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TT lower arms and geometry changes
vRSAlex:
That weighs more than my vRS estate with my weight in it! Are you sure that's right?
Carrera2RS:
Wow your car is heavy !
my car on the scales with a 3/4 full tank weighed in at 1444kg without me in (But my gym kit in the boot). The shocking thing was the difference between rears and fronts. The GTI is one nose heavy baby, no wonder dialling out understeer is hard work. I weigh 80kg so with me in clothed it is circa 1535 kg
My car is manual, is yours DSG ?
I will experiment with tyre pressures, the car seems pretty sensitive to a 1lb adjustment, I dropped 0.5psi more off the back and I didnt like it. I have bought an accurate guage (1%) so will measure and let you know what I settle on. I have tried 6,7 7,8 and 8,9 F,R on the road and it was very fidgety and crashy, plus I notice the back at over 4 dropping as you go over a bump, you aware the back is still coming back from bump when the car lands. Im sure no problem on a smooth track but not great on the road.
Try 3F, 4R for the road, I don't think you'll lose much comfort but it will tighten things up a bit.
RedRobin:
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the clearance is there, the trouble is the stock inner fenders doesn'r "rest" in the wider fenders and as such are getting "adjusted" by the tyres :wink:
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....When you say "stock inner fenders" don't you mean the stock wheel arch linings?
I know this is something I have asked you about and you haven't done anything yet to mod them to fit/join the carbon fenders. Surely not a difficult mod?
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You're right RR, it's the stock wheel arch linings, actually i have a plan :party:
I'll buy 2 new wheel arch linings, split them longitudinal, use the outer parts, the old ones will get the outer 10-15% removed and then cut across to app. the middle, then the new ones will be put in and marked against the old and then both parts will be put together. :pomppomp:
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....I've sourced some Seibon carbon wings in the UK and so plan this to be my next mod. Splitting the arch liners is exactly what I had thought as a good way of sorting it. :happy2:
Sorry for short off-topic :smiley:
Carrera2RS:
Nice, looking forward to seeing them, will you spray red ?
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Carrera2RS on May 15, 2011, 09:33:32 pm ---
Nice, looking forward to seeing them, will you spray red ?
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....Definitely. Otherwise it'll look like one of those awful Smart cars :sick:. I'll be stealing Danish Jake's idea though and exposing GTI lettering in the carbon by masking during painting - His displays the .:R logo on each carbon wing. :happy2:
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