Dom069 - My 8v Story So Far - Deposit Taken :(

[dom]

what made you decide to raies it in the first place?... still looks ok, be better with the wheels spaced as you plan.

Because my drive into uni is littered with speed bumps that I catch, also I couldn't reverse up my drive without ripping the splitter out! I'm doing a hell of a lot of miles at the moment and it makes it that little bit easier if I don't have to worry about being too low.

My plan is to get some spacers and drop it a little so it looks right. Run it like that over the winter, sort out some new rims for the spring and lower it again when the weather is getting better again next year. Sensible for the winter, slammed for the summer 

The car drives better with it being a bit higher as well, it's not as high as those pics make it look though. If the weather is decent one night this week i'll give it a clean and put a better pic up 

Well the above lasted the whole of a day 

Couldn't stand looking at it so high so the front is back down about 20mm and the rear down 10-15mm but spacers are on the way for the rear to give it a bit of poke. I'll see how much arch gap I have left and adjust the coilovers to eliminate it 

[dom]

Ticked over 89k miles today, not the best pic but passed 88,888 this morning 



I've done almost 2000 miles in the last 2 weeks and it hasn't missed a beat 

[gti3_elston]

thats a mk3 gti for ya mate, the first time i drove my 16v was on a 1100 mile trip to wales, around wales and back again in a week, and never had any problems, drove like a dream!

[SoundillusioN]

thats a MK1, 2 and 3 gti for ya mate, the first time i drove my 16v was on a 1100 mile trip to wales, around wales and back again in a week, and never had any problems, drove like a dream!

[Wayne]

Ticked over 89k miles today, not the best pic but passed 88,888 this morning 



I've done almost 2000 miles in the last 2 weeks and it hasn't missed a beat 

Private test track 

[Shady Pioneer]

Motorway. 

[dom]

Motorway. 

Yup, a very quiet M6, slowed down for the pic 

[dom]

Ordered some lamin-x to redo my rather badly tinted fog lights, what can i say this stuff is amazing! Super fast delivery, very easy to apply and looks awesome 

This is how the fogs looked earlier today:



After a bit of cleaning:



Part way through applying:



On the car:





Please excuse the poor pics, camera phone is crap and I couldn't be bothered getting my camera out!

[SoundillusioN]

Great job.. any issue with the embossed writing and the edges?

[dom]

Great job.. any issue with the embossed writing and the edges?

No issue with the emobssed writing at all, the only slight problem with the edges was the corners. However just cut a slit at each corner, fold one edge down, then fold the other edge down and trim accordingly and it's fine. Once the lights were cleaned up it took literally 10 mins to apply the film to both of them and they look really good. Highly recommend it!

I went for the gunsmoke tint for the fogs and i'm seriously considering getting some of the light tint for my headlights as well