Dylan's MK3 Golf build

[DylanMK3]

It's my rears when I hit a bump man. The suspension is very sloppy and I don't even have much weight. I think you'll find once I get my coils and guards rolled all round it would be sweet!

[drucejnr]

Damn, your rears scrub at that height?!

Welcome btw Love me a white Mk3

[DylanMK3]

Yessir! thanks Druce

Update, driving home and 3 streets away from my house and what happens? CV joint bolts snap on the right front wheel. The thing was only held in by 2 bolts and they both snapped. I tried to fix it, sat out in minus 3 degrees for 2 hours only to realize it's unfixable unless I took the whole suspension setup out. So I pushed her home in the cold for 3km's to where she now rests out front of my apartment. I either need to find a new CV or attempt to fix my old one but I think getting a new one is much more realistic. What a crap end to a good day

Updates soon!

[dylan8]

Are you able to get the snapped bolts out?

[DylanMK3]

I would be able to if I whipped out the dremel and made my own thread. But I think it's a better option to replace both CV's. Just need to locate a shop who sells some :/

[Red9N3gti]

I'd just replace the cv's. Unless you really want to do it yourself. It can get very messy around the driveshafts. Cv's are fairly cheap anyway. And with both of them replaced its one less thing that will wear out in the near future.

[DylanMK3]

I'd just replace the cv's. Unless you really want to do it yourself. It can get very messy around the driveshafts. Cv's are fairly cheap anyway. And with both of them replaced its one less thing that will wear out in the near future.

Yeah that's what I'm doing. My car is in for repairs at a European car mechanic in Parramatta. She's getting two new CV shafts put in. Can't wait to have her back! I'm driving around in a Subaru until she's fixed

So my current to-do list is as follows;

- Suede headliner
- JOM coilovers
- Rolled/Pumped guards
- Vento front lip
- New wheels (Unsure of style/brand/dimensions etc)
- White parkers (Headlights/Numberplate)
- FOG lights
- Possible new headlight style? (Need help with this!!)
- Metallic gunmetal respray

So yeah! Tune in people !

[drucejnr]

New wheels (Unsure of style/brand/dimensions etc)

Buy a set of buggered RS's and rebuild them always a winner

[DylanMK3]

Buy a set of buggered RS's and rebuild them always a winner

Could do that but the chances of finding some would suck hey? ^_^

[anthony--t]

Paint looks good... why respray it?

[drucejnr]

Could do that but the chances of finding some would suck hey? ^_^

not really man. Go on Import monster, find some 15's in 4x114.3 that are rusty af and don't have caps, get them sent over, dump another 500-800 in getting them redrilled/making them look pretty/stepping them up to 16's, put em on, lower your car, step 4 = profit

[KI11Z]

Damn, I blew a cv at the track before and I can tell you that the cost of the tow home was lovely.... haha... How even did they come out though!? incompetent mechanics you'd have to assume

if you do the head liner, you'll have to do all the pillars so they match ;P haha

get your google on with the wheels choice, just make sure they're legit , lol

Also if the headlights are good, just "joey" them, super easy and makes a huge difference

[DylanMK3]

Cars fixed and back on the road! Ended up getting a crap job done. Asked the mechanics to replace the CV, they pulled it out, and 'replaced' it. Drove 10 minutes from the shop and it broke again. So ended up going to a new mechanic where they pulled it apart and told me that the previous mechanics just pulled the shaft out, cleaned it and resprayed it then put it back in and told me it was a brand new part. Reason he knew they did this was the paint was still wet! It was leaving marks on his hand lol. So were fighting the previous mechanics through the MTA and going to get my money back.

Anyway! She's back on the road and running great! I had my new mechanic do a look over the car and found a few problems.

- Needs new brake pads (may need to be machined)

- Both rear wheel bearings are on their way out.
- Needs new engine mounts because they're super super soft.

So that's my current to do list on the asap.

Also, trying to look into launch control/2 step for it. Just trying to find if it's possible, so has anyone heard if it's possible to do on a GL?

There's my update, thanks for reading

[HaydEn]

Wotbox for mang control.

[KI11Z]

jesus, you've had all the luck so far.... haha

and you could do all that stuff by yourself/at home on the cheap man. nothing like a bit of hands on and also ensures you know that's it's been done right.....

Can I ask why you want launch control on a stock gl?