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Offline Little_Dave

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Little Daves GTI - BIG brakes have landed
« on: May 15, 2011, 03:29:26 pm »


You all know what a standard one looks like so i've just posted a pic of how mine looks at the moment  :smiley:

Need to sort out some more pics but for now this is it  :signLOL:

Thanks

Dave
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2011, 03:48:35 pm »
Looks good - need to get some paint on the bottom of that rear bumper tho!
Still cant believe VW thought that an acceptable way to send the car out - it just looks unfinished.
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2011, 04:10:15 pm »
Thanks Ant  :smiley:

Yeah couldn't agree more about the lower bumper! Not so noticable on a black car but still should've been standard from the factory. Colour coding is definitely on my list of things i've got left to do  :happy2:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2011, 04:10:29 pm »
What wheels are those? look insane! Massive dishing.
What work have you done on it other than what we can see in that picture?
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2011, 04:14:33 pm »
They are calibre vintage wheels that i had fitted on friday. Had to wait ages for them and especially for the rears to be made in blanks and drilled to fit,  they are 18x8 at the front and 18x9 on the rear running 215/40/18 tires all round  :laugh:

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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2011, 04:18:03 pm »
Done pretty much all the engine and performance mods already and was enjoying driving round with the standard 17 monzas but needed to get the suspension and wheels sorted out.

So far its running: stage 2+, non res miltek TBE, forge DV, autotech HPFP, ITG intake, KW V1 coilies  :driver:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2011, 04:29:35 pm »
Very nice, I do like the calibre vintage alloys, looked at them myself.
Bet it is a close one with the 9's on the back? :drool:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2011, 04:37:32 pm »
Thanks Al  :smiley:

So far so good in terms of rubbing, that pic was with the old wheels and suspension in the boot so its a tiny bit higher than that and more level now its settled a bit.

Was at japfest yesterday and saw some in 17s with red painted centres  :drool:

Can't wait to get to some VW shows this year  :party:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2011, 05:07:38 pm »
Mmmm... nice rimmage!  :innocent:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2011, 05:23:20 pm »
Lovely wheels and stance Dave  :happy2:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2011, 05:58:49 pm »
First rim joke  :signLOL: well done beck!

Thanks Pete, i didnt recognise my own car when they drove it out the workshop  :surprised:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2011, 06:53:43 pm »
Luuuuuurve the wheels! :love:  I wouldn't want to clean them though!
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2011, 07:00:12 pm »
Thanks Golfgirl :smiley: thank god tesco was doing 3 for 2 on toothbrushes!!  :pomppomp:
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2011, 03:38:36 pm »
Took a few pics of my car on my phone to show more of it than just the rear  :wink:








Front wheel measuring 18x8....



Rear wheel measuring 18x9....



Looking down to show the insane dishhhhhh on the rears....



Excuse the dirty engine bay just wanted to show the ITG intake that lurks beneath....  :evilgrin:



Its currently lowered about 40mm and TBH it might need to go a little lower but for now i havent got any issues with rubbing or clearance and was playing safe as i've got some monster speed humps and pot holes around my way.

Thanks for looking

Dave
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Re: Little Daves GTI
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2012, 01:06:33 am »
Been a long time since i've updated my build thread  :ashamed:

Mainly been cosmetic changes with one or two handling mod's and some toys inside too  :signLOL:

Finally managed to get hold of an ED30 rear valance, R32 side skirts and ED30 front splitter  :pomppomp:
Mounted my plates on the wolfsburg surrounds front and rear and swapped my tail lights over to a set of darker R32 ones
Had an RNS510 fitted which is by far one of best sat-navs i've used and soooooo much faster at pin pointing location at startup  :smiley:
Also got an autotech rear ARB fitted on the medium setting which really suprised me how much of an improvement through the corners it made  :driver: got WALK on the way so with that fitted too my handling mods should be complete  :signLOL: famous last words i know 

Excuse the crappy car park phone pics but here's how it's looking now.....





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