The $300 MK2 Golf That Won't Die | Winter Beater 2 | ECS Tuning

[@ecstuning]

Should Matt junk it or turn it into a show car?

[@vidsinmotionchannel]

This POS needs to become a twin engined monster show stopper.

[@Tibor887]

I think it's a bit too far gone to ever be a show car again...

[@xenoid1672]

yeah man, do whatever brings you joy in life

[@timsamodarov]

Ls swap it and off too Sema it goes

[@mattsayhi]

grateful dead sticker will run ya about 3.99 and thats all you need to show it

[@Donut]

It is beautiful

[@Kampfmesser89]

Here’s your next money pit car.

[@sebastiangrimm2701]

Make round headlights!

[@EuroLabB5]

❤️❤️

[@5cylinderdreamz]

Indeed

[@slavicdude1016]

Next Money pit car feat. james ?

[@dogchainsaw3923]

“Did I mention it runs?!” Lol

[@JosephY29]

"The brake lines are cut. But the e brake works mint, so it stops!"

[@ericpullen524]

If you ain't rubbin' you ain't dubbin', truer words have never be spoken.

[@hansonschmid9548]

Hell yeah!! More winter beaters!

[@ecstuning]

🤘

[@xperia5295]

man i get wanting to revive a car and all that but damn this just seems a bit extreme, even for 300 bucks.

[@StreetKid247]

This thing is not that bad dude

[@nilsfischer6503]

The drivers door on my ‘89 mk2 also works perfectly while the other three sometimes don’t open at all. But it’s my first car and I absolutely love it!

[@J.F.K.O]

you can adjust where the lever of the handle hits to fix it. just slightly bend it up and it will usually work fine again

[@montydonnelly2622]

My first car is a ‘90 mk2 1.6 and I love it

[@jdmclash4393]

I have owned my first car, a 89 mk2, for a whole year and im loving it, 54hp 1.6 n/a diesel. Bad boy zooms up to 165km/h

[@fightergabriel]

This is not a piece of junk , it's a priceless car , u dont see that anywhere there on the streets , restoring it would be a nice series of content and would be a cool car.

[@ecstuning]

Agreed!

[@MKDSime]

Got one myself 1.6L diesel. The floors were rusted out and I welded new ones with an AC Arc welder, not just patch it but fully all around welds. It was time consuming work , but now when i drive it the feeling its just amazing.

[@GarnerNest]

VR6, VR6, VR6

[@snape1464]

The blinkers are an earthing problem. Love mk2's!

[@ivanemilov522]

my father is a the 3rd owner of a 91 mk2 and I'm practically the 4th (just not by documents) and the car is an absolute unit city driving, highway, fishing, hunting this thing can go anywhere

[@ecstuning]

Sounds sick!

[@jordrider1917]

These cars have a strange way of making you care about them. All of the quirks will become almost like a personality. Great work so far. Just know that you have an aero front end. The Westy golfs and jettas were produced from 85' to 86' in Westmoreland PA and featured a us spec sealed beam square 7x6" headlight and skinny door trim as well as a GM power distribution block.

[@mnp3713]

i put my old Golf 1.6TD with Sb engine away in a barn for last 8 years, in case the fuel prises went bananas in the future reason - it runs great on waste cooking oil for 30 cents/l it runs 20km. So went to my friends barn, put charged battery in it, some coolant, fresh oil and fuel + filters. Even with no glowplugs it started up first try after only a few seconds on cranking. after a lot of black smoke it cleared up in a few minutes. Looking forward to the winter, love that car it will not die even if you try with poor fuel and neglect for 8 years

[@lukegoossens1156]

Hard to tell whats what when he's under the car with all the rust

[@Timoundryan]

Typical 90s tuning - swapping the headlights from a jetta to a golf :D

[@colinmurray572]

Nothing is better then a beater Vw

[@marcusbrajic7169]

If you travel to any former Yugoslav state, Perferably Bosnia, These cars are everywhere. Simply because they made them in the VW factory in sarajevo they kept on to them through the war, and 10's of thousand of them are still driving to this day over there. It's a True Legendary car

[@mateburkus627]

Very nice car! I also have a 3-door 1987 Golf 2 with the same color (it is the best if you ask me) however its a GTD. Personally i also prefer the round headlights but here in Europe a Westmoreland front costs more than your whole car :D

[@televisionandcheese]

Woah what on earth?? Square headlights? I have never seen a Golf Mk2 with headlights like this, they look so so cool!

[@BrianLTU]

It was nice to see that old golf saw the new custom golf in the garage

[@mihaeltadic8170]

These things are in Bosnia And Herzegovina on the roads for more than 30 years and there are still so many od them. Btw one of the Best cars ever mare.

[@tonni4274]

300 bucks here in denmark you can pick up one that atleast complete with all the breaks for 300 bucks

[@aaronamarok]

I just picked up an old Mk4 Jetta for $800. Restoring VWs is fun!

