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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: christomk3gti on 24 February 2010, 13:08
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Well finally got round to cleaning the gti lol, looks superb in black :afro:... Got the plastic arches etc blackened with boiled linseed oil... works great.. and finally got my Exhaust banging sorted... looks and sounds soooooooo nice now.. got standard longbeach rims on... want to change them to something better thats not going to rub..... I'm also thinking of lowering it 60mm.. Dont wanna gooo tooooo low as i use it daily. Any ideas welcome... ohh and i'll post up some pics sooon.
Anyone got any nice rims for sale, in good condition give me a PM...
Christo
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black cars rock!!!! :grin:
....even more when they got yellow on em....... :wink:
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just out of intrest...what did you do to stop the exhaust rattle? i can only cure my for 2 days and it comes back!
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not 100% sure on the exhaust as i took it to a garage to refit it.... all i know that it was hitting the floor of the car just above the rear axle. It started doing it again today so i took it back and they moved it again. they said it cant go any further and it will be ok now. I am hoping it will be anyway :grin:
and black looks the nuts :afro:
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This is a pic of my old motor with 17's on
(http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/andy-mk3/Picture274-1.jpg)
The car was down 40mm all round and I never suffered with any rubbing issues, even with 4 people in an a load of luggage in.
If you're going to drop 60mm, you may need some arch work if you go for this size wheel :undecided:
The wheels are BSA livewires. I think they would look very :cool: on a black car :wink:
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show off andy :D
get some pics up m8... will inspire ideas better with them!!
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show off andy :D
:laugh: :laugh: Strange really Mate, I was just wondering today how it was going on with it's new owner. Kinda miss it in a way :sad:
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lol, is it close??
did look good!!
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Well finally got round to cleaning the gti lol, looks superb in black :afro:... Got the plastic arches etc blackened with boiled linseed oil... works great.. and finally got my Exhaust banging sorted... looks and sounds soooooooo nice now.. got standard longbeach rims on... want to change them to something better thats not going to rub..... I'm also thinking of lowering it 60mm.. Dont wanna gooo tooooo low as i use it daily. Any ideas welcome... ohh and i'll post up some pics sooon.
Anyone got any nice rims for sale, in good condition give me a PM...
Christo
I'd say keep the standard 15's....but refurb them in white :shocked: :wink:
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lol, is it close??
did look good!!
Down Nottingham way now somewhere Mate :undecided:
Hopefully it hasn't been killed :sad:
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lol, horrible aint it, i dont know where my mini is and dont have the heart to check the reg with the dvla to see if its still alive :(
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Anyone had their longbeach rims done in white??? I'd like to see some pics... think they'll look well nice when i lower it 60 front and 40 rear..... hmmmmm :afro:
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(http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/mark3gti/Golf%20Mk3%20GTI%208v/ca73db2e.jpg)
Love White longbeaches! Bit of a b!tch to keep clean, and got a couple if weird brown patches appeared! God knows what that is lol
I could do with seeing a 60/40 drop on 15" rims and also 40/40 drop.. Anyone with pics?
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(http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz37/ADISMITH69/car4.jpg)This is a old pic andy it's a little lower know, but its about 80mm drop on 16's', I am fitting some 15's this weekend while i refurb the bbs if you want to nip down at some point to have a look, sorry about the poor pic.
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Hi adi, not forgotten about you! Just busy at mo! And work most weekends, my 2weekends off are coming up soon so will be in touch.. :)
Btw are u heading down to ultimate dubs in Telford?
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Not sure yet mate, give me a shout when you want to come down.
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I'm going to ultimate find :D nothing wrobg with having a low daily. mines at 150mm anf use it everyday :) raising in the next two days for the advans though :)
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If you are gonna lower it, then lets go low, non of this gay talk about it been a daily - so is my black one. I do load sof miles and im LOW!!
P.s for exhaust, i had knocking on the floor of the car, i used heatwrap on the section which was causing bother and that was sorted - 3 years on still no banging :cool:
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/406/imageyk.jpg)
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7017/modsk.jpg)
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f17 your car is nice to say the least,those caps on the wheels just finish it off!! and hmmmm heatwrap never thought of that! sound advice fella
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cheers dude
those are my winter caps (the black with colour crest)
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8017/imagehzb.jpg)
i did some metal polished ones forn summer use
(http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/4204/capu.jpg)
the heat wrap is a good one mate - try it, use metal wire to fit it on real tight, pack it so the pipe cant move around, (wrap it as much as u can basically)
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(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/M70REL/168604_496436052740_509702740_6543616_4148608_n.jpg)
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Black car = chrome details
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I had a black mk3 GTI 5 door
My dub rides thread: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=87179.0
Might help with some ideas etc.
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I would say it was lowered not LOW!! :D
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I would say it was lowered not LOW!! :D
mine ?? -100mm not low ?? its not far off what yours is pal :grin:
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I would say it was lowered not LOW!! :D
mine ?? -100mm not low ?? its not far off what yours is pal :grin:
Haha fair, i suppose can never really get perspective in pictures! But i agree if you're going to lower don't go 60-40 you'll only want to get it even lower, don't understand why everyone goes on about it being a daily! :rolleyes:
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
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I know every bump around!! Mines is 100mm I use it daily all day seeing as in I don't work :)
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GET A F'KIN JOB :grin:
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GET A F'KIN JOB :grin:
I have a job but not a reliable one haha I just want to be able to have enough money for a conversion :)
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here my black one. cant remember how low i am but think its -100 or lower
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/180548_1743754070297_1132106970_31960108_7199235_n.jpg)
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here my black one. cant remember how low i am but think its -100 or lower
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/180548_1743754070297_1132106970_31960108_7199235_n.jpg)
Nice wheels same as me fake splits ftw!!
