MK3 Golf Anniversary (Operation OEM+) - Vandalism - Thanks Yeovil

[Shady Pioneer]

Thanks mate. They have been done by someone local, price wise. I sorted a deal out with my current RXIIs with him so no cash is being exchanged.

[Martinvr6]

Nice one, did he do all the work, i.e. split and rebuild them? My mate Glen (ess three) has done a few sets over the years and i know how much of a pain they are to do

[Shady Pioneer]

No, I split them (pain in the ass indeed!  ), got them blasted and he's sprayed them up. They look really smart with the polished bolts too. He rebuilt them for me.

I remember reading a post by ess_three regarding the process of splitting these. Thankfully mine weren't as horrific as they could of been but I know many people struggle.

[Shady Pioneer]

Right, new wheels are on, I put the rear spacers in too but was driving down the road and a woman driving behind me stopped me and said my wheels were wobbling like f**k! 

I put the car back up and span the wheel, there was a fair bit of wobble. Took the wheel off and the hubcentric part of the spacer had completely snapped off!!! On both sides too.

Safe to say I removed them immediately and wheels are now fine, but still.

Also done the front wiper arm conversion consisting of a TT arm and a Lupo arm with flat blades, look better than a retro fit. All parts ended up about £65 once bought (arms bought second hand).

From this:




To this:



And yes I'm aware my bonnet needs seeing to. Hoping a respray of it will happen in the next couple of months, got something else bigger planned at the moment.

[Bellend]

Looking good bud. The spacers probably went because of the depth of the hub center at the back. The spacers quite often aren't deep enough for it and as a result, when you do the wheel up it forces it off. Can be machined if there's enough material left.

[whileoceanasleeps]

i've just clicked through the entire thread.. i may be a little baked  looks awesome though! don't usually like red mk3s but it works, it's the hella twins that make it look real good. may have to get a set now..

[Shady Pioneer]

i've just clicked through the entire thread.. i may be a little baked  looks awesome though! don't usually like red mk3s but it works, it's the hella twins that make it look real good. may have to get a set now..

Thank you bud. The car is eventually going to look how I want, and be how I want. It's just money which is slowing progress.

Looking good bud. The spacers probably went because of the depth of the hub center at the back. The spacers quite often aren't deep enough for it and as a result, when you do the wheel up it forces it off. Can be machined if there's enough material left.

I'm quite pissed off they broke too be honest. Just don't really understand how it could happen. I will be putting pics up later.

[whileoceanasleeps]

i've just clicked through the entire thread.. i may be a little baked  looks awesome though! don't usually like red mk3s but it works, it's the hella twins that make it look real good. may have to get a set now..

Thank you bud. The car is eventually going to look how I want, and be how I want. It's just money which is slowing progress.

yeah I hear you, I'm in the same boat ha. looking sweet tho. just had a look at hella twins on eBay, they don't go for cheap!

[Shady Pioneer]

They aren't cheap but look great on the MK3s. I had a dragon green MK3 a few years ago and the carbon versions of the hella twins really set the front end off.

[Bellend]

i've just clicked through the entire thread.. i may be a little baked  looks awesome though! don't usually like red mk3s but it works, it's the hella twins that make it look real good. may have to get a set now..

Thank you bud. The car is eventually going to look how I want, and be how I want. It's just money which is slowing progress.

Looking good bud. The spacers probably went because of the depth of the hub center at the back. The spacers quite often aren't deep enough for it and as a result, when you do the wheel up it forces it off. Can be machined if there's enough material left.

I'm quite pissed off they broke too be honest. Just don't really understand how it could happen. I will be putting pics up later.

If you look at them, there is a recess for the hub center to go in to center the spacer on the hub. Quite often the recess isn't deep anough and therefore as you tighten the wheels, it forces the spacer flat onto the disc and therefore the hub presses the center of the spacer off.

What size were the spacers?