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Offline Wazzzer

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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #10 on: 25 August 2013, 14:26 »
now now :wink:
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #11 on: 25 August 2013, 18:27 »
Lol told  :cool:
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #12 on: 26 August 2013, 13:01 »
seeing is believing lol
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #13 on: 26 August 2013, 23:05 »
Quote from: gazareth on 25 August 2013, 00:58
what a pile of nonsense btw lol. don't believe a word of it.

It is indeed true, my car is on air so it's even more obvious, I'll get a couple of pics tomorrow to reinforce it.
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #14 on: 27 August 2013, 00:07 »
but why would vw bother doing something like that? yeah its noticeable but 5mm is not going affect handling much in the real world. sorry but not convinced on that 1.
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #15 on: 27 August 2013, 09:53 »
They did it to counter balance the fuel tank :)
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Re: Is this true?
« Reply #16 on: 27 August 2013, 18:18 »
Here is mine:



You can also see how much more of the tyre is showing on the drivers side due to the arch sitting higher on the tyre because of the extra poke:

Drivers:



Passenger:

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