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Offline impuLz

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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2011, 07:25:15 am »
dropped 35mm and the gt-tdi is lower then the 1.9 as standard, yet my car with 40mm looks lower sat on 15" steelies, ( not car lower , arch gap lower/less ) 

how can that be right unless i am mistaken!!


either way,  unless you have strangely wide wheels with a crazy offset, i wouldn't expect rubbing, seeing as GTI models came with 18" alloys (i think) so your car running 18" should be - no problemo!
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2011, 11:37:47 pm »
I'm thinking of just removing the 18's and the springs and going back to the original setup as its really annoying me :( cant quite find what the problem is... Awesome GTI said they think the shockers might need upgrading to some better ones but i dont want to spend that much money on the suspension just yet.. i even removed a little bit of the front undercarriage when it was down at Awesome to get the remap. These wheels atm are 18x8 ET45.
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2011, 04:43:19 pm »
Is the undertray needed on my car? i might take it off tonight to try stop the scraping im getting! :( Grr! sorry to be bring this thread back up after a few weeks!
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2011, 08:36:56 pm »
What is scraping, the tyres in the arch when turning or the bottom of the car on the road or even the tyres in the arch when driving straight?
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2011, 11:26:00 pm »
Ftw, dont know how thats scraping mate. This is mine wound fully down on coilies and i get nothing. I can even drive over speed humps and get nothing. 
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2011, 07:59:16 pm »
Fella whats exactly scraping?

Does it Scrape over speed bumps? When Turning your wheels? With weight in the back?

Mines dropped around 60mm all round... Running 9J rears.. ET35... and ive got no scraping...

Most likey the the plastic undertray.. seems to have two protruding plastic edges either side that usually catch on raised road surfaces... Ive just sanded them down..
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2011, 08:22:23 pm »
Quote from: gazon69 on November 16, 2011, 11:26:00 pm
Ftw, dont know how thats scraping mate. This is mine wound fully down on coilies and i get nothing. I can even drive over speed humps and get nothing. 
What are you running gazzon69?
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2011, 10:12:03 pm »
To be honest i think it probably will be the undertray.. lined it up against my mates gti today and it looks as if my undertray is hanging rather low! Seems to be scraping on the left side more that the right though :S Happens over speed humps anything over 5mph and on uneven road surfaces.. i still need to do the screw mod under the front wing as i don't know if its rubbing slightly on that also when i hit uneven road surfaces.. If it is the undertray, should i replace it? or just remove it and leave it without one
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Re: What drop do you have on your MK5 GT/GTi?
« Reply #23 on: November 18, 2011, 12:53:50 pm »
Don't give up mate, you will find the cause! Maybe get the car up on some ramps and have a look. The undertray might have come loose and is hanging down scraping the road.
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2011, 10:01:44 pm »
Hi mate are you okay in me arranging my own courier?
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