new mk1 1.8t project

[skaterhernandez4]

Had this window open on my computer for over a week, reading one page at a time as a break from my finals studying. Looks awesome man. don't let the bad **** get you down.

[speeding-g60]

congrats!!!!

here is the videos you put on youtube for your viewing pleasure, Jens...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

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[otti]

thanks for helping me, i am such a computer noob
tomorry i go to align the wheels and adjust camber and toe angle.
has anyone special positive experience with a setup for 16´s?

[91gettaDI]

your car gives me a warm feeling in my pants

[otti]

me too!
here at the parking lot at mcD where i parked her for the night

unfortunately this happened to me



i drve over this thing 4 times without problems
5th time-as you see
seems like the springs begun to settle

[CabbyDaddy]

feel your pain, i lived in a developing neighbor hood and the man hole covers are raised exactly 1.25inches above the ground and i literally ripped the oil pan off of my accord

[Ilovegolf1]

I just love this car!!
****ing hell,man...

[otti]

since i love it to did i order a hybrid oilpan from the us...
i hope that i can reenforce the steel pan at work with some good old steel strips!

[otti]

did someone delete a post of vag lowrider??
anyway, i am back in norway to work my behind off for the bunny!
i put down about 65 hours a week to finally get her done, next time i go to germany in march to get her up here! for this reason i need cash to pay people to do the work in good old germany
no other way to do it!
big thanks to aaron(speeding g-60) for managing stuff for me i need from the us
vortex love at its best
still many small things to do and some bigger

[otti]

my bro came finally around to my moms place and sended me this pic of the new oilpan!
thanks again aaron!

friday is payday and i am going to send some cash to germany again.
i managed to live from 50$ in january(besides the rent for the appartement and paydown for the mk4)
so i saved a little...
here one pic to go from last time driving her

[kompressorgolf]

yo Otti, is that an OBI parking lot? thems some cool stores! sucks about the pan.

EDIT: with that ARAL station in the backround i would think that was Bamberg!


Modified by kompressorgolf at 3:21 PM 2-11-2009

[otti]

yes actually it is!!
but it is in berlin best city in europe!! for shure (not because of obi though)
i still regred that i didnt race the gtr that pulled up and wanted the other way when i left the parking lot... it was a cold evening and traction was bad so i just drove home
would have been a nice video for shure...
next time in spring with more warm and more traction ill look for him or other victims again

[kompressorgolf]

nice, i made a potato gun with products from an OBI put a smile on alot of germans faces

[crnacnac]

Just found this thread.

You have a beautiful daughter. Your Mk1 isn't too bad either

[otti]

thank you!
good news for the rabbit anyway!
i just got my chromed hoodhinges, new wiper fluid tank(i hope it really is as white as in the ebay foto)
and my carbon fiber knee bar delivered to my moms place!
2 more weeks to vacation!!!!
i hope my bro will send me the pics of the stuff so i can post them soon.
in the meantime my driveshafts are going to be shortened more and the intake mani will be painted white...
cant wait to vacation!!!

[otti]

i am back in berlin!!
just snapped a pic of my newest part!
on monday i´ll go the the workshop and work on the car again...


i have to save cash over the summer to afford the dash from the same guy though...

[vwpoorboy]

10 pages of goodness
nice build.

[otti]

thanks, but i am pi ss ed off like h e l l !
not at you though!
at that dumb a ss that jumped over the 15foot wall into ronnys workshop broke into the garage and smashed in my passenger side window to vandalize my car and steal my stereo.
these idiots stole some other stereos as well from other clients cars...
ill post some pics of the damage later!
i was buisy to get all the small pieces of broken glass out of the interior and the door all day.
lucky for me ronny ordered the LAST available passenger side OEM window in germany!!
damages:
-boken pass window
-pass seat ripped up from the glass
-interior paint scratched
-center console ruined and ripped out
-cabels cut
-interior heat axchanger damaged(i had 3 liters of cooling water in my interior!)
-dash broken

and all that 4 my 100$ stereo
i hope they didnt cut into the cable tree and have to check all funktions after the battery
is recharged.

some questions!
-when i replace the window do i have to take out the bar between the small triangular window and the side window??
-the window clamp goes on the window first or on the mechanism first??
-is there a way that i can support my now cracked dash easily?
help is as always appreciated

[otti]

here the pics from the damage.



i changed the window with the new oem one, sold my old tires to a dude from a german forum(wich was very embarrassing to me because my car was dirty as never before

i spend the whole afternoon on cleaning it....
results:


tomorrow i am gonna go to a small gtg in berlin to check if everything works properly and snap some pics

[Enur]

What a shame Jens .... That is some pretty bad damage made to get a radio.

Anyway - I feel your pain! Came out to my Audi yesterday morning to find the doors unlocked and my radio missing from the dash!
Only "good" thing was that only the lock in the frontdoor was destroyed. Centerconsole and the rest of my leather interior was allright!

I hope you get all the things repaired - Do you have any insurance to pay for the damage??

[otti]

since it was stored in ronnys shop the shop insurance will cover some damage, i dont know how much though...
i wish i would catch one thief one time, i would show him what damage really means...
sad to hear that you had bad luck as well...

