So a few months ago my Camry decided it hated the world and blew up....

SO I lived out my life long dream of owning a Golf







Then I started doing what little modification I could



My buddy Mat's car




My road trip (thats grocieries for 15 people plus 5 passengers)



Then we started getting into it.













Since then I have fixed my sunroof so it works all the time, painted my speedo and tach needles and alterd the LCD displays, my Euro bumper is going for paint and I'm looking for the Euro rear and hatch, I bought s**tty sleeve over coils and I'm doing all the rust checking. I'll update more as the parts roll in. Hoping to have my stickers and yellow headlight paint by next week along with my white and tex euro bumper

I also forgot, I replaced the original 1.8 head when I bent 6 valves in the old one, 91,000km and the belt stripped all the teeth *anger* and I have a whole new exaust on order since my crappy Canadian Tire fix didn't hold and snapped at the cat... argh!

RESIZE, MAN!

oh my jeesus please do those pics are gargantuan

Lol, I love the mustache.

Other than that, this ride is awesome, my dream first car

I like it so far, keep us updated!

omy god those pics are
HUUUUGE
the golf looks alright ive seen it on fb
congrats

Awesome! Like I say to all US Spec owners, EURO SPEC IT! And you be doin it

dude looking nice man! love it.

that's not us-spec, it's maple syrup-spec


and daang, epic build so far. but jesus h christ, your pictars froze firefox for at least 3 minutes..

BUAHAHAHAHAHHAHA isnt that the point? And to all you euro guys anyone want to be my contact/trade me US parts for Euro parts? My hatch is pretty good and I need a rear bumper and some e-code GTI heads.

Thats right... NEED THEM haha

I'm also lining up a 1.8 16V head and have a line on a few 1.8T's and a VR6

Pics are huge and im glad. It didnt freeze up on me!

WANT TRUNK AND REAR BUMPAH

lolol, same damn spec

u frozed my computer

My buddy picked up a 99 MK3 Jetta TDI last night and its the same colour as my car, miiggghhtttt be swapping front ends with him this weekend Jolf and then Volf here I come!

GET THE TDI engine

naaawwww I don't want Dissle, I just want the T not the DI

my computer frozed again

DO AN VW BEETLE ENGIEN CONVERSION LIEK NAO.

Nice MK3

you ok?

Yup.
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/09/15...ooled-golf.aspx

would love to do that to
beetle chassis and a golf 3 body, looks so awesome

T3D did that on a type 3 chassis.

Little shoot with my bud Justin

















I'm going through about a liter of oil a month now and I'm almost certain I messed my allignment up bad and blew a strut bearing the other day hitting a small lake with a fault line under it on the way to school haha

Next on the list:

-Front end check
-Oil change
-Buy alot and alot of Flat green paint
-Fix or find proper front seats (new seat bottoms tilt on left hand turns)

The keen eye will notice the hair net on my licence plate

Just some updates: Painted the front and rear bumpers to match the textured strips on the doors, did an oil change and installed a shifter from a late 80's Dodge Dakota The beats in winter storage now and I'm slowly taking the interior apart and making new wireing harnesses to run an all LED dash, I also have the OEM foglights split open so I can paint the glass yellow and hopefully have them in by spring! More updates as the weather warms up or if I can get the car into the garage for a few days

that shifter, lmao

very cool. needs some moar low

That shifter makes everything soo much better! Except reversing... I cant actually have both hands turning the wheel without hitting it out of reverse...

I have the coils in the garage I just have to find a nice not -26C day to pull the car into the garage and take the suspension apart to throw them in, should give it a good bit of low before I really start hacking at the strut assemblies hehehehe

0_o

Cold as hell i tell yeah that i hate winter here lol also check PM

LOL, I'm getting +30*C everyday.

I would be happy with +10C every day... at least then I dont worry about things like frost bite or that time I got my lip stuck to a lugnut.... ouchy. But we usually get 22C+ from about June to mid September so I can't complain too too much

Plus I hate when my glasses frost up, makes working outside just a pain in the arse

Thanks for the PM HR!

Also pics for clicks!





and also bonus hidden content!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZKriA7c2Q

LMAO the second pic made me Laugh so hard


Got to love the ruff Diesel

needs low

low + snow = no go

cool car and what is the difference between EU and US spec on these things anyway? probably nothing... but i'm currious

change the car nose with your friend, now!

I'm semi low + snow and its working out just fine

If you like using your nosies as a plow

why do you think i'm doing to print out a sticker that says SNOW PLOW ^^

VR6 Lip with mad crazy low, might as well be a gas shovel ESPECIALLY here

Alex: It's alot of just exerior and interior bits (Euro is smaller bumpers, differant plate recesses and bumper rebars, differant switches in the interior, more options overall, US has bulkier stuff, more plastic and generally poorer build due to the Mexican parts)

US Stuff is desirable overseas, overseas stuff is desirable here

most people who lower cars where I am don't drive them durring the winter. they have a truck for that.

Yeah i store mine

dang. i want a mk3 seems to be the style these days.

Damn Niko, yours has been stored since I know you lol

YEAH LOL ^

don't have budget for a truck
and yea, mk3's are coming up these days

I'm driving my truck right now since my cars away for winter hahahahahaha

Duncan you can have mine if I can have your bus But seriously I got mine for $500 and it took another $300 and change to put it back on the road completely running so just keep browsing Craigslist or any other internet sites like that (I used Kijiji cause I'm in Toronto) and one will pop up

I saw a VR6'd MK3 GL last night for 900, it was a 4 door and it needed a new crackpipe but thats a HECK of a deal!

At less is safe and sound and i pull it out once in a blue moon

and i just remembered something James i know a place where you can get Cheap parts for you Golf if you ever need anything got to Frisco Auto Parts Inc http://www.mannheimfrisco.com/news.php

I'll check that out riiiiggghhttt now! I always need parts epecially the cheap kind! haha

haha, well, im not really thinking about getting one now. maybe in a few years