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S3/R32 Splash Guards - How to adapt for GTI?
QD MBE:
Fairly obvious Alex. Just offer the disc up and push the guard away slightly around the circumference, then when you get the disc mounted, check it will rotate without catching the guard.
Ideally it should be close enough, but not touching not to allow stones and shyte to get caught between the disc and guard (ask TC about the noise that makes!)
HTH
ps the disc is the first thing you fit so it makes it easy.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: danishmkvgti on June 07, 2010, 09:18:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: alex_chung on June 07, 2010, 09:15:59 pm ---Oh crap does that mean I need to get S3 Alloy Hubs to get my R32 rears fitted with the splash guards? I am sure I saw somewhere that someone had modded the splash guards to fit?
Alex
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absolute no need to panic, just bend the standard gti splash guards gently away from you and the are fine :happy2:
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....Except that I no longer have my GTI splash guards :sad1:. So I guess I'll be offering these from Jay for sale!
danishmkvgti:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on June 07, 2010, 09:31:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: danishmkvgti on June 07, 2010, 09:18:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: alex_chung on June 07, 2010, 09:15:59 pm ---Oh crap does that mean I need to get S3 Alloy Hubs to get my R32 rears fitted with the splash guards? I am sure I saw somewhere that someone had modded the splash guards to fit?
Alex
--- End quote ---
absolute no need to panic, just bend the standard gti splash guards gently away from you and the are fine :happy2:
--- End quote ---
....Except that I no longer have my GTI splash guards :sad1:. So I guess I'll be offering these from Jay for sale!
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just get stokey to find the alloy rear hubs to you :grin:
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QD MBE:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on June 07, 2010, 09:31:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: danishmkvgti on June 07, 2010, 09:18:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: alex_chung on June 07, 2010, 09:15:59 pm ---Oh crap does that mean I need to get S3 Alloy Hubs to get my R32 rears fitted with the splash guards? I am sure I saw somewhere that someone had modded the splash guards to fit?
Alex
--- End quote ---
absolute no need to panic, just bend the standard gti splash guards gently away from you and the are fine :happy2:
--- End quote ---
....Except that I no longer have my GTI splash guards :sad1:. So I guess I'll be offering these from Jay for sale!
--- End quote ---
When I first fitted my S3 rears ages ago, I tried the s3 guards that came with them, and could only get one out of the 3 bolts to fit. To get the GTI ones off I had to cut a piece out, due to the guard being fitted to the hub, and then the wheel bearing housing and wheel mounting flange being fitted.
The guard is whole, and not like a letter 'C' like the fronts are. So RR you will have cut a segment out of the new ones to get them to fit. (in fact the s3 variants are similar in shape, but profiled differently, and with differently centred holes).
gillm:
s3 rear and r32 rear guards dont fit as they are 4wd hubs fairl obivous tbh . gti ones still fit with tweeking as said millions of times i guess vwr binned yours for the same reason they left my suspension loose !
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