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Title: i'm i mad
Post by: fluffy1970 on 20 September 2009, 23:51: Hi guys just recently bought a golf gti first ever always been in to subaruâ€™s.wrote the Subaru off few months back and was looking for replacement when I came across this on the internet. First off I know nothing about vw golfâ€™s but liked the look of this what do you guys think.

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq356/fluffy1970/BZgTRWkKGrHgoOKj4EjlLmZqNBKnB6tcjYw.jpg)

(http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq356/fluffy1970/BZgTTVwBWkKGrHgoOKiMEjlLmVOYOBKnB6j.jpg)

Is silver a common colour not seen many around should i go for big bumpers?
thankyou :smiley:
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Post by: shrocco on 21 September 2009, 00:00: before you worry about big bumpers you might want to address the fact you have wider rear wheels than front on a fwd car
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Post by: Andy-H on 21 September 2009, 06:40: Welcome Mate,

Nice looking motor there, love those Borbets.............mmmmmmmmmm someday....

Andy
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Post by: gtigolfthree on 21 September 2009, 08:55: Hi, welcome to the site. :smiley:
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Post by: mumbles on 21 September 2009, 16:24: hey mate, welcome to the forum. lovin the wheels! standard bumpers look fine, but it's totally up to you! looks really tidy! plenty of info and ideas in mk2 section.
Title: Re: i'm i mad
Post by: fluffy1970 on 21 September 2009, 18:23: Quote from: shrocco on 21 September 2009, 00:00
before you worry about big bumpers you might want to address the fact you have wider rear wheels than front on a fwd car

is this a problem :huh:
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Post by: GOLF_STU on 21 September 2009, 20:24: welcome to the site :smiley:

Quote from: fluffy1970 on 21 September 2009, 18:23
Quote from: shrocco on 21 September 2009, 00:00
before you worry about big bumpers you might want to address the fact you have wider rear wheels than front on a fwd car

is this a problem :huh:
i cant see why it would be a problem :undecided:
Title: Re: i'm i mad
Post by: Khare on 21 September 2009, 23:24: Quote from: fluffy1970 on 21 September 2009, 18:23
Quote from: shrocco on 21 September 2009, 00:00
before you worry about big bumpers you might want to address the fact you have wider rear wheels than front on a fwd car

is this a problem :huh:
Don't worry, ignore Shrocco aKa Sharpie.

Welcome along, lovely looking motor :cool:
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Post by: shrocco on 22 September 2009, 00:46: on a fwd motor you'd be wanting all wheels to be the same width. if anything the driven wheels (ie fronts) should be wider.
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Post by: frybert on 23 September 2009, 19:32: welcome to the site :smiley:
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Post by: Dinky on 23 September 2009, 22:19: welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:
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Post by: Neo Badness on 23 September 2009, 22:33: Welcome to the site, nice start in the vw family. Apparently silver is pretty unusual colour for the mk2, so I understand anyway. There's a whole thread on it in the mk2 section.

Skinny bumpers are the "in" thing at the mo' but ultimately personal pref. Easy enough job to swap but depends what you want.

As for wider tyres on the back, are they really wider? or are they not just stepped offsets? Have these on my BCWs. 15x8 all round but deeper dish on the back. Check the side walls of the tyres to confirm if they are wearing the same width of tyre or not.

The only thing that'd theoretically be wrong with wider tyres on the back of a fwd would cause understeer when pushing on as the front tyres would break traction before the skinnier fronts and as rears are only really there to stop the back end dragging along the ground.

But like I say I don't think they are actually wider at the back, just appear that way as they have a deeper dish out back and the person who made the original comment perhaps doesn't know his earhole from his @rsehole...

Oh and the Azevs are horrid, you should give them to me to avoid any further embarrasment :grin:
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Post by: Horney on 23 September 2009, 22:43: That looks well nice! Deffo keep the small bumpers, works so well with those wheels.

If it were mine I'd go for some chrome stripped bumpers and change the grill for a badged one. But whatever you decide to do it looks from those pictures you've got a really tidy and unusual colour MKII Gti as a base.

nick
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Post by: Guy on 24 September 2009, 00:38: Quote from: Horney on 23 September 2009, 22:43
That looks well nice! Deffo keep the small bumpers, works so well with those wheels.

If it were mine I'd go for some chrome stripped bumpers and change the grill for a badged one. But whatever you decide to do it looks from those pictures you've got a really tidy and unusual colour MKII Gti as a base.

nick

welcome... what he said :smiley:
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 24 September 2009, 01:15: Guten tag :grin:
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Post by: twisted-gti on 24 September 2009, 14:53: hello mate nice motor
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Post by: fluffy1970 on 26 September 2009, 19:52: hi thanks for your comments
front wheels are 195
back are 205
is this ok
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Post by: Neo Badness on 27 September 2009, 11:11: Quote from: fluffy1970 on 26 September 2009, 19:52
hi thanks for your comments
front wheels are 195
back are 205
is this ok

So the tyres are 10mm difference front to back, could be they have fitted narrower tyres to the front for some reason?
Not going to make a massive difference on a road car.
I'm still pretty sure the wheels are all the same diameter just different widths of tyres.
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Post by: robz on 27 September 2009, 11:25: stunner mate!
really nice that!
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Post by: west_philly on 27 September 2009, 20:59: bonjour dude! thats a nice ride. old skool skinny bumpers aswell. fresh!
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Post by: rocketron on 01 October 2009, 08:52: i do wish i picked up a MK2. very nice indeed.

if havin wider wheels on the front in relation to rears is a problem then theres a sh1t load of cars on the road that are in deep doodoo. :grin: its fine and looks the mutts. :cool:
Title: Re: i'm i mad
Post by: fluffy1970 on 04 October 2009, 18:02: Quote from: rocketron on 01 October 2009, 08:52
i do wish i picked up a MK2. very nice indeed.

if havin wider wheels on the front in relation to rears is a problem then theres a sh1t load of cars on the road that are in deep doodoo. :grin: its fine and looks the mutts. :cool:

i have wider wheels on the rear is that what you ment :huh:
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Post by: dan_apps on 04 October 2009, 19:50: nice motor guv, welcome :cool:
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Post by: Neo Badness on 05 October 2009, 18:36: Quote from: rocketron on 01 October 2009, 08:52
i do wish i picked up a MK2. very nice indeed.

if havin wider wheels on the front in relation to rears is a problem then theres a sh1t load of cars on the road that are in deep doodoo. :grin: its fine and looks the mutts. :cool:

:rolleyes: