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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 18:37

Title: Got home to some goodies :) duck bill splitter fitted to car
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 18:37
Got home to these  :cool:

(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/52fac8c4.jpg)

And this

(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/4534925f-8804-4d24-8d51-e0f54bd128b4.jpg)

(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h364/murrayminf/0f620381-f95f-4ec9-9a9c-17189a5be358.jpg)

A Passat duckbill splitter from Germany   :cool:

I'm not 100% on it tho so if someone offers me the right price  :wink:
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: eamonnism on 23 May 2012, 19:20
How hard is it to fit the splitter? Cos i like that!  :cool:
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Edwh0re on 23 May 2012, 19:23
I am after that exact splitter!
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 19:32
I don't think it's what hard to fit, thinks there's some cutting involved and then screwing it too the bumper.

I am after that exact splitter!


Il pm you ina bit
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: tweed on 23 May 2012, 20:29
What did you pay for the tyres? Want two that size and two 195/40/16
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 20:32
What did you pay for the tyres? Want two that size and two 195/40/16

Got them from the eBay shop Topgear, there a toyo dealer and was £30/40 cheapers then all others i could find on the net
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 23 May 2012, 21:43
What did you pay for the tyres? Want two that size and two 195/40/16

Got them from the eBay shop Topgear, there a toyo dealer and was £30/40 cheapers then all others i could find on the net

I just went to Top Gear's main head office depot and picked up 4 T1Rs for £230. 195/45/16s.

They are a brilliant dealer but cheaper to buy from their eBay store for sure.
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 21:49
What did you pay for the tyres? Want two that size and two 195/40/16

Got them from the eBay shop Topgear, there a toyo dealer and was £30/40 cheapers then all others i could find on the net

I just went to Top Gear's main head office depot and picked up 4 T1Rs for £230. 195/45/16s.

They are a brilliant dealer but cheaper to buy from their eBay store for sure.

Nice, pritty much the same as I paid, but with postage obv
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 22:25
These would fit better  :wink:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyo-Proxes-T1R-195-45-16-Tyres-1954516-195-45-16-x2-/120916784315?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&fits=Tyre+Width%3A195%7CAspect+Ratio%3A45%7CDiameter%3A16&hash=item1c2733b4bb#ht_1765wt_982


They Havnt got t1rs in 195/40 but they have these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yokohama-SDrive-195-40-16-Tyres-1954016-80W-x2-/200764559933?pt=UK_Cars_Tyres_RL&fits=Tyre+Width%3A195%7CAspect+Ratio%3A40%7CDiameter%3A16&hash=item2ebe80123d
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 23 May 2012, 22:33
Whoops, I've removed that now. I'm tired. :kiss:
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: search on 23 May 2012, 22:41
hey i don't live far from that top gear place it seems, so ill go check it out.
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 23 May 2012, 22:45
They do seem good, ordered these tyres yesterday morning, got home today and they were here. It does say on there eBay shop that there depots might charge more then eBay listings
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 23 May 2012, 22:49
They are really friendly in there and I was speaking to one of the guys there, he said most people tend to get T1Rs from them as they buy containers worth of them on a regular basis always keeping stock. I said I usually buy them from Camskill and he mentioned that's their main competitor.

Worth ringing in advance just to check they have them in stock before going but mention their Eva price and they will give you then at that price rather than the site price.  :cool:
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: stainesy on 24 May 2012, 07:20
I got my lenso bsx from topgear brand new with tyres for my black mk3 and they knocked off £150 over the phone for me as I was haggling with them.
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 24 May 2012, 17:21
how much are you gonna pay to get them fitted? I got 4 t1r's 194/45/16 fitted and balanced for around £270
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: mrsaunders on 24 May 2012, 17:21
ive been searching for the duckbill
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: mrsaunders on 24 May 2012, 17:23
how much are you gonna pay to get them fitted? I got 4 t1r's 194/45/16 fitted and balanced for around £270

f**k THAT! mind you i dont pay as my friends a tyre monkey at ats so i wounldn't really know the price
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 24 May 2012, 18:30
I'm nut sure how much fittings gunna cost, I'm budgeting for £10 a wheel  :sick:

I'm gunna have a play with the splitter n see if I like it
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 24 May 2012, 19:08
£10 a wheel would put me on par with what you paid then so at least I know I got a good deal :)
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Shady Pioneer on 24 May 2012, 19:09
£10 a wheel would put me on par with what you paid then so at least I know I got a good deal :)

The garage I get my tyres fitted at charges £10 per wheel so that's about right mate.
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: Edwh0re on 24 May 2012, 19:25
I got your pm, I am trying to persuade the missus at the moment, she has the hump with me for bidding on a Mk2 Astra Gte...  :rolleyes:

If you go for fitting it, please let us know how that goes for you. (As in...how much work does it take, is it a straight fit or does it require a fettling job etc.)
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: stainesy on 24 May 2012, 19:49
mk2 astra gte? sweet. the best car i ever had is still my mk1 astra gte. kept it for 7 years stored but rot got to it even there. rare as rocking hours sh!t now and mine had the irmscher quad headlight conversion and bigger front skirt aswell  :cry:

this was it when i got it when i was 18
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/mymk1gte.jpg)

and this was it after 7 years of storage  :cry:
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Mk1-1.jpg)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/R5.jpg)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/R2.jpg)
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 24 May 2012, 20:06
I got your pm, I am trying to persuade the missus at the moment, she has the hump with me for bidding on a Mk2 Astra Gte...  :rolleyes:

If you go for fitting it, please let us know how that goes for you. (As in...how much work does it take, is it a straight fit or does it require a fettling job etc.)

I had ago at fitting it, a lot of work and a lot of cutting! I'm gunna upload some pics in my build thread ina sec so you can see.


@ stainesy.  :shocked: and people say mk3s are bad for rust
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: stainesy on 24 May 2012, 20:15
would like to see pics of that splitter fitted.
have to be very low to pull that off on a mk3
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 24 May 2012, 20:22
would like to see pics of that splitter fitted.
have to be very low to pull that off on a mk3

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=187167.140

It will be low  :cool:
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: stainesy on 24 May 2012, 20:26
not sure i like that tbh  :undecided:
will have to be silly silly low for that to work.
Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 24 May 2012, 20:28
not sure i like that tbh  :undecided:
will have to be silly silly low for that to work.

Think it'll look better on the car with the coloured bumper, and as I said in the thread I'm not cutting up the bumper so I can still run an oem splitter if I don't like this one.

Title: Re: Got home to some goodies :)
Post by: murraymint on 25 May 2012, 17:35
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=187167.msg2137162#msg2137162

Fitted