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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: R32UK on 21 October 2010, 18:00
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Sooo after a lot of thinking, and ummmin n arrrring I decided to change the wheels on my car. not going to be to everyones tastes but i decided to go back to the 17" monzas for the winter period :laugh:
So this is a bit of a pointless post really... but i know some people were expecting me to post up a few pictures. Sorry guys (and gals) :grin: :grin:
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Photos :grin:
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Rubbish mate 17's but everyone to there own :grin:
can see why no pictures hahaha
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tis true... 17" dont look great. In fact I was speaking to a guy today and looking over at my car he said his brother has a new black Golf mine.. "but its a GTI!" :shocked: :cry:
...although it does make me slightly faster :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Well, well mon ami Gilly. You had me fooled.
Yeh, we know it's not the size of the ship that counts, but the motion of the ocean. But who wants a frigate when one can have a cruiser, eh?
Really surprised you are not a size queen! :evil: :kiss:
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Well, well mon ami Gilly. You had me fooled.
Yeh, we know it's not the size of the ship that counts, but the motion of the ocean. But who wants a frigate when one can have a cruiser, eh?
Really surprised you are not a size queen! :evil: :kiss:
the 19" ones are still sleeping in the garage :wink:
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Well, well mon ami Gilly. You had me fooled.
Yeh, we know it's not the size of the ship that counts, but the motion of the ocean. But who wants a frigate when one can have a cruiser, eh?
Really surprised you are not a size queen! :evil: :kiss:
the 19" ones are still sleeping in the garage :wink:
Put 'em on, please, and make our eyes water. :grin:
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Did you manage to sell ya monza shadows on in the end?
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Did you manage to sell ya monza shadows on in the end?
He sold those alright. Now he is on 17" with 19" tucked away.
Much ado about nothing.
He is an utter tease.
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Did you manage to sell ya monza shadows on in the end?
He sold those alright. Now he is on 17" with 19" tucked away.
Much ado about nothing.
He is an utter tease.
Its an utter disgrace.... he should be banned until he reveals the new wheels :angry:
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He won't Martin.
Gilly is the proverbial prick teaser! :laugh:
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R32UK, you fail.
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R32UK, you fail.
:laugh:
its a win win! the 17's have potenzas which are virtually brand new... so ideal for the up and coming winter months. Last thing i need is 19" delicate wheels with Goodyear F1 assyms in the wet and snow :nerd:
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You can jazz it up all you want mate, you have 17'' Monzas. Fail :D :kiss:
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Gilly is the Forum dunce. Gilly is the forum dunce. :tongue:
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Gilly you should really go for 15" rims to be on the safe side.
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Gilly you should really go for 15" rims to be on the safe side.
hmmm i think i may look into that. certainly suprise a few people when it comes to pedal to the metal time :evil:
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I can understand if you wish to future upgrade your wheels to order wih 17" from the factory.
But you had to be different and go retrograde. I suppose it's the IN thing to do when you live in STEAL city. :evil:
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I can understand if you wish to future upgrade your wheels to order wih 17" from the factory.
But you had to be different and go retrograde. I suppose it's the IN thing to do when you live in STEAL city. :evil:
he laughs last... :grin:
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I can understand if you wish to future upgrade your wheels to order wih 17" from the factory.
But you had to be different and go retrograde. I suppose it's the IN thing to do when you live in STEAL city. :evil:
he laughs last... :grin:
......... laughs loudest ........ hahahahahahahahahah! :laugh:
What make are your 19 inchers? Are they cheapy Chinese replicas? :lipsrsealed:
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I can understand if you wish to future upgrade your wheels to order wih 17" from the factory.
But you had to be different and go retrograde. I suppose it's the IN thing to do when you live in STEAL city. :evil:
he laughs last... :grin:
......... laughs loudest ........ hahahahahahahahahah! :laugh:
What make are your 19 inchers? Are they cheapy Chinese replicas? :lipsrsealed:
nope... BBS the real deal :kiss:
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I can understand if you wish to future upgrade your wheels to order wih 17" from the factory.
But you had to be different and go retrograde. I suppose it's the IN thing to do when you live in STEAL city. :evil:
he laughs last... :grin:
......... laughs loudest ........ hahahahahahahahahah! :laugh:
What make are your 19 inchers? Are they cheapy Chinese replicas? :lipsrsealed:
nope... BBS the real deal :kiss:
Put them on for Heaven's sake. They need to be used not wrapped in cotton wool. Pointless owning things if they are then classified as useless and userless. :wink:
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they are not going on simply because they are wrapped in summer tyres. otherwise they would be on there. come next april they will be swapped over :cool:
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I bet your wheels are in better condition than the rest of the car. :evil: :grin:
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I bet your wheels are in better condition than the rest of the car. :evil: :grin:
i wont be taking any bets on that... nearly 2 months without a wash and counting :grin:
cant wait until proper winter starts!
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R32UK
Remap and 17"s. Must be one of the fastest GTIs around your area.
Do you notice much difference in ride between the 17" and the 19"s??
Remember the 17"s are faster, cheaper, more comfortable, cheaper tyres, less easy to kerb, stealthier and less common.
