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Mr Blobby wrote:Haha my brain just keeps changing its mind on what I want with my car as I cant afford to do things yet so I just keep changing the plans

It's best to just do what you prefur as its your car
It will probably look more classy as they are but more practical with the red and add a bit of colour Do it red...

I always wanted them red but when I saw them polished and the quality it just messed my head up.

Also if the centres are red then having the calipers red doesn't work for me so thinking to paint the calipers black.

As mentoned all this choice is hurting my brain so just going to order my new discs and pads sort out getting the front brakes on perfectly then decide on colour of caliper and if I will paint the wheels.

I see :/ You have the luck of not needing to have this all done quickly so you can take your time to choose. I think it could work with red wheels and callipers as long as they are the same red of course.

Im getting my callipers done silly colours

Over the next few months I will be making some changes to the car and tidying a few bits up I'm unhappy with.

One of the main things I was unhappy with was the stance/lowness of the car.

Now I don't want a car that catches every stone on the road but wanted it lower than it was.

The front isn't an issue as I have quite a few more turns left to go but the rear was as low as it could go with adjusters in and with the adjusters removed you can't fine tune it.

So the answer was shorter springs and luckily for me GAZ suspension company is only a 20 minute drive away so I popped in and got some new shorter springs with some new adjusters.

Wasted no time fitting them but will have to wait till I have sorted the wheels and got it back on the ground before I can adjust it to the correct height I'm after.

As you can see from the pics the springs are shorter so that's one job completed.

Couple of pics to show how close the calipers is to the front wheel

That's close!! Don't paint the calipers, 1 micron of paint may catch!
Going to look nice though - can't wait to see it finished.

watch out with that, if you drive hard or do a trackday or so, the brakes may touch the rims..
because everything gets verry hot and it expands.
it happend with a friend of mine and his impreza, a good thing is you will notice when it happens

Turbomier wrote:watch out with that, if you drive hard or do a trackday or so, the brakes may touch the rims..
because everything gets verry hot and it expands.
it happend with a friend of mine and his impreza, a good thing is you will notice when it happens

hes right!..it happened to a mate of mine and if it happens you will definitely notice it...alot...

320 bhp very nice

What torque did she pull mate?

like iv said before this is the bible ... do you have a up to date spec list of the car ?

i fancy upgrading the turbo on mine at some point

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:320 bhp very nice

What torque did she pull mate?

Thanks for the comments. It's pulling 292torque currently.

lukey GTI wrote:like iv said before this is the bible ... do you have a up to date spec list of the car ?

i fancy upgrading the turbo on mine at some point

Thanks man. As I always say happy to help where ever I can.

This is what info I put together when I put the car up for sale

Engine
Fully rebuilt by JNL Racing and me as I know him personally.
Custom mapping by Bill @ Badger 5 running 320 BHP and 292 Torque.
Head
New stem seals. Guides were fine. Valves were cleaned and re-cut.
VVT gasket replaced. New rocker cover gasket. New VW head bolts and head gasket.
NGK plugs.
Genesis 550cc injectors.
Block
All new gaskets and seals from VW. New rod and mains bearings.
Wossner 82.5mm pistons.
Scat Rods using ARP bolts.
ARP Mains bolts.
INA baffled sump.
JabbaSport manifold.
Brand new Turbo Dynamics MDX 555 400 turbo.
All new braided oil and water lines.
Custom 2.5” Pipewerks downpipe and sports cat.
Milltek cat back system.
Custom intercooler kit using Toyosports large front mount and 63mm piping and various Samco joiners.
Custom turbo inlet using 80MM MAF.
80mm JR Filter.
Forge 007p with yellow spring.
SAI delete.
N249 & N112 moved to side of head but mapped out.
Various parts of the engine have been powder coated in grey or black and other metal parts painted in silver.
Samco coolant hoses.
Fidanza 228mm flywheel.
VR6 Spec stage 3+ clutch.
02s 6 speed conversion with Quaife LSD.
DA31 external fuel pump using Badger 5 stainless steel push fit connections.

adzpz wrote:That's close!! Don't paint the calipers, 1 micron of paint may catch!
Going to look nice though - can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks adzpz, turbomier & greypolo9n3 for the heads up but there's a couple of mil breathing space so a little paint should be ok plus the BBS will only be used as show wheels so hopefully be fine.

9N3 Turbo wrote:

adzpz wrote:That's close!! Don't paint the calipers, 1 micron of paint may catch!
Going to look nice though - can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks adzpz, turbomier & greypolo9n3 for the heads up but there's a couple of mil breathing space so a little paint should be ok plus the BBS will only be used as show wheels so hopefully be fine.

car like that should be show car 24/7

[/quote] car like that should be show car 24/7 [/quote]

No way its just a car. Built to be driven although to be fair it spends most of it's time under lock and key in the garage.

any pics of this as it is at the moment and with the dunes on pal?