Mk1 Moro Audi TT wanted a 225 so bought a 180!!!
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Got round to tidying up the rear arches, good tip, don't paint calipers with a 3"'brush, couldn't find a smaller one :mrgreen: seeing as they will go red soon I'll be rubbing them down and painting them properly, it was more so they matched the front for now.
Dirty like the rest of the car was
And now much better
Dirty like the rest of the car was
And now much better
Lovely TT you've got there!
Is there much of a noticeable difference between driving a 180 to a 225??
We had a yellow TT 225 roadster, remapped too. I have to admit, it was a lovely car even if I did find it abit spaceshippy to drive (as in Interior) although I rarely drove it as it was the missus' main car so maybe I never got used to it. She loved it.
Is there much of a noticeable difference between driving a 180 to a 225??
We had a yellow TT 225 roadster, remapped too. I have to admit, it was a lovely car even if I did find it abit spaceshippy to drive (as in Interior) although I rarely drove it as it was the missus' main car so maybe I never got used to it. She loved it.
really aged well these and ones as clean as yours will be getting rarer. 
Such a refreshing readers ride thread, someone who actually does their own work and is keen to paint/restore items that they know people won't see.
I get sick to death of people who spend a fortune getting people to detail their cars or show cars that get resprayed all the time that are utterly manky underneath with rusty suspension/steering and braking components.
I get sick to death of people who spend a fortune getting people to detail their cars or show cars that get resprayed all the time that are utterly manky underneath with rusty suspension/steering and braking components.
Thanks for the comments, I've now bought a selection of VHT paint, wrinkle paint, ordered different sizes of high temp Quattro logos from the vinyl cutters so manifold, strut brace and calipers will be underway shortly.
This is the car that started my obsession over 30 years ago, we've won many concours upto national level with it, never been restored / painted just had a lot of hours cleaning it.
A much younger me on the right lol
This is the car that started my obsession over 30 years ago, we've won many concours upto national level with it, never been restored / painted just had a lot of hours cleaning it.
A much younger me on the right lol
Since the last update I have now refurbed my wheels, tried them silver but just wasn't happy with the colour despite having used the same shade on previous wheels so seeing as I plan on some 19"'s I always wanted anthracite wheels and seeing Conlechi's car decided they suit Moro pretty well.
The wheels were painted with the tyres on and in my shed so with a little patience and a lot of preparation you can get a decent finish from a rattle can. Just meant my car sitting on its space saver for a week whilst it wasn't being driven.
The wheels were all heavily curbed but the repair was the same for each wheel. Started rubbing down the lips with 120 grit wet and dry to remove the damaged areas also taking our any other burrs from scuffs, corrosion and curb marks on the rest of the wheel. I then bit by bit mixed metal filler and applied it to the whole outerlip reshaping and filling the gouges as i went round, once this had gone off again 120 grit paper was good enough to flat it back down. Once that was done I switched to 600 and 800 grit for the rest of the wheel to prep an even surface ready for primer.
Two coats of primer and I could go straight for the 1200 grit wet to sand down to a smooth surface finish, any remaining nicks were then filled and re-primed.
It always takes me a wheel to learn how best to paint it without overloading certain areas and increasing the risk of runs so it was a case of painting the inner radius of each spoke first followed by the both inner edges of each spoke, then the bottom surface followed by the face of each spoke, this seemed to give a nice even paint finish all the way round. Due to me painting them with rattle cans I always boil a kettle of water to almost boiling and stand the tin in their for a few minutes, it thins the paint and you get a much higher release pressure of the paint.
The lacquer followed the same process as above and all in all it took a can and a half of paint for each wheel and the large can of lacquer.
I used Ford Graphire grey from Halfords for the wheel colour and their large tin of lacquer.
Sanding off the burrs and removing the paint, first stage of rebuilding the lip after repairing with metal filler.
Wheel all flatted back ready for primer.
Not forgetting the centre caps.
Final paint and lacquer in silver but the colour just looked too grey on the car despite having used this colour before on a Mk2 Gti Golf.
So flatted them back and changed to this,
Been doing a couple of bits in-between the wheels too,
Removed sanded painted in VHT then repainted as it was too orangery for me :mrgreen:
Now toolbox red and shiney
Didn't like the blue plastic so until I get the Porsche Oil and Water caps I decided to paint using Audi Phantom black the coolant cap, washer bottle cap and dipstick ( still got the tube to do but will us a VHT wrinkle for that part )
I have now received in the post some stuff to stick onto my calipers when they turn red and a nice engine bling bolt kit which will be going on shortly.
