hey guys,
i'm Tom, 25 from Burton-upon-Trent way and I restore aircooled vw's in castle donington for a living.
Here's my coupe. The story behind it is my dad owned it from about 2001ish until 2009 when it came into my hands, after he brought a new car... and another bike.. and my mum told him to get rid of the coupe, so it dropped into my hands rather than selling it
. here it is shortly after i took ownership.
first job was to remove the rs2 badges
and not alot happened for a few years, as other project came and went, moving out of my rents place and so on, until now.
Not going to be do doing anything crazy to the motor as i know the abc's are virtually untuneable. But my goal is to make it the best car it can be without spending crazy money on the old gal.
I recently upgraded the front brakes to the G60 items,
i had them blasted then i painted them in some brake paint and rebuilt them with all new seals, nipples ect
didn't get a pic of them fitted up but ive been having alot of trouble with them, they just seem shockingly bad. ive tried bleeding the brake over and over. the traditional way, with a pressure bleeder and a vac bleeder but nothing changed. i did get the the (!) light at start up so presumed it was a faulty bomb to blame, lucky my old man brought one a while back but never got round to fitting it. fitted that up, flushed the system and filled with the correct fluid but to no avail. I have a bunch of other plans down the line, such as new quality pads and some braided hoses but if anyone else has and idea to what it might be that would be appreciated.
i'm Tom, 25 from Burton-upon-Trent way and I restore aircooled vw's in castle donington for a living.
Here's my coupe. The story behind it is my dad owned it from about 2001ish until 2009 when it came into my hands, after he brought a new car... and another bike.. and my mum told him to get rid of the coupe, so it dropped into my hands rather than selling it
. here it is shortly after i took ownership.first job was to remove the rs2 badges
and not alot happened for a few years, as other project came and went, moving out of my rents place and so on, until now.
Not going to be do doing anything crazy to the motor as i know the abc's are virtually untuneable. But my goal is to make it the best car it can be without spending crazy money on the old gal.
I recently upgraded the front brakes to the G60 items,
i had them blasted then i painted them in some brake paint and rebuilt them with all new seals, nipples ect
didn't get a pic of them fitted up but ive been having alot of trouble with them, they just seem shockingly bad. ive tried bleeding the brake over and over. the traditional way, with a pressure bleeder and a vac bleeder but nothing changed. i did get the the (!) light at start up so presumed it was a faulty bomb to blame, lucky my old man brought one a while back but never got round to fitting it. fitted that up, flushed the system and filled with the correct fluid but to no avail. I have a bunch of other plans down the line, such as new quality pads and some braided hoses but if anyone else has and idea to what it might be that would be appreciated.
its a pleasure to sit in there now.
this carbon imitation looks cheap 
yeah they have a built in amp and come with a volume controller that I've hidden in the under steeringwheel dash tray so it's fully adjustable from the drivers seat. I just made a bracket out of 3mm steal that uses the original screw, that holds the spare in, to secure it. I made it in 2pieces so i can unscrew the sub from the bracket easily incase I need to get to the spare.
Looks a very nice project and love the subtle mods your doing keep up the good work
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