KipVR 1 Posted January 29, 2010 Tapered holes on the upright (hub carrier) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matty.vrt 0 Posted January 29, 2010 Ahhh silly me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KipVR 1 Posted January 29, 2010 Usually it's me :grin: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matty.vrt 0 Posted January 29, 2010 suppose if you dont ask you dont know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VRTrickster 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Would I benefit from one of these kits at all with the drop of Koni TAs and H&R set up? It will be good to see how you get on with them Supercharged. How much of a drop do you have? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VRwood 0 Posted January 30, 2010 When do these kits become useful? Say 50mm drop plus? Or just when you've lowered the car more than the thickness of the steering control arm on the hub? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikkijayne 0 Posted January 30, 2010 I would say probably about 50mm yes. The ideal would exactly the difference in the rotational centre of the balljoint between placing it on top and below the arm on the hub. Curiosly most of the balljoint extenders only seem to be about 25-30mm long, so they don't actually keep the relationship between balljoint and tre the same. Not sure if thats by design or not though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted January 30, 2010 Yeah, both mine are around 50mm and have an equal gap between the wheels and arches (so looks spot on IMO) but the wishbones point very slightly upwards. The Corrado suspension was kind of lowered as standard so a 35mm drop on H&R's will leave the wishbones parallel - 35mm is a significant change so I'd say it's worth doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VRTrickster 0 Posted January 31, 2010 Ok cool, keep us posted. I wont be doing it just yet as Ive just had the geometry done! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GVK 0 Posted January 31, 2010 Yeah it is a shame about the lower BJ extender not being doable on the VR platform. I suppose you could make a spacer where the 3 bolts attach the BJ to the wishbone? I.e. make say a 20mm thick spacer, bolt that to the wishbone, and then bolt the BJ to that. It works in my head, but probably wouldn't in practice :lol: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthr ... 482&page=3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikkijayne 0 Posted January 31, 2010 Now thats a nice solution! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted February 15, 2010 Right, got the sleeves fitted - really don't know when I will actually fit them to a car though tbh... A Pillar drill was used with a nice and sharp Dormer drill bit, the carrier was clamped nice and tightly and the drill went through it like butter at a slow speed using coolant / cutting oil. Fit was very tight but just used a big vice to push the sleeves in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete_griff 0 Posted February 15, 2010 very nice! i never knew that you were part of the "dark side" modding fraternity Mr Supercharged - thought you were an OEM-all-the-way man! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted February 16, 2010 Good work Steve!! So the sleeves drop in from the top I assume so that the BJ can be removed again at a later date without the sleeve coming out with it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted February 16, 2010 Hey Kev - No, from the bottom but they were a very tight fit so I doubt they'd ever come out with the track rod end... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted February 16, 2010 Are they ally or Stainless? They should really drop in from the top so that the Sleeve's shoulder will prevent it from pulling out when removing the TRE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam_VR6 0 Posted March 18, 2010 so these wouldnt work then? http://www.pmwltd.com/index.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 18, 2010 They would, as would these - http://scch-heads.com/viewpart.php?id=38 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam_VR6 0 Posted March 18, 2010 so get the inserts, flip the rods and fit the PMW extenders and jobs a gooden? is it too much to hope that this would be the same on a mk3? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 18, 2010 Ah you mean the BJ extenders, nope, not compatible with the VR6. It doesn't use the pinch bolt arrangement. Only way to do that on the VR6 is make up a spacer to bolt the BJ onto. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam_VR6 0 Posted March 18, 2010 they threaded i take it? not something that can be made out of billet i guess 'cos of the stress and loading Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam_VR6 0 Posted March 18, 2010 ok so just looking at a balljoint, i guess it wouldnt be as simple as getting a sleave machined up, thats threaded to take the balljoint, then tapers and is threaded to bolt up to the stock position? or would extended that begin to interfere with the back of the disc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonny777 0 Posted June 14, 2010 Have been pointed towards this thread as I'm having track rod issues. Basically because my car is rather low the track rods seemed to have fouled the chassis at their closest point as they tilt up. Would this sort it? Mechanic said my car was dangerous because of this and if it is fouling properly then I guess it is. So is there a kit for a late 16v that I could use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted June 14, 2010 Should be the same kit for all Corrados. Steve, any update on this? Has it cured your bumpsteer issues? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