It also means I can now get cracking with my inlet manifold and a couple of other bits to be painted to keep on with the general tidy up. Spent some more time sanding down the metal so I can prep it smooth enough for painting, still got loads to do on that. :mrgreen:
The wheels were painted with the tyres on and in my shed so with a little patience and a lot of preparation you can get a decent finish from a rattle can. Just meant my car sitting on its space saver for a week whilst it wasn't being driven.
The wheels were all heavily curbed but the repair was the same for each wheel. Started rubbing down the lips with 120 grit wet and dry to remove the damaged areas also taking our any other burrs from scuffs, corrosion and curb marks on the rest of the wheel. I then bit by bit mixed metal filler and applied it to the whole outerlip reshaping and filling the gouges as i went round, once this had gone off again 120 grit paper was good enough to flat it back down. Once that was done I switched to 600 and 800 grit for the rest of the wheel to prep an even surface ready for primer.
Two coats of primer and I could go straight for the 1200 grit wet to sand down to a smooth surface finish, any remaining nicks were then filled and re-primed.
It always takes me a wheel to learn how best to paint it without overloading certain areas and increasing the risk of runs so it was a case of painting the inner radius of each spoke first followed by the both inner edges of each spoke, then the bottom surface followed by the face of each spoke, this seemed to give a nice even paint finish all the way round. Due to me painting them with rattle cans I always boil a kettle of water to almost boiling and stand the tin in their for a few minutes, it thins the paint and you get a much higher release pressure of the paint.
The lacquer followed the same process as above and all in all it took a can and a half of paint for each wheel and the large can of lacquer.
I used Ford Graphire grey from Halfords for the wheel colour and their large tin of lacquer.
Sanding off the burrs and removing the paint, first stage of rebuilding the lip after repairing with metal filler.
Wheel all flatted back ready for primer.
Not forgetting the centre caps.
Final paint and lacquer in silver but the colour just looked too grey on the car despite having used this colour before on a Mk2 Gti Golf.
So flatted them back and changed to this,
Been doing a couple of bits in-between the wheels too,
Removed sanded painted in VHT then repainted as it was too orangery for me :mrgreen:
Now toolbox red and shiney
Didn't like the blue plastic so until I get the Porsche Oil and Water caps I decided to paint using Audi Phantom black the coolant cap, washer bottle cap and dipstick ( still got the tube to do but will us a VHT wrinkle for that part )
I have now received in the post some stuff to stick onto my calipers when they turn red and a nice engine bling bolt kit which will be going on shortly.
It also means I can now get cracking with my inlet manifold and a couple of other bits to be painted to keep on with the general tidy up. Spent some more time sanding down the metal so I can prep it smooth enough for painting, still got loads to do on that. :mrgreen:
PowerslideSWE said:
Very nice job that. How ppl manage to curb wheels that bad, or at all for that matter is beyond me, driven cars for 20 years and have never scraped a wheel against a curb 
Darker wheels looked great btw.
Unlike silver that shows the brake dust they just go from glossy to matt now lolDarker wheels looked great btw.
Doing some more tidying under the bonnet tomorrow morning.
We'll I've finally finished my inlet manifold, throttle body and fitted the new engine bolt kit. I managed to do it all in situ without even removing a single pipe or clip with some clever masking. Here's how it all went from masking to primer, paint, lacquer and refit, even fitted a cheeky Quattro logo onto the inlet that I had made in high temp vinyl that came out just how I wanted.
I'd prepped the metal work beforehand but all in all it took me one hour and another 30mins to fit the bolt kit.
All masked up.
Primer went on really well and covered up the last of the tiny blemishes.
First lay down of the colour, used Audi Quartz for this.
All lacquered
I didn't have much time in fact only one hour to do the whole lot from masking to finish so got on quickly with the throttle body.
Here it is all finished
I'd prepped the metal work beforehand but all in all it took me one hour and another 30mins to fit the bolt kit.
All masked up.
Primer went on really well and covered up the last of the tiny blemishes.
First lay down of the colour, used Audi Quartz for this.
All lacquered
I didn't have much time in fact only one hour to do the whole lot from masking to finish so got on quickly with the throttle body.
Here it is all finished
You've done amazing work to restore your TT to it's former glory. If you haven't already, can I suggest that you join the TT forum and show your progress there?
http://www.ttforum.co.uk/index.php
http://www.ttforum.co.uk/index.php
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