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General => General discussion => Topic started by: shepgti on 26 April 2011, 19:11
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was browsing a bike forum i frequent and came across this. touhghts?
personally i dont like the setup :undecided:
http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/topic/65029-the-car-thread/page__st__25520 (scroll half way down to the golf)
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thats going to handle f**king weirdly if you try and match the height at the front
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DO NOT LET DANNY MONDAY SEE THIS!
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Crude, but effective, and that's about it!
Thom
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The guy who makes them is on here (no offence to this forum) http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232860 and states that they are for show use only but are plenty good enough for the job :smiley:
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Stupid idea that will one day end in tears.
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The guy who makes them is on here (no offence to this forum) http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232860 and states that they are for show use only but are plenty good enough for the job :smiley:
Jolfa is on here? ooops, just re read :rolleyes:
Spotted him today driving a Mk2 in John O Groats :evil: :evil:
Thom
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Worth a read: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=174700.50
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That really is one of the nastiest modifications I've seen in some time.
'show use only' What utter tosh. Not sure it'd stand up if there was a claim against him, should one fail.
Not like it'd be possible to declare it as a modification on this basis, either.
So, just to confirm he's selling something that he himself doesn't recommend fitting to your car unless you never drive it.
:rolleyes:
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Thats exactly what he is selling, whats wrong with that? He is selling somthing that he and like minded people want for 1/3 of the price that any 'proper' places do them at. He is making a quick buck, TUV approval aint cheap.
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If you want to lower the rear end only, on the existing standard, wallowy suspension, just load the boot up with 10 bags of compost.
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Thats exactly what he is selling, whats wrong with that? He is selling somthing that he and like minded people want for 1/3 of the price that any 'proper' places do them at. He is making a quick buck, TUV approval aint cheap.
You think if a set of these fails in an 'interesting' way that it'll all be fine and there'll be no comeback?
Not sure I'm buying that in a litigious society.
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its a case of good in theory, badly executed tbh
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i273/Chris_Eyre/VW%20Motorsport/Mk3/tn_IMG_3976.jpg)
^done properly vw motorsport style
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M'mmmm, strengthening webs.
edited for all round peace - jv
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Nasty bodge but probably safe. Im rather questioning the value of hardening them using tuftriding though, Its a sure fire way of making sure they let go in a big way if they do rather than gradually as they would with unhardened material and I doubt they are ground flat again after heat treating. Saying that, he seems to be under the impression its just a surface finish so showing just how little he knows about what hes doing.
As for show use only, that wont cover him or the muppet engineer who is claiming that the 8.8's he has fitted will be fine, theres a reason why VW have used better quality and no engineer in the world would accept less than stock as good enough for mods like that.
Either way, anyone who buys them has far more money than sense though at £100 as theres probably a tenner in each tops and certainly no need to machine them other than to get them flat.
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Nasty bodge but probably safe. Im rather questioning the value of hardening them using tuftriding though, Its a sure fire way of making sure they let go in a big way if they do rather than gradually as they would with unhardened material and I doubt they are ground flat again after heat treating. Saying that, he seems to be under the impression its just a surface finish so showing just how little he knows about what hes doing.
As for show use only, that wont cover him or the muppet engineer who is claiming that the 8.8's he has fitted will be fine, theres a reason why VW have used better quality and no engineer in the world would accept less than stock as good enough for mods like that.
Either way, anyone who buys them has far more money than sense though at £100 as theres probably a tenner in each tops and certainly no need to machine them other than to get them flat.
Scene morons will fall for them however.
I still dont understand why anybody would want low and soft suspension? Surely low and firm are better matched, as achieved by lowering springs with matching shocks or a set of coilovers?
And if the rear is sitting on the floor, how do they propose bodging lowering the front?
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And if the rear is sitting on the floor, how do they propose bodging lowering the front?
This is the real stupidity of the whole scenario.
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Reminds me of an Irish A4 that for a while was running no springs 'to go lower' :shocked: :lipsrsealed:
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Reminds me of an Irish A4 that for a while was running no springs 'to go lower' :shocked: :lipsrsealed:
I saw that on an old Fiat Panda once, it was riding on the bumpstops and bounced down the road :laugh: