Bruce' black one: airbase & AutoX pics

[the bruce]

Just 8x19 ET45 + 225/35.  

We did these pics last autumn.
Now (with camber only -1°15' all round) the rear wheels seem even wider.  

[the bruce]

Thank you again, Mike:









Still waiting for these:





So in a few weeks I'm going to have my brake system looking like this:

- Tarox F2000 on front (still 312x25)
- Ferodo DS Performance*
- bronze bushes für FN3 calipers
- RS3 vent
- open fog grills with hose to the wheel
- removed backing plates
- on rear disc and pad remain stock (286x12; Ferodo)


* next year Pagid RS4-2, PFC97 or even Endless MX72

[rex]

Nice... I like your plans! Good luck!

Is the battery powerful enough for day to day use? Which model is it?

And please make photos when you do this (this is also on my agenda):

- open fog grills with hose to the wheel

[plex]

Very Very nice plans !
What is the weight of the battery?

[Tfsi_Mike]

5kg, oem is around 19 20kg ;)

[xht20]

How is the RS3 vent? Where will it be placed on the car?

[the bruce]

Braille B14115

Yes, 5.2 kg instead of ~19 kg.

Hope it gets the engine started but have put a set of cables into the car to be safe.
Cranking amps is almost as good as a large standard battery.

The RS3/TT-RS brake vent elements fit plug & play to the (alloy) S3/RS3 arms.
After reading Wolf-Heinrich Hucho's Book I hope to have some basic knowledge about
the airflow under the car and now these elements seem pretty well designed to me.

[Tfsi_Mike]

Hmm, wonder if they fit to the alloy cupra arms.
So long as you pay attention to not leaving xenons or loud music on without the engine running the battery will be fine :)

[the bruce]

I'm optimistic to get the engine started.

I keep off leaving home/coming home lights (except mirrors which I don't know how to switch off)
and I never use radio when engine turned off.

[Tfsi_Mike]

My new stereo is on permanent live at the min when i get round to giving a switched live i think the battery will last even longer.

[rex]

The weight saved with this new battery is monumental! This is a great mod and I think it goes better with a Carbon Hood (too bad VWR are not making it anymore). BTW... any plans with some carbon hood/fenders? 

[the bruce]

Unfortunately last year I did not buy an original VW Motorsport carbon hood
(the one with the vents you know from Volkswagen's own 24h GTI).
These where made by Becker Carbon in Germany and also sold by Bildon Parts
in the USA.

What I didn't like: the visible vents. So the carbon hood is visible to everyone
and carbon hoods are hard to legalize in Germany (crash behaviour).

I'm still looking for road legal OEM quality hood. I won't go for different fenders
for weight saving as the steel fenders are light as well. But wider plastic ones
provide the nevessary space to fit 235 mm Direzzas + TT arms and hubs.

In short: no decision made. 

[rex]

Yup... I know the hood you mean... I ruled it out for me because of 2 reasons: (1) the vents are right on top of the turbocharger and I am afraid it might get wet (and I don't think cold rain coming down on a hot turbo is the way to go) and (2) the weight save is minimal (as I know the hood weighs 11 kg compared to 15 the the original one and 5 kg to the VWR hood). I like the Bildon Rear Wing though.... This has been on my shopping list for some time but there was always something else to do...
Fancy a Kesrscher fenders group buy (I HAVE to change the fenders before coming to the Ring next year)?

[danishmkvgti]

Yup... I know the hood you mean... I ruled it out for me because of 2 reasons: (1) the vents are right on top of the turbocharger and I am afraid it might get wet (and I don't think cold rain coming down on a hot turbo is the way to go) and (2) the weight save is minimal (as I know the hood weighs 11 kg compared to 15 the the original one and 5 kg to the VWR hood). I like the Bildon Rear Wing though.... This has been on my shopping list for some time but there was always something else to do...
Fancy a Kesrscher fenders group buy (I HAVE to change the fenders before coming to the Ring next year)?

I'm in on the fender groupbuy Rex 

[the bruce]

Rex, do you read German? On Golf5GTI.com there's some information on
both SRS Tec- and Kerscher fenders.

Jake, thought you have Seibon fenders?