My 5 Restoration

[Steevo]

Just a few pics of my project so far, which is slow in progress at the moment. I bought this car from Ebay a few months ago without viewing in first, and to be honest it needed a little more work than I first thought. That said, it was in the main a solid shell with a great original interior and rebuilt engine and 5 previous owners, so i bought it. Structurally car is in need of two new inner and outer sills, rear bumper mounts and a new jacking point. Plus I am replacing a door and the bonnet (Thanks Adam005, Ashy and Mike 16V )




I stripped the interior out and the floor pan and seal/edges are spot on, as are the rear quarters, front wings. The car has gone to the welders to be sorted out and then off to the bodyshop for the rest of the work and repray, as i'm not a welder/panel beater/sprayer I thought that was all best left to the professionals

My intention is to keep the exterior and interior as original as possible, with lowering/ Williams alloys. I've got some parts with the car that are waiting to go on, but the basics are going to be changed before I start modifying the engine:

New Battery Tray
New Front/Rear Screen Rubber
New Front/Rear Bumper Inserts
New Wishbones (have already)
New Polybush kit (have already)
New Brakes All Round (have all new discs already)
New Suspension All Round (coilovers or standard uprated?)
New Lighting (Headlights/Fogs/Repeaters)

And whatever else breaks or looks like needs replacing before I can move on to the luxuries such as engine modifications etc. Luckily the car came with it's original rear screen and door badges too which is nice
I will keep updating as i go and asking questions i'm sure, but check back if you're interested!!






Don't know why i plastered this in Kurust when it was getting replaced, but hey




Jacking point that is being replaced with a new one from Renault

[Steevo]

A few pics from outside the bodyshop before she goes to the welder, looking a bit sorry for herself, but can't wait until it's back!!

[Chris Beer]

That doesn't look half bad mate

Enjoy seeing a Raider getting worked on now, interior looks top nick too!

[Steevo]

Thanks for the comments
I feel it's going to be a long road ahead, but thats half the fun!

[Steevo]

I have been down to the bodyshop a few times in the last month or so to drop off some parts. They are taking photos of the restoration for me, but thought i'd take a few cheeky pics for my thread. Since last pics, the car has now been over to a welder who specialises in VW restorations. He has done a great job at completely replacing the inner and outer sills, new jacking points, new rear bumper mount sections. I've also had a new section welded in on the rear arch, below the fuel cap area. Looks like things are starting to come together now which is nice to see... really pleased with the work done thus far

After new inner and outer sills.......


The section below the fuel cap was cut out and was replaced with a good section...

[Steevo]

Only one patch of corrosion found on the front screen, and minimal elsewhere just surface here and there. Under the carpets the floor is looking good too

Big thanks to Adam005 for the help, and Ashy, Mike(GT Spares) for all the parts so far

[Tony Walker]

looking good

[Steevo]

looking good

Thanks

[TNT ANDY]

Keep it up chap.

Looking gr8. Nice to see another black one being cared for.

[Os8472]

Keep it up chap.

Looking gr8. Nice to see another black one being cared for.

Put ya glasses on Andy, it's a raider

Top work fella, keep it up

[Steevo]

Thanks a lot guys! Black?

[Big Steve - Raider]

Keep those Raider's rolling!!

[TNT ANDY]

Put ya glasses on Andy, it's a raider

Top work fella, keep it up

LMFAO

[Steevo]

Bodyshop have got really stuck in the past two weeks!! Need to get some window fixings and rubbers all round, and front and rear bumper inserts, new window regulator and some little metal 'u' shaped brackets to hold the door lock barrels in place as they had seen better days.
The bodykit is just being prepped for paint before it's all bolted back together again



Really pleased with the result on the windscreen surround, only one patch of rust found, cut out and new welded in









Rear section welded in nicely and new rear bumper mounts looking good


Interior starting to go back in.......

[Tony Walker]

that progressed quickly, top job

[Steevo]

that progressed quickly, top job

Tbh I think they're sick of the sight of it... in fact they told me they are
It's been there since early September, apart from a week or so inbetween at the welders, so they are concentrating on finishing it now, but yeah well pleased with the results so far

[Tony Walker]

lol, i hate it when somethings with us for more than a week. never mind months

[Alex]

Great to see another GTT being saved!

