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Audi Nuvolari wheels are nice.

I love the ones on the Caractere 9N3.

Rear brakes are really really crappy on a Polo 9N. If you have discs you can see that the surface is almost totally covered with a little corrosion.

The pads get nearly no pressure to press on the discs.

If you would test the car on braketest-plates you would notice the lack of brakingpower of the ...

@Dino,

you should try Goodyear F1 GSD3. Lovely grip and easy on the edge.

Oversteer in a 9N ? I wish I had some. It has so much grip in the back. Even in rain. I have understeer in all cases. The only way to slide the tail in my car is by backing off in a corner with some sand on the tarmac ...

If I may, I would suggest these wheels:

Ebay

I bought my -50 mm Eibach Sportsline springs for 99 euro. New !

But that's because I don't need to change my dampers (VW sportdampers installed).

Haha whoooops 65 bhp... that's something totally different.

Sao Paolo is indeed ET43.

I referred to the stock steelies, they are ET35.

14 inch stock wheels are ET35

My S3-wheels are ET32. So they are mounted 3 mm wider than the stock wheels.

ET65 ? Is that ok ? That's 30 mm more than stock !

Do you use spacers ?

Nice job !

Right-hand drive in Sri Lanka ?

I like the audio-install in the boot.

More things in future ?

Ai ai ai, caramba. Hmm that could be the car I want next.

Hey guys,

my Polo (and I think everyones) never really went in a proper straight line while driving.
When I mounted the 17 inch rims the problem became more serious.
The car just never stayed in a straight line. And the rare thing is that sometimes the car stays pulling to the right and another ...

GaryUK wrote:

ceedubya wrote:i have got the same 3 cyl 1.2 engine that was in my polo for sale
ya could put it in the back and have a 6cyl 2.4 quattro polo

Ceedubya that's YOUR next project! Should be easy after your 1.8T!



Just realised that would be a whopping 130bhp from a 2.4!

2.4 V6 has 170 bhp.

Robw53 wrote:do you know of any manufacturers that affer good quality shocks but without going over the top with the price

cheers

rob

Bilstein and Eibach are good examples.

The problem is the 3-pot.

There are very little tuning-parts for your engine.

And maybe you shouldn't because the engine can be fragile.

I would save the money and keep it for a Polo (or another car) with a bigger engine.

A good friend of mine put a 4-pot throttle-body , a camshaft and ...

Hmm, I would like to see that to.

I've lowered my car by 50 mm (Eibach) and do not have that problem.

How much did the FK lower your car ?

That's something I would call theft...