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Old 07-09-2008, 20:07
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my name is otti and i am from germany.
my expensive hobby made it a necessity to get a better payed job so i moved to norway,where i still live.
i am in the process of building a car up from scratch and ride the bus
shortly after i moved to here i bought my first mk1 84 rabbit (kind of rare in europe i think. i did a lot of work to that car and enjoyed it a lot
i bought the complete content of the sparco catalouge,supersprint exhaust,
lights, chrome parts and silicone tubes.....and more


i loved that car and decidet to drive it to germany for a nice repaint in my vacations. unfortunately did we when we took it apart a lot more rust than we expected difcould specially on the rear axlemounts
there was no hope of saving it and i was really unhappy when we had to crush it.
no time to waste i bought a new shell and begun to work on it


i got a good offer for a 1.8t engine i couldnt refuse
one year later, tons of work ,3000euro in planetickets many hours overtime
she sits like this










the car is copletely white inside engine bay and underside

and for fun:
first start
dnt mind my voice i was exited to hear her roar for the first time
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i hope you like it

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Old 07-09-2008, 20:22
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very nice, love the white and blue combo.. very nice detailed aswell
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Old 07-09-2008, 21:32
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Indeed, the blue-white engine bay is a killer
Really nice!
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Old 07-09-2008, 21:51
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Indeed, the blue-white engine bay is a killer
Really nice!


thank you,her a pic from under construction
6 months ago


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Old 07-09-2008, 21:55
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btw what are those covers on the struts.. they look like tunacans...
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Old 07-09-2008, 22:01
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they are tunacans!
i spend so much in details that i wanted something cheap to break up the
tense, and i couldnt find some nice caps for a reasnoble price either.
i got some good sandwiches though
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well you def get an A+++ for originality.... never seen that being used before
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well you def get an A+++ for originality.... never seen that being used before

hihi
they fit quite well and look for shure better than the strut mounts only some foam tape on the inside to hold them in place.
and they will not rust
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Old 07-09-2008, 22:26
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and if you get really bored you can even polish them,... i think you might be setting a new trend..
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i want a differend (big) rear bumper, the one i have got will crash with the exhaust.
i dont want one from a cabby, any sugestions??
please help me find something what fits the front bumper and skirts
i think the one i got looks out of place


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Old 10-09-2008, 18:43
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i'm not a fan of big bumpers on mk1's but it goes with the style of this car.
there are some mk2 look bumpers on the market. i think Rieger made them??
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Old 10-09-2008, 19:30
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Wow really great colour combo otti,love the two tone with the blue and white.The engine bay is stunning great job!! I wouldn't change the rear bumper, you could always run it without bumpers which looks really racy and actually quite nice in my opinion.
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Old 10-09-2008, 22:41
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Wow really great colour combo otti,love the two tone with the blue and white.The engine bay is stunning great job!! I wouldn't change the rear bumper, you could always run it without bumpers which looks really racy and actually quite nice in my opinion.


thank you but i could actually not run no bumper style my fmic sits in the frontbumper and is mounted on the bar that holds the actual bumper, you know what i mean??




but i can show you how it looked without bumpers, flares and skirts...
i liked it as well, only the wheels looked to big without the stuff...imo


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i like it without bumpers
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Old 11-09-2008, 19:09
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i think i am gonna powdercoat the intakemanifold white for a change everbody got a noce polished one these days...
if someone is interrested i got a whole build thread...
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Old 15-09-2008, 17:39
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i was at the shop and the guys told me that the car is done in 2 days...
then tüv (shakes a little) the frigggin tüv is going to cost me another 1000euros, damn.


i got the new cybershot cell phone to make some vids from rolling around berlin be prepared.....

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here now the promised vids from me testdriving her around berlin a little only thing is that the exhaust is hitting something i have to take another look at that

testrun
testrun
testrun1
walkaround
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i filled her up with fuel for the first time at a gas station for the test ride


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and how was the test drive?
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and how was the test drive?

very good no broblems besides the bumping exhaust, i am lucky that i didnt lost my license from speeding thoug
i posted some vids a little more up...
to program the speedo i need a 2 mile road, need to find out how long that is on a usual road to get some exact speed readings...
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