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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: davies1644 on 07 January 2011, 00:51
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right does anyone know any firms that do a vr6 deep splitter made from carbon or a vento boot lip in carbon or just normal??
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thats not goin to last to long. and not to sure now it would look at all
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Your best bet would be to get standard items wrapped in carbon vinyl.
A carbon splitter would die instantly.
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A carbon splitter would die instantly.
Yep pointless they suffer lots of abuse,
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well thats not the point i want 1 and im gonna get one whats the point in having it carbon wrapped?? may as well go to halfords and get some ripspeed stickers while im there :grin:
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well thats not the point i want 1 and im gonna get one whats the point in having it carbon wrapped?? may as well go to halfords and get some ripspeed stickers while im there :grin:
It's going to brake sooner or later
It's not heavy anyway, why wouldn't you be happy with CF vinyl if you're going for the look
Easy to steal, I'm sure it wouldn't last that long on the car
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well thats not the point i want 1 and im gonna get one whats the point in having it carbon wrapped?? may as well go to halfords and get some ripspeed stickers while im there :grin:
It's going to brake sooner or later
It's not heavy anyway, why wouldn't you be happy with CF vinyl if you're going for the look
Easy to steal, I'm sure it wouldn't last that long on the car
Spot on, sound advice as always :afro:
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+1 agree might aswell get it wrapped if that's the style you're going for. It will most likely be stupidly expensive & custom made, not many places (if anywhere) will sell them online.
Dan
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At the end of the day carbon fibre; real or fake, it's going to look chavvy.
You'd be hard pushed to find a carbon splitter for less than £150 and it won't last a week if you're running low.
Seems like a lot of expense and a lot of risk for something which is essentially disposable.
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This was a small rock and at low speed so do you really want to fit carbon
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/Vw%20Golf/spoiler.jpg)
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For less (much less) than a carbon one you can buy an OEM one that WILL last an eternity whether you scrape it, hit it, bend it, twist it, etc etc.
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The one and only exception to the chavvy carbon rule:
(http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/Jack3559/3a362fd7.png)
Even though... That would still look better without the carbon.
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For less (much less) than a carbon one you can buy an OEM one that WILL last an eternity whether you scrape it, hit it, bend it, twist it, etc etc.
Sounds like a game of bop it extreme.
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more to the point a genuine 1 has already been smashed on my car and the carbon splitter was going to go on a spare bumper for shows and the like, i was really more interested in the boot lip but obviously no1 knows about 1 chavy?? all depends on how much power you have under the bonnet in my opinion if it looks chavy or not
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I'm all for a bit of each-to-their-own and the idea of doing something a bit different but really can't see carbon fibre being a good material for an air dam. As I see it you would have two options, neither of them good and both expensive. One would be a fairly light weight dam that would be fairly costly and probably shatter if it hit anything. The other would be to spend really serious money and get a proper high quality structurally strong dam made. This might survive hitting something but it still wouldn't bend and if it won't, something else will and it might not bend back so willingly.
S.M.
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What kind of boot lip do you have in mind? The normal Vento spoiler or an M3 style little stub lip? If it's the latter I don't think they were ever produced for the Vento, largely because the boot lid is already shaped to have a slight lip anyway.
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If you managed to smash a genuine one, you're doing something wrong :D
Dan
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Yeah I did it's called having coilovers bottomed out and no helper springs so it's near enough scrubbing the floor have ou got any pics of the 1 on your vento?
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Yeah I did it's called having coilovers bottomed out and no helper springs so it's near enough scrubbing the floor have ou got any pics of the 1 on your vento?
Oh is that what it's called? Sorry, that car in my sig isn't mine so wouldn't know what it's like running low..
Dan
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whats with the attitude?? if you aint gonna put anything constructive and just be negative then f**k off!! i asked where to buy a carbon splitter and you aint said anything plus im pretty sure thats bought not built!!
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Relax man, he was only joking :wink: The car in the sig is his, built from the ground up and the lowest thing on the forums :grin:
Was it me you were asking about the Vento boot lip? I have the GT spoiler on mine and can show some pics if you want.
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yea that was what i was talking about mate some pics would be awesome
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whats with the attitude?? if you aint gonna put anything constructive and just be negative then f**k off!! i asked where to buy a carbon splitter and you aint said anything plus im pretty sure thats bought not built!!
