Jonny doesnt take this whole car thing seriously at all....

i'm not sure what to do with the front lights, might try a smoked style instead of the full on murdered look its rocking at the mo?

i've got 2 other sets of non murdered headlights and a few indicators and fogs kicking about so i'll mock something up and see what it looks like?

yea do it, maybe the same smoke as your head lights? you need something different for this car because everyone blacks them out theses days i did it too on my old mk3

looked sweet at the meet m8 i agree wwith billy about the fog, a tint to match the headlights would be perfect i think.

WeFoundThePark wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

i have no idea what your talking about get your wheels done man

dont give me that!

the lips are currently in jays hands and will be bolted back together and tyres fitted as soon as they're done. i was taking too long so decided to get a proffesional in, but he was busy so i asked jay instead. i joke.

tinks dropped by today and lined up for a quick photo.

I'm still tring to work out if you put the dishes in a cement mixer with bricks or if you just don't have a blody clue at polishing on final inspection today...

Jay wrote:

I'm still tring to work out if you put the dishes in a cement mixer with bricks or if you just don't have a blody clue at polishing on final inspection today...

cheeky f**k! i put many man hours into those, you should've seen them when i started, but i'll be the first to admit concours has never been my ambition in life, i get bored too easily. i did think about texturing them......

Jay wrote:

WeFoundThePark wrote:

Lupton_20vt wrote:

i have no idea what your talking about get your wheels done man

dont give me that!

the lips are currently in jays hands and will be bolted back together and tyres fitted as soon as they're done. i was taking too long so decided to get a proffesional in, but he was busy so i asked jay instead. i joke.

tinks dropped by today and lined up for a quick photo.

I'm still tring to work out if you put the dishes in a cement mixer with bricks or if you just don't have a blody clue at polishing on final inspection today...

i saw the scratches in them at the meet (deep ones lol)

yo does that spare car of yours have abs?

it looks broken

thats the look i'm going for........

lookin good dude i like

^^^^^^^^^^^^
thats the look im going for

love it cant wait till i get my hands on a mk3 to make it look broken

tinks wrote:

^^^^^^^^^^^^
thats the look im going for

lmao fool! heard the drive by this afternoon, love it!

billybug wrote:

love it cant wait till i get my hands on a mk3 to make it look broken

hurry up billy, wanna see what you do with the Mk3 platform?

updates have been a bit thin on the ground lately, partially due to me being flat out with work and partially because i'm really happy with how the cars been sitting so havent felt the need to aimlessly stick tat on it or do stuff for the sake of it.

i decided i loved the shiny wheels with the textured bodywork so decided to spray up the passenger side wheels the other day, so the car came in the drive and up on axle stands. well 2 stands and a jack. safety first.



as most of you know i fitted some ridiculously thick washers to the rear of the car a couple of months ago which created awesome camber and diabolical toe in, and as we all know camber doesnt kill tyres, incorrect toe does! so with this in mind i was expecting a bit of uneven tyre wear, wasnt quite expecting this tho.......







good job i decided to paint the wheels as otherwise i wouldnt have checked the tyre and a blow out wouldve been interesting?! As a comparison, this is a pic of the front tyre. the front runs maximum camber acheivable by adjusting the coilover / knuckle bolts but runs zero toe and have been on the car for a year, same as the rears.



so i thought i should rectify the toe issue and swap to the OEM 15's from the 3 door, which leaves the car sitting like this.

p.s

205/40 on a 10

has anyone got a bead cheater kicking about.......

haha i heart cords! have to admit it looks alot better on the merc rims!

haha gotta love it, my cabby tyres were like that but after quite a while.

i noticed a cheater a tinklers when i popped up there the other day

s**t man that tyre is fooked!!! Haha thought u might hear me, got a little bit of wheel spin aswell, chavy or what lol

nice cords you got there

i went to UD last year with brand new tires, came home with bald tires, f**k toe-in.

vladimir wrote:

haha i heart cords! have to admit it looks alot better on the merc rims!

merc rims look loads better in the hi silver / chrome effect but are now on the shelf abandoned because i've finally finished bolting the other wheels back together so cant be bothered to order new tyres yet.

matty_mk1 wrote:

haha gotta love it, my cabby tyres were like that but after quite a while.

i noticed a cheater a tinklers when i popped up there the other day

i was talking to my dad about it today and we reckon its done that in about 200 miles.....

cheers for the heads up about the cheater, me and Ian are gonna give them a go on tuesday but if we fail then i'll give them a shout.

tinks wrote:

s**t man that tyre is fooked!!! Haha thought u might hear me, got a little bit of wheel spin aswell, chavy or what lol

there's something about the sound of your car thats different to normal VR's, its proper savage! wheel spin isnt chavvy, its the sign on true powerz. lol

billybug wrote:

nice cords you got there

i went to UD last year with brand new tires, came home with bald tires, f**k toe-in.

i think i've sorted the toe now but its hard to tell with the standard wheels back on because they tuck so much its hard to campare against the mercs. planning on having a couple of full days on the car setting up the new wheels so will make sure its sorted and correct then.

finally getting teh 17s onn????

rear tyres are on but not inflated and front tyres are going on tomorrow morning, hopefully get all 4 inflated and balanced tomorrow and maybe even a cheeky trial fit in the afternoon....

once the trial fit is done then i'll move in with the hammer, angle grinder and any other tool necessary to get low. tubbed arches?

ok, so massive shout out to Ian for helping me get the front tyres on and balanced up this morning! i think his reaction when he saw the rears was priceless and sums them up perfectly.... "oh, for f**k sake!"

anyways, we didnt have a hope in hell of getting any air into them at all so i need to tap up someone with a bead cheater (tinklers) or someone with some lighter fluid and a match (my dad)

that leaves me with 2 fronts done and 2 rears half done, so what would you do? thats right, cheeky trial fit!!!

pow!





erm a couple of areas need attention to avoid scrubbing. i hate cars where the tyres rub on the bodywork, i think its lazy modifying.



according to hellaflush, "offset is everything".





i need to enlarge the current chassis notch for the driveshaft and create a notch for the track rods as the car is now sitting on both of those and the bottom arms are tight against the subframe so need to cut the excess metal off both of those as well and remove the anti roll bar as its just in the way.

oh yeah and for those of you that have been wondering if its still going to be low when on 17's........what do you think?