well i though it was about time i started to put a progress thread up as i've been on here for a few months now
got the car back in feb off my mate for a reasonable £550, its a 1997 2.0 8v GTI cupra sport in the bronze/ginger colour (misses named the car ginger as it matches her hair colour lol)
since owning the car its been awesome to drive
loving every minute of it so far...
few niggles i had to sort out:
other week it was my M.o.t which it failed
cost around £215 to repair so now ive got a healthy 12 month m.o.t again lol
Few pics in the garage being repaired and the parts being replaced:
and while the car was at the garage i thought i may aswel get the exhaust fitted what i bought off Crezz (thanks again mate)
and today i thought about the brainwave i had the other day lol by putting the sub in the wheel well, so thought i'd give it ago:
it looks ok but i need a sheet of mdf underneath the boot carpet to strengthen it out as you can see it dips slightly.
all in all up to now the car is spot on until yesterday lol the bloody cable has snapped on my electric window
so now I've got to get that sorted... do i pay £20 for the cable and repair kit or do i pay £120 for the complete window mechanism?
anyway that's where i am up to so far... next 2 weeks it will be getting a service, hopefully a set of Hids and August/September time a remap... (mobile remap come to your house £200 not bad price i say)
got the car back in feb off my mate for a reasonable £550, its a 1997 2.0 8v GTI cupra sport in the bronze/ginger colour (misses named the car ginger as it matches her hair colour lol)
since owning the car its been awesome to drive
few niggles i had to sort out:
- fog lights needed new bulbs
- reprogram the key fob to unlock and the lock the doors
other week it was my M.o.t which it failed
Few pics in the garage being repaired and the parts being replaced:



and while the car was at the garage i thought i may aswel get the exhaust fitted what i bought off Crezz (thanks again mate)

and today i thought about the brainwave i had the other day lol by putting the sub in the wheel well, so thought i'd give it ago:



it looks ok but i need a sheet of mdf underneath the boot carpet to strengthen it out as you can see it dips slightly.
all in all up to now the car is spot on until yesterday lol the bloody cable has snapped on my electric window
anyway that's where i am up to so far... next 2 weeks it will be getting a service, hopefully a set of Hids and August/September time a remap... (mobile remap come to your house £200 not bad price i say)
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