BM08

Front brakes are big, i think there VR6 items on the 16v's? stops on a dime.


Picked this up tuesday.
It also has a full exhaust, im not sure what one as i havent had it on a ramp to have a proper look but its fairly loud lol bit too loud for me but ill see how it goes, and its got full Bilsteins all round, bit firm coming from a Escort with standard springs but it goes round corners like its on rails, way quicker than my Escort so over all im chuffed to bits with it

CaftDunt

Looks proper smart.

Although I'm not 100% on the audi rims.... maybe its a grower though.

BM08

Cheers mate, yeah some people might not like the rims but i do, and it keeps tyre costs down, and handling

jonnyrsturbo

looks nice, could do with some better wheels on though

like the exhaust, the style really suits it!

CaftDunt

Maybe the wheels just need spacing out or get them banded?

So has the escort gone then???

rapidcossie

looks nice!

BM08

Yeah i part ex'd it at a garage, was a good car ill miss it, but onwards and upwards aint it

BM08

Thanks

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

looks good!

BM08

Was waiting for a reply from you

Just gotta get my sig sorted and i think ill have to change my user name aswell

BM08

come on someone i need a sig still?

james.dylan83

Glad you got it buddy,read your original should I buy it post. Really like the wheels, look cool as!! Mind if I as how much it set you back, think I may jack in the focus for one??

BM08

you have a pm mate

XR2

The MK3 Golf really didn't deserve the GTI badge The actual Golf ist the first one after years that plays in the same league as the original GTI and the MK2 16V did their time...

Glen1909

thats really nice mate, I actually like the wheels. Gives it a slight euro look which looks great.

BM08

Thanks chap

Not quite sure what the guy above is on about but i dont care, its much quicker than my Escort gti, goes round corners well, stops well............. cant ask for more really

jonnyrsturbo

vr6 it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stavros

Million times better than the Escort, nice work.

TIFF

I think that looks awesome mate......and i love the rims.....but i think you should get them spaced out so they fill the arches, then get some tyres that are stretched over them for the euro look....and maybe get them polished......

All in all i think it looks well .......good buy

Stavros

You not gonna get a stretch on some 6x15s mate.

TIFF

Oh right....didnt know how the old stretched tyres worked....

But they need to be pushed out a little i think.........

You know what i mean Steve...As you are head of the" Get your fucking piss thin rims and shove them up your asre....fill them arches bitch!".......campaign

Stavros

stretch is just putting a really skinny tyre on a particular sized wheel (ive got 225s on my 9.5s and that isnt that much of a stretch, but I had 195s on 10s on one of my Volvos, THAT is a stretch ), and a skinny one for something that narrow would be a 2CV tyre and would be like driving on ice, lol.

Some spacers wouldnt be a bad call tho, 30mm and some mild plastic arch trimming if it was me.

BM08

Apparently not much difference between the 16v and vr6, vr has more low down and this has better top end or so im led to believe, this doesnt have all that front end weight either, plus i can get more to the gallon

Cheers


Thanks chap, yeah the wheels do look more like there inside the arch from the pics, it doesnt look as obvious when your stood by it though.
I will certainly get some spacers though as the tyres will need doing in the next few months so mayaswell do it when the wheels come off

Stavros

Without wanting to go too off topic, a couple of stretch pics for Tiff...

A 195 on my friends 9.5x15 on his Saxo...



195s on a 10x13 on my old Volvo...



EDIT! Bear with me, ill re-host em
EDIT2! Sorted

Csm

The thing with V6 engines is that they are grunty but lazy engine ......... they dont feel fast but do get you going.......eventually

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

Why did you change your user name? Your Escort was a GTi, and now your Golf is a GTi - your username would have worked fine with both cars!

BM08

Could have kept it yeah, but change of car change of username is how i saw it

Mr Orange

Car looks nice, mop the paint work and it would shine a bit more. any performance times for it, standard ones would do.
What other mods have been done to it?

hate the wheels though, i personally think they look terrible. spacers would help but im just not a fan of the repainted audi steels.

BM08

No times, ive only had it 5 days.

I think i said above its just got a full exhaust front to back, and full Bilstein suspension, the brakes are decent enough as they are(vr6 fronts and rear normal discs)
Thats all i know

Stavros

They are alloys, not steels!

TIFF

Steve



They look mental....... How safe is it out of interest???.....

Also, dont the place where you get them fitted get a bit funny.

PS----Loving the Volvo.........proper car

Stavros

ive never had a prob and dont know anyone who has, but it does make the handling feel a bit odd when you do a REALLY mental stretch like the above pics.

a normal stretch, like 225/40s on a 9.5x18, is fine and totally 100% safe even on the hardest test for tyres ripping off (ie drifting) and dont affect the handling. IIRC in the olden days (50s and before i think, before tyre choice wasnt as good) racers used to stretch the tyres as it stiffened the sidewalls, giving em better handling.

as long as you go to the right places tyre places are fine. with an extreme stretch like the ones i posted up you wont get em sitting on the bead normally anyhow, need to go somewhere with a cheetah to blast em on.
normal places wont be able to, and some retards from quickfit etc would prob tell you its dangerous, tho theyve never tried it.

with 225/40 on a 9.5 sort of thing, most are fine, but you sill get some gaylords saying its dangerous. i tell them to shut up and put it on.

and yeah, the volvo rocked. shame it was so rusty i decided to scrap it