[N1tr0_9]

Oh my god. Totally forgot to update this thread. In a very short summary, car is done. I was gonna sell it and probably still will but in the short term ill be keeping it as its so much fun.

The car is now famous, as not only did i continue doing all the videos on youtube myself, but it was actually test driven for teh Furious Driving channel. Ill put a link to the Video below.

After i got it back from the bodyshop i basically refitted everything. I ended up buying all new lights at the front as having one new bright shiny one at one side of teh car and an older sun bleached and chipped one at the other side wasnt really doing it for me.







Also bought a pair of decent front seats and used the best parts from all of them to make the best pair. Interior really is a seriously smart place now. And found an original stereo and floor mats.

old



new







stereo



Also replaced number plates with correct looking original types imported from ireland so no wanky post code wibblepoo on the bottom




Also got ORIGINAL poor quality wobbly children's play pony poo slam panel stickers so you really wouldnt ever knw its been repaired!!!!!

(unless it was fully documented on youtube, retrorides and facebook)








This was it finished, still wearing the cosmos alloys. Tracked down and fitted some original gsi aloys and it now wears those.





gsi alloys






So there you go. Little car saved from being scrapped. All the work above was shown in detail in my videos on youtube. Here is teh link to the furious driving review.

James

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRRLCVpumaQ&t=1s

[GTiJohn]

This is an incredibly comprehensive thread and a credit to you

Have you decided to keep or sell ?

[N1tr0_9]

This is an incredibly comprehensive thread and a credit to you

Have you decided to keep or sell ?

Definitely sell. Im planning on tarting it up a bit more and then if the milton keynes show happens ill bring it along but have it on ebay at the same time.

[GTiJohn]

Good job you fitted a bonnet with a bulge as the 2.0 M/T series are the only ones that actually need it for clearance to the cam cover.

Without it, it might make a bulge on its own if you have an 'extreme event'

[Russnp]

That looks absolutely fantastic a real credit to you . So glad you saved it

[N1tr0_9]

That looks absolutely fantastic a real credit to you . So glad you saved it

Thanks. It one of those cars that puts a smile on my face every time I drive it.

[Johnny 216GSi]

Another question is - are you keeping the 216 spoiler on the back, or are you putting it back to standard?

[N1tr0_9]

Another question is - are you keeping the 216 spoiler on the back, or are you putting it back to standard?

It’s staying as is. It’ll be on eBay this weekend

[itcaptainslow]

Cracking looking car, well done on the restoration!

[220 GSi turbo]

Are you going to give us a heads-up on the asking price before you put it on eBay?