88 1.9gti restoration (I hope lol)

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Hi all after taking my pug off road for some tlc 10years ago then getting made redundant shortly after and some would say even worse my partner getting pregnant haha, I simply could not afford or have the time to do what was needed, which at the time was abit of rust on rear arches, a paint and trim freshen up.

Having left it so long there's now alot more work that needs doing 

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Got it on a flatbed eventually after rearbrakes were seized 

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Latest stripdown of rear caliper, what would any1 recommend with these? Clean up and new caliper kit?

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Seat removal, p.s my mate used it as a stores I think whilst it was off the road

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Latest update managing a few hours if that after work at the moment.

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

That's a pretty good basis for the restoration.

 

I would have given it a good wash first though :).

 

As for the calipers, strip them down, sandblast them and repaint them, inspect the pistons and replace the seals.

 

Is the engine a runner?

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13 hours ago, cybernck said:

That's a pretty good basis for the restoration.

 

I would have given it a good wash first though :).

 

As for the calipers, strip them down, sandblast them and repaint them, inspect the pistons and replace the seals.

 

Is the engine a runner?

Yh the engine was running sweet compression etc all good, im going to drop it out and send it for its own service, as the for the car clean I hate washing cars with a passion  lol thanks for the advice on calipers