I don't mean to come across negative at all as i'm not a negative person but i did put on the first page i think it was best off getting it wrapped as it would be faily expensive to get one custom made. Also my car is built not bought as you can read in my build thread in dub rides.
Got any pictures of your vento dude? Don't want to seem like a dick over the internet when i'm not :D
Dan
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not really got any of it on its lowest as had to raise it in the snow will put some up and sorry to have a go just used to people on forums liek this just talking utter crap and not knowing anything when all iwas doing was asking if their was any available
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not really got any of it on its lowest as had to raise it in the snow will put some up and sorry to have a go just used to people on forums liek this just talking utter crap and not knowing anything when all iwas doing was asking if their was any available
:D Tell me about it, i find that this forum is generally the most useful for information. Same about raising car for winter, i've had a 1.4 mk3 run about since my VR seized in the estate and getting stuck every 5 mins wasn't fun in the snow so had to raise it :undecided: looking forward to seeing the vento though dude.
Dan
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i want to see the qoute lowest on the forum! :D
mines down 150mm and i can go lower!
i want proooooooof hahah
oh and anythings possible
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/M70REL/IMAG0061.jpg)
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Gash was thinking that got about 10 metres of carbon fibre in the shed lol just never bothered using it haha if its lowness where going for i will go and chop my coilovers haha i dont like being challeneged lol
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That mirror actually looks pretty good, did you do it yourself gash? and :D how are people suppose to measure how many mm when you start removing helper springs and modifying bump stops?
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/dannymonday/34573_468367744697_635474697_644129.jpg)
obviously the sills took a beating :(
Dan
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this is a childish competition lol but i like it haha see would of got a picture of mine like that but it smashed pretty much the whole sill upwards lol
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well dans winning at the moment!
its not good though my drive shafts are making a horrible noise when i come off the throttle! :(
need to raise if the new wheels.
and yea did the mirror myself.
got bored one day haha
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this is a childish competition lol but i like it haha see would of got a picture of mine like that but it smashed pretty much the whole sill upwards lol
Didn't wanna make it seem like a competition :D totally off topic anyway. Did you manage to get any quotes on a custom carbon splitter? or and you just enquiring about it on here?
well dans winning at the moment!
its not good though my drive shafts are making a horrible noise when i come off the throttle! :(
need to raise if the new wheels.
and yea did the mirror myself.
got bored one day haha
Ohhh what wheels? ;) and sweet looks pretty good!
Dan
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enquiring on here first but am gonig to get quotes when i get chance really just wanted a boot lip for it tbh
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You could always look at A4 boot lips and try and modify it slightly.
Don't know how hard that'd be.
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im not telling dan until they are on, but theyre not your usual wheels.
they cost me £330 (which is CHEAP) for the wheels but the adaptors are going to cost me £200
16x7 front 16x8 rear :D
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pm mugly on 38 hes always wraping stuff with proper carbon not vinyl
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yea that was what i was talking about mate some pics would be awesome
Pics from the summer:
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0799.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/DSCF0807.jpg)
(http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/jimmycake/Car/Red%20Vento/limerick2010.jpg)
I don't have any closer ones of the spoiler I'm afraid.
Here's a picture of a normal Vento boot lid, if you look along the lines you can see how it has a lip that flicks up slightly:
(http://termitewerks.info/automotive/Maux_Jetta/peektures/Maux_Jetta_Lights_GLX_Rears.jpg)
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Nice Vento Jimp!
Shame about the hopeless parking skills! :laugh:
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Nice Vento Jimp!
Shame about the hopeless parking skills! :laugh:
Yeah it is :sad: Picture is from a summer show and there was some controversy about the guy on the gates not letting my car in. When it was eventually left in I was placed in a corner down the back and I was told to squeeze in over the lines and not take up much space so the 'better cars' could fit in. I wasn't the only one treated like that though and the guy on the gate got in sh!t over it afterwards.
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Also my car is built not bought
just to throw a joking spanner in the works, unless you had all the bits given to you, then im guessing u had to buy them = your car is bought
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Also my car is built not bought
just to throw a joking spanner in the works, unless you had all the bits given to you, then im guessing u had to buy them = your car is bought
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
Using that logic, you could question whether even VW truly built it. After all, they bought the steel from somewhere...
S.M.
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Touché :D
Dan
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this is all true but i have no answer to you lol