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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: wigit on 13 February 2013, 14:58
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the stock watkins glens are giving me a few headaches on the bbk front, STASIS and 4 point APs need spacers, my porkas need spacers, i could go VWR with there new integral spacer but fancy floating discs
as i want to run it on some lightweight performance oriented 18s just mulling over wheels (ill spacer the stock 35 rims) in gloss black or anthracite
TDs and VWRs I've done but everyone has them, 18x8 in 45 offset
Speedline Turinis in Anthracite but on 18x8 with a 42 i may get some rubbing
Compomotive MVS 1880 in 18x8
(http://www.rallyshop.it/images/ruote/MVS1885.jpg)
First choice was the VW Motorsport ones but 7.5j is probably going to end in tears
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If I was keeping the gti I was going to go for the vw racing stuff in red callipers, personally I would go for the bbs in similar colour to stock Watkins steel.
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Ive put 5mm spacer all round with my NQSBBK. Stance is great now!
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I'm running the standard VWR discs and bells (not the 10mm oversize bells) and can get away with a 5mm spacer to clear the VWR 6 pots with the BBS CHs (et50)but due to 5mm spacers causing wheel wobble i run 10mm spacers, the 225-40-18 Yokohama tyres that I am running have a very upright side wall and did rub when lowered right down and really pushing on, they are ok with general driving, I have recently had my arches rolled to sort this out, but still have my winter tyres on at the mo so not had chance to try it out, it should be fine now as they only rubbed slightly :smiley:
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Ive put 5mm spacer all round with my NQSBBK. Stance is great now!
Oli did you go for the daveb top hat section
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Ive put 5mm spacer all round with my NQSBBK. Stance is great now!
Oli did you go for the daveb top hat section
Ive got 5mm H&R hub centric spacers, with no issues what so ever. When are we getting the cars on the rollers together? Can you make it to JKM for the March meet?
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Ive put 5mm spacer all round with my NQSBBK. Stance is great now!
Oli did you go for the daveb top hat section
Ive got 5mm H&R hub centric spacers, with no issues what so ever. When are we getting the cars on the rollers together? Can you make it to JKM for the March meet?
5mm hub centric are what i prob need, if i can get time to get back to Revo i may come down, with the chassis mods its quite good fun in standard tune
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I'm running the standard VWR discs and bells (not the 10mm oversize bells) and can get away with a 5mm spacer to clear the VWR 6 pots with the BBS CHs (et50)but due to 5mm spacers causing wheel wobble i run 10mm spacers, the 225-40-18 Yokohama tyres that I am running have a very upright side wall and did rub when lowered right down and really pushing on, they are ok with general driving, I have recently had my arches rolled to sort this out, but still have my winter tyres on at the mo so not had chance to try it out, it should be fine now as they only rubbed slightly :smiley:
cheers Neil, VWR's latest incarnation have a spacer for the bell, i know the compos will clear a bbk
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Im thinking chassis next and have been offered a good price on a H& R coil over setup. Never done coil overs, but I think it will just complete the package, what do you think?
Oli
Sorry for OT
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with the b16s pss10s and arbs i reckon on stock map the 35 is faster point to point than the Pirelli on Stage 1 with standard suspension, its in a different league and still up to a 2,000 mile road trip across Europe
i'd say go two way though as i'running 3 out of 10 given uk roads
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with the b16s pss10s and arbs i reckon on stock map the 35 is faster point to point than the Pirelli on Stage 1 with standard suspension, its in a different league and still up to a 2,000 mile road trip across Europe
i'd say go two way though as i'running 3 out of 10 given uk roads
2 way?
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Pss10s are in a different league to anything I have used,
Handling is incredible and you can have a stock feel or a set up that knocks your fillings out :wink:
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with the b16s pss10s and arbs i reckon on stock map the 35 is faster point to point than the Pirelli on Stage 1 with standard suspension, its in a different league and still up to a 2,000 mile road trip across Europe
i'd say go two way though as i'running 3 out of 10 given uk roads
2 way?
i wanted adjustable damping/rebound so went for the two way, the joy of the Bilsteins is you can adjust them when car is on the ground, rears are a piece of cake and fronts i just put on full lock
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TSW Nurburgring alloys :wink:
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Pss10s are in a different league to anything I have used,
Handling is incredible and you can have a stock feel or a set up that knocks your fillings out :wink:
I really need a set of these in my life as the standard GTi handling I find quite average.
