My new gti/build thread, USA parts,H&R coilovers,Recaro bucket seats,Super RS's

[higher1]

Hi guys a few pics of mine totally standard at mo but a few mods planned for the future will be -

New wheels
lowered
re-map
induction kit
colour coded maybe ed 30 valances

spec at the moment is all options except cruise control sunroof and steering wheel controls so really good spec and only 32,000 miles i love the car made a great decision buying it

[TimR]

Certainly a nice car you've got there! Couldnt live without the cruise control tho but thats an easy mod to retrofit 

Will look awesome with the bbs alloys!

[higher1]

I live on the isle of wight so its mainly B roads no real need for cruise control unless i escape to the mainland then i dont really wanna cruise i want to make the most of the long open roads!

[yuan2211]

nice gti and without the horrid chequered seats  

[big al]

nice gti and without the horrid chequered seats  

I shall show you the door if you make a comment like that again.
Much prefer the cloths, but the leathers are nice too.

Nice to see a standard GTI on here, not many get left that way, will be cool to see what you do to it in the coming months.

[higher1]

So its time to carry out some mods !!

1st up is to lower it as i cant stand seeing it sit so high and with some new wheels ordered its got to sit lower.

I fitted Eibach Sportsline at a later date the shocks will be replaced but i wanted to check the ride height of the springs first

I bought them from demon tweeks off ebay seems to be pretty cheap £138.95 inc postage

stock height was -

fronts
floor to wheel arch - 64.5 cm
center wheel to wheel arch - 35.5 cm

Rear
floor to wheel arch - 66.5 cm
center wheel to wheel arch - 35.5 cm

So fitting them was ok rears very easy fronts a little harder, i ended up taking the whole shock,hub and disc off as i couldn't split the shock from the hub.

The measurements with the new springs fitted are -

fronts
floor to wheel arch - 63.5 cm
center wheel to arch - 34.5 cm

rears
floor to arch - 64.5 cm
center wheel to arch 33.5 cm

Ive only covered 10 miles so there may be a little change from this but over all im very happy.









sorry for the bad camera work maybe santa will drop off a new camera for me

the car looks lower in the flesh

Next up is new wheels there ordered and should arrive next week!!

[JoeDarKa]

Looks great, which wheels have you bought?

[MaverickFSI]

nice gti and without the horrid chequered seats  

I shall show you the door if you make a comment like that again.

  Brilliant!

The Ed30 chequered/leather are ace!

Nice GTI mate, seems a good spec too 

[DJM]

nice gti. great spec. Got to love the xenon lights. 

[higher1]

Looks great, which wheels have you bought?

These ones 18x8.5 fronts and 18x9.5 rears

[higher1]

nice gti. great spec. Got to love the xenon lights. 

thanks fella the xenon lights are great and look awesome hunted for ages to find the right spec car

[Little_Dave]

Looks great, which wheels have you bought?

These ones 18x8.5 fronts and 18x9.5 rears

Niiiice   what size tyres you looking to run with them? Got 8/9 staggered on mine with a 215 tyre and it looks spot on  

Your gonna have some serious poke with a 9.5 rear   you might struggle with just running springs with that setup....... look forward to seeing them on  

Dave

[higher1]

cheers gonna run 215/35/18 fronts and 225/35/18 rears fronts are et40 rears et45 time will tell if i have arch issues .......might be a good reason to fit some coilies !!

any chance of a pic of yours running 215's what offset are yours?

[Little_Dave]

cheers gonna run 215/35/18 fronts and 225/35/18 rears fronts are et40 rears et45 time will tell if i have arch issues .......might be a good reason to fit some coilies !!

any chance of a pic of yours running 215's what offset are yours?

That's with 215/40/18's all round, it's settled nicely as that was taken just after fitting back in may, tbh i'm not entirely sure of the offsets as the front's were off the shelf and the rears were ordered as blanks from the company and drilled to fit.... think you'll defo need coilovers as it won't look right without the proper drop running stretched tyres, mines dropped 40mm all round and tbh could do with being about another 5mm but can't because its my daily and the roads and speedbumps would kill my car 

Dave

[ukshaun]

Cracking set of wheels, colour coded valance would finish it off in my opinion