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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: jonnygti66 on 28 September 2010, 00:33
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hello fellow mk3 fans :grin: just thought i`d show you my work ive done on the golf, i paid very little for the lights, then got a colour match and sprayed them, then i sourced a set of lowered suspension and fitted the lot on,but what a job!! after one broken ratchet :cry: and a few hours of swearing it all became apparent it was worth it!!! just got to swap my ratchet as it has a lifetime garantee :grin:
(http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac320/jonnygsi66/sept27th010.jpg)
(http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac320/jonnygsi66/sept27th009.jpg)
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nice job, :cool:
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cheers buddy :wink:
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Loads better :smiley:
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Looks :cool:
Still needs to be loads lower then :cool:
Also the paint you got made up, use that to colour code! :evil:
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04092010155.jpg)
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looks gd!
needs to come lower at the front though!!
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looks gd!
needs to come lower at the front though!!
doesnt look lowered at all on the front? was the fronts and rears from the same kit?
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Looking good
My mk2 used to sit higher at the front too for some reason
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lovin the colour coded lights man.
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looks gd!
needs to come lower at the front though!!
doesnt look lowered at all on the front? was the fronts and rears from the same kit?
the fronts are 40mm drop dude,should have seen how high it was before!! :laugh: i cut the rears to 50mm drop, will do 60mm for the fronts, should be easy now ive greased everything. just have to watch the humps round here!!! :sad:
thanks for the comments guys, muchly appreciated :cool:lovin the colour coded lights man.
i nearly done them black but it would look pants, so the correct colour went on , they look awesome when the main beams on :laugh:Looks :cool:
Still needs to be loads lower then :cool:
Also the paint you got made up, use that to colour code! :evil:
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss334/wherry112/04092010155.jpg)
that could be on the cards, was thinking of smooth trim and de arching, tbh, but will drop the front some more first. lol :evil:
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Get yourself some JOM lowering top caps :cool:
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Nice mate, the Morettes are a 100 x better than the hellas to look at and coded they look nice. Slammage needed
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Get yourself some JOM lowering top caps :cool:
mmmmm!!? good thinking :grin:Nice mate, the Morettes are a 100 x better than the hellas to look at and coded they look nice. Slammage needed
yes i agree about the morettes, they really do the mk3 justice, slam? watch this space :laugh: :cool:
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Where did you get the paint made up mate???.I need some indian red but cant find any :sad:
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i had it matched at a company in notts called hex automotive paints, paid £11 for an earosol, bought the laquer from halfords lol £7, theyve come up like new , i can find the number if you want, they`l probably mail you one. :wink:
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Sweet cheers mate,Im in melton mowbray so could collect if i had too.
Pm me the number if you find it :wink:
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cars looking sweet mate, definatelly agree on the slammage on the front! :)
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Lookin really good!
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That looks real sweet, can I check though - and sorry if this sounds daft, but did you put the springs on the right way round? (cant remember if they all look the same on all 4 shocks) usually the back sits a little higher than the front? Liking the morettes too!!
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That looks real sweet, can I check though - and sorry if this sounds daft, but did you put the springs on the right way round? (cant remember if they all look the same on all 4 shocks) usually the back sits a little higher than the front? Liking the morettes too!!
cheers bud, yes thyre on the right way round, the reason the rear is a little lower is that i cut the rears slightly as they were the same as standards, im going to do the fronts when the weather picks up, i left them at 40mm lower as i have to drive over horrendously high speed bumps 4 times daily and its a nightmare :huh: but im thinking maybe another 20mm will be ok. :wink:
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ooo lovely!
my friend was suggesting i dearch rather than colour code but i duno!
iv ordered my coilovers! :D
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Nice mate, the Morettes are a 100 x better than the hellas to look at and coded they look nice. Slammage needed
yes buddy, they arnt as common as the hellas either and have more of an aggressive look to them. cheers for comment :smiley:ooo lovely!
my friend was suggesting i dearch rather than colour code but i duno!
iv ordered my coilovers! :D
its all down to your own preference really, i personally like the colour code as thats the colour the car was made,plus as everyone has commented, they look the dogs lol :laugh:
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Cutting springs is a bad move.
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im going for the lowering caps m8. :wink:
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Was gonna say that too Wayne!
Fr the price of lowering springs it's just not worth it anymore!
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tbh, I'd just get a set of JOM coilies or equivelant. For the cost they are fine so long as you get the adjustments done early on as the threads will corrode a bit and rings will stick. But I seriously cant complain at the ride they are more comfortable than any kit I've had before, Eibachs + koni's, Tanabes, tein HR, superstreet, superdrift, Gmax + unknown shocks, PI's, Jamex springs + shocks and thats sitting damned well low enough too. The car doesn't handle brilliantly but then it wont without considerable work outwith a set of coilovers. Honestly worth every penny and more.
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looks good mate. need a deep front splitter tho to set it off.
also have you had the camber done since thanging them as i dont no if its just my eyes but looks abit like the front wheel is sitting in at the top
could just be my eyes tho mate
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looks good mate. need a deep front splitter tho to set it off.
also have you had the camber done since thanging them as i dont no if its just my eyes but looks abit like the front wheel is sitting in at the top
could just be my eyes tho mate
cheers buddy, ive got to order a deep splitter, and yes,i done the camber with cotton and a nail lol :wink:, it was positive camber before on the n/s and negative on the n/s so its a good job i done it. any ideas to the correct angle/degree i should use though? :undecided:tbh, I'd just get a set of JOM coilies or equivelant. For the cost they are fine so long as you get the adjustments done early on as the threads will corrode a bit and rings will stick. But I seriously cant complain at the ride they are more comfortable than any kit I've had before, Eibachs + koni's, Tanabes, tein HR, superstreet, superdrift, Gmax + unknown shocks, PI's, Jamex springs + shocks and thats sitting damned well low enough too. The car doesn't handle brilliantly but then it wont without considerable work outwith a set of coilovers. Honestly worth every penny and more.
thats what i`ll do next year, get christmas out the way, kids!! :grin:
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i cant remember the corroect camber setting tbh mate.
when i did mine i used a small spirit level.
put it against the brake disk before and put a mark on the level with pen then after the put the coilovers on i just got the brake disk back to that same mark. :wink:
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needs lowering still ?
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Cutting springs is a bad move.
Wondered how long it would take before someone mentioned that. :shocked:
As said just buy replacement springs, think thats alot safer than cutting em.
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Looks tidy! But that has a long way DOWN to go :evil:
I take it the wheels are 17's? If so SLAM that shizz! :cool:
That is all :grin:
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Just to echo what has already been said, the rear looks ok but you shouldn't have cut the springs :undecided:
The front needs to come down quite a lot! You'll be able to get it way lower than that and not have problems with speedbumps etc!