80 dadwagon

[marathontom]

Hey guys.

Picked up myself a new project daily lastnight. Bit roapy round the edges but everything saveable right.....?





Super faded paint work but other than a few dings its all there so should mop up really nice.



It's been sat for 18months so all of the brakes need a rebuild as there's a couple seized up. So I'm guessing now is the best time to give it a brake upgrade.

Does anyone out there have their old g60 s2 callipers knocking around?

I'm also after an s2/v6 front bumper and s2 avant rear bumper and an avant rear offside outer tail light.

Cheers guys.
Tom

[1781cc]

Ha ha, welcome to the club I did exactly the same as you and almost have an S2 rep now! Great cars, wholly recommend the EGR blank, a new N75 and a full inlet clean out, then you will be back up to full power, trust me, the sheet you will find in there is brutal.

Fantastic daily driver!

[bluequattro]

I ve a set of v6 cab front calipers which will do
Plus a set of 10 spoke alloys coming up at the weekend

[marathontom]

Ha ha, welcome to the club I did exactly the same as you and almost have an S2 rep now! Great cars, wholly recommend the EGR blank, a new N75 and a full inlet clean out, then you will be back up to full power, trust me, the sheet you will find in there is brutal.

Fantastic daily driver!

Thanks for the advice mate, all the above are on the list after its put through an mot.

[marathontom]

I ve a set of v6 cab front calipers which will do
Plus a set of 10 spoke alloys coming up at the weekend

as long as there the s2 g60 callipers mate id be very interested as ive got discs and pads that were spares for the coupe. let me know when you have them for sale pal.

[marathontom]

had a bit of spare time to kill tonight so i gave polishing the bonnet a go and its coming up great!





here are the two together. I cant wait to get some v6/s2 bumpers for the old girl! shes crying out for them





time for a beer

[dominator]

Very nice daily project!I bought b4 tdi month ago, you can see it now.





I believe it is the best vision for the car!

[dominator]

Wish you great moments driving the car!

[marathontom]

I believe it is the best vision for the car!

Looks fantastic! Can't wait to start giving mine some love. What wheels are they? And what are there sizes?

[marathontom]

Worked on the wagon a bunch today, freed off what I initially thought was seized brake pistons but as soon as the front wheels came off it was clear the problem was the naff 14" steels wernt just catching on the callipers but were fully mullering them!





Deep joy! Nothing too bad but I went though the brakes anyway and cleaned up all the rust and greesed up the slider pins and pads. Whacked on a spare set of coupe gt speedlines to get it through the mot which should be Tuesday hopfully so fingers crossed.

A quick question, should there be a piece of trim or seal here in between the front and rear doors, its the same the other side too.



Thanks for looking,
Tom

[shaun5]

A quick question, should there be a piece of trim or seal here in between the front and rear doors, its the same the other side too.



Thanks for looking,
Tom[/QUOTE]

In a word no.

[marathontom]

I replaced a split cv boot lastnight after work and put the old girl through its first mot in 3 years today and it flew through with only a couple of small advisories that I knew about. such as a broken indicator lense and different size wheels front to rear. Super happy! Now on with the fun stuff!

[marathontom]

A buddy of mine at work had these left over from an unfinished project so they landed in my lap



So I set about making some coilovers from the strut I took off my v6 coupe when doing a full sus refresh.



Started by stripping them down and unsiezing the shock retaining cap and cutting off the crusty drop links.



Then I chopped the original spring seats off ready for the threaded collars.



But my fun was short lived as the coilover conv kit is for 50mm struts not 55 so ill be ordering some threaded collars tonight.

[stanirish]

love it

This is what I think I'm going to be doing as well, only downside I have, is that I had to sell the S2 !!

[marathontom]

I'm really struggling trying to find 55mm ID threaed collars for my struts. Can anyone point me in the right direction?