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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Picked it up for £480 its done 116K couple of lil dents nothing major!
and for the money i cant complain...

Its a 1.4 and has a sportex exaust system...other than that its standard.

Already started on it :lol: got a honda areil on there as standard looks gay!

Today im gona :-

clear indicators front and side
side strips removed!
badges removed!
Wire in my 6x9's and sub. (gotta have bass!)
Gona spray the steels either matt black or silver as they need a tidy up.
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Nice one, got loads of potential.

Usual mods will make it looks good, get them picture's up when it's done :wink:
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good man staying vag! Now get that fuel filler cap off! :)
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Tim_GTi wrote:good man staying vag! Now get that fuel filler cap off! :)
Couldn't agree more. I like in silver fuel cap off the TT, looks good on that golf in this months PVW.
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Need a real filler cap whatever you get, not a Halfrauds edition stick on!

Great price and looks great for the price. Looks like you can carry on with your plans now.
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today iv been busy!!!

Got the strips of but had to use a wheel to remove the glue!!! whitespirt cudnt cut it!

got my 12" in and 6x9s.

Tinted my side indicators black, looks cool aginst the green as for the fuel cap sticker that was removed 2min after a baught it! i stopped to get petrol and ripped it off :lol:

Next weekend - cut springs :lol:
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Get some components to balance out your sound system! 8)

I hope your not serious about cutting your springs?! :shock:
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Tim_GTi wrote:Get some components to balance out your sound system! 8)
All in good time :wink:

Tim_GTi wrote:I hope your not serious about cutting your springs?! :shock:
Why not, i cba ride high whilst saving for coilys.
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first tab on google, because it's such a wide known fact, wrote:If you cut the OEM springs to significantly lower the car (say an inch?), it will handle really poorly. The spring rate will be increased when the spring is shortened, but not by much. Now you're expecting a soft spring to absorb the weight of the car in a shorter distance, which it wasn't designed to do. The suspension becomes more likely to hit the bump stops.

The struts and shocks aren't valved for shorter springs, so they may wear out faster with cut springs. Also, they are designed to contain the spring travel within a certain distance, so they will be more like to allow the suspension to bottom out. Neither of these features are what I look for in my suspension.

Generally the ride quality will suffer with stock springs that have been cut, unless it's very little that's been cut off, or if the dampers are in good shape and capable of handling the shorter springs. Some say it will get bouncy, some say it will bottom out. I know the results won't be good, so spend the money on lowering springs or get some stiffer springs to cut,
Not worth it, and very bodgy
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Post by Mike-Mk4 »

Looks good, Josh.

Get some updates up!

Thinking about removing my strips, but not too sure yet.

I agree with Springs, would be best to just wait, or, these are only £49.99 + 10 p&p

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I know it says 60/30 but how low does it go lol 60 or 30
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it will be 60 front and 30 back (or other way round)
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yeh says 60mm at front, 30mm at rear, that's a bit of a strange combination :?
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thats a drag racing combination.

f**k it man cut the springs i know plenty of people who do it and dont see a problem. Long as you do it right i guess. How you do it right i dont know... lol.
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Lemeph and your pikey modding :roll: :P

That is one way of doing it although you may bugger up perfectly good springs if you get it wrong!
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