MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Matto on January 02, 2013, 08:31:35 pm

Title: Official Winter Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Matto on January 02, 2013, 08:31:35 pm
I have seen something similar on another forum so thought I would start a thread for everyone here. Use it to post photos of your car in winter mode and for general wintery photo whoring. What wheels/tyres are people using if different to your summer setup?

Although it is fairly mild at the minute, we will no doubt get a good dumping at some point this year as in previous years.

Here is mine. Currently on 17" Classix with Nokian WR A3's.

(https://fbcdn-photos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/521403_10151222842694858_299849965_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up Thread
Post by: Top Cat on January 02, 2013, 08:37:12 pm
Have you had permission from the site owner to post this thread here.   :chicken:
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up Thread
Post by: Baz300 on January 02, 2013, 08:37:22 pm
Not the best of pics,

16" alloys with continental winter contacts.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi760.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx242%2Fbaz300%2Fb9088341d48eedfca517ad5c2cb518c3.jpg&hash=881e8f277797650d655db1f6dd35e8b64dba0b39)

And no it's not Scott/Stacey's car I also have 16s in Aberdeenshire  :wink:
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up Thread
Post by: zerolag on January 02, 2013, 08:39:21 pm
Haven't wintered the Golf yet.. and with these mad double digit temperatures we're having, I kinda wished I hadn't bothered with the expense of winter wheels and tyres... I hope to be proven wrong at some point in the next month or two :)

Good year Ultragrips
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up Thread
Post by: skard on January 02, 2013, 08:46:09 pm
Here's mine...

Planning on getting some Classix or Monza's for next winter but got these cheap and in a hurry then added some SV-2 snowtyres, they'll do for now.

Have changed the brakes and ride height since then though.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi278.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fkk99%2Fonlinephoties%2F2D95A9E4-4509-4246-A62A-DC1255C3653B-2224-0000013E9D3427E7.jpg&hash=90b335106c5ff956062020afdeee2774b9344694)
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up Thread
Post by: Lone_Par on January 02, 2013, 08:46:22 pm
Nothing special from me really.  :smiley:

Got my Monza's refurbed matt black in the summer, as I always had the intention of making them my winters and getting new alloys in the spring. So running 17's with Vred Wintrac Extremes.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8224%2F8339623882_a3b7df3015_z.jpg&hash=feb49dfeb395e653632e23d2ae8b7bd4929eb89e)


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8495%2F8338567305_ef96c9e40e_z.jpg&hash=324e609dc8fae7a470dbfc47f5f9b521f24cbd1b)


Tyres are decent in the cold (as you'd hope/expect) but not as great when it gets closer to 10 degrees (as you'd expect).

 :happy2:
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Matto on January 19, 2013, 03:46:20 pm
Here are some from today. Went out to see if I could get stuck and to see what the Nokian's could do. Needless to say they were very good.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/734777_10151266227119858_1721542543_n.jpg)

Come on Land Rover. Out the way.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408703_10151266403724858_1323069663_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: gazbutS3 on January 19, 2013, 06:32:12 pm
Summer set up

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fii105%2Fgazbut72%2F015-4.jpg&hash=7fb739007820371ab97e7b52028f14cf135f8b3b)

Winter set up


(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fii105%2Fgazbut72%2F017-4.jpg&hash=188979ebc0e066712dcbf5238d586c1dd45fa3fa)








 :happy2:
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Stanipkiss on January 20, 2013, 10:04:51 pm
My effort
17" Capezio's running Cooper WeatherMasters
Picture pre snow.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fag38%2Fstanipkiss%2FDSC04499_zps513f1d6c.jpg&hash=5af60fcaf3a5aa2a4d9a3f3da25063ecae70b63e)
Coped very well passing cars & school run 4x4's in 4" snow on friday up and down hills.
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Duke on January 20, 2013, 10:11:24 pm
Summer

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.upit.me%2F1358729416.jpg&hash=3d158c8d4af88358b9283e38c227e2bfa00495ef)



Winter

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.upit.me%2F1358729416.jpg&hash=3d158c8d4af88358b9283e38c227e2bfa00495ef)

 :wink:
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: jonm on January 20, 2013, 10:41:08 pm
summer

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7050%2F7129406323_b9c7a35575.jpg&hash=6e22ca31303535deea25c3c381d81274c1599f93) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/7129406323/)
MK5 Golf (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/7129406323/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr

winter

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8086%2F8393024572_f525885d91.jpg&hash=c12563bc22db9e3a7c9d1fab49bb44c5745f54e2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/8393024572/)
Drifting (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmmorgan/8393024572/) by JonMorgan. (http://www.flickr.com/people/jonmmorgan/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Deacon on January 20, 2013, 10:42:39 pm
Summer mode -

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fy35%2FDeacon666%2FDSC07894copy.jpg&hash=186e81fc8bd3a50df212c833635413ae74f30f57)

Winter -

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fy35%2FDeacon666%2FDSC07839copy.jpg&hash=f7f48035e5bf5ef82996719fff8a9c32ed01f506)

On nokian wra3's which were excellent in Friday's snow


 
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Eccie on January 21, 2013, 10:43:50 am
Both cars running 225/45/17 Nokian winter tyres - 500 yards of this until we hit the road

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftt60%2Fgpe%2Fimage-8_zpsbd90a03e.jpg&hash=6260dd22d135663316b88b0ba0b6d268376da505)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftt60%2Fgpe%2FIMG_0995_zps0b92e7f4.jpg&hash=a230f58aabdd775f1bd76bce6e88ccd01a6add37)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftt60%2Fgpe%2FIMG_0999_zps6fba0de2.jpg&hash=58bb11f1a21adb21d5dff238910747916ba9b695)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi597.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt60%2Fgpe%2Fimage-8_zps5e6962d7.jpg&hash=f852350057666d2a5d0653fde2f519d795591241)
Title: Re: Official Winter Set-Up/Photo Whore Thread
Post by: silent dubber on January 21, 2013, 11:17:26 am
Here’s my winter setup back to standard wheels still dropped (or shall i say i have raised for winter)  :laugh:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fnn170%2FHarvey_singh%2FIMG_20130120_121024.jpg&hash=d45099faff1bf79c40d551fec8e6c5435148b0c1)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fnn170%2FHarvey_singh%2F20130120_115318.jpg&hash=3ccf21c62b9d5e1f85051c384584cdb9c4701f57)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fnn170%2FHarvey_singh%2F20130120_205700.jpg&hash=54514524ffd048079f1c4e7f8cfc89e3b36b2f0e)
Title: Re: Official Winter Photo Whore Thread
Post by: 94Luke on January 21, 2013, 06:40:05 pm
That last picture looks quite cool I have to say!
Title: Re: Official Winter Photo Whore Thread
Post by: Dsg steel on January 22, 2013, 12:18:42 pm
Summer

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fr557%2Fdsgsteel%2F9DEE4DCE-5418-4765-95A2-C6836B80BA58-4912-0000086B97BF7E2B.jpg&hash=8152f7e19b3f63a4a11cab34a561eda9181a3b43)

Winter

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fr557%2Fdsgsteel%2F59827462-DF38-4FEB-8A97-1463A7BAF618-4912-0000086B87AF1FC9.jpg&hash=517ad2888ce7f83ab0c7a6b8c1aef0fec683c6a5)
Title: Re: Official Winter Photo Whore Thread
Post by: keano on January 22, 2013, 12:51:56 pm
It's real snow I promise! :innocent:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8080%2F8404469247_2f18137146_o.jpg&hash=5f0c1e88648c1bda347ead09406ed2dfc8837ddd)