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This lot went on my R and it now handles sublimely :cool:
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/IMAG0436.jpg)
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That's porn right there :smiley:
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TSW Nurburgring alloys :wink:
a set of these has been ordered for the Ed35 18x8 in ET45 and tip the scales around 8.5kg
(http://image.eurotuner.com/f/news/eurp_1010_tsw_nurburgring_wheel/34570767++w750+ar1/eurp_1010_01_o+tsw_nurburgring_wheel+wheel.jpg)
can now think brakes then work out spacer size for stock rims
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:cool: loving the new wheel choice, don't think you'll need much in the way of spacers with that wheel design,
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:cool: loving the new wheel choice, don't think you'll need much in the way of spacers with that wheel design,
cheers Neil there is a hint of Watkins Glen about them which tipped me over the edge
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i saw the Watkins glens the other day on a red ED35 at the dealers, they look great in the flesh :cool:
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They look like the good old TSW Blades, nice choice. :cool:
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Are they expensive?
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Are they expensive?
This should give you an idea of price :smiley:
http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/18_Inch_TSW_Nurburgring_GMP_Alloy_Wheels__6268
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I ordered from Demon Tweaks rather than Wheelbase for a couple of reasons; Tweaks knew what they were talking about and did a better deal on a wheel tyre package (even compared to Camskill).
In reality these light and forged and were around the same price I was going to pay for the VW Motorsport wheels, however, 7.5j meant possible clearance issues
These aren't stock UK items so coming from Europe but TSW were helpful in saying Europe had stock and advising of dealers
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Decided at a couple of days notice to take a Road Trip to Germany with just the car, the tom tom and me, plan was:
- Harwich to Hook of Holland on Ferry
- Holland to Wolfsburg
- Visit Autostadt and VW Museum
- Wolsburg to Nurburgring
- Nurburgring to Calais via spa
Plan for the car was always to be set up for fast road use and capable of some track day action and car was faultless, coped with jams in Belgium, 150+ on the autobahn and the ring, a few pics of the car on its travels
Outside Autostadt
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3673_zpsd12d90da.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3673_zpsd12d90da.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3674_zps77998f71.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3674_zps77998f71.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3675_zps256d04e8.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3675_zps256d04e8.jpg.html)
Wolfsburg Factory in the distance
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3816_zps0feed155.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3816_zps0feed155.jpg.html)
Nurburgring
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/racetracker_317996_zps1ff108bf-1.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/racetracker_317996_zps1ff108bf-1.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/racetracker_317268_zps4f5b0c5b.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/racetracker_317268_zps4f5b0c5b.jpg.html)
Nurburgring Hotel Car Park
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3821_zps1bbe62e6.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3821_zps1bbe62e6.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3820_zps2e55b0be.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3820_zps2e55b0be.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3817_zpsed2771ef.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3817_zpsed2771ef.jpg.html)
Rent Race Car Ed35
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3842_zpsc1e0b22a.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3842_zpsc1e0b22a.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3836_zpsbfca2a64.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3836_zpsbfca2a64.jpg.html)
Down the road from Spa
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3849_zps22d9e696.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3849_zps22d9e696.jpg.html)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/wigit71/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3855_zps40b1c248.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/wigit71/media/Ed35%20Europe/IMG_3855_zps40b1c248.jpg.html)
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looks like you had a great time m8, :smiley: car looks well set up :cool:
cal
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Looks like a decent road trip to me :smiley:
That hotel car park looks like the Dorint to me :rolleyes:
I love it around Adenau and the Ring such a great place to be,
ive always fancied a trip to the wolfsburg factory was it a good experience ?
roll on August for my next road trip, it was a bit cold at Easter this year tho :cry:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/null_zps425b8c1f.jpg)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/null_zps9c9388d9.jpg)
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yes hotel was the Dorint :cool:
the whole area is fabulous round there, the racetrack complex feels a bit clinical compared to the rest of the area
making your ring debut mid sunday afternoon with no sighting laps was interesting but not but me off
I liked Autostadt, quite relaxed and appealed to me from a building and car perspective, the real gem is the VW Museum which has some cracking older stuff
it was also good reconnaissance for the wife's mk7 purchase on the colour front
best bit of the trip was the 300 miles from Wolfsburg to the Ring where i think i just about manage to average 20mpg
i think i encountered one pot hole in Germany during my time there
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Sounds like the Autostadt is going on the to do list :smiley:
I bet it was interesting on a busy tourist afternoon for your 1st laps of the Ring haha
I bet it won't be your last visit :grin: