Mal's Mk3 Build.

[MattyT]

I might get one tomorrow, could be very interesting!

[schoona]

Did either of you two gentleman get a pic?

[schoona]

Well this is the nut I am thinking of removing to bolt those top hats hard up against the body. Thoughts ?



Here is the part that I turned up on the lathe to suit the rears. Am awaiting a reply email from "Veedubmachine".



And because I'm a little bit proud, screwcutting

[schoona]

And because I'm learning a bit more about photography, we had a little "photoshoot". This DSLR thing be hard!

It was a mates camera I was playing with (while get the card at a later date) with no tripod, so not particularly high quality.

These are actually photos done by Burgs. Not happy with the lighting though. Far too orange.

2x N14 SR20 Pulsars
1x N15 SSS Pulsar
1 x MkV GTI
1x VR6







Possibly favourite shot

[rayray086]

Muck around with white balance and you can get the orangey-ness out. Using the filter overlays on photoshop works well OK as well!

[schoona]

Muck around with white balance and you can get the orangey-ness out. Using the filter overlays on photoshop works well OK as well!

Lol, those 2 aren't too bad, rest are still uploaiding.
I need photoshop back.
And a camera.

[VR6child]

Possibly favourite shot

does that thing rub?

[Golf Loon]

Well this is the nut I am thinking of removing to bolt those top hats hard up against the body. Thoughts ?

That Nut attaches to a bearing inside the rubber top hat and holds the spring onto the strut.

Yours does not do up enough because it is buggered. The bearing is collapsed and the rubber is crushed.

You need to change the hat and the bearing and then do that nut up tightly with a rattlegun, then put the other cap and nut back on. Then all will be well.

You should not remove that nut as it is needed for the strut.

[schoona]

That Nut attaches to a bearing inside the rubber top hat and holds the spring onto the strut.

Yours does not do up enough because it is buggered. The bearing is collapsed and the rubber is crushed.

You need to change the hat and the bearing and then do that nut up tightly with a rattlegun, then put the other cap and nut back on. Then all will be well.

You should not remove that nut as it is needed for the strut.

Thanks matt. So new strut mounts + bearings + rattle gun will fix this issue.

Just wasn't sure on how to exactly cure the problem.

[schoona]

does that thing rub?

Ahhm yeah it does. Low speed, highway speed. It does. Duckbill has vcopped a few knocks. I don't really like my sump, so I'm trying to take that out also.

Nah I will raise it on my RDO on friday and get it wheel aligned and hopefully all will be good.

[AusScare]

I left my mk2 to rub for a few weeks, and in that time it slowly grazed away at the tyre, then went over a really bad pot hole and it dug this massive chunk out of the tyre. Raised it another few mm that arvo.

[schoona]

I left my mk2 to rub for a few weeks, and in that time it slowly grazed away at the tyre, then went over a really bad pot hole and it dug this massive chunk out of the tyre. Raised it another few mm that arvo.

Yeah I can already see a definite wear pattern as a result of my lowness. Raise on thursday afternoon/evening. Wheel alignment frdiday morning

[rayray086]

Shaved sidewalls FTW.

[schoona]

Shaved sidewalls FTW.

Lol, the sidewalls weren't in the guards. I wish!!!
9 month old tyres are down to the wear indicators because of the last 2 weeks. Only on the outside, still plenty of meat lefti n the guts of the tyre for safety/grip though...

Raised it today, though its still tucking a bit at the back....


And with thanks to Tim, now got a euro lip. It was 60mm offf the deck before i raised it.

Will get better pics when we go for another shoot

[rayray086]

Get an alignment!