my beeza

[craig87]

Thought its about time i put my baby up as im always asking questions yet none of you have seen my car lol!!

It is a work in progress still and the pics are of the car not cleaned and i will get round to cleaning it and putting up more pics!!

I bought the car about a month ago now. It was standard other than coilies and mk3 rims. Since then i have:

Fixed the very few problems it had (notice my sarcasm!) mechanical wise!
Dewipered rear
Destickered (i.e. cuprasport stickers)
Adjusted coilies better (still want to go a little lower on the front!)
Debadged grill with 'gti' left on
Original gearknob back on (had some crappy momo one before)
S2000 aerial
Fitted my sound system (apart from subwoofers going in tomorrow!!

Things for future:

Spacers 15mm rear
HIDs (currently on order)
LED sidelights
Smoked repeaters
Delocked door handles (hopefully get them next week from a trusty source!!)
Europlates
Maybe respray, geeral tidying the body
Maybe tints

 

[Chrisdaman]

looks tidy mate, liking the mk3 wheels, although a bit skinny for me

 

[craig87]

im guna be gettin spacers for the rear soon dude so they wont look so eaten by the arches!!!

 

[andyj]

looking good mate

think the 'thing to do' list will just tidy it up nicely

will let you know when I get chance to grab the handles!!!

 

[craig87]

nice one andy chears for the comments guys theyre all welcome!!

 

[smerko]

Nice car. Last gearknob in the world I would have put on was the standard one though! I thought it was horrible - stuck an old Passat one on instead!

Also you may have to raise the rear with spacers on at that height?

 

[craig87]

trust me the momo gearknob i had was **** the standard is much better!!

i probaby will raise the back anyway once my subs are in lol!! i duno whether to go for 10mm or 15mm spacers??

 

[andyj]

15mm spacers all the way with Mk3 Rims

Here are a couple of pics of my old 1.4 with Mk3 rims, with and without 15mm spacers... (std suspension though)

Without.....

With 15mm's.....

 

[chris285]

nice looking example

 

[craig87]

i think i could still lower quite a bit with 15mm spacers on, i dont really wana pay £90 for a brand new set though im keeping an eye on the for sale section!!

 

[andyj]

keep an eye on the for sale section on Edition38 to

 

[craig87]

chears for the advice andyj i will go register there now!!

 

[pooch]

Might be worth finding a local sub-contractor who can turn up some spacers, probably be cheaper than £90.00. i'm going to make my own within the next six months, £90 is a rip off.

 

[craig87]

id rather buy the proper ones tbh you can get them off the bay for £50!

 

[andyj]

and you can pick up 2nd hand ones for about £30-40

 

[andyj]

I did get some 3mm ones made up for my Mk3 when I ftted the Brembo calipers, but they weren't hubcentric....

10mm or bigger need to be hubcentric, and I'd rather buy proper ones for that

 

[craig87]

i agree andy mate, because im lowering the front more and dont want it to rub on full lock im getting some 3mm universal ones from halfrauds, had them running before and there fine as only 3mm but the rears will be hubcentric ones mate for definate. If theres none in the for sale section by the end of the month im buyin the ones of the bay that need the centre milling abit more others have used them with no probs!

 

[pooch]

hubcentric is nothing special, it's just the additional spigot to ensure the wheel stays concentric to the hub.
£50 is pretty good for a set, i've got the facilities to make my own so it'll save me some money, I'll also know they've been made properly and from a decent grade aluminium.

 

[Roelích]

Looks good dude.

Needs slamming some more.

 

[craig87]

i know im workin on slammin it more mate trust me!!!