Ive got a 1988 I think its a GXL? Its not a turbo two or anything, im lookin into buying a Turbo2 thats in better shape, mine isnt bad but its from NY and rusting is gonna happen soon im sure.. JW If anything is swappable from the 88 GXL to the idk maybe 90 or 91 T2? Suspension or anything, lookin to build a car for my own liking that has some go. But I can take to a show and people look at it. Im thinkin since ive got this one just sitting here without a motor/trans, I might suede the dash for practice. and I wanna polish some pieces just because really. If I take the time to do this I wanna switch them to the new one. So what can I do?

 

the turbo II parts will swap, i wouldn't worry about sueding dashes and polishing parts just yet, save the money to complete the swap. you will have your hands full anyways

 

im not worried about that, my 01 GTI im gonna sell. Im nto doing a swap, im gonna try to find a T2 down south. a full car in decent condition. im just looking for something to do to pass the time

 

ok your looking at going from a s4 gxl to a s5 t2.
thats alot of work.
search s4 na to s5 t2 and you should find about what it takes

 

save money?

I doubt there is anything from the S4 GXL that you could put into the S5 TII besides body panels and SOME interior.

 

no I dont want to do a motorswap, its a complete car change...I wanna do something with the parts I have, A Arms, idk, just anything really...

 

naw, just drive it until you have enough to buy a TII

 

There isnt a motor, so its just sitting there.. =[ other wise I would love to drive it..

 

hmmmmmm....find a cheap motor, install it, get her running and sell it. There really isn't much you can use from a series four into a series five.

 

nothing? none of the interior or anything? Hmm ill have to do some research after this and find out for sure... But if anything ill just take what I can. do some mock ups of some plans I have. and part out everything...

 

well the side pillars aren't the same (s5's have mouse belts while the S4 has manual) unless you swap out the belts too.

carpet with some modification (IIRC)

seats?

headlights

wipers.

 

how about the dash and the calipers?

 

lastbump for a quick answer..Calipers/Dash the same from S4 to S5

 

This is covered on an almost daily basis. There is even a complete list of what is/isn't interchangable in one thread. search.

 

i am looking for that list but to no luck...

 

Dude. Clean up your GXL so you can maybe get a better offer for it. Wash it up, detail under the hood, and sell it. Then buy a T2. If you have any valuable parts from your GXL that won't work on a T2 then sell them. But not much is going to work.