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Black magic Mk5 GTI track car
rex:
What for?
fuscobal:
Rex, please see post #245. The custom piece is done but unfortunately it will raise height by 18-20mm which may cancel all the lowering available as compared to the stock suspension. If the car will sit to high, I will be forced to let go the camberplates and use the original top mounts ! :sad1:
rex:
Sorry, I missed that :innocent:
Your car is quite high and I doubt you won't be able to keep the current height.
Haroldeverspier:
Im not a fan of the scoop... it just screams fake. Other than that, great looking Aveo. Looks very mean from head on and Im liking the black out. Looks like you have hubcaps with black covers on them. Do you have plans to get rims in the future?
fuscobal:
Ohlins is finally on the car. After all, the difference in height between B16 and RT (about 20mm on the table) wasn't that big once installed on the car. With the adjusters in the lowest position, the car sits 8mm higher than what it was with the B16 with the adjusters set halfway. Let's say I can deal with the added height but the camberplates are extremely noisy and this is not because of the aluminium parts made by me. As it can be seen on the pics, on my perch, I've replicated the lower side of the camberplate's piece (actualy my piece replaces aboyut 3 pieces from the camberplate) that has a collar to hold the rubber part in place. The problem with that collar is the camberplate and my aluminium part contact only on that small collar which leaves a play of about 2mm between the 2 of them that can also be felt in the steering wheel! Unfortunately I will most certainly go back to the OEM mounts as Ohlins intended. I've also installed the VWR end links and had to cut about 5mm from one damper's ear because the were in contact with each other at full turn (nothing to impact the resistance of the ear though) !
Ohlins R&T_54 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_56 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_58 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_60 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_61 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_62 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_63 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Ohlins R&T_64 by fuscobal, on Flickr
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