MK3 1.8T

[Ferdinor]

Thank you for the great information, i shall be trying to source a very cheap 16v once i have saved up a couple of pay checks, as said in the first post this is gunna be a slow thread (very slow) due to lack of money, but i will try and update everything i do 
After everything said i have a much better idea already the only bit i am dreading is doing the wireing myself as i just cant afford £600 for qpeng, i am very good with electronics and so is my dad so hopefully i can do it 
I really wanted to stick with 4 stud tbh, i have heard the g60 front brakes would be good enough for stock power and the mk2 gti disks on the rear?
The reason i want 4 stud is because i may have a nice set of rims ready to go on when this is done, i guess i could run 5 stud steelies at the start then convert to 4 stud?
I shall be taking some photos later of the engine starting to be striped will be taking the top cover of and the inlet manifold of to start polishing will update late tonight 
Thanks for all the help so far
cheers

[dom]

Stick with 4 stud, much better choice of wheels

[Seanl]

Stick with 4 stud, much better choice of wheels

It's funny that when u hav 5 stud you can't find the wheels you want, so you have to add expensive adaptors into the equasion. Then you go 4 stud, and every set of decent wheels that comes up are friggin 5 stud! 

[SoundillusioN]

Stick with 4 stud, much better choice of wheels

It's funny that when u hav 5 stud you can't find the wheels you want, so you have to add expensive adaptors into the equasion. Then you go 4 stud, and every set of decent wheels that comes up are friggin 5 stud! 

I think the 4 stud issue happens when you fancy something a little old skool. Lucky for me I don't think there's ever been a 5 stud wheel I've fancied for it.

[DanChave]

I found that! When I had my Vento 1.8 8v all I the wheels I wanted were 5 stud. Then I got my VR6 and all the wheels I wanted were 4 stud! Then I got my current MK3 and I ended up getting adapters  

[SoundillusioN]

I found that! When I had my Vento 1.8 8v all I the wheels I wanted were 5 stud. Then I got my VR6 and all the wheels I wanted were 4 stud! Then I got my current MK3 and I ended up getting adapters  

That's the trouble I suppose when you have cars that are from a crossover period.

[DanChave]

I found that! When I had my Vento 1.8 8v all I the wheels I wanted were 5 stud. Then I got my VR6 and all the wheels I wanted were 4 stud! Then I got my current MK3 and I ended up getting adapters  

That's the trouble I suppose when you have cars that are from a crossover period.

Definitely true man!

[BISSONE]

If you buy a 16v though that would be wide track, am i wrong in thinking that if u changed the hubs from 5 stud to 4 stud would the drive shaft splines match 4 stud hubs? Before i get my head bitten off i dont know so chucking that one out there?

[Ferdinor]

Well i much prefer 4 stud rims to 5 stud and im not really into adapters, if im going through a complete car build/converstion i may aswell change it to how i want it 

If you buy a 16v though that would be wide track, am i wrong in thinking that if u changed the hubs from 5 stud to 4 stud would the drive shaft splines match 4 stud hubs? Before i get my head bitten off i dont know so chucking that one out there?

As for this? is this true does anyone know? as this may cause me some problems? thanks for putting the point out there, you might have saved me some ball ache? 

cheers

[Wayne]

If your using a 16v (5 stud) as a base car stick with 5 stud, adaptors need to be custom made and are mega bucks, to convert back to 4 stud is not really easy, so many different ways but you may as well get wheels that fit and save the money.