Butler
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Cleaned the car today for the first time in aaaaages, although is not spotless and I could have spent more time on it, it does look much better. Im tempted to spend a bit of money on it but im a bit worried about some bubbles that have appeared on the paintwork following winter. What causes surface rust on cars, or little areas of bubbling? How much would it cost to sort them?Also, anyone know how can I prevent the problem worsening in the meantime?
Anyway heres the pics...
[Edited on 16-03-2010 by Butler]
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aron
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it's all about giving it hell on the b-roads 
spend on a decent suspension setup, exhaust and cams 
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Ingham
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That's absolutely gorgeous. Nice to see a standard old GTi.
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RCoughtrie
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want !
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Marc
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Jack1.6valver
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Its the winter roads,there fucking horrific! Rust bubbles will appear where the paint has cracked or stone chips which have allowed water and salt to seep through to the bare metal,causing corrosion under the paint,which is what these bubbles are. If you leave them it'll only spread further and eventually rot a nasty hole  Washing the car more regulary would help as would not takinout on the winter road at all,obviously these cant be helped if its your only car.
Bit of time and effort - Best thing you could do yourself is take a grinding stone to the rusted areas and take it back to fresh clean,corrosion-less metal ( dont be shy but take your time as you could heat and warp the panel) Then slap a couple of thin coats of filler on and sand down with sanding block! Bit of time and effort does the trick,then you paint the area with a colour match and blend in with wet and dry or you could have somebody paint the panels. 
Cant be arsed - pay someone to do the whole thing. A quick fix would be to treat it with kurust (available at halfrauds or diy shops) and slap sum black hammerite on when its dry. Cheap tempory fix but doubt it'll beat that rust!
Hope this helps,you have a rare clean example of a standard mk II 
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Ricky352
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Very nice mate, love these, especially in black
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stan_the_man
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Looks good! MK2's have grown on me alot of late.
I bought mine as it was cheap and im a sucker for old cars.
Waxed it the other day. Came up well. Just stuck a years MOT on it too!
I admit the wheels arent to everyones taste, but they look better in person.
The cars is going away this weekend to fund a BMW.......
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Jack1.6valver
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Another clean example,i'd have more euro wheels on it tho!
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stan_the_man
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quote:
Originally posted by Jack1.6valver
Another clean example,i'd have more euro wheels on it tho!
Me too. The plan was not to have the car long anyway so im not too fussed.
Wheels actually look alot better in person belive it or not 
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GTM
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
That's absolutely gorgeous. Nice to see a standard old GTi.
very true.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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Very nice there Would like one of these as a project or something but by the time I'd be able to they'd be even more expensive and have moon miles x2 on
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Butler
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Cheers guys! I can see myself keeping the golf a while. They are only going up in price. Id be tempted to spend some money keeping it mint in the near future too.
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Nic Barnes
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keep it standard looking and no scene mods and all will be well.
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