last night and today i cleaned the crap out of my garage. the landlord had so much junk scattered about and the floor was practically dirt. those that helped demod the A4 know this for a fact! it's amazing how clean it is at the moment! nothing but stuff for me to work on my car is in there now
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i still have to put together my engine hoist. i'll be doing that sometime this weekend. i'll also be building some shelves that i can put my car supplies on and put up my shop lights so we can actually SEE what we're working on this time!

well, i finally started WORKING on my projekt car. today's order of buisness: ripping out the interior.
since previous to today, people only saw camera phone pics, i tried to take some new pictures with a real camera today
old
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new
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first, i wanted to concentrate on the interior, so i removed all the seats, seat belts, and carpeting. i love the stuff you find under there. pencils, screws, about $.73 in change, etc.
<img src="http://images5.fotki.com/v61/photos/5/51621/741357/11strippedinterior-vi.jpg?1078005820">
tomorrow or sometime during the week i'll be scrubbing and cleaning it.

i also actually LOOKED at the car since i had never really done that before. there are two real small dents. one on the driver's side door, another on the rear hatch. there is some very small surface rust on the rear hatch latch. the passenger side rear fender well also has a little bit of rust which i've heard is common. of course, underneath the carpeting and sound deadening material there was a bunch of surface rust, but from everyone's interior i've seen removed this is the norm. other than those small things, the car is in great shape. it definitely needs A LOT of TLC, but i'm really looking forward to detailing it, so i'm very pleased with my purchase thus far.

here's a picture of my new red harnesses to replace my old black ones as well as my new taillights.
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the headlights and a few other small items should be shipping shortly whenever the GB's are finished. i don't plan on putting them on now, but at least i'll have them.


i also thought i may as well make a new <a href="http://public.fotki.com/mdwsta4/pictures_of_my_car/mk2_projekt_gti/">photo album</a> on fotki to keep track of my progress. i stopped at my parent's to upload some pictures, but they have dial up and it's taking way too long so i only did a few (i need a damn computer of my own at my house!). i'll try to get the rest up this week at work.

i was also thinking of more new license plate ideas for the car. i hate how IL has to have spaces between numbers and letters.
A 2 TURBO
NO GO A2
KRAUT A2, or just KRAUT

i'd like to incorporate A2 or MK2 or something about turbo's in the plate. i'm not getting plates until the car is actually running, but it's never too early to start thinking :-)
and anyone that is bored one day and up near my neck of the woods, you're more than welcome to swing by and grab a wrench. hee hee. i hope to start with the engine in about 3 weeks.

cheers,
matt

 

I would have stopped by to help.

 

but it wasnt hard and i got it done fast.
if you're bored tomorrow, you can roll by. we could either start cleaning the inside, or finish removing the engine.
i left the car outside because it was so nice out in the sun. i'll be moving it into the garage tomorrow evening.

 

Sure, just give me a call.

 

give me a ring if you want it.