Just one more episode and I am up to date.
After the last Hungaroring trip I found other flaws in my current setup
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The biggest concern was that I needed some rims to fit my semi slicks on. After much debate I went with
VW OEM Goal Anthracite Rims (
7,5x17, offset 50). I have done a lot o investigating to find the perfect rims for my taste and these ones are not perfect, but are close. I wanted the rims to be:
- cheap (these are ~145 GBP / rim)
- to have a complete different look than my BBS Rims, preferably anthracite or black (because these will be used on a track I don't want so spend ages cleaning them up from rubber and dust)
- preferably with the center hub 57.1mm
- preferably light. These are 9,9 kg, nowhere near as light as a track rim should be, but these are the lightest OEM 17inch wheels for mk5 Golf.
Team Dynamics was in the final but, because these wheels cost 200 BGP/ rim in Romania, I decided to go with the OEM rims.
Here are some pictures with the wheels. The tires are not yet fitted, but I will do this in spring.
Here is how the rims look on some other cars:
The second thing I found that my car was lacking is more camber. I am not pleased of how much the car understeers and I would like to improve on this. I currently have -1.1' camber but I truly need some more negative camber. I will soon order some TT arms that should give me ~-2.3' camber.
Here is a car with an aggressive camber:
And with this we are not up to date. I have some other modifications in thought but I do not want to bore you with them now. I will write later about them.
Cheers