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An unwashed white car with tiny 17" wheels must be so beautiful to behold. :grin:
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Remember the 17"s are faster, cheaper, more comfortable, cheaper tyres, less easy to kerb, stealthier and less common.
PP-LL-EE-A-S-E. :rolleyes:
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And no white worm....
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R32UK
Remap and 17"s. Must be one of the fastest GTIs around your area.
Do you notice much difference in ride between the 17" and the 19"s??
Remember the 17"s are faster, cheaper, more comfortable, cheaper tyres, less easy to kerb, stealthier and less common.
I moved from the 18" shadows to the 17" monzas... tbh when i moved up to the 18" i didnt notice any difference. However going back down to 17" they are a little less crashy on bumps, but i cant help think the 18" had more grip although I suspect this is down to tyres.
17" bridgestones
18" dunlops :undecided:
p.s. Very quick now though :wink:
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An unwashed white car with tiny 17" wheels must be so beautiful to behold. :grin:
inner beauty is where its at... i.e. me! :laugh:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
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An unwashed white car with tiny 17" wheels must be so beautiful to behold. :grin:
inner beauty is where its at... i.e. me! :laugh:
Just like Susan Boyle. :evil: :laugh:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
Says the blingmeister.
Where's your sig pic gone?
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An unwashed white car with tiny 17" wheels must be so beautiful to behold. :grin:
inner beauty is where its at... i.e. me! :laugh:
Just like Susan Boyle. :evil: :laugh:
detecting a slight fascination with the Boyle it seems... maybe you should asker out :tongue:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
Says the blingmeister.
Where's your sig pic gone?
Too big, too bright, too red, too bling, too much! :grin:
Will decide on some new ones soon.
BTW, I am the Bumper Bandit. :wink:
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An unwashed white car with tiny 17" wheels must be so beautiful to behold. :grin:
inner beauty is where its at... i.e. me! :laugh:
Just like Susan Boyle. :evil: :laugh:
detecting a slight fascination with the Boyle it seems... maybe you should asker out :tongue:
Love an introduction from you if you can manage it. She has a very pretty pussy I am told and is very attached to it. :laugh:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/DSC00844-2.jpg)
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/DSC00844-2.jpg)
Thank you kind sir. :smiley:
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And there was me thinking I had the only remapped GTi with 17"s in the country.....
No wonder we don't have any pictures of your car. :rolleyes:
(http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy244/darrong/DSC00844-2.jpg)
Thank you kind sir. :smiley:
And yours??
No rear bumper view mind you.
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My car's pictures are on the Sticky Picture thread. You should post yours on that too if you so desire. :smiley:
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Not many 17"s on there. :cry:
Looks like I've got one of the fastest and most comfortable GTIs. :shocked: :shocked:
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:tongue: I find it funny its the southeners complaining that the northeners have actually thought about winter (protecting there delicate alloys and using other wheels with new tyres or correct winter tyres) . It was snowing in Aberdeen earlier this week when i was there. I wait for the first snow flake to fall down south and the place will grinds to a halt becomes a massive national emergency and scandal reported by every news channel of the carnage of the south grinding to a halt again even though you can see the tarmac!!!. :grin:
PS 15" alloys won't fit but 16s will :evil:
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17"s better in the winter then??
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I just take the tube if it snows or catch a cab. Normally there is not much snow in London so all is ok with tyres and wheels. It very civilized weather here. :smiley:
.... Oh, but full of stupid drivers: me excluded obviously. :grin:
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:tongue: I find it funny its the southeners complaining that the northeners have actually thought about winter (protecting there delicate alloys and using other wheels with new tyres or correct winter tyres) . It was snowing in Aberdeen earlier this week when i was there. I wait for the first snow flake to fall down south and the place will grinds to a halt becomes a massive national emergency and scandal reported by every news channel of the carnage of the south grinding to a halt again even though you can see the tarmac!!!. :grin:
PS 15" alloys won't fit but 16s will :evil:
+1 :evil:
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17"s better in the winter then??
Smaller the better.
The larger the tyres, the more it becomes like a sledge.
A Ford Ka would probably be ideal in the snow.
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17"s better in the winter then??
The machined lacquered alloys don't seem to like the winter elements, they can take a lot of looking after in winter months. It could be a few reasons, sudden change in temp of the wheels were the metal expands at different rates to the lacquer. Road salt, damp conditions, sitting covered in the snow etc. Summer tyres compond are not designed to work below around 7 degrees and the tread pattern is not ideal for winter conditions.
Thats why in winter months i myself have two options. I fit winter tyres to a second set of alloys and use them on the golf.
I also have a second car which is much lighter and lower powered with narrower tyres (145x13). The second car is mostly used in the snow this meens i don't have to worry about other people on the road whos standard of winter driving does seem to be very poor nowadays. So if they hit me by sliding in the snow they hit my £1000 car which will not upset me as much as if they hit my mk6. (I use to use mini's in the winter (i never got stuck in the snow in them) but mini's are too expensive to now.) These options also meens i can push everyone else out of the works carpark and simply get in my car and drive out without any trouble with a :smug: look :grin:
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That's probably why we all need a Golf R?! :wink:
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That's probably why we all need a Golf R?! :wink:
A golf R would have cost me over 10K more after discounts (I looked at the option when i nearly cancelled the GTI order)
£10K i could put towards other cars and infact have and will. I Could have a mk2 GTI and mk3 GTI to add to my collection and fully restore them for that extra :wink: and also have a dedicated car for winter use :cool:
The R is heavy, has wide tyres, lots of torque and power all not good for snow conditions + that odd throttle/clutch contol problem or DSG.
