Golf gti wide body project From a new member

coming along very well!!:sunglasse

There is one problem i bumped into trying to fit the bumper.
This piece:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Probs/What%20fb.jpg
Is it a good thing to cut it away or leave it there.
Cause when i cut it away the bumper is also going to be extended like this.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Probs/solve1.jpg
What do you guys (especialy those who have built this model already) think i should do to give it a good look on the front?

I would fix the bumper on the body before chassis assembly and cut the chassis that you can insert it

Cut the part off IMO.

You could sand it more to fit or you could cut it off, its your choise :loser:

Btw: Thats awesome work!!

Finaly i made some progress that gives this car a real rieger look :naughty: .
As i sayd, i would make the sideskirts next so i did that.
Along the way of making them i realised that the bottem of the panels are to rounded in comparison with the Rieger gto.
So i redid those again with a wider look on the lower part and it looks great IMO :smokin:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage4/DSC00011.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage4/DSC00017.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage4/DSC00009.JPG

I tweaked the front fenders a little so they look more accurate
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage4/DSC00013.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage4/DSC00002.JPG

The pictures of a Corrado Gto in a german tuning magazine i was talking about are a super reference in making this bodykit. :bigthumb:
So i would like to share them with you as eye candy, or if someone else is thinking about also making a widebody golf. :wink:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00036.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00038.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00037.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00035.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00030.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Real%20rieger/DSC00033.JPG

I'm open to suggestions, so :feedback:

oh....wow.....simply amazing putty-work

OK, its B-E-A- uuuutiful , umm about ur front bumer i have a suggestions wut if you glue it to the body, and then putty it up by the wheel whell and blend it with ur fender and then ad a small gill each side and then make up a grill for it , cut out a space in the fender and make a billit grill for it and do the same thing between ur lights as well it would take the stock look out of the face of the car and make it look coller and more custom, but its ur car do wut u like, i like it so far its comin together greati like ur shapin skills with the file on the putty. keep up the great work .

- Tommy

i mean cut a space in the bumper not fender lol sorry about the bad grammer i'm tired as all hell

That looks very great!!

The sideskirts looks great !

looking good. I really should have done a widebody on mine, seeing as it would fit the twin engine theme. Oh well, there's always next time I guess.

This is going to look excellent! I love seeing a nice VW build.

Looks excellent so far!

Thanks for the replies everyone :)

OK, its B-E-A- uuuutiful , umm about ur front bumer i have a suggestions wut if you glue it to the body, and then putty it up by the wheel whell and blend it with ur fender and then ad a small gill each side and then make up a grill for it , cut out a space in the fender and make a billit grill for it and do the same thing between ur lights as well it would take the stock look out of the face of the car and make it look coller and more custom, but its ur car do wut u like, i like it so far its comin together greati like ur shapin skills with the file on the putty. keep up the great work .

- Tommy

That's exactly how i was planning to do it :bigthumb: thanks, but i'm not entirely sure about the grill tho.
It does indeed need a grill like thing on the sides of the bumper but i don't have any clue about how to make it :banghead: . Does any one have a suggestion about the grill? :1zhelp: .

looking good. I really should have done a widebody on mine, seeing as it would fit the twin engine theme. Oh well, there's always next time I guess.

You could also give a Rad ride hot-rod kinda style to the golf :naughty:
I am thinking of doing this in a future project but that style will fit perfectly with your Golf IMO :wink:

thats a good build

mooi!!!!

Just a little update.
I made the front bumper fit the body, so i would like to share this experience :lol2: with you guys.
It still needs some putty and of course some sanding but the look is there.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage5/DSC00004.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage5/DSC00009.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage5/DSC00008.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage5/DSC00007.JPG
Now the body is nearing its finish :) still some detailing to do, like the edge running allong the middle of the door together with some other things.
But the large body shapes are done

later

Erik

Cool. I'm stuck on radiators with mine, that's why I haven't updated it. Plus I need to get some expoxy putty and fill some seems/gaps and smooth some stuff out.

Yeah!
Awsome work, can't wait to see it coloured ;)

Nice. Wish I could trade my jetta for a gti.....(real car)

How you can be so good with putty and everything?!?
Just incredible!!

Thanks for the reply's

Cool. I'm stuck on radiators with mine, that's why I haven't updated it. Plus I need to get some expoxy putty and fill some seems/gaps and smooth some stuff out.

