I had no intention of buying another car as I was very happy with the black vRS but this local example came up in Rally Red with a genuine 47k and I couldn’t refuse. My third vRS Mk1 in 9 months!

I gave it a light detail today, replaced the centre boot badge and wheel centre caps.

I have it booked into have the rear spoiler ( common fading issue) and the front bumper redone due to a few kerb scrapes. Its also booked to go in for a full service including the oil pick up pipe.

Future plans are a wheel refurb and tidy things as I go.

 

 

Edited 20 June, 20178 yr by cormac81

That looks lovely, I'm amazed at how low the mileage is!  What year is it?

3 minutes ago, skinnyman said:

That looks lovely, I'm amazed at how low the mileage is!  What year is it?

 

2002

Great condition for a 15 year old car.

Looks very nice 

LOOKS VERY TIDY   think you should sell it for sure 

Smashing colour, red suits it well sir! Looking at yours makes me want to clean and detail mine!

Damn that's one tidy looking octy 

Cheers lads, its in at the minute getting the front bumper done. I also bought a new genuine bumper moulding so everything is A1 at the front.

Edited 29 June, 20178 yr by cormac81

I need to get my rear resprayed...bumper that is! There's sign of a low speed impact leading to some stress cracks developing. Where did you get your new bumper mouldings please? I could do with replacing mine - front and rear.

On ‎29‎/‎06‎/‎2017 at 17:23, MarlboroLites said:

I need to get my rear resprayed...bumper that is! There's sign of a low speed impact leading to some stress cracks developing. Where did you get your new bumper mouldings please? I could do with replacing mine - front and rear.

 

 

Got it from my dealer for £44

Reasonable prices from 'stealers'?? What's the world coming to....

10 hours ago, MarlboroLites said:

Reasonable prices from 'stealers'?? What's the world coming to....

 

I know a lot cheaper than many on ebay.

 

Got the car back with the bumper redone and the moulding fitted. The dealer actually ordered the wrong one and it worked a few pound dearer but hey ho.

 

Fitting new genuine front indicators today and I will get some pictures.

It's worth checking prices with dealers before an eBay purchase I'll sure. I found the same when restoring a Corrado a while back. For routine mechanical / service items across shared VAG platforms pricing was very competitive. 

 

My front indicators were in poor shape when I bought mine. Quite opaque with lots of ingrained crud around the edges. I power washed them to remove the crud then flattened them with 3000 wet and dry and a final polish with meguiars srp saw a 100% improvement. Not new but good enough for me. 

 

Looking forward to more pictures. Red is a great colour on these cars!

Got the car back last week from the painter after getting the bumper redone but only got time today to clean it up.

I have fitted new genuine front indicators and bumper moulding. A new chrome grille surround and badges are now on my wish list.

Removed the phone cradle that was thankfully on a brodit kit and was bolted via the climate control unit. So all removed with no trim damage. Result.

I also fixed the cd changer with a quick blast of the air line. Was delighted to see I had an unused spare alloy in there too.

The car needs a proper buff especially the bonnet but all in good time.

 

 

That looks incredible. 

 

Christ I want a mk1! Really need to do it before the prices start creeping up. Don't know if I want a rough and ready one to thrash to death or a really nice one like yours. 

I could help.... nice black one sir?

looks very clean, no rust 

Finally got the wheels refurbed on the old girl this week. My OCD is getting a bit silly and bought genuine wheel bolt covers to fit on them but they did work out well.



A few pics last night in the rain.
Obligatory MOT shot, passed with no problems. Always good to get a tester into cars.

Next up is to swap the secondary air pump and source a boost leak. The S bend under the manifold will be my first port of call having had to replace them before.

I really would like a nice cat back but I have been so hard trying to keep it original. So the jury is out on that one.

Hi there,

 

That looks superb and amazing I've just bought a 54 plate the same colour and I love it.

 

Lovely car mate nice find could be a keeper?

 

Jules.

Yeah looking like a keeper at the moment.

 

Not much of an update as the car looks exactly the same. The lower part of the front bumper got a bad kerb scuff and ended up getting the whole bumper redone again.

Currently sourcing a pair of new genuine headlights to freshen up the front even more. Have sourced a passenger side one so far. Then it will be giving the calipers a fresh lick of Skoda rally green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well after stupidly selling this car 15 months ago, its now back in my poccession..

 

 

Edited 11 May, 20206 yr by cormac81

40 minutes ago, cormac81 said:

 

Well after stupidly selling this car 15 months ago, its now back in my poccession..

 

What happened there then? *popcorn* 

Was offered it back and couldnt resist.

 

Great to have it back and will be making further improvements down the line.

14 hours ago, cormac81 said:

Well after stupidly selling this car 15 months ago, its now back in my poccession..

 

 

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