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Jamie's Black 5 Door GTi *Sold* Now driving an S3

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MarkyN:

--- Quote from: jayha11 on March 18, 2016, 12:42:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: MarkyN on March 18, 2016, 11:39:15 am ---The twists must be reps? I don't think the stuf pattern is 5x112 are they?

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Yes they are Mark, I did state they are Reps in the update when I fitted them

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I got excited in work today while reading it and was searching like mad for some with the stud pattern! Looks nice with them on mate!

MC71:
Looks good fella.  :happy2:

jayha11:
Had a delivery last week and have been itching to put it to use...



Dropped the car off at Dub Unit on Tuesday for fitting. Anybody located in the West Midlands in need of a specialist should look Matt up, he is a wizard when it comes to all things Dub!

Just a quick pick for now as it will be going back in next week once its settled for some minor adjustments. Already running slight rake but the front needs to go lower as there is still an arch gap.



What I will say is the ride quality is no worse than the standard set-up was. Given the majority of the standard suspension was probably 10 years old it had a fair bit of bounce in it. The only time I have noticed the difference so far is whilst negotiating speed bumps. Very impressed so far for a set of coilovers that cost me £135 from Euro Car Parts thanks to a discount code. For the price I thought they were worth a punt!

Will post more pictures next week once its been back in for minor tweeks

jayha11:
Didn't realise it had been so long since my last update!

Had a bit of a set back regarding my crusty arches, turns out they have been previously painted as the readings showed. The technician at VW Coventry thinks this may have been an early attempt to sort out some minor blistering but as its not factory paint now my claim cannot go forward. So I am on the hunt for a pair of clean LC9Z wings.

The coilovers have settled now. I did wind the fronts down a further 15mm after removing 1" of the arch liner and the 'screw mod'
Still riding nicely and I have no regrets on choosing them.

I have ordered some new centre caps in keeping with the black/red/gold theme I am working on. I have also painted the rear boot badge gloss black and added some carbon vinyl behind it which I think works pretty well. This prompted me to switch back to the black VW badge up front also.

Only plans at the moment are to get the wings changed and maybe look at dropping it a little more. I have started looking at exhaust systems too but with all the stuff I am paying out for wedding wise I will have to see what bonus I pick up in a few months time.

I will sign off with a few photos of the Golf currently. Thanks for reading :-)





Had to take this one to show the difference....

Trow81:
Looking good bro


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