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General Information => General => Topic started by: TOW'D on March 05, 2008, 01:27:38 pm

Title: how to tell
Post by: TOW'D on March 05, 2008, 01:27:38 pm

Hey gang,
 How do I tell if our (Dec.'84)1985Golf is a MK1 or MK2?
to get the right shifter rebuild kit

thanks
hank

Title: how to tell
Post by: mantajohan on March 05, 2008, 02:35:24 pm

very simple: look at the taillights, if they are square its a mk1

here is how they look like on a mk1

(http://i27.tinypic.com/ta0n01.jpg)


if the look like this

(http://i32.tinypic.com/24m6ya0.jpg)

then it´s a mk2

also from side view the mk1 has more sharp edges picture here

(http://i30.tinypic.com/rwjpc3.jpg)



and this is how a mk2 looks like

(http://i28.tinypic.com/2mxg16v.jpg)

Title: how to tell
Post by: KTZed on March 05, 2008, 02:55:21 pm

If its a Golf its a Mk2...Mk1's are called rabbits in north america

Title: how to tell
Post by: TOW'D on March 05, 2008, 07:02:35 pm

Thanks for that guys

we do have the rounded tail lights
hank