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yes mate its all about the chrome lol
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
Exactly haha, just need to know what sort of roads you can drive down, doesn't bother me scraping or having to avoid roads also means i can use it as an excuse not to give people lifts :D turns heads when it scraps too, i find it pretty funny, dropped a friend off at college when i got back from working in manchester and the speed bumps going into that college are huge, hearing my car bottoming out on them about 100 people just stopped and stared :D it is addictive and 60/40 springs just don't cut it!
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
Exactly haha, just need to know what sort of roads you can drive down, doesn't bother me scraping or having to avoid roads also means i can use it as an excuse not to give people lifts :D turns heads when it scraps too, i find it pretty funny, dropped a friend off at college when i got back from working in manchester and the speed bumps going into that college are huge, hearing my car bottoming out on them about 100 people just stopped and stared :D it is addictive and 60/40 springs just don't cut it!
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hahaha + 1 to all of that
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
Exactly haha, just need to know what sort of roads you can drive down, doesn't bother me scraping or having to avoid roads also means i can use it as an excuse not to give people lifts :D turns heads when it scraps too, i find it pretty funny, dropped a friend off at college when i got back from working in manchester and the speed bumps going into that college are huge, hearing my car bottoming out on them about 100 people just stopped and stared :D it is addictive and 60/40 springs just don't cut it!
+ 2 lol I love holding everyone up.
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Yeah it is pretty funny always worries me abit tho when I hear a propper metal scraper under the car.
I got stuck on one of them stupid rubber thin ramps the other day. Front wheels just off the floor and needed help getting off help up all trafic going into retail park in dunstable lol
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^like :D
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
Exactly haha, just need to know what sort of roads you can drive down, doesn't bother me scraping or having to avoid roads also means i can use it as an excuse not to give people lifts :D turns heads when it scraps too, i find it pretty funny, dropped a friend off at college when i got back from working in manchester and the speed bumps going into that college are huge, hearing my car bottoming out on them about 100 people just stopped and stared :D it is addictive and 60/40 springs just don't cut it!
No disrespect to anyone on here but how can anyone not be bothered about scraping the bottom of their motor. Any scraping is bad for any car and why spend all your hard earned cash and effort on making a car nice to abuse it by scraping it. I know it's your car etc. but really this is madness. I would love to go lower but would not be able to get on and off my drive and will not scrape my car for anything so as my daily it stops at 60mm.
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me too matey, i mean what difference does it make. 60 / 40 aint that low at all is it, i can get my car every place i need to. I just know how fast and how slow i need to go over certain areas.
60/40 would get boring very quicky - its adictive
Exactly haha, just need to know what sort of roads you can drive down, doesn't bother me scraping or having to avoid roads also means i can use it as an excuse not to give people lifts :D turns heads when it scraps too, i find it pretty funny, dropped a friend off at college when i got back from working in manchester and the speed bumps going into that college are huge, hearing my car bottoming out on them about 100 people just stopped and stared :D it is addictive and 60/40 springs just don't cut it!
No disrespect to anyone on here but how can anyone not be bothered about scraping the bottom of their motor. Any scraping is bad for any car and why spend all your hard earned cash and effort on making a car nice to abuse it by scraping it. I know it's your car etc. but really this is madness. I would love to go lower but would not be able to get on and off my drive and will not scrape my car for anything so as my daily it stops at 60mm.
Spot on Dean, I hated catching / scraping the bottom of mine
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sound like my dad haha, he is like "your golf ride is ruined its like driving a skateboard" :grin:
TBH i hear you but my arches are so modified they do not catch at all, the only part that catches is the splitter inless i take the bump slow or at a angle, and the only otherbit iv noticed carching sometimes in the support bar thing on the exhaust which some people remove - iv left mine on
plus mk3's looks so bloody good low
Their is a old saying
If its not rubbing its not....... ill let you fill that bit in :laugh:
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sound like my dad haha, he is like "your golf ride is ruined its like driving a skateboard" :grin:
TBH i hear you but my arches are so modified they do not catch at all, the only part that catches is the splitter inless i take the bump slow or at a angle, and the only otherbit iv noticed carching sometimes in the support bar thing on the exhaust which some people remove - iv left mine on
plus mk3's looks so bloody good low
Their is a old saying
If its not rubbing its not....... ill let you fill that bit in :laugh:
It aint dubbin!!! I don't understand how everyone scrapes I admit I have scraped a few time but once you learn the area all is well you miss the pot holes and bumps Orrrrrt just go sideways over the bumps. Simples!! High golfs look Pootang :)
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in my eyes lowered cars are gonna scrape, hell i've seen standard cars down my street scrape, if people are going to whine about it don't lower you cars, simple really :)
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As much as i love the look of lowered Golfs i simply can't be arsed to drive around in a non practical car anymore.....god i must be getting old!
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As much as i love the look of lowered Golfs i simply can't be arsed to drive around in a non practical car anymore.....god i must be getting old!
yep you know its game over when u start to say things like this :grin: :grin:
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(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6214/29062010601.jpg)
Not sure on the drop,id say 80mm on 205/40 17s
Doesnt scrape,bang catch or anything,and that road to my work in the pic is full of bumps,potholes etc.
My exhaust used to catch on the back axle a touch so i just readjusted it and put a smaller hanger bracket and all was well.
Them wheels will be going as soon as i can find some impul sillouhettes :evil: