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

thats with 18mm adapters and no spacers and to be honest i'm well chuffed with how they sit! i've got a few small spacers kicking around so when the centres and lips are finished and tyres mounted i'll be able to get the fronts sitting right without much fuss, the only issue is going to be with the clearance between inner rim and coilover.....its tight. damn tight.

As long as you can get a fag paper between the wheel and the coilover it will be fine

i'm not sure if i can see light between them let alone stick anything in the gap.....

WeFoundThePark wrote:

i'm not sure if i can see light between them let alone stick anything in the gap.....

if the wheels turn once without rubbing anywhere it will be ok

i want to see it sitting like this

Ian83 wrote:

WeFoundThePark wrote:

i'm not sure if i can see light between them let alone stick anything in the gap.....

if the wheels turn once without rubbing anywhere it will be ok

the wheels are now apart and in the process of getting the centres ready for paint but once they're all back together and tyred up then the rolling test will begin, i've got a feeling its going to be very very tight....

billybug wrote:

i want to see it sitting like this

i wish! lol! i've got too much poke on the rear to go that low, my aim is to get the arch sitting between rim and tyre on the rear and to try and tuck the top of the lip on the front.

oh and today i got 2 little deliveries..........





.....POW! wobble bolts and ghetto engine raise hardware.

HOCKEY PUCKS!

WeFoundThePark wrote:

ghetto engine raise hardware

billybug wrote:

HOCKEY PUCKS!

you knows it!

i want to more of that mag under the pvw one! lol

hockey pucks? If you need anymore dude give me a shout

vladimir wrote:

i want to more of that mag under the pvw one! lol

FRONT.......

Lupton_20vt wrote:

hockey pucks? If you need anymore dude give me a shout

hopefully the one will raise the sump enough to bring it above the bottom line of the subframe, if not then i'll give you a shout!

you got a collection?

yeah in the loft used to play a bit when i was younger

your using a hockey puck as a engine spacer?

yes.

drill a hole in the centre, undo engine mount, jack engine up, slide puck in, refit with longer bolt. job done.

what would you use instead........













..........end of discussion.

meh fair enough and ok calm down was only asking!

Are you going to take into account the metals of the coilover and wheel expanding? then rubbing? Form over function with VWs though i guess right?

unless your building an out and out, no compromise, track car then its generally going to be form over function whatever the manufacturer.

i very much doubt the wheels and coilovers generate enough heat to worry about expansion, general bodyroll and movement in rubber mounts on the other hand.....now that could be a problem.

today i fitted the engine raising kit - aka the hockey puck.....

the idea was to raise the front of the engine and hopefully lift the sump above the lowest part of the subframe and stop it attacking the tarmac.

the result was really good, took me about 5 mins to do and cost about £2! happy days!

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and because we all love pictures, here's one of my nicely angled bottom arm.

looking good dude, wheels are going to look awsome not a big fan of mk3s but i think this could be one i like

cheers buddy, appreciate that! funny thing is i thought the same thing when looking at your MK2 build....

Puck me thats low!

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lol one of my fave mk3s tbh keep it up fella.

bit of an oil leak there! bodge job!