I can hear the coments now from the 4motion people about last winter etc. But im not just using last winter as my reference i have been driving since the 80s. I know what snow is, I know how to drive in it (rare skill this in the uk) not this small amount of snow we had these last couple of years and driven through empty eery quiet centres of a main city in deep snow in past years. I have overtaken landrovers and many other 4x4s who have gotten stuck going uphills while in a mini or the sh!tsu regular in the past.
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Next weeks Autoexpress will have winter tyres tested. :smile:
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R32 ftw!! :grin: :grin:
melts the snow as it goes too :grin:
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Not the ones i over took last year in the snow that were stuck :evil: :grin: :tongue:
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Not the ones i over took last year in the snow that were stuck :evil: :grin: :tongue:
they probably had girls driving!! 4wd will always be better than 2wd in the snow
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they probably had girls driving!! 4wd will always be better than 2wd in the snow
I disagree, If everything else was equal yes i would agree but its not. Experience in snow conditions has shown me correct tyres are much better and narrow tyres better still. The R32 has the problem that the tyres are too wide, incorrect compound and tread pattern, R32s are too heavy, have too much torque. Something with narrow correct type tyres, light weight overcomes the disadvantage of been front wheel drive only and is far superior in such conditions.
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they probably had girls driving!! 4wd will always be better than 2wd in the snow
I disagree, If everything else was equal yes i would agree but its not. Experience in snow conditions has shown me correct tyres are much better and narrow tyres better still. The R32 has the problem that the tyres are too wide, incorrect compound and tread pattern, R32s are too heavy, have too much torque. Something with narrow correct type tyres, light weight overcomes the disadvantage of been front wheel drive only and is far superior in such conditions.
yes... but can you do donuts in maccy d's carpark!?!
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Donuts, amateurs. :grin: No donuts but i do have somewere some great footage of me handbraking and driving sideways flicking it one way than the other through some S bends in a mini then the same route in a legacy turbo from around 1992 when playing on an industrial estate in the winter conditions. :grin: Which we seemed to do such antics very regular back then. :cool: We also tried this towing a sledge not a good idea for the passengers :grin:
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Donuts, amateurs. :grin: No donuts but i do have somewere some great footage of me handbraking and driving sideways flicking it one way than the other in a mini then the same route in a legacy turbo from around 1992 when playing on an industrial estate in the winter conditions. :grin:
pics or it never happened :grin: :grin:
it needs to be on parr with this though..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4 :laugh:
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I will have to try and find the Video tape that old fashioned tech :grin: . Hes sliding more than anything due to the slush, (has the power off alot) he needs to do it in deeper snow with snow side banks and a narrower road with S bends much more fun. I miss playing about like that.
That video is not helping my cause like i told Asker earlier today, Our lass said as i saved 10K not getting an mk6 R/scirrocoR we should trade her car in for an R32 her hearing this video play just now and watching it has not helped. :grin:
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I do miss the sound!! :cry: :cry:
one for the future + turbo me thinks :cool:
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Drove an R32 recently. What a lump. Sorry Gilly to denigrate your Forum Name. You know I love you. :wink:
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Drove an R32 recently. What a lump. Sorry Gilly to denigrate your Forum Name. You know I love you. :wink:
still the only golf with a real engine unfortunately :kiss:
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Drove an R32 recently. What a lump. Sorry Gilly to denigrate your Forum Name. You know I love you. :wink:
still the only golf with a real engine unfortunately :kiss:
Yes, I agree it sounds very, very good. But the sound and the overall perfeormance don't quite gel IMHO.
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R32 I almost bought one very close to it, fell in love on the test drive, but couldnt justfy the road tax 400 sobs :rolleyes:
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Drove an R32 recently. What a lump. Sorry Gilly to denigrate your Forum Name. You know I love you. :wink:
still the only golf with a real engine unfortunately :kiss:
Yes, I agree it sounds very, very good. But the sound and the overall perfeormance don't quite gel IMHO.
its quicker than a gti and an ed30
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Speed is not everything, it is the inner beauty that counts :grin:
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Speed is not everything, it is the inner beauty that counts :grin:
Yes indeed :smug:
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Gilly, we seem to have gone full circle! :laugh:
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its all about speed + a little bit of fun
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+ Driving safely. :wink:
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its all about speed + a little bit of fun
I think differently its why i also own mini's they may not be fast but they are fun to drive imo.
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its all about speed + a little bit of fun
I think differently its why i also own mini's they may not be fast but they are fun to drive imo.
Im all for fun. unfortunately my daily has to be more practical/quick rather than fun :undecided:
although i do plan on getting a weekend car sometime in the near future... no compromises there :evil: