A summer's worth of work.

[2GbTalonGuy]

So here is all of the progress I made this past summer.

I did a LOT of cleaning.
Straightened out the wiring. (The right way, using solder and heat 2 pieces of heat shrink per connection.)
Installed an Eprom ECU and engine harness from parts car.
Got a good start on the brakes.
Got the engine from the parts whore torn down.
Started replacing the bent radiator support.

After pulling the engine out of the parts whore:

Pics of cleaning the interior:

The rear turned out looking like new without having to replace any parts. All i had to do was paint the speaker grills because they were scraped up and starting to rust. You can also see the CF cargo cover I got for it too.

Here is some of the wiring woes I had:
This is most of the random wires left lying around in the car. Most of them had copper showing, waiting to short out and cause a fire.

Here is some broken and cut wires in the engine bay.

These wires were cut for some reason and twisted back together and wrapped with electrical tape, which was coming off because of power steering fluid being spilled on them.

Here is the engine bay after I replaced the main harness and marked where everything goes with blue tape.

The brake progress:

The progress installing a new radiator support:
Note in this pic all of the wiring is fixed and back to the way it was from the factory.

 

[darthvadar tsi]

keep the dream alive, im excited to see when done, i myself have a 95 tsi and i bought mine knowing i had to get a clutch, bigger intercooler piping and a few other things, not much at all but im only 18 and just got a job haha

 

[Billiam]

Hey Cory, wanna trade chassies?? my rusty one for yours

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Thanks dearth. Good work on your BTW. It looks damn good.

Well Bill, maybe... Does yours run and drive?? Nah, I'm damn committed to finishing this project, and actually driving her.