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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: dubaiphil on 09 August 2008, 07:36
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Here are a few more pics, now that the sandstorms have finally started to clear....
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/talise.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/aq1.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/aq2.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/aq5.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/aq3.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/aq4.jpg)
Anyone spot the 2 white RR's in the background, lowering the tone....?!?
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Looks absolutely spot on Phil. :drool:
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Yeah those crappy white rolls really do let the pics down! Looking good otherwise tho :cool:
I see you have had your old palace extended too :tongue:
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....That very shiny finish really suits the spoke design imo - It wouldn't look so good on every alloy design.
Have you got spacers?
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Stunning Phil!! :cool: The more I see 19's on a GTI the more I feel I need some in my life!! :wink:
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....That very shiny finish really suits the spoke design imo - It wouldn't look so good on every alloy design.
Have you got spacers?
No - just a slightly lower offset than the 18" Huffs, which changes the stance a little and fills the arches nicely
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Looks spot on - the GTI just looks so good lowered on 19's - especially a set of BBS's :wink:
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Looks great Phil - they fill the arches perfectly. What lowering set up are you using???
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Stunning :cool:
Any close-ups, or links to the rims?
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.... x2 - Close-ups would be great :cool:
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Just for T-T and RR....... :tongue:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/027.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/028.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/029.jpg)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/035.jpg)
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Sorry Phil i had to look aswel ! :cool:
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Hi Phil,
Those look great, but the disks need some painting, bit of rust there mate :wink:
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OMG . . . I'm now nursing a semi . . . :embarassed:
BTW, what is the writing in your door mirror? Some kind of Yank-like disclaimer? :undecided:
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It all looks Arabic to me :smiley:
On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
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Just for T-T and RR....... :tongue:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/027.jpg)
BTW - youv'e got the wrong boots on. Yours are Load Index 88, whereas the GTI needs the XL rated 91s !! :tongue:
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Hi Phil,
Those look great, but the disks need some painting, bit of rust there mate :wink:
Lol - I know! I'm contemplating BBK and uprated disks on the back at the moment - plent of space to fill....
The heat and humidity aren't too kind on brake disks over here....
T-T - I will try my best Arabic translation:
Objects in the rear view mirror appear closer than they actually are, Habibi.....
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Looks Arabic to me :smiley:
Prolly looks Arabic because it is an Arabic country (at least I'm guessing Dubai is Arabic).
I was actually after the translation, because my keyboard don't have those characters on it, so I can't bung it in BabelFish. :rolleyes:
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Just for T-T and RR....... :tongue:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/027.jpg)
BTW - youv'e got the wrong boots on. Yours are Load Index 88, whereas the GTI needs the XL rated 91s !! :tongue:
So a load index of 88 means that I can only put a loading of upto 560kg on each corner, instead of 615kg with LI 91? Is that really going to make much difference with a car that's only occasionally got two people in it, weighing 1.4 tonnes??????????????????????????
II will sue Tirerack.com if it does make a huge difference - they're Yanks, they'll settle......
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Hi Phil,
Those look great, but the disks need some painting, bit of rust there mate :wink:
Lol - I know! I'm contemplating BBK and uprated disks on the back at the moment - plent of space to fill....
Have you found anything which will fit?
I thought about putting R32 rears on mine, but you need the complete rear hubs, alloy hub carrier, bearings, CV joint housing . . . fook that!
The heat and humidity aren't too kind on brake disks over here....
East Anglian coastline ain't too good for em either - wanna swap locations? :grin:
T-T - I will try my best Arabic translation:
Objects in the rear view mirror appear closer than they actually are, Habibi.....
Thought so - same as the nanny spoon feeding the Yanks need! Thanks. :smiley:
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It all looks Arabic to me :smiley:
On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
Just that one - shoddy German build quality....
Ther others only have 1 or 2 v small weights on...
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Looks Arabic to me :smiley:
Prolly looks Arabic because it is an Arabic country (at least I'm guessing Dubai is Arabic).
I was actually after the translation, because my keyboard don't have those characters on it, so I can't bung it in BabelFish. :rolleyes:
My point exactly....
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It all looks Arabic to me :smiley:
On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
Just that one - shoddy German build quality....
Ther others only have 1 or 2 v small weights on...
:smiley:
Looking good there Phil.
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Just for T-T and RR....... :tongue:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/027.jpg)
BTW - youv'e got the wrong boots on. Yours are Load Index 88, whereas the GTI needs the XL rated 91s !! :tongue:
So a load index of 88 means that I can only put a loading of upto 560kg on each corner, instead of 615kg with LI 91? Is that really going to make much difference with a car that's only occasionally got two people in it, weighing 1.4 tonnes??????????????????????????
Actually, get it on a track, or even on normal roads, and with a bit of heavy straight line braking, and due to the weight transfer, those front boots will be sharing approx 75% of that 1.4tonne! On a track, braking whilst cornering, then just one tyre will be bearing most of that mass! :nerd:
II will sue Tirerack.com if it does make a huge difference - they're Yanks, they'll settle......
I dunno what the Insurance requirements are like in Dubai, but in the UK, if you fit tyres of a lower speed rating or lower load index than the OEM spec, then it will make your insurance invalid. In the UK, most of the time you are likely to get away with it, but can't you loose your head in Arabian countries for such minor indesctretions! :grin:
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....WOW!!!! That shiny finish (what's it called?) is fabuloza!!
