So, early March this year after months of searching and saving I found an RS13 online and the next day, me and a mate traveled up to Nottingham to have a look at it. After a once over, test drive and some smiles I decided to bring it back with me.
This will be my second car coming from a 1.9 diesel Mk5 Golf so it is fairly different to say the least. I've read countless stories about them being sketchy especially in the wet so I will be sure to be careful. Unfortunately it won't be on the road until December purely because insurance prices and young ages don't go well together. It'll also be my daily through every season so I want to get reliability out of it while also upping the power as time goes on as well as keeping the body in the best condition I can. I've made this thread mainly for me to look back on, but it'd be cool to give any other young ones some inspiration or confidence to just get on with what you want to do.
It's a 1993 manual on 82k. Stock other than what the previous owner who had it for the past 17 years added:
Cat-back exhaust(Unknown brand)
Kenwood head unit with 4 new speakers, a sub, amp and equalizer.
Full PSG bodykit
17" Toora alloys - 17x7 ET40
Some of you may have already seen the pics of when I bought it, looking hideous with body kit it had on. I just can't see why anyone would do this to such a great looking car.
----2018-----
First and most importantly(of course) I stuck an air filter on to gain that important and addictive compressor surge goodness. I left the factory ducting in place in hopes of making up a cold air feed for it. I'm yet to make a bracket to secure the filter to the chassis.
Next up I collected the original bumpers for it. It was missing a few of the bumper brackets but I've now sourced everything for them. They aren't in the best condition but there are worse problems to be dealt with.
Following on from that, it was time for the body kit to be dealt with Jeremy clarkson style... brute force. It started with the rear spoiler being yanked off and chiseled away and moved towards an angle grinder getting its use.
Quick before and after
At the end of it I was left with this lot.
I also decided to swap the cat-back for a japspeed cannon since the one before was horrible and simply arse and this was very cheap. I may change this in the future for something better but for now it fulfills my ears with joy.
After getting the body back to original standard, it has become apparent I own a nugget. Since just about every corner of the car was covered by the kit, more than enough rust has made itself present. The rear quarters are shot and the rear sills need work/cleaning up after the MOT welding it's had in the past. The wings were bad at the bottoms(holey) so I sourced two new wings which need to be cleaned up/sprayed. I will add more to this as soon as possible which will account for everything I've done up to this month. Then from then on I will update this when ever something else is done to the car. I am determined not to let another s-body float to car heaven how ever much it ends up costing.