[LiamR]

Wow!! Your 5 is going to look ace!!:-) am impressed.

Can't wait to get my bodywork sorted. Hope it's half as good as yours is looking.

Keep it up mate

[Steevo]

Cheers Liam, Believe me mate your base car is a lot better than what I started with and you know that car inside out, so I can imagine yours will be awesome when done. Great to see your enthusiasm returned!

[Steevo]

Week til i get her back now, all spraying complete, just needs spoiler, fuel cap, glass putting in, interior, lighting and a replacement window regulator. Then a final machine polish! few pics......................







My pressed plates arrived the other day, good quality too

[matty j]

mate looks awesome

[Steevo]

mate looks awesome

Cheers fella

[Tony Walker]

ooooooooooooooh nice

[Steevo]

ooooooooooooooh nice

Just reading my thread back and realised the most recent few pics look worse than the begininng of the thread as it's so thick in workshop dust

[Tony Walker]

lol were all just being polite. get it cleaned

[Brigsy]

Looks well

[Steevo]

[benj88]

Looking good

[LiamR]

It's coming along nicely :-)

Where did you get those plates and how much were they mate?

[Steevo]

It's coming along nicely :-)

Where did you get those plates and how much were they mate?

Cheers Liam, got them from eBay. There are loads of companies on there selling pressed plates but some of the ones I've seen in the flesh have been poor quality but these are really good (cost £24.99 all in inc P+P)

[Steevo]

Item number is 330531330378

[tubbyG]

thats gonna be minty fresh (once you clean it )

loving the plates also, I may need to invest in some of those

[Steevo]

thats gonna be minty fresh (once you clean it )

loving the plates also, I may need to invest in some of those

The minute it's had the final buff I'm uploading pics!!

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

The minute it's had the final buff I'm uploading pics!!

i take it you mean the car steve.... , good to see you doin so well bud , may have to pop over to yours sometime as your a neighbour allmost...

[Steevo]

yeah pop over mate, I'll promise not to buff in your presence!!

Could do with all the help & knowledge I could get anyway cos under the bonnet needs some love
Adam 005 is coming over at some point too, so maybe try and coincide it

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

yeah pop over mate, I'll promise not to buff in your presence!!

Could do with all the help & knowledge I could get anyway cos under the bonnet needs some love
Adam 005 is coming over at some point too, so maybe try and coincide it

spot on idea bud , maybe drag a few of us to yours, give the car some love and attention and a "buff"... then go for a shandy or two.....

[Steevo]

So after a LOT of new parts and panels and painting, it's home after a 5 1/2 month holiday at the bodyshop.... Gave it a good polish and wax before taking some pics today. On the downside I somehow managed to put an impressive 1" scratch on my sideskirt whilst I was hoovering the inside. I can say I almost burst into tears
So it'll need to go back at some point as i'm a picky ****er

[Steevo]

I replaced all of the window seals and a new inner OE windscreen seal, new front and rear bumper inserts (rear one was a rip off!!)
Still have yet to put the new raider door badges on too.

Next steps are to buy a new set of GAZ coilies from R5_scotty and get my Williams wheels refurbished. Thats it for the exterior though, want to keep the rest standard inc the interior before I get to work on the engine mods.

[dangerous dave]

looks lovely...

[Steevo]

looks lovely...

Thanks mate

[Steevo]

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[benj88]

Looks lovely that mate, mint job. One thing that's annoying me though... Them tyres lol. Get some tyre gloss on makes a hell of a difference on any car.

[Steevo]

Looks lovely that mate, mint job. One thing that's annoying me though... Them tyres lol. Get some tyre gloss on makes a hell of a difference on any car.

Yeah, I did think that as I was uploading the pics, my excuse is that they're coming off anyway, so i'll have all new rubber

[gtmatt]

That looks the dogs mate well done on that hands down to the hard work

[Steevo]

That looks the dogs mate well done on that hands down to the hard work

Thanks Matt

[Ashy]

Nice one mate, good to see another resto project finished!!

[Steevo]

Nice one mate, good to see another resto project finished!!

Thanks for helping out with some of the bits to make it happen Ashy Still got loads to do to it, but all good fun

[Ashy]

Thanks for helping out with some of the bits to make it happen Ashy Still got loads to do to it, but all good fun

No probs mate, glad to be of help

[adscan]

Great car. Looks fantastic.