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Offline Wayne

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2610 on: 24 March 2012, 20:48 »
Raise it 30mm it will drive loads better

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2611 on: 24 March 2012, 22:29 »
Sounds good mate, will have to give it a go.

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2612 on: 24 March 2012, 22:59 »
The inner edge of that front tyre looks annihilated.  :shocked:

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2613 on: 24 March 2012, 23:11 »
you cant really see the edge, just the sidewall. Tyres are fine.

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2614 on: 26 March 2012, 11:15 »
30mm in one go is a bit drastic, why not try it in say 10mm increments?
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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2615 on: 26 March 2012, 11:53 »
I'm looking at ball joint extenders and flipping the track rods to change the geometry of the suspension, should bring the lower arm a bit more level so the angle isn't so silly.

I'll raise the back up 10mm too and then see how it feels.

I'm also going to get new drop links and at some point get more polybushes for the lower arm's.

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2616 on: 26 March 2012, 11:54 »
I would say raise 10mm and see how it sits, it will need raising but it's such a shame as from the outside it looks awesome!

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2617 on: 26 March 2012, 11:55 »
30mm in one go is a bit drastic, why not try it in say 10mm increments?

Anything would help, It looks "Cool" but sadly its simply too low to be drivable.  This low works OK with something slow.  Having something with some balls is a waste if you can't harness it.

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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2618 on: 26 March 2012, 12:36 »
I was just thinking of trying to find a happy medium on the handling/driveability front without spoiling the "COOL" looks.
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Re: LL's Mk3 1.8t #whore
« Reply #2619 on: 26 March 2012, 20:36 »
Why do you need a 'cool' look when your running a turbo'd engine up front?

'cool' looks are for low and slow cars, this should be put at a hight so you can keep the loud peddle planted instead of worrying if there's an ant in the road IMO...
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