[otti]

i was at some nice gtg´s in berlin and everyone thought my gauges are hot so i made a small vid of the starting procedure i have in my ride

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

[Vegeta Gti]

go Bt like i did. 3071 .63ar

[otti]

i have to spend my cash on the approval and registration first (1800$)
i am planning on gt28r or somthing simular for later....

[otti]

WOOOT WOOOT!!!!!
i got a new lower strut support!!
the carbon knee bar is in!
i got my car tüv certificated and registered!!!!!

finally time to hit the road!!
here some pics:




and the paperwork

note: the now registered top speed is 230km/h lol

[kompressorgolf]

now thats a nice brief congrats! any issues in TUV? anything they didnt like>

[otti]

actually no issiues...!
the only thing they didnt like too much was that i have no spare tire...
friday morning i am going to go for the first big test, germany-norway 1300km lol
best thing is that i got the euro 4 emission norm (best possible) so my mk1 is actually enviromental friendly!

[otti]

dudes i am in norway!
not stranded or broken down everything worked fine on my roadtrip!
here some pics:
9oclock in the morning i took all the stuff i wanted to take with me from the mk4 into the rabbit (hence my new license plate ) and off i was on my way to norway...
on the pic is my mom who has to drive the mk4 into the summer storage

since the first stretch berlin--hamburg is partially unlimited speed (leagally i just had to stretch her legs a little
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTXQfT90ZA

after that i cooled down to cruising speed of about 80mph and made it to the danish border with only 1 pitstop for refueling

unfortunately there was a big pile up in danmark an in this chaos i missed my exit and drove 1 hour wrong direction
i refueled again bougt a map and some hours later i actually reached the ferry in hirtshals on time!

1000km in a lowered mk1 without noise insulation on one day, beat that

i guess as far as i was off my way i could have visitied enur

[otti]

no comments on the tops peed trial??
whats up around here lately??
i made it to bergen in one piece, so did the car without problems!
i started 10.30 in the morning and drove 680km on beautiful backroads (they are actually the main roads here) what a blast!
here 2 pics i snapped on the highest point on top of the hemsedalsfjellen 1100m above sea level


i also made a video but my telephone auto rotated it, if someone knows how to rotate it back please
tell me how! at the end i start to take over some bmw and a honda....

[2mAn]

nice work! road trips are always more fun when you DONT break down i just got my registration a few months ago for my coupe so i know the feeling of having to jump through hurdles just to be able to drive the car, i cant wait to take mine on a big road trip too

[kompressorgolf]

CONGRATS on a successful first voyage, it always makes it seem worth all the late nights and broke paychecks esp when its a flawless trouble free trip, proof you built that car wonderfully. Great pics as well i miss traveling in europe, esp B roads.

oh and nice flat out video, what was the top speed?

[otti]

speedo decidet to quit on me, i guess 130 something...
the audi in front of me was doing about 150km/h when i had 4300rpm... that he told me when he was looking at my car at the gas station later i got some thumbs up on my voyage and a dude i a big merc was cruising beside me to take some pics somewhere in danmark, he was smiling like a little child
i need to find the loose or broken cable to the speedo now... damn i hate cables!!

[otti]

helly mk1 fans, here now the newest addition to my pain(t)

first time backing out of the new garage (wich is full og stuff from the p o)
to avoid to scratch my rims on the right i looked backwards and that was it!!
front left of the bumper totally scratched

after i finished to punch myself in the face and crutch i drove to work, first day at work after 4 weeks vacation and i show up totally unrelaxed and angry.

needless to say that i spend all my money to get her done and so there are no founds left to fix that before friday ( first car show of the year here in bergen called spring meet ).
so i am going to show up there like this :-(
anyone with ideas how to hide that good please post since i am on rock bottom now!!

@nick 516

my dash is not finished in carbon yet because so i have to save again... credit card is maxed out atm so no chance to buy anything...

[Enur]

Hey Jens ... Good to see that your car made it all the way to Norway!

You should have been welcome to visit me - But I can't believe you drove that much in the wrong direction!
Where did it go wrong??

Nice scratches you made on that front bumper - I recently did something similar on my Audi, but not as bad as yours. That is just bad luck

I must do an update on my Golf project soon - I have NOT forgotten it, but I have been busy with helping my friend and his Passat. But I have started the work on the Golf again. (Also got some of my new bodyparts)


Modified by Enur at 12:37 PM 4-28-2009

[35i 2000]

Quote, originally posted by otti »

helly mk1 fans, here now the newest addition to my pain(t) first time backing out of the new garage (wich is full og stuff from the p o) to avoid to scratch my rims on the right i looked backwards and that was it!! front left of the bumper totally scratched after i finished to punch myself in the face and crutch i drove to work, first day at work after 4 weeks vacation and i show up totally unrelaxed and angry. needless to say that i spend all my money to get her done and so there are no founds left to fix that before friday ( first car show of the year here in bergen called spring meet ). so i am going to show up there like this :-( anyone with ideas how to hide that good please post since i am on rock bottom now!! @nick 516 my dash is not finished in carbon yet because so i have to save again... credit card is maxed out atm so no chance to buy anything...

i have a easily solution for the bumper put on a wheel whores pink heart it will cover the damage no problem