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S - V / Re: Side Mouldings / Rub Strips
Quote from: Duncan on
Ah no but yes but  i probably am. My 1988 gti went for accident repairs way back in about 2000. The insurers approved repairer said the couldn't match the side trim so removed the undamaged Off side and the damaged nearside trims and replaced both with plain trim. Ive always assumed the red black trim was integral but maybe im wrong and it is indeed a separate under fit.

Yeah if it's 88 it would be the red and black sticker as linked and the black does go under the trim, my mate bought a set and they looked factory after finishing
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General Chat / Re: Seat covers mk3 fitting in an mk2?
Quote from: AndyBa on
IIRC the late MK2 GTI seats are like the early MK3.

@t2000 I'm assuming you used tiewraps instead of replacing the metal hog rings? A good idea.

But MK2 seats are sooo much easier than MK7 Fiesta seats which have 10+ rings. You can imagine what F.U.N. that was transferring heating pads over and re-assembly of both sets!

I used small cable ties and cut off the excess, just straight through the hog ring holes direct to the metal bar underneath, although just thinking about it they were B3/4 Passat seats, only issue was the headrest area in the Passat where not the same so not a great fit.






They sat a bit higher than stock seat and the drivers one was firm as i used some of what was left of the MK2 base foam and added it to the MK3 stuff as i like a firm seat, came out ok in the end although there were holes on the lower sides where I took the plastic trays off, couldn't see them with the doors closed though.

They lasted 20 years so definitely doable.
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General Chat / Re: Seat covers mk3 fitting in an mk2?
I have put mk3 covers onto mk2 in leather but you will have to bodge it a bit with cable ties for underneath, but i did use the mk3 foam base on the drivers from the mk3 as the mk2 one was shot, they came out ok.
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Heating & Cooling / Re: Flashing coolant light
Disconnect the sensor wiring and bridge the contacts, if the light stops flashing then as above the sensor needs cleaning or replacing.
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I.C.E & Electrical / Re: MFA and rev counter Golf mk2 gti 16v
One thing to check, there are a couple of Earth points that go to the back of the rocker cover bolt on the right hand side (at least there was on 8v) and these are related to the clocks, I'm sure the MFA and Rev counter use them so that might be worth checking
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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Picked up a nice old girl




Picked this up recently, (the merc) W202 C240 2.4 V6 slushy, drives absolutely spot on, surprising how cheap these are at the moment, doesn't seem to suffer from the tin worm.
Sport spec so leather, carbon, AMG type dials, sport kit and lowered suspension, completely stock, proper cruiser! Oh and 84k miles!