Mk1 golf spare wheel well

today, in a moment of motorsport inspired madness, i cut the spare wheel well out of my mk1. i want to rivet a sheet of aluminium over the hole thats now there, but is this road legal? i see graham vanstone's mk1 has this type of thing done, is his car mot'd?

 

Nothing wrong with it at all.

Chris

 

ok thanks chris.

 

Whats the benefit?

 

not much really, a litle weight saving if any, saves me trying to repair a bit that the body shop didnt, the bastids.

 

sound! ill be doing the same.

 

just be sure you dont cut into the cross member when you do it riley, i nearly did.

 

mmmm feck that eh
cheers m8

 

no worries, have a look under the motor before you do it, the well is part of the crossmember at the front, so you need to kind of miss a bit out, but cut it lower down so you dont need to weld it back up.

 

cheers m8,your advice is noted
wont be doing it just yet,but good to know all the same.

 

ok, il take a pic of mine to show the area that needs to be left uncut and you can use it as a guide when the time comes. so get on with it.
Edited by: scottmk1

 

nice one,i love this place

 

how about coming up here to build my mk1 when im at work? then you can see what i mean in the flesh

 

no fekin way m8
cheers 4 the help though

 

That Blue/White Vw motorsport logoed mk1 with all the fibre glass bits (cant rememebr the guys name...) has the same, pop-riveted ally sheet over the hole.

I would do the same but my spare wheel is there....
Edited by: ManicGTI

 

Did u have to make up a bracket to hold the rear pannel in place. Cut mine out when I started seam welding the shell, Spot weld drill makes light work of it.

 

na im just going to rivet the new panel onto the rim thats left from the well

 

Hi Just had my spare wheel tray cut out due to rust, new sheet steel welded into place and then i am going to rivet a sheet of stainless steel over the top to finish it off.
The only bit you have to be careful with is at the back of the spare wheel tray that fits to the bulkhead..

 

old thread re-boot

does anybody have the measurement for the spare wheel well

i'm going to order a cnc cut piece of alloy sheel .

cheers

 

Here's mine



here it is gone!!



and finished