[@blueburaq]

My dad had a MK2 GTD when he was living in France. Tell this day he still talks about it.

[@EuroLabB5]

I can't believe there were absolutely no front brakes or lines ran 😂

[@ecstuning]

LOL!

[@Fresh1O1O]

My all the time beater is a 400 dollar subaru outback. Learned how to change head gaskets myself. Best purchase i've had! Engine has over 200,000 miles on it and it burns oil like crazy. I'm thinking about when it dies i'll just replace the engine because 1,200-2,000 for a new engine beats buying a new car.

[@ecstuning]

Do it!

[@nicostenfors5690]

I love MK2 Golfs. I have one with only 115k kilometers and pretty much rust free.

[@dre4011]

Single round headlights with a Euro-grille Some BBS Shove a VR6/1.8T/TSI in it?

[@carlal5025]

Mk2 winter beater has me sold! Gotta find one

[@PigMCplayer]

well since you already started, you might as well finish and see how it goes!

[@brockcline7338]

As a northeast Ohioan, former Marc's and ECS employee - I appreciate the reference!

[@timhalpin9729]

I feel like the rubber bowl is the perfect backdrop for this car

[@ecstuning]

It was gated off, but it would of been!

[@8valvestreetsociety012]

The 8 valve can't bend valves even if the cam belt breaks at highspeed, however with a big camshaft it can

[@nicostenfors5690]

Thats what i was thinking. Only the diesel can break valves.

[@MOTA_KRAMPUS]

She deserves a gooooood restoration!

[@noahmacdonald3822]

I had the same issue with that rock auto caliper on my 87 golf 1.6d. I ended up reusing the old slider pin, unfortunately you didnt have one to reuse lol. Also if I remember right, you hit the stalk for the rear wiper twice to make it swipe once. Pressing the stalk once keeps the wiper on. P.S I vote for keeping it stock!

[@raveracer77]

I love it. Not a westy grill, def the Aero grill. Thank your stars for digi and no cis though. Trust me when I say keep a spare alternator in the trunk. I've fixed more random things with the spare alts I kept with me, even using them as wheel chocks

[@erikc.1087]

It lives with such spirit, such vigor!

[@jasongleave355]

While MIG welding, introduce wire coathanger to bridge big gaps

[@tr3wrench]

Hey when you are done with it, I’ll buy it for the bumpers. That trim is unobtanium and I have an ongoing MK2 Jetta resto project.

[@Paulinthewyld]

Reminds me of my 83 rabbit and my friends fox wagon... they just wouldn’t die!!!!

[@zuhlera]

6:18 I laughed so hard

[@mattalki]

I say keep the westy front end and do a general restoration on it. Nothing fancy, just make it a great Daily. That car deserves some love!

[@walterbutscher8438]

Considering the shape of the car the interior looks perfect.

[@tr.o.ubadour6559]

Get it to german TÜV, they gonna throw it in the trash the moment you arrive :D But damn nice job fixing it up!

[@7eis]

Only real winter beater of the bunch

[@ecstuning]

Ah....have you seen Kevin's Audi?

[@butjustwhy4018]

this car is a legend in the balkans

[@golfmk2driver]

on your idle speed, its likely the wires that connect to the microswitch`s on the throttle body. its a common issue that the wires snap there.

[@BakouMOH]

These things are rare nowadays. Save it! I must have had a dozen of them. Super fun to drive, but not the most reliable as they age haha. BTW, these are aero headlights, not Westy. ;) And yes, single rounds look better (and quad rounds on a GTI). :)

[@pnwdad1261]

Btw that's not a westy grill. Westys are square not rectangle.

[@jakeshowalter5819]

This car is on marketplace right now for $1000

[@timothymaddox1957]

Great job you brought back a lot of my golf memories, thanks 👍

[@bbbobnl]

Got a mk2f 1.3 steilhecke, love to ride it in the summer

[@josecruz-zd3iz]

Install a techtonics 270 cam and full techtonics exhaust.. fix the shifter.. put a big sway bar in the back.. or remove the front one ...you'll love it

[@proyectogolfmk2]

I think that front its call AERO. Westy front is more small.

[@snape1464]

Regular Jetta front

[@mattc8228]

Yep thats my bad, first mk2 in about 10 years lol

[@markjohnson2079]

This series is amazing!

[@Pascal-rs6vt]

Why are the mk1 and mk2 headlights a square in the us? Is there a reason behind it? Im from Germany and only Jettas had squared headlights.

[@ronanthoelen280]

I have been waiting for this episode for so long.

[@koolkev75]

Get it going and have fun

[@54tyson]

I want the bumpers and wings so much for mine, the US spec stuff is real hard to find over here in the Uk

[@brianbuescher8341]

Love the winter beaters,sadly they are probably more dependable than my daily!!!

