VW Golf GTi Clubsport S

[st33ly]

Finally up-dated the stupid Photobucket blurred / water marked photos. Hope this tidies the thread up guys. Thanks to those that contacted me to say use Imgur. Its straight forward to use and set up a account.
Cheers

[melvGP2]

Fantastic thread, love these Golf’s; a real driver’s car and the rarity just adds to the ownership experience. Small world but a very good friend of mine was the original owner of your Megane, pics attached of when I owned my Clio 197 Cup before selling for a 2013 Mini GP.



That Megane was fantastic, very well specced with the right options.

[Jimny33]

Love the car. My ultimate Golf (including all interactions of R) Not quite practical enough for me with a little one now sadly - I’ll have to make do with a 5 door, 5 seat GTI PP!

Keep us updated on your story!

[st33ly]

melvGP2 said:

Fantastic thread, love these Golf’s; a real driver’s car and the rarity just adds to the ownership experience. Small world but a very good friend of mine was the original owner of your Megane, pics attached of when I owned my Clio 197 Cup before selling for a 2013 Mini GP.



That Megane was fantastic, very well specced with the right options.

Hey Melv.

That is the very car. Was a fantastic car. The confidence it gave you was unreal. Reminded me of my R26.R but with more power and compliance. I can't remember your friends name but he sold it to me and bought a 996 in gourds red. Does he still have it? Not had much time to do anything on the Clubsport as been working so much and any spare time spent with my wife to be and baby daughter. Will be heading back to Loch Lomond with the car. Especially since i'll be getting married up there. Heres the single photo I got the last time LOL



Thanks for all the interest guys.

[melvGP2]

You bought it off John, he purchased a 997 C2 S in Guards Red with Ceramics, very high spec car but he’s now got a lovely manual 981 Cayman GTS. The 911 now resides in London. Had some fantastic fun in the GP chasing the Megane. Myself, John and a few others are doing a Scotland trip on the 19-23 of this month. Can’t wait.

[st33ly]

Jacking pad kit finally arrived. Will get this fitted asap.

[Dannbodge]

What does the jacking pad kit do?
Just give you better jacking points?

[st33ly]

Basically stops me having to use the pinch weld to jack the car up. On my previous CCS the sealing cracked and broke away, exposing the bare metal underneath despite using a soft pad. So this will save it. Hopefully.

Edited by st33ly on Tuesday 13th August 21:57

[st33ly]

So another update. It's poly bush time. Which makes an already brilliant handling car that little bit tighter. Never realised how expensive poly bush kits are. For the rear alone £500. Will attempt to do the front next year. 8 bushes per side. Going to get a few things powder coated satin black to match the factory OEM look. I'll up-date once ASAP with photos of them pre fitting.






cheers

[st33ly]

Very small update.

The Superpro rear bush kit arrived after dealing with Ewan @ Clarckmotorsport. Its taken some time to get to this stage. Between stripping everything then pressing the bushes out, vapour/snadblasting the components then powder coating in satin black like factory. Only issue I had was the first powder coater stated he could do satin black then when I went to collect he had them in a mild gloss black which looked pants so of to another powder coaters. Ive ket the hub and lower control arms in mild gloss black because it offers the best protection. Ive also kept the factory stickers to stick back on them so it all looks like factory. Even got all the bolts electroplated. Should look really good.





I have degreased and cleaned the rear underside then put a nice layer of Bilthamber Dynax on. Amazing stuff.


I'll take more photos of the rebuild stage. Love doing this stuff.

[st33ly]

All the parts are back from the powder coaters. Next step get all the Superpro bushes in and then button it all up. Hopefully LOL.

[rob_benton]

What’s Dynax like applying to the under side ? Is the spray quite controlled? And did you have to use a ramp ?
I’ve been looking at doing this to my mk7 as there’s bits of surface rust on the rear sub frame.

Thanks

[st33ly]

Hey Rob

It's simple to apply and you get great coverage. I use a piece of A4 card to temporarily mask areas. Just do light coatings and after 24hrs it dries a ever so slightly tacky matt finish. If you need a thick coat do multiple layers. It honestly pisses one waxoyl and other products. £13 for 750ml and it lasts ages.

[rob_benton]

Thanks for the info.

[st33ly]

Oh sorry forget to say that all this work is done on axel stands/jack. Wish I had a ramp.

[st33ly]

rob_benton said:

What’s Dynax like applying to the under side ? Is the spray quite controlled? And did you have to use a ramp ?
I’ve been looking at doing this to my mk7 as there’s bits of surface rust on the rear sub frame.

Thanks

Rob I forgot to mention that if you do remove the rear frame you will have to buy new bolts. They are stretch to yield bolts so have to be replaced once removed. A few places sell them but to be honest it’s easier to just buy them from VW. The guy at my local dealership is brilliant. Gives me great discount due to the amount of times I go in asking for parts.

[rob_benton]

st33ly said:

Rob I forgot to mention that if you do remove the rear frame you will have to buy new bolts. They are stretch to yield bolts so have to be replaced once removed. A few places sell them but to be honest it’s easier to just buy them from VW. The guy at my local dealership is brilliant. Gives me great discount due to the amount of times I go in asking for parts.

Thanks for the info. When I get round to it I was just going to put a coating over the subframe in situ to stop the surface rust.

[st33ly]

Another small update. I was hoping to have this all buttoned up beginning of last month however relying on other people is increasing my timescales considerably. However I am slowly cracking on. Rear shocks have seen small rust dots dremlled off and then zinc primed following multiple coatings of satin black. I delicately removed the factory labels and once the paint had cured for a week used a hot dry iron plus paper towel to re-stick them back on. Also bought a white paint marker to re-mark the original markings on the shock. Turned out really well in my humble opinion.







I coated the electroplated bolts and fastener with a silver type galvanised paint. Looks OEM to me and should provide an extra layer of protection.





Lastly rear subframe alignment kit from ECS arrived from the states in three days from ordering. Spoke to a guy using online chat and he was so helpful. Worked out £12 cheaper than the Tyrol kits in the UK and looks for OEM to me. Comes complete with new bolts as they should not be replaced due to being torque to yield. Postage and VAT were more expensive than the bloody parts.



I will up date ASAP on any further developments.

[st33ly]

So another small update if anyone is interested. I managed to get everything back from the powder coaters and got the new superpro poly bushes installed. Has taken ages to get to this point however I had a few spare hours over the Christmas period so started building a few things back together. Looks fantastic now and is fully poly bushed.







Rear end should be buttoned up next week ready for its service and Apple CarPlay installation at VW Edinburgh.

Cheers

[st33ly]

I fitted rear lines and today I’m draining the fuel tank as I think the petrol will have went stale. It’s been sitting since June. It has been turned over numerous times with the injector pump fuse pulled out. Just to keep everything Lubricated.

Edited by st33ly on Wednesday 29th April 23:08