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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #795 on: February 08, 2017, 07:00:33 pm »
You'll be fine.

I'm on H&R. Wings are untouched since I got the rusty ones replaced by VW - so I haven't done the arch screw mod. I've never heard/felt it rub, and I do take it down the odd B road once in a while, if you know what I mean.

Visibly, there's bags of room.

I'm 8 wide et44.

You'll be 7.5 et35.

Like @Shoduchi points out, it's a matter of 3mm or so more poke. Easy!

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #796 on: February 08, 2017, 07:08:22 pm »
I'm still a little worried as I'll have passengers from time to time and I'm guessing your cars mostly empty  :signLOL:

My tt was 40mm dropped on amax springs so thinking it should be okay and I had 235 40 18 F1 edge rims and it only rubbed on the M1 once going over a dip at ??? MPH although the golf is most likely different so will have to wait and see once all done.

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #797 on: February 08, 2017, 07:14:22 pm »
I'm still a little worried as I'll have passengers from time to time and I'm guessing your cars mostly empty  :signLOL:

My tt was 40mm dropped on amax springs so thinking it should be okay and I had 235 40 18 F1 edge rims and it only rubbed on the M1 once going over a dip at ??? MPH although the golf is most likely different so will have to wait and see once all done.
I'm 15 stone myself and I often drive me and my mate Big Harry to the snooker hall. Big Harry is 21 stone. I kid you not.

There aren't any 21 stone ladies in my life, thankfully...

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #798 on: February 08, 2017, 07:16:04 pm »
I'm still a little worried as I'll have passengers from time to time and I'm guessing your cars mostly empty  :signLOL:

My tt was 40mm dropped on amax springs so thinking it should be okay and I had 235 40 18 F1 edge rims and it only rubbed on the M1 once going over a dip at ??? MPH although the golf is most likely different so will have to wait and see once all done.
I'm 15 stone myself and I often drive me and my mate Big Harry to the snooker hall. Big Harry is 21 stone. I kid you not.

There aren't any 21 stone ladies in my life, thankfully...
okay o see your point so I'll be fine with the H&R with 12front -16mm rear spacers  :smiley:

What's your car dropped at mate?.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2017, 11:21:09 pm by r5gtt »

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #799 on: February 08, 2017, 07:21:35 pm »
I'm still a little worried as I'll have passengers from time to time and I'm guessing your cars mostly empty  :signLOL:

My tt was 40mm dropped on amax springs so thinking it should be okay and I had 235 40 18 F1 edge rims and it only rubbed on the M1 once going over a dip at ??? MPH although the golf is most likely different so will have to wait and see once all done.
I'm 15 stone myself and I often drive me and my mate Big Harry to the snooker hall. Big Harry is 21 stone. I kid you not.

There aren't any 21 stone ladies in my life, thankfully...
okay o see your point so I'll be fine with the H&R with 15-16mm spacers  :smiley:

What's your car dropped at mate?.
Yeah you'll be reet. The H&Rs have dropped it about 30mm. I'm considering going for some coilovers soon, to go another 20mm or so lower. I'm confident I could do that with the current width and offset of the wheels and maybe get away with just doing the arch screw mod.

I've done the whole slammed/rubbing thing on the mk4, spent hours messing with shims, spacers, arch rolling and all that, and the current setup isn't even close to causing rubbing problems. There's so much room.

30-35mm is a breeze.

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #800 on: February 08, 2017, 07:35:07 pm »
That's all o need to know thanks as can't be dealing with faffing about with rolling arches and screw de mods  :signLOL:
Damn you wanna try drive around London with more lower than you are hahaha I was alright with the previous motor so this one should be a breeze although the ED30 splitter does catch on the way down if I don't take it easy  :doh:

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #801 on: February 12, 2017, 07:17:17 pm »
Just read the whole thread, the cars coming along great. Good write up too  :happy2:

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #802 on: February 13, 2017, 01:04:16 am »
Just read the whole thread, the cars coming along great. Good write up too  :happy2:
thank you very much @JGTTDI still have lots to do and literally just finished doing the t belt water pump and the thermostat  :phew:

Ps front 12mm spacers have been fitted too and feels more planted and grippy  :smiley:
« Last Edit: February 13, 2017, 11:19:48 pm by r5gtt »

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #803 on: February 13, 2017, 01:32:47 am »
A note to myself- t belt and pump were done previous but not sure when although belt and parts look very good and there was tipex marks on the belt and timing area but now done again at 80593 12/02/2017  :smiley:

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #804 on: February 13, 2017, 11:26:18 pm »
Sorry guys they're 12mm spacers up front as I forgot the knoob head lied to me about fitment and size  :stupid: twat he was

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #805 on: February 16, 2017, 09:05:38 pm »
That's good to see - glad you're making progress!


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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #806 on: February 16, 2017, 09:15:32 pm »
I think you should skim 4 mm off the rear spacers to keep the OEM balance. :innocent:

Your car is looking great again! :drinking:

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #807 on: February 17, 2017, 12:08:18 am »
That's good to see - glad you're making progress!
thank you kindly @Dave J it's coming along thankfully  :smiley:
I think you should skim 4 mm off the rear spacers to keep the OEM balance. :innocent:

Your car is looking great again! :drinking:
yeah was thinking that as I now have a milling company to do the work and a tig welding company local to weld my bumper to the car  :signLOL:

Thanks buddy  :drinking: no more oem + lol, strictly a beast coming back  :driver:

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #808 on: February 21, 2017, 08:37:00 am »
What you thinking about? Looks good to me?

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Re: R5GTT'S Donno know what im doing but it's gonna be good
« Reply #809 on: February 21, 2017, 09:53:01 am »
Flange..... :signLOL:
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