[@SirChad771]

Older Euro cars just make me love my E46 more everyday.. What was the mileage on this bad boy??🇩🇪

[@barrybarnes96]

That's the winter beater you buy to save your summer beater, which is all you've got.

[@SamuelCerwinske]

I’m confused, the westy front end is the small square. This is a Jetta front end, right?

[@godse573]

Yeah this isn't a traditional Westy headlight setup, although this is could still be a Westmoreland built car, since at the end of their production they put the common Aero setup that was on every NA car except GTI.

[@Shawn_Magara]

It's show car worthy boys

[@lukesteele5013]

The guy who removed the breaks was smart. Weight reduction and you don't need them

[@godse573]

Right off the bat, that's not a traditional "Westy" front end...it's just the base Aero setup almost everything in north america got. Looks like it is possibly a very late Westmoreland built car judging by the color and steering wheel, but there at the very end they put Aero's on all of them at that factory, probably cost saving. Quick check of the VIN, if it starts with "1VW" it's a true Westmoreland. Also on the 1.8 8v gas engines, which had a lot of different engine codes over the years, none of them were interference, so no worries there. Only thing else I'd do is clean electrical ground contacts, especially the for the ECU. It'll help with quirky issues you might have with idle, starting, etc. And hook a garden hose up to that heater core and flush it, if there's good coolant flow through that line you will BAKE in that car once it's up to temp!

[@floydblandston108]

It must be the color. Mine's a diesel. It's been my beater car since 2007- it was *old* then.

[@gpubenchmarks7905]

Nice vw xD which year is it 1984 ?

[@sletourneau3]

She's beautiful. Just give her the love she deserves.

[@DubsALoT93]

My god I’ve been waiting weeks for this one

[@ecstuning]

🤘

[@trevh8357]

sounded like Tobasko Sweet when he said "If you ain't rubbin', you ain't dubbin'."

[@davidg4026]

Crush it!

[@semirsemir7016]

We drove mk2 during war, after and those cars are still on road. 1.6d it can run on anything

[@AA21397]

Taj 1.6 dizel ce nas sve nadzivjeti

[@JoesGoldenGarage]

This is totally awesome

[@koolkev75]

I was chasing these down as a first car back in 97

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

3M panel bond is your best friend sometimes

[@christopherelrod8788]

Shit. I just bought a 92 accord that had sat for three years for 400 bucks. Threw a battery in it and it drove great. I had to fix a leaky sunroof replace the exhaust and thats it to drive. But im still working on making it leak free and run good lol. Had leaky valve seals and wore out shocks. Put my coilovers and wheels i had in it and threw on a rebuilt head i had (had it to put on the car in my profile pic but it got smashed) now it bogs hard when trying to get moving

[@ecstuning]

Shoulda went with a Euro.

[@tuckejev]

Super great vlog on a car we ALL love to hate...

[@gustavovillegas8379]

Modular floor pan

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

Funny that you guys work at ECStuning but you got parts from ROCKAUTO :)

[@Philippe275]

if that engine is anything like the 2.slow in the mk4, you can do without coolant in the winter for short trips, don't sweat it.

[@joeyhillers9460]

This is the one for sale near me for $1000. I thought it looked farmiliar

[@kilovwdude6457]

I'm in love

[@8valvestreetsociety012]

It's a 8 valve , they never die they only get better with age (like a diamond )🤣💥✌👍👌

[@5cylinderdreamz]

Love it

[@gtmaster3031]

Hello ECS 👋

[@ecstuning]

Hello there!

[@typ901]

Good to see you guys buy parts from rock auto also.

[@RomanTrollanski]

04:41 once you use a grinder on a metal sheet... You could just say goodbye to it. It will rust soon.

[@nicostenfors5690]

You can paint it.

[@MFSHARTY]

I’ve had my mk2 since 2019 and I can’t get it to run, how tf did y’all just-

[@ecstuning]

Matt has skills.

[@MFSHARTY]

@@ecstuning please tell Matt to come help me with mine🥺

[@takacskaroly1188]

It's a jetta front, not a westy, but the car is looking good!

[@Loco0038]

Ali ti Američki farovi 👌👌👌

[@ecstuning]

🤘🤘🤘

[@balthasar6091]

The rearwiper works? Dude, that means your car works better than mine, and mine is from 2004.

[@POKTROKT2]

MK2 VW "it takes care of you far better than you take care of it" someone put this on a tshirt.

[@ecstuning]

Sending it to our marketing team now.

[@ShaneAJ2003]

Has this car been sitting in 2 feet of water for like 15 years? OOf, that rust.

[@ecstuning]

Or its just been through 33 Ohio winters.

[@Damon058]

How much for the US bumpers?😆😝

[@aircoolednation423]

fix it. its too good

[@alexandrealbergaria6224]

this could be something so pretty!

[@mradbelhasen2760]

You will be able to sell it for 3000$ in Tunisia for sure