the past couple of days have been good for parts on the bora front so i'm starting a build thread now some decent work is imminent.

i'll start from the beginning when i bought it, a 2.0 8v se in standard form out of the auto trader and i got it for a good price (auto trader ad pic)

i had already found myself a full r32 grey interior including doorcards

then i found a cheap set of wheels, audi TT comps

next was coily's - i only went for budget ebay items as i'd liked them in my old mk3 golf gti

now it was lowered with the wheels and seats within a week of ownership things slowed up for a while. i fitted a debadged grill which left the 'notch' in the bonnet to be attended to later on.

i had to get rid of the walnut trim in the centre so i was kindly gifted some net optic trim that i sanded back to r32 style

i also did the ashtray a few days later but have no pics.

 while i was happy how far it had come i had to remove the rear badges to clean up the rear end

a mate at a bodyshop owed me a favour so i got him to paint the headlights black, turns out he fluffed them up though. i also got an anni front splitter and attended to the bonnet notch.

i liked the colour coded front so painted the rear splitter white too, cleaned it all up and got some pics.

the headlights were still annoying me, so i tried something a little different. seems they are a 'marmite' mod but they are different....

 Like the look of the anni front spoiler, Is it a direct fit from a Golf or one specificly for the Bora?

nice car !

love the lights !

 the past two days have been the start of the 'real' build though.....

i'll post the pics and then list what i've got

in no order

aum engine, box and ancillaries inc turbo

full wiring loom (car loom) dbw throttle pedal, side mount ic, header tank, carbon cannister, engine cover and p/s tank

ecu

s3 link pipe with map sensor (for upcoming fmic fitment)

s3 inlet with injectors and tb

s3 hotside pipe

s3 brakes and golf gti t hubs

ko4 turbo, tip, manifold and dp (all beit cut)

i also got an s3 upper brace - no pic

also picked up an s3 amk ecu, auq ecu, 30k ko3s, TT 5v engine cover to sell on.

few more bits to sort then the build will commence.....

 thanks chrisr - the splitter is a golf item modified to fit the bora.

i'll be ditching the sai, egr, n249 and tidy the lump up a bit. also try and get hold of a cleaner cam cover today.

 Olly that is immense!

Your car looked so sweet when i saw it the other week! love the interior! and im jealous on how low you can run it on coils!

what sort of power you expecting at the end of it then?

full repsect for doing it yourself too!

 cheers adz, hope yours is all sorted now.

that reminds me i got to get some tt bushes, i'm hoping once it's all done should be in the 270bhp region with the right mods.

Good luck with the heart transplant, that is going to create one amazing Bora.

I keep an eye out for your car round bracknell, though work life balance isn't great at the mo.  I'm from the great hollands side of town.  How about you?

Booster

 i'm towards ascot, i have a couple of mates in GH with silver 1.8T's one has smooth bumpers and the other has R32 front.

 olethalb,.. Where you at dubs at the park?

I saw your car or at least a car that looked pretty must identical parked near all the campers.. a load of us meet up and went to the show as a group shoulda come with us if you'd realised!...

Was a good day though

 This is looking really smart, the R32 interior in a white car looks great. How did you find the fitting of the rear door cards?

Those lights are awesome, something a bit different - they really stand out.

Best of luck with the engine swap!

 I was reading this, thinking "Yeah, that's coming along well, looks nice..." Than I saw the new engine etc. and sat up like I'll be keeping an eye on this one!

Good work, sir.

 golfedd - indeed i was at dubs in the park, i was deemed 'too low for the car field' in with the buses - thought he was taking the mick! i loved the colour of your wheels btw. i did wander over to the mk4 group spoke to a couple of chaps, one being jedistyle, saw dent's car and djuplift's v6 but didn't chat to either of them. wasn't a bad show bar the weather!

Chris1.8T - thanks chap - the rear cards are 25-30mm short on the black part toward the rear of the door but it doesn't notice unless you are looking for it.

ABM - thanks mate, yea keep an eye hopefully turn out nice.

small update coming....

olethalb:

 golfedd - indeed i was at dubs in the park, i was deemed 'too low for the car field' in with the buses - thought he was taking the mick! i loved the colour of your wheels btw. i did wander over to the mk4 group spoke to a couple of chaps, one being jedistyle, saw dent's car and djuplift's v6 but didn't chat to either of them. wasn't a bad show bar the weather!

Ahhh shame but tbh you really wouldnt have got in I dont think that was a massive bump just the other side of the tree where we were parked!! The girlfriend said and quote 'woooooow blimy that sooooo lowwwwwww' haaaa!!! how low are you? 50mm?

Thanks they are a little lighter than some gun metals out there but I love em!!!... you coming to london to brighton the starts not that far from you compared to me! LOL

 today's progress - i got myself an S3 lower brace

painted and fitted the S3 inlet along with the cleaned up grey S3 injectors

sourced a smooth style cam cover i was after, cleaned it up and fitted it

i've also removed the SAI, EGR, N249, carbon cannister set up and unbolted the Ko3S ready for the Ko4!

 love ur motor man! inspiration...

 How hard was it to make the anni valance fit?

This is looking really tidy.

I especially like the front badge tidy up and the look of the Gti interior.

Keep up the good work.

 thanks chaps!

chrisr - not too bad to fit, i cut a couple of tabs off the splitter and extended a couple of slots on the bumper and it all clipped into place.

Love the car, especially the colour. Keep it up mate. 

Im liking this . . . looks really good in white

i was after the exact same car as yours.. 2.0 SE model in white.. there was NONE so i settled for black.. shouldve stuck it out a bit longer though :(

reallly want that engine in mine too :P

Good work Olly

Nice to meet you @ DATP, keep the updates coming :)

Luke

I think I have seen your friends cars around GH. I'll keep my eyes peeled for you.  If you get a flash from a Black anni with a private plate, thats me.  Good luck and I look forward to seeing your car in the flesh.

Booster

olethalb:

 cheers adz, hope yours is all sorted now.

that reminds me i got to get some tt bushes, i'm hoping once it's all done should be in the 270bhp region with the right mods.

yeh mate it got sorted in a few hours, i think i was fearing the worse, but quick change of the arms and I was ready to go again..

270bhp, that should fly, you'l have the power to match the looks!

 been laid up for a couple of weeks with emergency knee surgery.

i haven't really made progress, just a few bits and bobs

wow!! an inspiration!! love the engine conversion!!

Im utterly jealous mate... it truely is inspiration to me!

I feel I might try the headlight mod out for myself but with a twist. 

How hard is it to seperate the lens and headlamp?

 thanks chaps, djdobs you can either use a heat gun or pop it in the oven, there is a how to thread about on  here.

right seeing as i'll be dropping the turbo lump in soon i thought i'd better attend to a few bits, i got some 50k mile genuine wishbones off a mate for free then popped to camberly audi for some non voided tt/s3 bushes and then got some discounted track rod ends and ball joints from a good mate who runs a motor factor - also ordered some top mounts too but they'll be here thursday.

oh excuse the 2 tone wisbones i just did it for a laugh!

 did someone say wiring????

got the s3 calipers painted

the 2.0 8v beast - ha - soon to be in the classifieds!  + the s3 brace fitted a while back

Where you in Guildford on Saturday? Pretty sure i saw you, cant be too many white bora's with black wheels...

Ryan

 er yea i think i was mate.

Thought so, car looks awesome by the way, definitely caught my eye!

Ryan

 thanks fella, what were you driving??