I'm now wondering if powder-coating my Monza II 18's (to kill the white worm monster) in that finish would be too much.
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On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
Ohh - I just noticed that. Looks like they have only been statically balanced, rather than dynamically balanced. Do they have just on line of weights, roughly along the centre line of the wheel, or are there two separate lines, one on the inner edge and one on the edge immediately behind the spokes? :huh:
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It all looks Arabic to me :smiley:
On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
Just that one - shoddy German build quality....
Ther others only have 1 or 2 v small weights on...
I doubt its the alloys - more like the tyres, particularly as the tyre fitter didn't line up the painted dot on the sidewall to align with the valve stem! :rolleyes:
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....WOW!!!! That shiny finish (what's it called?) is fabuloza!!
I'm now wondering if powder-coating my Monza II 18's (to kill the white worm monster) in that finish would be too much.
IMHO that finish would be to much over the larger surface of the monza's Sunglasse's would be required
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On the 3rd photo, thats a heck of a lot of balancing weights on the bottom of the wheel, are they all like that?
Ohh - I just noticed that. Looks like they have only been statically balanced, rather than dynamically balanced. Do they have just on line of weights, roughly along the centre line of the wheel, or are there two separate lines, one on the inner edge and one on the edge immediately behind the spokes? :huh:
Back left has weight in a line, near the centre line of the wheel. The others have offset weights...
Now If I'd just parked the other way around to get sunlight onto the back left......!!!!!!!!
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Just for T-T and RR....... :tongue:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg208/philpage/027.jpg)
BTW - youv'e got the wrong boots on. Yours are Load Index 88, whereas the GTI needs the XL rated 91s !! :tongue:
So a load index of 88 means that I can only put a loading of upto 560kg on each corner, instead of 615kg with LI 91? Is that really going to make much difference with a car that's only occasionally got two people in it, weighing 1.4 tonnes??????????????????????????
Actually, get it on a track, or even on normal roads, and with a bit of heavy straight line braking, and due to the weight transfer, those front boots will be sharing approx 75% of that 1.4tonne! On a track, braking whilst cornering, then just one tyre will be bearing most of that mass! :nerd:
II will sue Tirerack.com if it does make a huge difference - they're Yanks, they'll settle......
I dunno what the Insurance requirements are like in Dubai, but in the UK, if you fit tyres of a lower speed rating or lower load index than the OEM spec, then it will make your insurance invalid. In the UK, most of the time you are likely to get away with it, but can't you loose your head in Arabian countries for such minor indesctretions! :grin:
Lol - well I got a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cups delivered for the Monza II's for when I go on track, so it's not too much of an issue really.
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....WOW!!!! That shiny finish (what's it called?) is fabuloza!!
I'm now wondering if powder-coating my Monza II 18's (to kill the white worm monster) in that finish would be too much.
RR - they're ball polished, followed by a clear top coat. Monza II's with that finish would be a bit much, I think. Narrow spokes will work, but that will be a bit OTT IMO....
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....Yep, I agree with you and Fat Cat - OTT on Monzas. Such a nice finish on yours though :smiley:
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Sorry to go off thread Phil you were talking about bigger brake's the other day.I Was at my local stealer's the other day there was A R50 waiting to be picked up Have you seen the size of the brake's on that monster their HuuuuuGE.
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Sorry to go off thread Phil you were talking about bigger brake's the other day.I Was at my local stealer's the other day there was A R50 waiting to be picked up Have you seen the size of the brake's on that monster their HuuuuuGE.
....Cos the R50 must weigh heavy!!
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BTW - youv'e got the wrong boots on. Yours are Load Index 88, whereas the GTI needs the XL rated 91s !! :tongue:
So a load index of 88 means that I can only put a loading of upto 560kg on each corner, instead of 615kg with LI 91? Is that really going to make much difference with a car that's only occasionally got two people in it, weighing 1.4 tonnes??????????????????????????
Actually, get it on a track, or even on normal roads, and with a bit of heavy straight line braking, and due to the weight transfer, those front boots will be sharing approx 75% of that 1.4tonne! On a track, braking whilst cornering, then just one tyre will be bearing most of that mass! :nerd:
II will sue Tirerack.com if it does make a huge difference - they're Yanks, they'll settle......
I dunno what the Insurance requirements are like in Dubai, but in the UK, if you fit tyres of a lower speed rating or lower load index than the OEM spec, then it will make your insurance invalid. In the UK, most of the time you are likely to get away with it, but can't you loose your head in Arabian countries for such minor indesctretions! :grin:
Lol - well I got a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cups delivered for the Monza II's for when I go on track, so it's not too much of an issue really.
Are the PS Cups any good? Have you tried them in the wet? How long do you reckon they'd last compared to the PS2s? I'm seriously tempted to get a set for the RS4 !!!
Regarding the boots with the 88 load index - if you are sticking with them, you ought to increase the tyre pressures to compensate for the lower load carrying capacity - say an extra 3psi in the rears and 6psi in the fronts
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T-T - thanks for the info - I'll get the pressures raised.
I haven't tried the Pilot Sport Cups yet - they're the semis and will be purely for track use, but by all accounts they should last 12-18 months at our local circuit if tracking every 6 weeks. Feedback from everyone else is good - we shall see....
You obviously haven't been to Dubai though! I haven't seen any rain since January - I definitely won't be putting them on the car to drive to the track if it does rain (December-January are our 'wet' months!) as the local driving style is erratic, to say the least!