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woahnowboys' measly 1.6 FSI on S Class wheels.
woahnowboys:
--- Quote from: Sjw_Vw on November 24, 2014, 02:53:24 pm ---Great thread! Really loving what you've done. The front end looks so mean!! :happy2:
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Cheers! Gotta get some Depo 'xenons' and a Votex splitter next :party:
--- Quote from: Melvin084 on December 01, 2014, 12:05:34 am ---Those wheels!!!!!!!!!! :congrats:
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Thank y'all :happy2:
woahnowboys:
Finally got it sitting a bit more how I want it.. All it took was new hubs, disks, calipers, pads, drop links, balljoints, track rod ends, top mounts, coilovers all round, and a wheel bearing. :laugh:
Not happy with the front, but it needs the arches rolling before going lower.
Painted all the calipers silver while it was apart too, looks much more fresh now. :drinking:
After Christmas, I'll roll the arches and try and pull them a little, as they're scraping a bit.
The paint missing on the front arches is due to the common rust problem, can't really be bothered to deal with VW, but I will get them painted at some point.
It's a bit dirty atm, but more pics! :smiley:
Also got some gloss black 3M vinyl wrap and wrapped the B pillar trims, as the original matte finish was a bit worse for wear.
Before:
After:
Looks much cleaner IMO, the matte trims didn't blend in with the glass as much.
Also finally changed the hanging old eBay beesting I had on there. :signLOL:
The sharkfin was around £40 from VW. :party:
Before:
After:
th3_f15t:
With regards to your front wings, might be worth dealing with VW and just getting parts, then mod them before painting to avoid cracks and stuff.
jaffa:
Wasn't a fan of the wheels before but now you have it sitting properly they are really starting to grow on me.
Any chance you have a part number on the shark fin?
woahnowboys:
--- Quote from: th3_f15t on December 24, 2014, 06:07:21 pm ---With regards to your front wings, might be worth dealing with VW and just getting parts, then mod them before painting to avoid cracks and stuff.
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That's definitely the sensible option, but I'm not 100% sure what I'm gonna do yet, I know VW will try to make it awkward because the car's so low and the wheel is very close to fouling the arch.
Also, I've bought a compressor and I'm gonna give painting the MK1 a go. If it works out well, I'll do the MK5 myself too. I much prefer to do as much as I can myself. :happy2:
Make no mistake though, if I can't get the finish perfect, then it'll go to a paint shop. :signLOL:
--- Quote from: jaffa on December 24, 2014, 08:55:54 pm ---Wasn't a fan of the wheels before but now you have it sitting properly they are really starting to grow on me.
Any chance you have a part number on the shark fin?
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Cheers! Same for me really, thought they looked way too big before, but I'm really liking them now, especially the way they fit on the rear. :smiley:
The sharkfin was 1K0 035 507 J. This is apparently the correct part for FM/AM cars, but the plug was wrong for my car, so I cut off one of the restrictive tabs with a stanley blade, and plugged it in, works perfectly. :happy2:
If your car had a satnav/telephone as standard, the part you need is apparently 1K0 035 507 K.
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