Hi guys
I'd love to say that I own a 205 Gti or a 106 Rallye or the like but atm I don't actually own a French car, I'm just looking for help finding a few bits to help fix a friends 205 Gti.
Phil
Hi Phil, and welcome
What're you after?
Gday mate, what exactly are ya after?
Gidday guys, I posted a quick WTB in the parts wanted section but to begin with I'm just looking for a drivers seat rail.
Well I suppose I'm not an interloper here any more. I just bought a 97 106 Gti. I'm still uncertain as to whether this was a good idea :p.
That is an extremely good idea!
Quote from: PhilMk1 on November 27, 2010, 05:30:50 PM
Well I suppose I'm not an interloper here any more. I just bought a 97 106 Gti. I'm still uncertain as to whether this was a good idea :p.
Marone one from glen at conties?? if so jealous thats a mint car!
Quote from: 2052NV on November 27, 2010, 07:16:41 PM
Quote from: PhilMk1 on November 27, 2010, 05:30:50 PM
Well I suppose I'm not an interloper here any more. I just bought a 97 106 Gti. I'm still uncertain as to whether this was a good idea :p.
Marone one from glen at conties?? if so jealous thats a mint car!
It was indeed bought via Glen. It looks pretty damn tidy but it's my first foray into the world of French machinery and I'm not totally sure what to expect. Fun little car so far though, I'd be keen to come by an Auckland meet sometime and say Hi.
Oh yea, grabbed a couple of pics of the beast itself.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8854/minip1000111.jpg)
(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/26/minip1000112.jpg)
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5599/minip1000113.jpg)
that car is mint. good place to start in french car ownership!
good score. thats a sweet car
is the S16 a jap spec GTi a bit like 306s?
anyway, very noice and welcome
I would say the S16 badges and Rallye stickers (bonnet) have been added. Other than that it looks pretty tidy. Can I ask what it set you back?
p.s. find some twisty roads and I'll bet you'll reckon it was best purchase EVER!
Yea, the car is actually a Gti, it's just sporting S16 badges. Perhaps the last owner liked S16 more.
Quote from: Renick on November 29, 2010, 05:33:37 PM
I would say the S16 badges and Rallye stickers (bonnet) have been added. Other than that it looks pretty tidy. Can I ask what it set you back?
p.s. find some twisty roads and I'll bet you'll reckon it was best purchase EVER!
What's the market value of these just out of curiousity? I've barely seen any for sale, a gold one on TM about a year ago and the high miles blue one on TM sold for $5,650.
the gold one with 151k on the clock was 6.5k (bought by me)
Hi again guys, just thought I might do a bit of grave digging to show some pics of the current state of my 106. I found some Cyclones after some searching, fixed up the curbing and painted em up. It's sitting a little lower now also, Eibach springs and some Bilsteins.
I'm not fully sure why my mates camera is on hipster mode but yea. Pic was taken in the natural habitat of the Gti, winding roads...
(http://i.imgur.com/z2sbU.jpg)
Tasty!
COOOOOOL
Looking good!
Well then. I've been threatening to buy another Frenchie for a while (turbo deez BX....gosh) and I kinda fell into this. The usual story, probably paid more than its worth, low spec Jap motor, unknown history etc. Seems relatively solid though, fingers crossed. Future plans involve 16 valves.....
If that comes to fruition, anyone interested in a BE1? Seems pretty tight even through shagged out linkages. Also probably a slightly smokey DFZ. Still drives pretty well, I'm guessing just valve guides.
(http://s12.postimage.org/e1wpn4qrx/P1000712.jpg)
(http://s3.postimage.org/6h1wt5agj/P1000713.jpg)
Is it this one?
http://www.fastfrogs.co.nz/index.php/topic,2043.0.html (http://www.fastfrogs.co.nz/index.php/topic,2043.0.html)
Heh, yea that's the one. I thought it might have been converted from an auto. Looks a bit tidier there it has to be said, front bumper is not in great shape, missing toweye cover of course and one of the fogs is broken.
Anyone able to fill in any more info from the last few years?
309 rulz