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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Golf mk3 gallery => Topic started by: Jimp on 28 May 2010, 18:20
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I posted this in the mk3 section but I think that the Dub Rides section would be more appropriate.
Finished fitting coilovers to my Vento yesterday. Fitted the rears on Sunday, fitted the fronts yesterday. My dad helped me with the install and once we knew what we were doing it all went smoothly. For two people who have never done something like this before, it was actually alright. Very DIY friendly :afro: Now for the pictures:
Before, stock ride height, 14 inch black steels
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0031-1.jpg)
After
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0048.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0050.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0051.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0053.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0052.jpg)
I can't tell you how low it is, haven't measured. I can tell you that I need to roll the front/rear wheels on to some wood blocks before my jack can fit under it :grin:
The rears have settled down a bit, the fronts still have to settle. Would have gotten centre caps but when I went to order them last week it turned out someone had hacked my Paypal account so both my Paypal and credit card are on lockdown at the moment :sad:.
Got the car taxed today and took it for a drive to settle everything in after being off the road for a while. Was a bit wobbly at first but everything is sweet now. The brake peddal is a little juddery and there is a small pull to the left sometimes so I'll need to get the alignment checked, but that problem rarely popped up and the car is otherwise fine. Here's a picture of the car on it's first day out on the coils:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/Photo-0055.jpg)
The front is still settling but it's looking better than yesterday. Going to wash the car tomorrow so it's ready for the Limerick VW show on Sunday :cool:
Thanks for reading :smiley:
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looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :cool:
another Booted motor :afro: its all about the trunk size :laugh:
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mate what a difference - looks so good. Yous should keep an eye out for an early 4 bar grill - pretty costly, but they make the front look really nice as they don't have massive wishbones at the sides
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Looking good Mate :afro:
Like the colour of that :cool:
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A guy I know cleaned the car today. He did a bang up job of restoring the paint. There are a few marks or scratches from age and the lacquer on the spoiler is flaking a bit but the rest is in great condition. Spoiler needs to be resprayed at some stage but it's not a priority by any means. He also spotted water bubbling from one of the tyres, brought it to my local tyre guy and he said the wrong size tube was used in it. 16 inch tube on a 15 inch tyre! :shocked: It was folded and had ruptured inside. I was lucky it was spotted as even in the short journey from the detailer to the tyre place it had lost a lot of air :lipsrsealed:. All is well and good now. Still a bit bumpy braking from 60mph and pulls to the left a tad on the bumpier roads but otherwise has settled in a lot nicer. Front has evened out a bit too :cool:
Pictures!
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0797.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0799.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0807.jpg)
Height at the front. Bit better than yesterday. Glad I'm not running a VR splitter, it would never make it over some of the bumps in town.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0798.jpg)
You can see some chips in the paint here, but the rest cleaned up nicely. This is the worst of it on the passenger side rear door.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0803.jpg)
Representin' :tongue: Reflections too.
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0801.jpg)
Interior
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0805.jpg)
All ready for the show tomorrow now. As long as birds don't crap all over the car that is :grin:
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looks sweeeeet :cool:
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I like :cool: :cool: :cool:
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How many TV vhannels do you get with the NASA sized dish ? :grin:
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Looks really sweet, like the front and rear splitters on it also! NICE!
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Thanks for the comments everyone :smiley:
How many TV vhannels do you get with the NASA sized dish ? :grin:
Quite a few :grin: It's to do with my dad's company, they supply digital TV amongst other things.
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Very nice :cool:
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Verry cool, i love the booted dubs :) i personally think you should run a vr splitter anyway :evil:
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^^ Lol agreed.
Looks good mate!
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Thanks for the comments everyone :cool: Had a great response to it at the show. No pictures I'm afraid as I didn't bring my camera. Hoping to get some of my mate's pictures soon. The front has settled down a bit more and it just looks spot on, I couldn't be happier with the height :cool: In the long drive to and from the show I noticed the brake pedal is no longer juddering, so I guess that's fixed itself :grin: Tracking is still out but my budget has been stretched a bit with the show preparations so it will have to wait. Made a few small adjustments and it's nearly normal now but not exactly right. It will have to do for now anyway. I have to talk to my insurance company about keeping it insured all summer as it's only on temporary cover from my Golf at the moment. I want to drive it all summer then leave it hibernate out of the rough Irish winter :grin:
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looks good that mate!! :cool:
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Thanks for the comments everyone :smiley:
How many TV vhannels do you get with the NASA sized dish ? :grin:
Quite a few :grin: It's to do with my dad's company, they supply digital TV amongst other things.
:grin:
car looks good too :wink:
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Small update. I got to drive the Vento for the rest of the summer and went back to the mk5 for the college commute in September. Just as well because two days before my temp cover on the Vento ran out it started overheating again :undecided: The water pump has had it. Apparently it's not too hard to replace but I didn't have the spare cash for the parts and won't again until I'm back working next summer. The Vento is currently sitting at the back of my dad's place looking a bit sorry for itself. I'm only free to clean it on weekends and my dad is away on weekends so it's gathering dirt :cry: On the plus side once I'm back at work come the summer I'll be able to tear into fixing it up. For now, a picture a mate sent me from a show over the summer. He says he took more but had to delete them to make room on his camera for the other cars :grin:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/limerick2010.jpg)
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Looks good there!... forgot all about this! :cool:
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Liking it mate.
Love ventos!!
An early grill and some shadowing on your wheels and it'll look the dogs!
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that looks cool