Anyone fitted sportlines on facelift FR...

[SMC83]

Thanks chuffed with it as it's lower than what I thought


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[Rob_Talisman]

i put sportslines on mine witht e std 17s then went up to 18s.

No issue with 17s. And only issue i had on 18s was in cumbria on some fairly shitty roads. speed bumps ar no issue i do tend to becareful going over them as got the triple r splitter on too.

 

[Minty9]

i put sportslines on mine witht e std 17s then went up to 18s.



No issue with 17s. And only issue i had on 18s was in cumbria on some fairly shitty roads. speed bumps ar no issue i do tend to becareful going over them as got the triple r splitter on too.

Brilliant, cheers for the info. Will be fitting mine I'm the next week or so

 

[Rob_Talisman]

the rears are a peace of p!ss. Fronts a gits but doable.

When youve finished id lower the front wheels onto some wood or a brick. as when i lowered mine back down the car sat lower than the lowest level of my car jack lol and couldnt get it out.

 

[Minty9]

the rears are a peace of p!ss. Fronts a gits but doable.



When youve finished id lower the front wheels onto some wood or a brick. as when i lowered mine back down the car sat lower than the lowest level of my car jack lol and couldnt get it out.

I'll have mine up on the ramp at work so shouldn't be much of a problem. I've had a look and only looks like a few bolts at the top and a few at the bottom.

 

[Rob_Talisman]

i followed this guide

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3043148


was very helpful

 

[Minty9]

i followed this guide



http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3043148





was very helpful

Cheers dude

 

[olitaylor07]

You will love the droplinks.


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[Minty9]

You will love the droplinks.


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Pain in the arse??

 

[olitaylor07]

Yeah make sure you have a very good set of grippers or you will be there all day.


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[Rob_Talisman]

Yeah make sure you have a very good set of grippers or you will be there all day.


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nah didnt need to do that on mine, put the right torque in the top and bottom and they unscrewed fine

 

[Minty9]

So what is it that makes the drop links a pain?

 

[olitaylor07]

Well you put the torx in and a lot of the time they just spin. So if it had a nut on the attachments you could put a spanner on and stop it from spinning but it's oval shaped so you have to get some strong grippers on to stop it from just spinning.


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[Minty9]

Cool, shouldn't be a problem. How long roughly did it take you both to do fronts and rears?

 

[Rob_Talisman]

for me fronts were a good few hours, rears about 10 mins each.

 

[Minty9]

Yeh I've heard the rears are pretty much one bolt and the springs are out lol fronts will be abit harder ha

 

[olitaylor07]

Yeah rears are literally one bolt.

Depends what tools you have. I got a mate at my dealership to for and took about 2 hours in total. Whereas somebody on their drive will take longer.


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[Minty9]

I'm a mechanic so the tools and equipment isn't a problem. Just havnt worked on my own car n don't wanna miss any common problems people have had lol

Cheers for the info

 

[olitaylor07]

Depends how you want to do it. Some people keep the hub attached to the drive shaft and just take the top half out but as we found then we change the wheel bearing on mine it can be quite tuff so guy who did mine took the whole shocker out with the hub attached.

Sure you will be alright.


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[Minty9]

I'll bear that in mind pal, I'll update you once it's done to see if I can provide any tips on how I did it