Can't wait to see some new pics of your golf :naughty: but have you thought about the hotrod look on your golf? :sunglasse .

Nice. Wish I could trade my jetta for a gti.....(real car)

I wish i could trade my golf II for a corrado (also in real life cause i love them :iceslolan )

Great build there !! i love that wide bodykit. it looks almost perfect. i cant wait to see some primer/paint on this baby !

Wish i could change my both Golfs to Corrado and Phaeton :iceslolan

Dread, I sure I understand your definition of: Hotrod Golf. I may be missing something...

Well, if i win the lotery then then...... :p pheaton's are beautifull but they are so damned expensive, just give me a corrado vr6 and /me is happy :lol2:

[ONTOPIC] I am realy stuck on something.
As i said i would like the 320i racing engine in the golf but there is a problem.
The problem is....realism, cause this engine has air horns which in real life can't be mixed with to much dust :grinno: . So it is unrealistic to fit this engine in the car in real life cause it isn't going to be a race car.
So if i would go with this engine i must make somekind of airfilter to keep up with realism which is do-able.
On the other hand i can make a golf gti 16V engine with some mods like a turbo and a different intake, and i have some realy good reference pictures for both the engine and the mods i will be making for it.

So i'm stuck on this question and would like to have some oppinions about which to choose.
Maybe you guys could give me some tips or reference pics of making a good air filter for the airhorns if you say " go for the 320i engine" :dunno: .
Well i hope you guys could give some input on this one :1zhelp:

Greets

Erik

Dread, I sure I understand your definition of: Hotrod Golf. I may be missing something...

(sry for the double post) what i meant is to give the golf a hotrod look ,very wide very bold fender flares and maybe a chopped top :dunno: . Most hot-rods are made from 30s-50s american automobiles or the beetle but to give a hot rod style to the golf has never been done (not to my knowledge) and will surely be unique :naughty: , maybe ugly but it can be tried :evillol:

You've came a long way since the begining, Looks Top notch so far, Keep it Up!

Ok, I get it. Im thinkin of puttying the flares to smoothen them out, and smooth out the factory bumpers and such.

Ok, I get it. Im thinkin of puttying the flares to smoothen them out, and smooth out the factory bumpers and such.

I think that it could look awesome on your golf :smokin: .

Anyways, does someone have some oppinions about which engine to choose? :1zhelp: it would be very helpfull :rolleyes:

I say go for the 320i motor and for your intake problem...Revell makes a tuner car called the Acura Integra Type R. It also has a four-cylinder engine. I'd suggest stealing the intake assembly from it. It's one piece intake, intake tube, and cone filter and would fit perfectly in the golf. Good luck on your car.

Any VWs engine would be good(Gti 1.8 16V, VR6)

Go with the bmw engine with an airfilter, your golf worth it !

Thanks for the reply's. :smile:
The engine is going to be the 320i engine with rear wheel drive.
I am not totaly sure what i am going to do with the airfilter.
I could go for an air duct in the grill or i could make a "normal" airfiler, i am trying different things, i am also looking into the acura kit 86_SR5 pointed out to me :bigthumb: . I will keep you posted on this one.

When surfing the net i also stumbled on a great reference site for the engine, this will also come in handy http://www.davidmcintyre.org/rebuild-no.html

Later

Erik

You could make air intake like this (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1296094#post1296094)

You could make air intake like this (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1296094#post1296094)

I am indeed planning on making such an airfilter, maybe even 4 :naughty: , on every air horn 1 airfilter like this
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/320I%20engine/engine1gDraw.jpg

But i could also make an air intake like this engine has on the right
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/320I%20engine/engine2.jpg

I will see :sunglasse

So it will have 4 carbutetors?!?

So it will have 4 carbutetors?!?

No, the 320i has a single point injection system so there are no carbs.
The first pic shown is an older bmw engine which has 2 carberators but the only thing that i meant with this pic are the air filters which i could use on the air horns.

