Spent a couple of nights working on the GTI. The end result is a much cleaner car with a working wash/wipe system (replacement water bottle and pump) and a new cambelt. The latter was a much longer job than I'd been anticipating because: I had to go out and buy a 16mm spanner to loosen... Continue Reading →
Chopped another 10kg out of the interior of the Rallye. Still more to come, but it's going to need that spot weld drill to shed more weight in the form of steel brackets. A few challenges are to come in terms of sorting the plumbing and wiring for the relocated water bottle and fitting the... Continue Reading →
Earlier in the week, I had a play with the rivnut gun and have prepared the front doors on the Rallye for the new carbon door cards. I found some yellow rubbery plastic draw handles in B&Q last year so bought a pair for door pull closures. I ordered some titanium and alloy fastners from... Continue Reading →
Big push on things today. Finally finished moving the interior from the Rallye into the GTI. It's taken ages, but has been worth the wait as the car is transformed by having a clean interior and a decent four speaker stereo. A few things needed to finish it off, like the roof lining and a... Continue Reading →
Finally found time to make some progress on the GTI side of things. The cam covers have been taken off, cleaned up and then sprayed with some high temperature paint. Black HT paint always seems to finish in a graphite matt black. It's a 100% improvement over how they looked before. From this: To this:... Continue Reading →
Work Completed Stripped out old GTI interior which was filthy, badly damaged and incomplete. Fitted Rallye interior. Fitted aerial. Moved cable and antenna over from the Rallye. Replaced head unit. Sony headunit replaces faulty Peugeot Unit. Solved rattle behind the dash. Tidied up and cleaned. Repaired wiring to door speakers. Replaced both speakers with Alpine... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 