Dizzy dubbers back

nomates wrote:

nice one dude ....its what i always say .........look past the cheap chrome tat and look at the fundamental structure ......all bolt on bits can be replaced for imported good nick ones easy ......chuffed for you dude ,well done

Cheers man, very happy, nearly all the bad rust is in the bolt on panels.

Ive promised to keep the old owner Dizzy Dawn informed of progress as she owned dizzy 12 years and lived her life around dizzy, got a real good vibe from her when i picked the bug up. I was noughty though as it was dark and i dint haggle or look over the car, just hoped in and drove off lol

Gonna have another play tomorrow and rip the seats out ready to find some original ones, also need to check over electrics and sort fuel leak.

God its good to have a dub ive bloody missed all this

Looking good Carlio
What's your overall plan?

Cheers scoops, for now just get it moted. Got to think of something new lol
the girls dont want another duie which was my plan lol

Nice one Carl, have you stopped grinning like a cheshire cat yet?

ARCANE wrote:

Nice one Carl, have you stopped grinning like a cheshire cat yet?

Nope although i am paying for being out in this all day yesterday, think i have manflue on its way

Niiiice work bud looks a bargain £600 with Mot??

vwbeetlebum wrote:

Niiiice work bud looks a bargain £600 with Mot??

cheers bud, no mot but only failed on breakes

Im not moting it for a while though, need to get her looking sweat first

good to see ya back on the scene

WizBizMartin wrote:

good to see ya back on the scene

cheers wiz

Accchhhhhheeeeeeemmmmmmm?

pics?

nomates wrote:

pics?

I havnt done anything new lol planned to today but got screwed with my golf.

Had the windscreen man round as found the screen bonding had come away, he removed the screen to find it was glued in with body bond and still wet lol takes the piss, he cant save the screen and has to replace it.

I bought the golf and its costing heaps, 2 new front tyres, bodged windscreen, airbag and abs lights are on all the time, needless to say i want to ring the previous owner up and call him a cunt.

Contacted autoglass £348 to replace my windscreen, ranf paul windscreen warhouse £126.50 supply and fit new windscreen.

Hopefully having the screen done in the morning, then onto the bug at last lol

why cant he save the screen?

dubberatlast wrote:

nomates wrote:

pics?

I havnt done anything new lol planned to today but got screwed with my golf.

Had the windscreen man round as found the screen bonding had come away, he removed the screen to find it was glued in with body bond and still wet lol takes the piss, he cant save the screen and has to replace it.

I bought the golf and its costing heaps, 2 new front tyres, bodged windscreen, airbag and abs lights are on all the time, needless to say i want to ring the previous owner up and call him a cunt.

Contacted autoglass £348 to replace my windscreen, ranf paul windscreen warhouse £126.50 supply and fit new windscreen.

Hopefully having the screen done in the morning, then onto the bug at last lol

the reason the glass prive varies is the quality and thickness of the glass, the screen accounts for 20% atleast of the structural strength of the car, air bag light and warning lights are now an mot failure.

joker 67 wrote:

the reason the glass prive varies is the quality and thickness of the glass, the screen accounts for 20% atleast of the structural strength of the car, air bag light and warning lights are now an mot failure.

Cheers andy, getting the vagcom thing from a mate in audi monday so he can tell me why the lights are on.

The screen was such a bodge it was dangerous, paul (windscreen chap) said one hard break and it would have fell out, there was hardly anything holding it in there, not good when its used daily to pick the kids up from school and so on.

Just glad to get it sorted, realy have fell in luv with the tdi golf, goes like fook and is cool looking

the reason i said about the glass, is the cheap stuff from glass fitters is basically pretty crap, thin glass, no weight in it.
it has not got the strength of genuine glass.


genuine glass is really heavy.

I understand it was fitted wrong but why couldn't it be fitted properly? Glass can be rebonded

baja 69 wrote:

I understand it was fitted wrong but why couldn't it be fitted properly? Glass can be rebonded

Dont ask bud, who ever rebonded the screen before i owned it used the wrong glue, they also fitted the screen to low which coused other probs. All sorted now lol and the new windscreen was heavier than the genuine vw one lol

joker 67 wrote:

the reason i said about the glass, is the cheap stuff from glass fitters is basically pretty crap, thin glass, no weight in it.
it has not got the strength of genuine glass.


genuine glass is really heavy.

although it was vw stamped glass in the car it was real light compared to the new screen, the rubbers wasnt all that on the vw one either, the new screen is pilkington glass and seemed heavier, so this is a good thing i hope lol

Carl, if you haven't removed the lights already, could you take a pic of the rear of the light correctly wired

Gungemyster wrote:

Carl, if you haven't removed the lights already, could you take a pic of the rear of the light correctly wired

the passenger one is still in, i will get a pic tomorrow bud, i should remember

Had a play again today not realy any progress, just strip down lol

Still cant find any welding needed underneath but the hinge pillars are fooked lol



From this



to this, couldnt get the hinge off, it had been welded lol



then above this

Found this above the passenger door



Then had a dig at the gutters







Couple pics or dizzy now

Gungemyster wrote:

Carl, if you haven't removed the lights already, could you take a pic of the rear of the light correctly wired

No good bud, the wires was all cut and shut and all yellow lol so bodged not proper

Right at last thanks go to big al for my new exstension lead.

Finaly started to get some work done lol

I did have pics of the crap hinge posts cut out but cant find them anywhere.
Wish i took gungies advice and got hookys panels though, just couldnt stretch to £25 a side when i bought my crap ones for £8, goes to show you get what you pay for lol

anyway there bought now lol so have to do


Inner part of the pillar welded in and the hing panel part welded, o and only to of the door hinge bolts line up, the 3rd is way of so gonna drill it though and hopefully stick a nut down there, tight but worked on duie.


door gap good enough for me


And the mess on the inner quarter after pulling inch thick fillar of lol


Still smiling and enjoying this heaps lol