Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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She's Baaaaaaaack! Got her back on Friday and then got the exhaust sorted on saturday so shes bak to purring again 
Couple of pics from the journey to UD on sunday.
Just need to get track rod changed as the end is seized on and has some play in it.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Good stuff 
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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Love it  any updates Fro?
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pow
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Have you done the rod/rod end yet?
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Iain M
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Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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 nice one son.
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Fro
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Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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6 Months since an update! I better get typing...
Aside from the Gearbox trouble she's been very good to me since. I solved a few more minor issues...
Interior light was missing the switch. VW wanted £££ for an anniversary one (whole unit) So i've used the switch from a white one which i got for free and will spray this satin black to match = bingo!
Rear ultrasonic lights were not working - i bought 2 normal white ones from a scrappy (again VW wanted £££ for the black anni ones) with the intention of splitting and fixing the black ones. But when i took the white ones apart i realised this was not possible, so i opened up the black ones and had seen someone had been there before and not replaced them properly. Sorted this out and now they work too.
I also got a black roof strip (that runs along the sills on the roof) as i've had one missing for the longest time!
More recently i bought some coilovers from a guy on uk-mkivs had these on nearly a week, and the handling has vastly improved!!
Longer wheel bolts as had to space the front out by 5mm.
Old top mounts were split so these probably didnt help much. Front was slightly lower than with the standard anni gear, rear is slightly lower.
Before:
After
Now:
Rear
Before
After
Need to get better pictures over next weekend if the weather holds up.
Still have all the anni bits but they may be for sale shortly.
Also have a pair of wishbones to go on as the bushes in mine are shot!
All in all im still enjoying the car still, especially now it's handling much better!
[Edited on 03-11-2009 by fro-dizzle]
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Generation
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Did you notice a green 5 door b around essex recently? remember your plate
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Fro
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Not that i can remember mate.
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Generation
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Ah, might be wrong seem to remember (may not of been you) your plate from driving really close to me and really pissing me off, but if was you, sure you would of remembered, deffo seen the plate around
[Edited on 03-11-2009 by Generation]
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Fro
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 I would have only got up your arse if you'd pissed me off
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Dione J
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Looking good Fro! Lowered my Turbo aswell 50mm all round recently, stop copying me 
Did you have to uprate the front ARB?
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Wrighty
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fro what coilovers are they and whats the ride like, as im guessing theyre only height adjustable and fixed damping?
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by Dione J
Looking good Fro! Lowered my Turbo aswell 50mm all round recently, stop copying me
Did you have to uprate the front ARB?
Na still got quite a way to go before the driveshaft will rub too. Front is lower than 50 back is probably there abouts when tank not full.
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Originally posted by Wrighty
fro what coilovers are they and whats the ride like, as im guessing theyre only height adjustable and fixed damping?
Cheapo TA technix (sp). (Sold by Hottuning usually around £160-£180 but i got them alot cheaper from someone i know. They come with 2 year warantee too) no dampening adjustment, but i find them better than the spax coilovers i had on the XE corsa. Not too bumpy but improve the handling vastly. If something does go wrong i can always change up in the future and i wouldnt have lost too much money.
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Ben G
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looks much better mate, perfect height. was round your way last few nights looking at houses
[Edited on 03-11-2009 by Ben G]
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Fro
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Feel free to replace my neighbours!
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Graham88
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That looks a very nice height, you've got it sitting spot on!
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
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Originally posted by Wrighty
fro what coilovers are they and whats the ride like, as im guessing theyre only height adjustable and fixed damping?
Cheapo TA technix (sp). (Sold by Hottuning usually around £160-£180 but i got them alot cheaper from someone i know. They come with 2 year warantee too) no dampening adjustment, but i find them better than the spax coilovers i had on the XE corsa. Not too bumpy but improve the handling vastly. If something does go wrong i can always change up in the future and i wouldnt have lost too much money.
can get some bargains sus wise in this vag game, how low are you do you think, and have you had to change your top mounts / front ARB/drop links?
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ShEp
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Looks good
My mate just got some of those Ta Technix coilovers for his Ibiza.
Seem to be doing the job so far
[Edited on 03-11-2009 by ShEp]
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Fro
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Wrighty - I change my top mounts and bearings but only because they were split. I replaced these with standard ones. Think im down just over 50mm from normal golf height at the front and around 50 ish at the back.
Driveshaft isn't enar the ARB so i havn't had to change the droplinks etc.
Cheers Shep They do seem pretty good, will just have to see how long they hold out.
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Fro
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Lowered the coilies a bit more a couple of weeks ago and i think I'm happy with how everthing is sitting.
Replaced my wishbones on friday, the bushes were split big time on the old ones!
Nick on uk-mkivs was a legend and gave lowell a grill for me to spray black so i could see how it would look on the car and i think im going to keep it on as i quite like the contrast with it breaking up the front a bit. I also sprayed the lower grills sating black too so they matched better.
Pic time:
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blue corsa
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very nice
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pow
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Looking spot on big gev
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gavin18787
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Black grille looks ace
My saxo had a colour coded silver one and it was too silver. Got an oem black one and havent looked back
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Ojc
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Looks much better with the wheels spaced out.
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Fro
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Thanks peeps
Ollie - I still need to space out the rear just need to decide whether to go for 5mm each side or 10mm. With the wheels being 8" wide i think 10 may be too much?
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