shaggy_master
brapp brapp!
This is the ultimate.
Texas Pete ('99 GTi)
- Thread starter tommo
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omg seeing this go pass me on 1/4mile with tommo yellin' out the window 'hot sauce mother fuckers' lol
lol, top blag, mate. I think I'm gonna name my car Breitling Navitimer and see what I can screw out of them...
eyarrr then ya fuckers
after a bargain purchase off corbs, i brought rowdys old daiyamas. didnt have Cspanners with them so i went and got some from tegiwa, tein copies which inevitably were useless. so first thing this morning i set about them, fronts were relatively easy. put one on the driver side, wasnt happy with the way the brake line clipped in so tried the other. no where near. back on with the first one. with both fitted, ride height level on the units although it looks uneven parked up, but meh. at this point raceworx had turned up to swap his rear bottom mounts for mine as he wants slammage, i dont. found out that the shocks appear shorter on gen 1 daiyamas and the springs are a smaller diameter on gen 1s. so strip the gti until the bottom shock bolts which were seized in true almera/texas pete fashion. so the rears are not fitted yet but im getting her tracked tomorrow anyway, and getting the rears done after my holiday by someone with more tools than me, and a 4 poster preferably :lol:
pro's - no bounce! drives lovely. think tracking will make it spot on although it drives as straiht as it did before, just hope somewhere can do it tomorrow as im not here next weekend... strange thing is that after a good drive out today, i thought it was feeling drifty, but as it happens i reckon that because its not leaning as much in corners it appears more solid even with lowering springs still on the rear and looking like its under heaving braking whilst stood still... winner...
cons - none bar already bashing my bumper and taking a chunk out the speed bump at the end of my road with my engine brace.
oooooof
cheers to corbs, rowdy, raceworx and sam for his tech knowledge...
after a bargain purchase off corbs, i brought rowdys old daiyamas. didnt have Cspanners with them so i went and got some from tegiwa, tein copies which inevitably were useless. so first thing this morning i set about them, fronts were relatively easy. put one on the driver side, wasnt happy with the way the brake line clipped in so tried the other. no where near. back on with the first one. with both fitted, ride height level on the units although it looks uneven parked up, but meh. at this point raceworx had turned up to swap his rear bottom mounts for mine as he wants slammage, i dont. found out that the shocks appear shorter on gen 1 daiyamas and the springs are a smaller diameter on gen 1s. so strip the gti until the bottom shock bolts which were seized in true almera/texas pete fashion. so the rears are not fitted yet but im getting her tracked tomorrow anyway, and getting the rears done after my holiday by someone with more tools than me, and a 4 poster preferably :lol:
pro's - no bounce! drives lovely. think tracking will make it spot on although it drives as straiht as it did before, just hope somewhere can do it tomorrow as im not here next weekend... strange thing is that after a good drive out today, i thought it was feeling drifty, but as it happens i reckon that because its not leaning as much in corners it appears more solid even with lowering springs still on the rear and looking like its under heaving braking whilst stood still... winner...
cons - none bar already bashing my bumper and taking a chunk out the speed bump at the end of my road with my engine brace.
oooooof
cheers to corbs, rowdy, raceworx and sam for his tech knowledge...
shaggy_master
brapp brapp!
Thats on the arch at the front, SLAMMED!! You brave boy lol x
pukka chap, your motor is lovin' the lens lol
Yay no bounce!