Boneybradley's blue Mk3 8v Anniversary!! The keeper?

[Len]

Calipers red? Or have you just covered them in copper ease?

[boneybradley]

Calipers red? Or have you just covered them in copper ease?

they are newly painted red calipers (like the anniversary has!)

oh and I can't still work out how to adjust the shocks (and fk are crap at giving help!!).  I have fitted the adjsuter but it dosent have 6 notches, they are infinatly adjustable (well the knob turns as much as I want)

So i guess I'm doing them wrong and they are set to max solid which makes it fun when it's icy!

[Callum_K]

You're doing it wrong   

The adjusting tool will only locate firmly in one position,turn it whilst pressing down (the whole thing, not just the top). You should then be ablet to turn the dial and there will be audible clicks.

[SoundillusioN]

thats one posh spring compressor 

Yeah but not quite as sophisticated as the last on you last used aye?

[boneybradley]

Well I am having trouble getting the suspension adjusted from rock hard to anything else! (the top adjusters are crap and don't seem to work! so on Monday the shocks will be off and we will see if they will adjust off the car. If not the monroe's that came off will be going back on! with the lower springs.

I have bought a pair of metal pressed plates and have surrounded them with (possibly unique in Britain?) surrounds from the region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Eastern Germany). and I finally got some pics without snow





this might show the ride height at -30mm which may not look the best but it is practical (the wife needs to drive the car and she's not good with speed humps etc!)


I think it will come down another 10mm when the shocks are softer? (plus the tracking/camber needs playing with!)

next....
std airbox with panel filter (I still have the pipercross to swap/sell)
std exhaust from cat back
some minor paint tidying (a couple of little rust blisters coming through the paint...which are typical 1996 Golf!!)

oh and spacers? 10mm max so I have some adjustability in more lowering   

[Wayne]

For a subtle drop that is looking spot on

[JC]

saw those plate surrounds on german ebay when i was on there last night 

[boneybradley]

saw those plate surrounds on german ebay when i was on there last night 

fk were selling them off very cheap.... and my old wolfsburg one's are too common 

[brett]

looking  mate ,my mk3 was stripped recently and my friend still has the exhaut off of it ,it was doms old one from his mk3 with the vw stainless backbox,think he only wanted £30 for the lot ,cat back.Unsure if he will post but can ask if you like,  brett

[boneybradley]

well I started to sort the sterio out today and used my old mp3 pioneer and fitted my components I bought a few years back for the pssat (but never got round to fitting)

so these are fitted front and back


and hide away like



they are Pioneer TS1703 mid bass and seperate tweeter components and they are so so so much better than the paper originals.

just need to fit my amp (and wires) and sub box and it will sound