My WIP

[cameo]

That looks so tuff, love it!

Oh, and on that note; your DIY stuff is a gold mine too, can't wait to actually do some of that stuff!

[TazzyVR6]

you are insane rayray, you are so damn clever and creative. just wondering, is having your wheels sticking out from your fenders actually legal?

[rayray086]

you are insane rayray, you are so damn clever and creative. just wondering, is having your wheels sticking out from your fenders actually legal?

Haha nope, neither is using adapters. Then again, neither is most of the modifications we do to our cars Legally, I'd need an engineer's certificate for the adapters. To be honest I'm taking a lot of chances here, but I believe I'm responsible enough not to cause any trouble (or harm for that matter) for anyone.

Troy, these are actually the third set of BBS RS that I've had First was a set of 16x7 (RS174) that I wanted to redrill, but couldn't as the centrebore was too big. Second set was 15x6.5 (RS224) in a redrilled 4x100 pattern and had plans to widen them, but I was in the mindset that I was going to sell the car. They've gone to a fellow dubber though So now I've got this set (RS225 is the 8") but have gone down the adapter route. I'm determined to make it work but it'll take a while. Oh, and I also have a single BBS RS wheel I picked up for $20 I'm planning to rebuild and refurbish it myself for kicks and just use it as a display or table or somethin'.

And I think you meant the RS301! That's the 17" BBS RS wheel with a 5x100 pattern and 57mm centrebore. RS001 is the 15" versions with 4x100 pattern and 57mm centrebore. Those wheels would be bloody hard to find ANYWHERE in the world, let alone Australia. Very sought after (mainly by VW modders due to the specs) and even standard sets can fetch a lot of money.

[Lukev85]

great work ray

Car is looking sweet. Like the wheels too

[cOS]

good job. hope to see it soon.

[Soundofav6]

what more can I say, all possible compliments have been said... well done again ray, you deserve all the applauses. btw hows the diy on the 3 slit badgless grille going, have you going to stay with the vr6 grille, either way it looks awesome.

[bombsquad21]

Amazing!

It's 2am Saturday morning and my eyes are wide open reading this one Ray, awesome job! Don't fight the urge to keep going. Finish this car to a standard u will be happy with, all or nothing!

At the end of the day, jerks have to spend $800 on cv's for their stock pulsars and $2500 getting the auto sorted on their Daewoo Cielos and dont get me started on those p.o.s Holden Epica things..

It cost less to run a MK3 Golf Period! So you can spend as much as you want on mods, but it's still a good use of ca$h..Make sure u get it all insured though. When I wake up tomorrow, i'm gonna wash my Golf and let my kids vacum the interior..which I will then have to re-do..Mk3 all the way! Again...Great Job Ray! The King is dead, long live the king!

[bsting]

Nice one, looks good !
Could you get away with smoothing the europlate space out too? and moving the plate down a bit?

[rayray086]

Cheers for the comments guys

Yeah the Euro plate can be smoothed over too, but may be a bit harder as the bumper top is part of the recess too, so that will have to be smoothed over too. With the angles and everything, it'll be hard to do, but it's possible. That said, I haven't seen any out there. Most are just the US bumpers which don't have the recess in the first place.

[Golf Loon]

Looking horn Ray.

Why not put the skinnier wheels on the back to get you mobile for the cruise and stop you chopping up your tyres?

[KI11Z]

Far out RayRAy! thats crazy . . . awsome!! your style inspires me

[DubSteve]

Fantastic work Raymond, I remember seeing your car half way through progress and I was still getting drip marks down my pants

Mate if you want wheels I can give you my stock vr6 15s let me no ring me!

Looking horn Ray.

Why not put the skinnier wheels on the back to get you mobile for the cruise and stop you chopping up your tyres?

I agree with Matt, Ray I did this for the Nats I was having so much rubbing issues I had just put the wheels on the car and was having so much scraping I swapped the adaptors around until I had my Coilovers just to get rid of the issue, now nothing

[malteser]

I'm envious! I've seen a whole lot of shaved bumpers on the net but I never knew it was a DIY job. Is that the final colour of the bumper of is it just a primer coat, because a nice thick respray will hide a lot of the minor imperfections. Looks great.

With the coilovers, even my set with stock VR6 size rims scrape the guards a bit, but don't shred the tyres, only the guard liner. Maybe you need to go a bit higher in ride height?

[alex g]

great work bro looking great

the rs are the biz

[rayray086]

The skinnier wheels and adapter is on now, and still rubs, but not as much. It's just my ****ed up alignment that I don't want to be driving too far. I'll make the short journey to Livo though.