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Gavv8

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #30 on: 20 August 2012, 19:36 »
sacrificed my first spoiler to the gods of low... :sad: :evil: :grin:

Gavv8

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #31 on: 20 August 2012, 22:03 »
Now looking for a proper Vr spoiler..
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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #32 on: 25 August 2012, 16:06 »
OK...one week in to daily use of my car with coilovers on and set quite low and i'm not so sure about it, i can live with the ride but the bouncy front end is very wearing and it does ground out occasionally on sunken man-hole covers which is annoying, i can't run with a vr spoiler which i liked so i think i'm going to raise the front slightly and try another vr spoiler when i can find a genuine one.
On a nice dry flat road its great to drive with really sharp turn in and lovely flat cornering but as a daily i'm not sure its worth the compromise, i read up on the subject a lot so i knew it would change the nature of the car and i didn't buy cheap coilovers and i love the way it looks but it has to work for a living and i like to push on a bit on a good road and it becomes hard work running low so i'll see what its like over the next few weeks and if its any different raised a few cm's.

Offline Gti_Jamo

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #33 on: 25 August 2012, 16:30 »
I'm in the same boat as you (no pun intended) as my coilovers are set as low as they will go at the front without the driveshafts hitting the chassis legs going over bumps. Spot on out on the open road but real choppy ride on bad roads and like you I don't have cheap coilovers. Not really good for a daily driver. I've resorted to simply just cruising everywhere. Its seen my average mpg rise to about 45 so its all good. Gonna get another daily to keep the Mk3 in good nick. Also my cheap ass Vr spoiler lasted less than a week so I just run a normal gti one now and think it looks better without the snow plough look. Gonna swap my Leon Cupra for a VR6 or something similar for a daily.


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Gavv8

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #34 on: 25 August 2012, 18:47 »
I do have an ulterior motive with the vr spoiler though as round where i live we tend to get a lot of debris from trees and the like and the deeper spoiler gives some protection to the underside.. :grin:

Gavv8

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #35 on: 29 August 2012, 18:58 »
Ok, raised the front coilovers 10mm last night and today it drives like a different car, not bouncy at all, can 10mm make that much difference??....happy again.. :smiley:

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #36 on: 10 September 2012, 07:57 »

SWDubs summer-ish bonanza 2012

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #37 on: 11 September 2012, 10:27 »
Nice pic, I like the rear badge :)

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #38 on: 11 September 2012, 11:00 »
Nice pic, I like the rear badge :)

I mistaken it for a lexus badge to begin with  :grin:

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Offline archie837

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Re: My Mk3 8v
« Reply #39 on: 11 September 2012, 16:02 »
I went through loads of vr splitters including a genuine one. Genuine ones are good as they flex a lot more, but gotta screw that fecker on or you'll lose it.
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