New VR6 owner

[Lorenz]

Huh someone called

Welcome V®6

Haha, maybe

The Momo wheels Robin has for sale at the moment would look awsome against the dark grey!

[evorobin]

The Momo wheels Robin has for sale at the moment would look awsome against the dark grey!

SOLD although I do have a set of mk3 coilovers ready. Picking up some nice volk racing 16x8 rims in the morning for a VR6.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

A big fuzzy welcome mate

Glad to see another VR6 owner. They are a beautiful car. And well done on it being your first. once you go VAG, you stay VAG

[V®6]

Wooot, another MK3 member and best of all from SA

Where abouts in SA are you matey? Be nice to catch up for a photoshoot with another nice MK3 on here! Very nice clean example of a VR6, love the headlights, just needs some phat wheels and to be dropped (cheap coilovers are easily available )

Welcome to the forum, ask anything you like here, everyone is friendly and know their stuff. This has to be the best forum I've joined up to, and I've been on alot haha!

Cheers for the welcome Lorenz and everyone else as well. To answer your question I am in the North-Eastern Suburbs, love the idea about the photo shoot as well.

I was thinking today it looks like it may need to be dropped, I think the missus will kill me if that happens lol.

Joe88: I love the plates also, was quite surprised that no one had snapped them up, not sure if I'll keep them though, see how expensive rego is in a few months.

evorobin: Roughly how much would a set of coilovers be?

Do the current wheels honestly look that bad? I kinda like them apart from the damage they have on them.

[evorobin]

evorobin: Roughly how much would a set of coilovers be?

$700 or $850 fitted. I live in Broadview off Galway ave so not far

[rayray086]

Welcome to the forums mate! Nice number plates!

[jayjay]

heh. nice plates welcome to vwwc. just have a wade through the endless lists of mods on here if you need any inspiration..

[bombsquad21]

WELCOME WELCOME,

Loving the leather seats! Enjoy the mk3 and enjoy the forum. As for the missus killing you about modding the VR, your shocks are worn right?? It's a crucial safety "repair" not a mod. It is also the single best thing you can do for your car and it's crazy cheap!!

Good Luck!

[KI11Z]

^^ haha, yeeeeaaaas, a repair, thats it

welcome mate and enjoy your stay here!

[V®6]

WELCOME WELCOME,

Loving the leather seats! Enjoy the mk3 and enjoy the forum. As for the missus killing you about modding the VR, your shocks are worn right?? It's a crucial safety "repair" not a mod. It is also the single best thing you can do for your car and it's crazy cheap!!

Good Luck!

Lol great idea, can beleive I didn't think of it earlier

[Lorenz]

If you're ever unsure about the coilovers and want to have a feel of what they are like before you get a set, feel free to PM me and we can sort something out where you can try mine first, they are the same as Robin has for sale

I used the same excuse as mentioned above, worked a treat hehe! I felt unsafe enough with all that body roll thrashing around in the hills....the coils fixed that hehe

[VW VR6]

welcome mate...nice car...well.done.

[V®6]

If you're ever unsure about the coilovers and want to have a feel of what they are like before you get a set, feel free to PM me and we can sort something out where you can try mine first, they are the same as Robin has for sale

Not a problem at all I'll have to contact you when I am seriously thinking about them for sure, I need to find some extra cash at the moment though before I can think about doing anything to the car.

[V®6]

OK update time.

I finally got fed up with looking at my faded plastic trims so decided to paint them up a little. I would like to thank Lorenz and Mickey for the advice and help they gave me prior to starting.

I used the following to paint the trim with. And as you can see it worked well. I bought two cans but only needed the one.


Front Driver's Side Arch Before:


Front Driver's Side Arch After:

[V®6]

When I got to taking off the rear arches I found one of the prvious owners must have rolled the guards to accomodate for wider tyres and had Sikaflexed the rear arches on to the car. It took me ages to get just the driver's side off. And as you can see I haven't put it back on yet. Hoping to pop down to Bunnings during the week and get some sikaflex and small G clamps.

Rear Driver's Side Arch Before:



Rear Driver's Side Arch After:



After trying for ages to finally take off the drivers side arch, I decided to leave the passenger side rear arch on the car and instead used Kiwi Shoe Polish to bring up the colour, although I do want to take it off and respray it like the others.

Rear Passenger Side Arch Before:



Rear Passenger Side Arch After: