Jim Bowen

not a clue, i don't think they should do are all the rims the same offset? obviously if something is bent that would cause it, but its hard to tell from where i'm sitting :lol:

nothing, car will stay being used as it is. won't be able to use my foam gun otherwise :lol:

must say i been trying to get the same answers, had to stick to a budget and ended up with Weitec Ultra GT kit, Springs and shocks, not driven car much since, but it feels really good compared to before, still a comfy ride but nice and stiff round the bends

looks very nice mate, i bet it pretty loud :lol:

thats looks fantastic mate, i'd be very happy with that 8)

there is a place that do them but they about £50, which is why i haven't got one yet, decided to go all black badges instead

yes, had mine dropped last week and its so much better now, how it should of been

unfettled apart from the dodgy rear lights :lol: yeah deffo classic green, i was told mine was dragon green green when buying it, didn't know till someone else told me. mine

quick question to fix this, do i just replace the pipe, fill up water in expansion tank, or do i need to do anything to get any air out of system etc?

nice one, i'll get back to you if needed. hopefully i'll know by tomorrow if they can get one

nice!!!! my dad has a black a3 too, and yes sounds alright for a diesel :lol:

the split all the way from the head to the bit where the t-joint comes out, so about 3" long

he said he could fix it but i said may as well jut get it home, i didn't want to break down again etc prehaps jacking the engine etc up to fit track rods has disturbed it enough to break

thanks and thanks for the offer, but i think i'll be off to the dealers tomorrow after a quick search it seems thats the only quick option, but think i'm going to look into samco's

i'm going to leave it for now, if it only protects the bumpstop i don't mind as this suspension will be upgraded in a year or so

i only got car back on road yesterday after sorting the steering/suspension and today whilst driving loads of steam starting pouring out of car have found a big split in the pipe shown i guess thats the cause and water pouring onto exhaust was the steam. am thinking of ungrading all the water hoses now, but first need to get this pipe asap, should i go to VW or elsewhere?

yeah, its a reasonable arch gap now, pretty much the same as most standard cars you see, just the roof line is a lot lower than most

should i get it all off and refit or not? will it need tracking again? if i just leave this what will happen? will car explode? :lol:

feck it, i think your right i used this diagram as it had the same kinda spring plate as i was using :(

ta! i didn't want it looking too tinkered with, but it did look too high as standard and kinda ruined the look of car

just looking at the pics i posted and they "did" clip into the bellows before we cut them down. or that could of been the rear i'm thinking of :? this is the rear fitted to car

BEFORE: AFTER:

this thread has got a bit dusty, and most pics seem to of gone now, think i have moved them. anyway an update, not sure where i got too, but here is the latest Suspension felt tired, a steering boot was split, top mounts were noisy so thought i'd get a few new bits and try fitting it all with a mate, (to be fair he did most of it) :lol: got some weitec suspension and rear ARB, i couldn't afford much more as i wanted to replace other stuff so had to comprimise for now also got new bumpstops, covers, lower ball joints, wishbones and bushes, track rods & ends, top mounts, all of which came at full price from VW as i had no other choice :lol: got it all fitted over 2 days, and very pleased with the result ARB can't really get a pic

am off to recheck my diagram :lol: the stop even had a rasied lip on the bottom that fitted/clicked into place on the top of the bellows? i'm not doubting you as i'm no expert at all

yeah, i could see no mention on it of it being a storm, no badges, shame i couldn't see the front end, thats the best part of them. is also a mk1 golf there, but i didn't get to see that as its all wrapped up