*******************************update************* ******************

Finally the body is realy near the finish line :naughty: .
The hood is finished and it now has a hoodlip and is smoothed out and the front bumper is
intergrated in to the body.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00012.JPG

I sanded the body with a finer grit and did a little puttying at the front to get rid of some holes.
Offcourse this is only the beginning of this but i can say that i am realy happy with the overall body shape. :iceslolan
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00003.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00006.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00009.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00016.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00018.JPG

The lowrider look is still an option for this project. Because of that i did some more dremeling
in the wheelwells to get a good look with this. This is what it will roughly be like.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00025.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00031.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage6/DSC00033.JPG

As always, feedback and constructive criticism :p are welcome :feedback:

Greets

Erik

oh wow thats hot! It looks really good man! Is this your first bodywork done?

oh wow thats hot! It looks really good man! Is this your first bodywork done?

Yes it is, it is actualy my 2nd model ever made :p

It is looking great! Can't wait to see a coat of primer on it, so we can get a better picture of how the body work flows

Yes it is, it is actualy my 2nd model ever made :p

no way!! I cant wait to see your 10th model ever made..its gonna be crazy. Your putty work is amazing!! What kind of putty are you using?

no way!! I cant wait to see your 10th model ever made..its gonna be crazy. Your putty work is amazing!! What kind of putty are you using?

I always say that i'm using putty but i'm not using it at all :screwy: (i sayd in the beginning it was putty but then i didn't knew what the correct english word was :p )
But it is called bondo body filler or something in the us. In the first page there is a pic of it.
And thanks for the compliment :biggrin:

GREAT work on the bodykit, but i wouldnT go for that lowriderlook on this

GREAT work on the bodykit, but i wouldnT go for that lowriderlook on this
Yeah, no lowrider. But i would make that masklip different, like this:
http://ffp-motorsport.com/pics/silv/juice01.jpg

Looks very good, but PLEASE don't go for that lowrider look!

Yeah, no lowrider. But i would make that masklip different, like this:


that's just the same lip as i had on mine
:naughty:
http://people.freenet.de/orion37170/NOM-AE612.jpg

that's just the same lip as i had on mine
:naughty:

Yeah, that kind of lip yould be much better!!

Thanks for the feedback :biggrin:

okay okay i will not go for the lowrider look :grinno: , as it indeed does look silly with this bodykit.
The wheel wells where mainly dremeled out to get a more accurate look. The benefit of this is that the wheels can go deeper in the body but it was not the original intention for this.

But as for the masklip vwman proposed; the hood extension is already there and it does look beter than such a mask lip IMO. I have seen this mask lip to many times on Golf's and Corrado's. It looks good but it is not very original. As for a hood extension however, that you don't see that much cause it is more expensive in real life :naughty: .

Yeah, no lowrider. But i would make that masklip different, like this:
http://ffp-motorsport.com/pics/silv/juice01.jpg

But as for the masklip vwman proposed; the hood extension is already there and it does look beter than such a mask lip IMO. I have seen this mask lip to many times on Golf's and Corrado's. It looks good but it is not very original. As for a hood extension however, that you don't see that much cause it is more expensive in real life :naughty: .
Its you model and you like the lip its good!
And thats true you dont see hood extensions every day!

looks hot

Looks great, erik!

can't wait to see it finished!

Looks great, erik!

can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks and welcome to AF, fellow Dutch member :)

*******************************update************* ******************

Finnally the first primer coat is on the golf to see all the imperfections.
I have also made the edge running over the middle of the door and thickend the hood lip cause
it cracked when i was almost finished with it :banghead: .
Here are the pics, enjoy :smokin:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00001.jpg
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00002.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00003.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00005.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00008.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00009.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00012.JPG
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brendel2/darc/Golf%20wide%20body/Stage7/DSC00017.JPG

Greets

Erik

wow it looks really good

nice work!!!! just need to smooth sand a bit, then you can spray color on.

mod it to square shape headlights, looks more agreesive!

wow that looks so good !! im loving those lines. you're really doing a great job on this kit.

but one question, what is the almost identical golf we see in the background of some pics ?

i think he is taking the pictures by a mirror :screwy:

Thanks for the reply's

wow that looks so good !! im loving those lines. you're really doing a great job on this kit.

but one question, what is the almost identical golf we see in the background of some pics ?

Thanks m8.
For the identical golf;
:rofl: :lol: :lol2: :cwm27: well i am building the exact one as we speak, i am actualy making 4 of them :p j/k hehe. It is indeed the reflection. The pictures are taken in the kitchen on a induction glass cooking plate, it has a mirror on the wall behind it ;) . Cause i think it is the best indoor place in our home to take pictures.

Greets

Erik