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
fusebox
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
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
and for those really geeky people, you know the ones clarkson moans about :lol:

MK2 production dates/chassis number spread
01.08.1983 - 19-E-300001 (why not 000001? germans eh :lol:)
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 typ19 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

Note above, lesser known fact jettas got CE2 first, back in 1988! They also had CE1 clocks for a short while. Same time the Corrado was available for testing by the press


tony_ack wrote:
Put this together a while ago in the OEM section, mix this and Johnny's and you've probably got a decent list.

1983 - MK2 Golf introduced with C, CL and GL models available with 1.3, 1.6 and 1.8 carb engines
1984 (1) - MK2 Golf GTI introduced with K-jet mechanical injection 1.8 engine, p-slot alloy wheels as standard.
1984 (2) - GTI gets twin tailpipe exhaust and front spot lights
1985 (1) - GTI Side trims changed from MK1-style decals to stick-on rub strips, MK1 interiors dropped from GTI, black/grey and black/red strip interiors introduced, Lhasa green dropped from colour options
1985 (2) - Wing badges on all models changed for side repeaters, 1.3 gets transistored ignition system, all 1.6 and 1.8 models swap from solid to hydraulic lifters, GTI loses MPG indicator on clocks, new exhaust manifold/downpipe design for GTI, deep splitter introduced for GTI
1986 - 16v GTI introduced, 'Montreal' alloys introduced as standard on 16v, option on 8v, Mars red replaced by Tornado red, electric windows, electric mirrors and central locking added to option list
1987 - All models swap to single piece front window, mirrors moved forward, 7-slat grille replaced by 5-slat grille, rub strips widened (now clip on), all models get RHD wipers, boot washer bottle removed in favour of single washer bottle, GTI interiors replaced with 'Sportcheck' pattern, P-slots no longer standard on GTI, and dropped from options list, PAS introduced as an option, changes to 8v GTI fuel delivery system (k-jet to Digifant), changes to rear badge lettering, 16v gets 256mm front brakes, changes to handbrake design, GTI steering wheel design changed.
1988 - Campaign models introduced in Oak Green, Helios Blue, and Black Metallic, with 'Rainbow' interior trim
1989 - CE2 electronics introduced on all models, big bumpers for GTI and GL models, with thinner side trims and side skirts, GTI gets front fogs and central locking as standard, 16v gets PAS, smoked rear lights, 15" BBS RA alloys, Rainbow Interior and bee-sting aerial as standard, 16v inlet manifold changed from 42mm to 50mm, bigger airbox on 16v, 6-speaker sound system added to options list, G60 and Rallye models introduced in LHD only, Ryder model introduced, sportcheck interiors dropped from 8v GTI for 'Ultraviolet' interiors. Helios Blue and Jade Green dropped, Royal Blue, Calypso Blue, Calypso Green and Pearl Grey colour options added, Oak Green now an option on the GTI
1991 - 16v gets electric windows as standard, all models get side impact bars, Driver comes with choice of 1.8 carb engine, Bright Blue Metallic colour option introduced on 8v GTI, Rallye model dropped.
1992 - 8v GTI gets electric windows, rainbow interior, smoked rear lights and 15" BBS RAs as standard, different hornpush on all GTI models
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New Members Say Hi! / Grandfather calling ....
One of the oldies on here , called Mark but come up on here as Damien.wrl, that’s another story... one of the OEM facists... I am on here because I have an 88 Alpine White 8v Gti called Vincent Van Golf ... Hope to see you all sometime xxx
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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / RICER ....blooming air cooled.
                     TRANSFERRED FROM OLD SITE THREE YEARS OF CLEANING

For those who might be interested....probably only Eddypeck ......a Ricer none the less
Hopefully getting this home in a few days..... 1976 Kawasaki z1000 , American import (lhd) 4K miles  ..Had one 12 years ago, tripled in value since I sold it...... all original, plenty to clean on it





Can’t imagine ever wanting to sell it but I Don’t think I will lose money on it , it’s never going to be a concours blinged  up show bike as it’s only done 4K miles and has A sort of old newness which I don’t want to lose......

Had a great afternoon though...yep my kinda heaven 41 years of grime gone







Another good day, more stripping and cleaning, grease under the chain guard must have been 1/2” thick.. cleaned up really well, bit of paint touching up and a wax tomorrow

Sorry about all the pics but I am having a great time , the bike is amazing , not a show winner but so original ....








Nearly done, sprayed the underside of the mudguards hamerite smooth silver , looks better than the rust, almost all back together , just a final coat of wax and some number plates if dvla will sort out their shizzle ..
For those who were interested in the cleaning, I came across a cheap top tip... bit of degreaser and a scrub with aluminium foil works wonders, even on rust in chrome ...





Almost there ....it’s too knocked about  to have had a rebuild in the last 20 years so pretty convinced it looks a genuine 4K miler... love it



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Members' Cars / Vinnie 35k miles OEM OCD Apline white 8v Gti
          COLLECTION OF POSTS FROM THE OLD SITE

2008
Hello there this is Vincent Van Golf my MK2 Gti,34k miles from new and all original, bought it two years ago 2008 and have spent 18 months cleaning it, taken off bucket loads of waxoyl and cleaned in weird places...


Vinnie As I got him, all original non restored,




After many hours of cleaning , waxoyl/knuckle stripping,personal plate and 14" bbs ras


























As he is now on bottletops trying to look hard without coillies,neons,crystals or M3 mirrors (still not sure wether bottletops or ra's)(note the defogged spots)............



went mad recently... cleaned a bit couldnt stop, shoot me now I have lost the plot