roachburger Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Hellloo I'm jonny, I accidentally bought myself a gt turbo about 4/5 months ago I'm 23 and I owned a wonderfully french 205 gti which I spent 98% of my weekends fixing.Decided to get a reliable car and so far so good .. touch wood.It's an origional mk1 gt in some really strange green I've not found the colour code for, hence the name the green turd, usual age related marks, front bumper, etcc but there's one football shaped dent that winds me up..... damn kids. Has the glow panel, fog light in the rear clusters and ABS ? ? If anyone can tell me more about this car I'd be thrilled, I heard they didn't come with abs or the rear fog light inside the rear lense, it also appears to have Sachs shocks.I've meshed the turbo and polybushed pretty much the whole front end, fitted grooved front disks and greenstuff pads, replaced the rear glow panel for one in better condition and chucked a set of 15" alloys on.Anyways I'll attempt to upload a picture Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addymk2 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Sweet, welcome along bud! Sounds interesting How did you end up accidentally buying it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Green Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome along pal, I want to hear more about how you accidentally bought a GT lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 HelllooI'm jonny, I accidentally bought myself a gt turbo about 4/5 months ago I'm 23 and I owned a wonderfully french 205 gti which I spent 98% of my weekends fixing.Decided to get a reliable car and so far so good .. touch wood.It's an origional mk1 gt in some really strange green I've not found the colour code for, hence the name the green turd, usual age related marks, front bumper, etcc but there's one football shaped dent that winds me up..... damn kids. Has the glow panel, fog light in the rear clusters and ABS ? ? If anyone can tell me more about this car I'd be thrilled, I heard they didn't come with abs or the rear fog light inside the rear lense, it also appears to have Sachs shocks.I've meshed the turbo and polybushed pretty much the whole front end, fitted grooved front disks and greenstuff pads, replaced the rear glow panel for one in better condition and chucked a set of 15" alloys on.Anyways I'll attempt to upload a picture That green colour is my fav mk1 GT colour. Look after it matey, there rare as rocking horse shite! Sounds like your on the right path, big improvement over French shite like that! See here if u need any help adding pictures to your posts: http://www.ukstarletowners.com/page/articles.html/_/club-site/sharing-photos-on-the-website-r27 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Hellloo I'm jonny, I accidentally bought myself a gt turbo about 4/5 months ago I'm 23 and I owned a wonderfully french 205 gti which I spent 98% of my weekends fixing. Decided to get a reliable car and so far so good .. touch wood. It's an origional mk1 gt in some really strange green I've not found the colour code for, hence the name the green turd, usual age related marks, front bumper, etcc but there's one football shaped dent that winds me up..... damn kids. Has the glow panel, fog light in the rear clusters and ABS ? ? If anyone can tell me more about this car I'd be thrilled, I heard they didn't come with abs or the rear fog light inside the rear lense, it also appears to have Sachs shocks. I've meshed the turbo and polybushed pretty much the whole front end, fitted grooved front disks and greenstuff pads, replaced the rear glow panel for one in better condition and chucked a set of 15" alloys on. Anyways I'll attempt to upload a pictureSounds like your in my Green Mk1 Club. Welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roachburger Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Haha, yeahh its almost black, a copper had an argument with me claiming it had had a black re-spray, no mate its green.. thanks guys, I love it like a bastard child.. I accidentally bought it via eBay, I saw it and put a cheeky bid, thinking it wouldn't win almost bought a Clio 172 when an email popped up saying you've won a starlet... Picked it up of a young kid in Doncaster who couldbt insure it .. I need an exhaust system badlyyy I'll upload some photos once I've had q shower and opened my laptop .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome to UKSO and love MK1's John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Critic Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StuDoc 72 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome mate youve certainly made a good choice and come to the right place. As said we like pics here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roachburger Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 ill start with the steering wheel i swopped might not be to everyones taste but i tink it feels 10x better in my hands .. old new also when i bought it there was a lovely crack/ filler attempt on the rear panel which after much searching i managed to replace.. old new and finally the front end .. its sat on my friends driveway at the second minus a wheel bearing and excuse the uncleanlyness..im going to remove the air con today and some other bits and this is the front brakes .. the old disks had some nasty cracks on them the worst is pictured.. old new Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlancEP82 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 mint discs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roachburger Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) yeah there not that shiney now but i could seriously tell the difference when i was following my friends renault 5, going into corners i was loosing speed well quicker than him .... having said that, its a Renault .. Edited June 4, 2013 by roachburger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waveyglanza Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foggy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Nice work. I have an awful soft spot for the mk1 . Keep it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Please do not hack the bumper top fit fmic getting hard to get hold off these days!!Squeeze it behind! John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
*Zoe* Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Nice to see a mk1 being looked after get a prog thread up man looks like you'll be doing some nice things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Welcome, nice MK1! Please do not hack the bumper top fit fmic getting hard to get hold off these days!!Squeeze it behind! JohnAgreed! Find a 2" thick core, usually you can squeeze those in with careful trimming Edited June 4, 2013 by Amjad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle_R Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Looks smart as mate. Got a lot of love for the mk1 but I love my mk2 gt. and as said don't cut bumper for the front mount. I squeezed a blitz front mount behind mine. And the yellow fogs look ace I wanna do mine just gunna get a spare set first incase I change my mind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Notorious_C_A_T Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Love that colour, best colour in my opinion! And a mk1 with glow panel for the win! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome man, gotta love a MK1, especially one in near oem condition. That colour looks sweet when polished up right. The ABS was an optional extra and someone has installed a rear fog into the cluster by the sounds of it. Much better looking than an external fog hanging off the bumper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 welcome buddy I do like that colour gt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Please do not hack the bumper top fit fmic getting hard to get hold off these days!! Squeeze it behind! John if you want to preserve them that badly, buy mine with mk1 lip and fogs ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardKSavage Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Welcome to the forum, those discs look beastly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roachburger Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 hahaha boys calm down i dont even own a front mount yet, im not destroying that bumper .. im slightly tempted to go for a long thin intercooler anyway make it look a little stealth .. anyways yesterday i went a bit mad and removed the air con fixed my destroyed wheel bearing, and fucked about with the glow panel wiring for trisK Thats my engine at the moment .. pretty standard. i hate that hks dump valve, its entirely too fast and furious, and the strut brace is bright orange all the air con bits, i could push my finger between the fins in the rad a quick question about my vac pipe situation, ive removed the solenoid and link the pipes like so ..but its only boosting to 0.6, ncan anyone shed any light as to where im going wrong ?? ive got this bad boy to fit aswell when my de-cat arrives from toby (thanks man) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bailey Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Looks well that mate where you located? If its running a standard actuator youll only be boosting at .6 which ia normal. And the manifold might be best left off those stainless one have a tendency to crack and fall to bits i snapped the turbo flange clean off mine then i went for a mildsteel one not had a problem since good luck dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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