Front Wing

[Mat]

Am I right in thinking that the front wing will fit from any Mk3? Not cupra specific is it? A standard wing will fit?

 

[markmeus]

Yeh - standard one should be fine.

 

[Mat]

thought so!

wheel came off yesterday

 

[markmeus]

Nightmare! Hope theres not too much damage.

 

[Robbie C]

Wheel came off??

 

[ian_cupra]

how you manage that??

 

[Mat]

think tyre place fitted too tight! 3 nuts lost their heads!

found a blue wing in Lincolnshire - £25
set of skirts in silver, in Matlock (15mins away) - £50

Only other damage is a bent track rod end! Luckily came off motorway, and was only doing 10mph! Brembos missed the floor by an inch, if that!

 

[Ricardo_Smooth]

i'd be having a word with tyre fitters if it was me like, even if its to tell them to stop gunning the ****ers on as they well know the shouldn't! could have been nasty that pal

 

[M1KEH]

When did you get your tyres done? If recent and you have the receipt i'd be having some harsh words.

 

[Mat]

threw receipt on thurs when I cleaned the interior

Tyres were done a month ago aklong with tracking and camber.... noticed both tyres were bald on outside, and wearing low middle, inwards.... So I reckon too much negative camber!

****ing monkeys

 

[M1KEH]

Tracking generally wrecks tyres much quicker than camber.

 

[Mat]

probably a combination of both

from my experience, tracking wear the inner of one tyre, and outer of the other

 

[Ravey_Cupra]

Negative camber would remove inside of both tyres.

Tracking will wear the tyres either from the outside inwards or opposite dependant on whether they are toeing in or out.

Hope you get it sorted soon mate.

Id still go down there and have words, show them the pictures and see what they say as they will have your invoice on the system.

 

[Mat]

I might do dude!

small update.....

Skirts found.... Painted in silver - £45
Wing Purchased, £25 (in blue tho)
New Track Rod End - £8

No other damage found.................. yet

 

[M87NER]

jeez.. that could off been nasty if you were still on the motorway...

you were lucky the brembos didnt touch the tarmac....!

 

[Mat]

I know.... missed by about an inch!

 

[lm_gauci]

Mat, is that half of a spacer on the floor aswell...? I'd run hubcentric ones just for piece of mind.

 

[cuprachrissy]

I would go back to the tyre place and kick the guy in the dogs dangly bits.

 

[M1KEH]

Mat, is that half of a spacer on the floor aswell...? I'd run hubcentric ones just for piece of mind.

You can't physically run 5mm or 10mm hubcentrics, the hub on the wheel sticks out 10mm to start with.

 

[Mat]

agreed.... plus the spacer has been on almost a year with no problems.... gonna be dropping 5s on next. Those were 3s, and probably had 1mm clearance over the brembos.... Mate has a spare set of 5s