1982 VW rabbit 4-door

[pat_man]

Here's my new 1982 VW rabbit. Picked it up as my first car. So I guess this is my build thread

[TM87]

I had one of those

[pat_man]

seeing this makes me happy. How many inches was it lowered?

[TM87]

I don't remember but it had plenty of thread left. Raceland Coils BTW

[pat_man]

My rokkors are on the way

[brettj20]

nice how do the racelands ride??

[keeton]

nice how do the racelands ride??

like cheap coilovers

[simon_C]

My rokkors are on the way

glad to see you made it here too,

and nice. remember to cut the bump stops in half, theyre too tall from the factory.

also consider picking up one of these for between the front control arm mounts
http://www.racelandus.com/volkswagen...strut-bar.html

and one of these for the strut towers
http://www.racelandus.com/volkswagen...strut-bar.html

they take a lot of the limp noodle out of the front end.

also consider a new set of these for your new front coils
http://www.germanautoparts.com/productdisplay/2451

and a set of these for the rear coils
http://www.germanautoparts.com/productdisplay/14885


and dont forget a set of these for the front control arms (have a shop press the old ones out, new ones can be installed by hand)
http://www.germanautoparts.com/productdisplay/6284



oh yeah, and have fun with it

[pat_man]

I already have the new strut mount bearings. I'll be sure to cut the bump stops. Everything else will have to wait till I have money, I'm on a limited budget right now

[simon_C]

I already have the new strut mount bearings. I'll be sure to cut the bump stops. Everything else will have to wait till I have money, I'm on a limited budget right now

we all know that feel, bro

get and do your timing belt and water pump before they fail though, its not a lot of money if you get the parts from German auto parts or autohausaz

[pat_man]

took the knuckle off last night to put in new wheel bearings.

[pat_man]

something came...

[simon_C]

something came...

no rears?

[pat_man]

This was right after unboxing, I've got rears

[simon_C]

This was right after unboxing, I've got rears

cool. get those bumpstops out and get them in the car

[pat_man]

I didn't take the bump stops out... And I had to take the helper springs off

[pat_man]

ooh...

[simon_C]

go further!

[pat_man]

I want to... But I would need wheel spacers and I am out of money. The helper springs came off for this

[pat_man]

Installed. I know the rear end is sagging, I'll fix it tomorrow

[keeton]

You better cut or take out the bump stops if you're going lower. You'll either be riding on them or be so close to them you may as well be riding on them.

[pat_man]

This is about as low as I'll be going for sometime. Next time I'm in working on something I'll take the bumpstops out

[happybunny]

I had one of those

I have one too, but in red.


OP: How's the interior on yours? Mine came with perfect door cards, ok carpet, but no headliner and horrible seats.

[pat_man]

door cards are almost perfect, carpet is pretty good, no headliner, passenger seat has a rip but past that good, dash is almost perfect, only one crack

[rabbitnothopper]

I have one too, but in red.


OP: How's the interior on yours? Mine came with perfect door cards, ok carpet, but no headliner and horrible seats.

...dude that mid 80's black stripe is ..... NOT COOL


but it is interesting

[happybunny]

door cards are almost perfect, carpet is pretty good, no headliner, passenger seat has a rip but past that good, dash is almost perfect, only one crack

Sounds like you're in the same boat as me. I managed to pick up a pretty nice full set of seats from the local junkyard a while ago. They had an 80 4 door with some real decent black vinyl seats that looked like they had been redone at some point in time, but then sat in the sun to bake. I've got some decent cracks in the dash, I'm debating on filling them, replacing it, or just getting a mat.

[happybunny]

...dude that mid 80's black stripe is ..... NOT COOL


but it is interesting

Came with the car. The old man I bought it from said that it used to be his nephew's car, whose bought it in 88ish and added the stripe and the roof spoiler. The spoiler is in the trash, the stripe was interesting enough and matches the patina of the car, so it stays for now.

[pat_man]

I'd say replace it. I'm going to try and do an interior swap after putting in a ABA and a manual

[GTInoob]

Mine with Racelands...

[pat_man]

donk! looks good, racelands/rokkors same thing

[JaymesW]

Check the clearance between the pass. drive shaft and frame, noticed it's your first car.

[pat_man]

will do, I'm taking off the wheels to lower the front down today

[milwaukeeandy]

the more i look around the mk1 forum the more i dont even care about my .:R and i just want a mk1

[happybunny]

I'd say replace it. I'm going to try and do an interior swap after putting in a ABA and a manual

I'm in the process of an aba hybrid swap on mine. Was gonna get the new engine in yesterday but instead spent the day putting a clutch in my 84.

[pat_man]

How goes that?