Franks Golf GL (Red Rocket v2.0)

[drucejnr]

Looks sweet!

Was getting the A,B and C pillars off a bit of a task? I'm looking at redoing my headliner but with the car being a 3door, I'm not sure how different/what to expect when taking off the pillars

[frankeshh]

Looks sweet!

Was getting the A,B and C pillars off a bit of a task? I'm looking at redoing my headliner but with the car being a 3door, I'm not sure how different/what to expect when taking off the pillars

Thanks man!

Not sure about the 3 door too be honest! but if its anything like the 5 door, taking them off wasn't much of a task, i would say putting them back on while trying to keep the headliner in place is the hardest thing, especially when you have to do it yourself! There should only be a few screws and a couple of pop/snap clips thingos...

[Dubba]

The VR6 is literally the ambition for my car... so well presented, perfect amount of lows, amazing

If its the ambition of your car, sell up, take the aftermarket parts off and buy a vr6!!

[Water Boy]

Well done on the roof.

[frankeshh]

If its the ambition of your car, sell up, take the aftermarket parts off and buy a vr6!!

Yeah, thats what will probably end up happening early next year when im earning money and out of school...

Well done on the roof.

Cheers mate, took a fair amount of time and made me angry at some points, but the end result is pretty good i reckon!

[frankeshh]

Ill be attempting to install my coilovers today! Received them yesterday thanks to Autoslick!

Ill be posting all my fails and triumphs along the way!

[junyip_69]

Good luck D:

[The_Hawk]

Great to see someone getting their hands dirty and giving it a go themselves That headliner fix is dead simple and makes a hell of a difference. Yours looks awesome.

Looking forward to seeing it on those coils.

[frankeshh]

So wednesday started off pretty bad, went downstairs into my garage to find the commie parked in there, and mum had the keys with her at work. Had to go pick the keys up from her and move it out, that took in all about an hour, but then my mate marco and I got stuck in.

Front steering arm bolts (i think?) were the biggest pain. Got the top bolts off on both sides but the bottom ones just would not budge at all.

Sooo we decided to just to the rear first, simple as, literally 2-3 bolts to undo and the old ones are off, new ones are in. Got the coils on in a matter of 20 minutes. We then went back to the fronts, which ended up taking both of us about 5 hours of throwing things and making loud noises to get ONE of the sides off. We gave up and went got thai takeaway ahha

That brings us to this morning. So im about 2 weeks from the HSC and i didn't really want to waste another day on this but i couldn't leave it with one last corner to do. So i woke up early, about 830 and got into cutting off this bitch of a bolt. Pretty much tried every power tool, drill, multi tool, dremel. None really did much, so i whacked out the hack saw. Cut the old bolt off after about an hour or two.

After installing and making sure both sides were equal, i lowered it off the jack stands and she was standing by herself, i was so relieved! Untilllll... i found that the upper strut tops were popped out and up from the strut towers? I do not know what i have done wrong here, but can someone help me? I believe i installed everything the right way, but obviously not...



Anyway heres how she sits now... going to raise the front and lower the back, just so theres not rake. AND I NEED WHEELS ASAP

[mb1907953]

Did you replace the Strut top mounts as well or are they the originals? If they're the originals chances are they're worn out and that looks normal for a worn out rubber mount. Invest $50 in some HD mounts from euro revolution.

[dylan8]

looking good!
I vote leaving the heights are as. its a VW, not a clapped out commo on old saggy springs in the rear

[Surfpig]

Looks better with a touch of rake then being level.

And thats normal with the top of the struts.

Only thing that got me concerned was it took you 2hrs to hacksaw a bolt...

[timiteo]

Just don't forget to get a wheel alignment now. From the pictures it looks like your running way too much negative camber in the front!

Other than that looks fresh

[frankeshh]

Did you replace the Strut top mounts as well or are they the originals? If they're the originals chances are they're worn out and that looks normal for a worn out rubber mount. Invest $50 in some HD mounts from euro revolution.

Yeah no, they are the originals because im cheap and lazy... I just thought because my car hadn't done alot of kms they would be fine? maybe not. They also make a weird knocking noise when i go over slight bumps

[frankeshh]

looking good!
I vote leaving the heights are as. its a VW, not a clapped out commo on old saggy springs in the rear

Hahahha, wasn't thinking that far... but just so it was a bit more level.

Looks better with a touch of rake then being level.

And thats normal with the top of the struts.

Only thing that got me concerned was it took you 2hrs to hacksaw a bolt...

Yeah, looking into it, i definitely want a bit of rake, but the front is just a bit too low for my area... speedhumps on every back road Are you sure thats normal? i've been looking around and others don't pop out, they also make a knocking noise, which i cannot deal with at all

Yeah well its a tight space and i took plenty of breaks to punch things...