16VG60 Edition One Project

[editiononeg60]

I own a 1990 Golf G60 edition one. pics and spec below. But i have always wanted to make it proper mint and turn it into a 16vg60 in edition one spec.

Engine

 1.8 8v G60
 Stage 4 supercharger
 68mm pulley
 Chip
 Stainless steel custom exhaust
 De-cat exhaust
 Jabbasport induction kit
 New engine and gearbox mounts

Exterior

 Standard mk2 golf G60 body
 Smoked crosshair crystal headlights
 Smoked LED indicators
 Smoked crystal fog lights (to be fitted soon)
 Smoked crystal M3 rear lamps
 Colour coded wiper arms
 Lay flat rear wiper
 Wolfsburg edition badges
 Chromolux glass
 Cl grill with black vw badge
 Wolfsburg number plate surrounds
 Porsche polished handles

Chassis

 BBS RM split rims with 2” stainless outers, centers powder coated black
 G60 steels
 SPAX RSX coilovers
 Poly bushes
 Brembo discs
 Pagid fast road pads
 New suspension top mounts

Interior

 Blue electric cloth RECARO seats
 Wolfsburg gear dangling rhubarb
 Wolfsburg door pins
 Mk3 chrome door pulls
 Boost gauge mounted in fischer centre console
 MPH speedo conversion

ICE

 kenwood dvd headunit
 kenwood 12" sub
 kenwood 4 channel amp
 kenwood 2 channel amp
 kenwood components 6"
 kenwood bluetooth kit

I am really worried i will get things wrong so i have labeled every single electrical connection, and bagged and tagged every single nut, bolt and washer. All the nuts and bolts will be replaced with new ones or zinc plated were i cant get replacments.

engine has been pulled (my mate thought it would look good with a audi employee in the pic) :roll:

most of the interior is out along with the dash and the front suspension is in bits.

Currently colllecting all the bits that need cleaning, blasting and powdercoating to get the rolling front chassis put together so i can turn the car around and do the back end, when all thats done it will go off to be repaired and paint.

sand blasted and zinc primered parts

cleaned, etched primed and undersealed arches

sound deadened front footwells and dash area

bush set after i cut the old ones out the wishbones

and this is what £500 worth of genuine VW parts look like, pathetic really

Quick list of new parts

Gearbox end plate
power steering fluid res
all suspension bolts
most engine bolts and nuts
driveshaft bolts
rain tray
brake clips
side skirt brackets
coolant flanges
all new sensors
gaskets
ecu hose
cross member rubbers

ARP head studs i there too

Still got a ton to get, so happy about changing everything, should be like a new car

[redeye]

what did you use for sound deadening?

[editiononeg60]

sound X material from Ebay

[quadcammer32]

i want your recaros

[VW 16v]

cant wait to see this motor get built

[Jman5000]

Drool-inducing. I can't wait to see updates.

Many for going all the way to the base parts and doing everything right/better than stock.

For the Firevortex users that like to use "in" to get a thread added to their watched topics: this thread would be great time to try the "watch this topic" button instead.

[Autotuned]

In for updates

[newguy99]

Wow, nice car! to you.

And I used my "watch this topic" button! I feel cool now

[ZACHER3tuning]

[YooFatBoy]

lookin good

[mk2vrdrvr]

Keeping an eye on this

[editiononeg60]

Thanks for the support everyone

Not a good evening

found this

but managed to finish the engine bay

also picked these up from the blasters

and my home recon'd starter motor

Also had the guy thats painting the car round to have a proper look at the motor, pretty sure he can blow my socks off with the end result, sounds reassuring.

off to VW agian tomorrow to pick up VR6 sachs clutch, brand new door seals, HT lead guide tube, and all manner of parts to rebuild the gear selector tower. think i need therepy.

thanks for looking

[GTi2OV]

Quote, originally posted by editiononeg60 »

Not a good evening found this

Thats never a good sight..

Talk about a major setback. If you found a little, there is always more.

[mk2gtd]

^^ true. time to deal with the rust before all else.

[editiononeg60]

cheers guys

will need to put the front on its wheels first then turn around to get to the back end, then i can get a proper veiw and sort it out.

Before my car came off the road to be stripped down a problem developed with the ABS system, like it wern't working.

I stripped it down to find the cable feeding the motor on the pump had become broken from the terminal of the motor. Some solder and a test across the terminals from a battery and it worked. yeehaa

next i saved myself a few quid by rebuilding the clutch master cylinder, found nothing wrong at all, so painted, lubed and rebuilt. all ok.

I managed to deliver all the parts i had sandblasted to the powdercoaters about 11am. Then to my surprise the guy called me at 5pm to say all my stuff was ready to pick up, said its because he new i only had one day off, sweet.

Front chassis rebuild on the cards soon.

[EuRoGTI86]

looking good man. keep up the good work!

[sin bar]

love it when people clean up their stuff so well

[Scirocco_Clan_Man]

good job, I'm going to be watching this one

[Run_That]

Love the car, and I've always wanted to build a 16VG60.

Keep up the good work.

[ShaggysGTI]

I second that, I will be watching this thread pretty close.

[eduardopepe]

If you have spare parts from your gti g60 let me know i would love them.
If you ever get bored of your edition one interrior I call dibs!!!

love the car man, I am slowly but surely cloning an edition one gti here in the us.

[editiononeg60]

thanks everyone

sorry but the interior is mine forever

few pics for you dude and dudettes

more sandblasted bits

new outer cv's

built front crossmember

polybushed font with new VAG bolts

powdercoated rocker too

cheers ya'll

[threshhold]

subscribed ! solid work man.

[Ghost']

S.O.L.I.D work indeed !!

[editiononeg60]

Thanks guys

this is not what you want your crank pulley to look like.

had to grind down the pulley bolt to get the crank off, i hate working on 20 year old engines.

but it did come off

got the powersteering rack refurbed and put back on the car, stripped the sound deadening and stuff from the bonnet, put the panels on the front of the car and bolted some wheels on. then......

and cut my windscreen out, it took me over and hour and a half.

After i got it back in the garage i jacked the back up and chucked some axle stands under it, unbolted the rear bumper and started to cry, why why why did i decide it would be a good idea to poke my car

this sucks

guess more welding will take place

on another note, dont forget to prop the fuel tank before unbolting the straps

bump on the head

cheers for looking

[p ro]

Hell yeah!

Sick project. Keep it OEM! Just dont let a g-ladder ruin it all. Lysholm FTW!

[eduardopepe]

Gladder!!!!

[editiononeg60]

Would it still be a G60 without the G-lader

Will go turbo if the charger blows.

Thanks for looking

[editiononeg60]

just a small progress update

The damage to the sill and rear end, definitely had some previous accident damage in the faterland.

found some wiring issues between the body and boot lid

I also decided what i will trim the roof lining and A,B,C pillars in, and this is a comparison shot.

After shots of fully trimmed trim parts.

Stripped down the rad fan and painted, cleaned and assembled. Bolted together with stainless nyloc nuts and washers.

O and the car put back on all four wheels

And then........................

she's gone to paint

should have her back in a couple of months

till next time peeps

[stealthmk3]

Watching

[GTi2OV]

Very nice, can't wait to see it all gleaming!

[bdfcorrado]

subscribe!

[editiononeg60]

Had another trip to the powdercoaters and ended up with some nice looking bits

close ups of some of the parts

got the rear bea done too and another load of stuff.

show you soon

cheers all

[newarknj15]

will def watch this. great job

[bitor]

how much does the powdercoater charge you?