Daily Mk2 Golf GTI

[Brumma]

Not sure how I missed this thread.

Glad you could find a genuine belt cover. They are rare as rocking horse ****.

Are they Weitec coils?

Thread's been pretty dormant for the last few months, but I'm getting stuck into doing some stuff to the car now

Yeah, was very lucky to find one. It makes a world of difference for squealing belts.

They are just cheap Raceland coilovers from the US. Mate of mine has them in his Mk3, and the ride isn't too bad. So decided to give them a shot. Its my daily as well, so won't be going ridiculously low, so hopefully they last a while. They come with a 2 year warranty.

[Salkow]

Total came to $604US shipped to Sydney

After doing a bit of homework on the coils i can't work out how to get them to australia? Did you ship them to a US postbox then onwards? Wouldn't mind a set of these for my newly acquired MK2.

[Brumma]

After doing a bit of homework on the coils i can't work out how to get them to australia? Did you ship them to a US postbox then onwards? Wouldn't mind a set of these for my newly acquired MK2.

Good to hear you're looking at doing some stuff to your Mk2 already. Just shoot them an email at: info@racelandus.com
They were really helpful for me. They'll send you a Paypal invoice for the total rather than going through their online store which only ships within the US/Canada as you found in your research.

[Brumma]

Everything's arrived, just need to find time to do it all now. Couldn't help myself so I test fit the wheels with the final spacing tonight. Car isn't lowered at all in this pic, so still has to come down a good few inches once the coilovers are in.



4WD style

[sports racer]

Looks spot on!

[golfmeup]

Nice one Brumma!
Would look wicked dropped- do a photo session and then bring back up for daily driving!

[Brumma]

Thanks guys! I think I'll wait until uni quietens down a bit before I set aside a day to do it. I'll drop it to a respectable height for daily duties. Still need to get up some driveways and over speed bumps for work.

[Brumma]

Got everything in over the last few days. Very happy with the results. Have raised it about 2-3cm after these photos, might go up another 1cm for daily duties.
Here's how it sat straight after installing. Oil pan was 7cm off the ground. Still need to cut the flares and put them back on.

[Marcin Stopyra]

Looks great!

[golfmeup]

Fark! That's looking awesome, hope your roads are smoother than mine!

[Brumma]

Thanks guys!

Golfmeup, finding all the worst of Sydney's roads now! Committing more pot holes and speed bumps to memory than ever now to try and plan my trips in advance, haha.

[Salkow]

Looks mint dude!

[Marcin Stopyra]

Tell me about it I drive 5 minutes to work and have to go over 7 speed bumps, it's ridiculous!

[sports racer]

You're doing it wrong. I drive 90 ks to work in my MK2, have only 1 stop sign and 3 traffic lights.

I love living in the country!

[Brumma]

What does everyone use to keep their cut flares onto the guards? I've tried double sided tape at the top of the guard, but it only holds for a few days. Is there a better way to do it? What methods have people had success with?

Also, an update on my Mk2. I tore a CV boot, they were pretty brittle and I think the lowering was enough for them to let go. All the grease has come out of the inner left CV joint, and the joint is binding and making horrible sounds. I've ordered a new axle assembly from GAP and will try and rebuild the OG ones after I swap them out. In the meantime I'm trying not to drive it much.