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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 13 March 2006, 21:56

Title: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 13 March 2006, 21:56: As per my post in VW related, I've just bought a Dragon Green MK3 N reg on 130K 3 door 8v for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£1000. Really good condition, couple of marks to tidy up, but that's it. Totally standard at the moment.

Will get some pics up on the weekend. So does it sound like a good buy or have I been fleeced? :huh:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: BigDaveC on 13 March 2006, 21:58: sounds about right i suppose
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 13 March 2006, 22:07: Cool :cool: Brand new ticket on it and it passed first time :smiley:

I'm thinking.....

lowered 40mm
tasteful 17's
M3 smoked rear lights
Debadged front grill
MK4 front lights
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: BigDaveC on 13 March 2006, 22:12: Debadged and big alloys not my scene :undecided:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 13 March 2006, 22:16: Quote from: BigDaveC on 13 March 2006, 22:12
Debadged and big alloys not my sceneÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â :undecided:
:undecided: As you can see from my cab I'm not usually into big alloys, thought 17's on a MK3 wouldn't look too big, perhaps it's back to the think tank! This is all new to me, so need to take more notice of MK3's at the shows :wink:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: BigDaveC on 13 March 2006, 22:19: I just think that big alloys don't always look better, and slow the car down. I also like to see a badge on the front. De-badged looks like there's something missing thats all :undecided:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Neaty on 13 March 2006, 22:24: sounds like a plan, maybe some audi or porsche wheels?
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 13 March 2006, 22:30: Yeah Audi rims do look nice on some MK3's. I'm getting all excited now :grin:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: nitro on 14 March 2006, 07:51: have a look at the pics at the top of the Mk3 section, see how the options look. :cool:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: mowgli on 14 March 2006, 08:42: The Anniversary wheels off the MK3 look alright, I'm not sure but the std 16's off the A3 1.8T sport might be the same PCD and are 16's, like those a lot. You need 100 PCD, if the Audis don't fit hey will be 112 PCD. What about the MK4 GTi Montreal II's??
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: [han] on 14 March 2006, 09:00: think you need to be hung drawn n quartered?! haha only kidding darl, least you've got the cab still!! :) we maybe having a mk3 added to our drive along with a 1.1 mk1 soon if all goes to plan! so it'll be mk1, 2, 3 on drive and mums mk4 tdi work car when she has that! :laugh:

hope you get all sorted, what ever decision you make can't be a bad one... least its still a vw!
(Di, your exception cos you have the cab! :kiss:)
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: HARDCOR3 on 14 March 2006, 09:04: de-clutter the lot of it, just don't stick a set of crappy BBS's on it....... :sick:

:drool: :wink:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 14 March 2006, 09:31: Cheers for the replies and the tips peeps :cool: Lol at Hardcore, I know you just love BBS rims :laugh:

Don't think I'm gonna go for BBS rims this time, done all that on the cab :wink:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: monkeyalan on 14 March 2006, 12:45: lose the golf gti badge off the back, lower it 35mm on eibachs (stops the rolling sensations :laugh: ).
If it's gonna be a daily driver i'd go for 16's as i've always found 17's on 205/40/17 a bit unforgiving for day to day use, but then Sheffield has the worst roads in the western world. :angry:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: golfpro on 14 March 2006, 13:00: 40mil drop, de-badge, 17s and smoked m3 rears, that sounds familiar! :drool:

go for it buddy, 17s fit the mk3s arches really nicely and the drop will just bring it down enough. not a huge fan of the mk4 front lights but providing you get all the bumper lights in crystal clear too im sure theyl look cool.

seems like a decent price too. will take some strain off the cabby!
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 14 March 2006, 16:51: Yeah I know it's all familiar, just want to play safe :wink:

Not sure what to do about the cab yet, I might even sell it :shocked:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: monzablue16v on 14 March 2006, 17:22: New Rudder, full keel rebuild, de barnacle the Hull, re rig the sails, varnish the poop deck :D
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: Bronze MK1 Cab on 14 March 2006, 22:42: Quote from: monzablue16v on 14 March 2006, 17:22
New Rudder, full keel rebuild, de barnacle the Hull, re rig the sails, varnish the poop deck :D
:laugh: :laugh: FAF! Do they stock all of that at Gwent VW??
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: monzablue16v on 14 March 2006, 23:56: Nah think it's Gwent chandelry store next to the canals! :D from uber cool mk1 cabby to lardy ass mk3 tskk :laugh: far too practical them mk3's even feel like a "new" car with pas and everything :shudder: ah well you gets older your cars get more and more sensible :tongue:

Enough of the ribbing about buying a mk3?? hmmm depends whether you turn up in the cab or mk3 at the shows :laugh:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 15 March 2006, 09:33: The biggest weight increase was actually between the mk1 and mk2, as we all know :laugh: :laugh:
Anyway you can't buy a mk2 with any horsepower, they are all battery powered :drool: :evil:
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: golfpro on 15 March 2006, 10:11: Quote from: Bronze MK1 Cab on 14 March 2006, 16:51
Yeah I know it's all familiar, just want to play safe :wink:

only reason i said that was coz mine is the same. -40, 17s etc. youl get used to all the barge/boat comments btw, dont let the mk2 boys put u off it. just dont sell the cab whatever you do!
Title: Re: Bought a MK3. So have I done the right thing?
Post by: CARPY25 on 18 March 2006, 19:49: WELL wheres the photo's Chris :wink: