I did it - I now drive a 2003 Bora V6 4Motion

[Treza360]

They're RDA slotted rears. The fronts that are coming in are yet to be slotted - I was getting EBC Sport rotors, but apparently they were ruined during the slotting process - and not an issue with the process, but rather the rotors - GAP have stopped carrying the EBC Sport rotors due to quality concerns as well...

I spoke to quozl about EBC rotors a last year when I did my fronts. When he enquired about the sport rotors back in 2006 or something EBC had never actually made a batch of them. They had all the specs and CAD drawings and some development ones etc (which I imagine are the photos on the websites you see) but they'd never actually made any batches of them.

GAP didn't even stock the fronts last year when I did all this and EBC Australia wasn't interested and I didn't get a response from any of the overseas stores that did as they just refused to ship to Australia.

Mine are just the stock OEM rotors which I had machined locally. ECS do the same thing with their slotted rotors too.

Cheers,
Trent

[Yevvy]

Duuude..that's stunning. I'd own your car.

just coz its white

[Treza360]

They're RDA slotted rears. The fronts that are coming in are yet to be slotted - I was getting EBC Sport rotors, but apparently they were ruined during the slotting process - and not an issue with the process, but rather the rotors - GAP have stopped carrying the EBC Sport rotors due to quality concerns as well...

Hmmm... I'd just do a double check that they have been fitted on the correct sides. From what I've seen it is normally common practice for the slots to face in the other direction. That said I have seen them the way yours are installed.

However it is the directional venting veins that are more important and is worth checking to make sure that they are going in the right direction. If not they won't be cooling properly.

Cheers,
Trent

[Mrk_Mickey]

Duuude..that's stunning. I'd own your car.

[qsilverza]

Yep, I meant the steering and feel of the car

The dogbone won't help steering. It's an engine mount that restricts movement of the engine in the chassis - meaning that the engine turns less and there's a more immediate transfer of power to the gearbox/wheels.

The other thing I did was have the ECS MK4 Golf / Jetta / New Beetle Front Suspension Refresh Kit - Stage 2 fitted. I had lots of bumping and grinding from my suspension/steering, as well as some noticable play, and this kit has made a noticable difference - everything feels much more tied together.

[Manaz]

Looking good mate.
Quick question with the brakes, did you buy them slotted or get them done at a machinist?
Cheers,
Trent

They're RDA slotted rears. The fronts that are coming in are yet to be slotted - I was getting EBC Sport rotors, but apparently they were ruined during the slotting process - and not an issue with the process, but rather the rotors - GAP have stopped carrying the EBC Sport rotors due to quality concerns as well...

[Manaz]

I look forward to getting one for mine when I do the control arm bushes than !!! because that's one thing that bothers me is that the steering and feel is somewhat numb and my guess is that's partly due to the chassis and AWD system..

The dogbone won't help steering. It's an engine mount that restricts movement of the engine in the chassis - meaning that the engine turns less and there's a more immediate transfer of power to the gearbox/wheels.

The other thing I did was have the ECS MK4 Golf / Jetta / New Beetle Front Suspension Refresh Kit - Stage 2 fitted. I had lots of bumping and grinding from my suspension/steering, as well as some noticable play, and this kit has made a noticable difference - everything feels much more tied together.

[Treza360]

Looking good mate.
Quick question with the brakes, did you buy them slotted or get them done at a machinist?
Cheers,
Trent

[qsilverza]

dogbone

I look forward to getting one for mine when I do the control arm bushes than !!! because that's one thing that bothers me is that the steering and feel is somewhat numb and my guess is that's partly due to the chassis and AWD system..

I feel I should comment on the INA dogbone.
I've had it since the first GB here, but only just had it fitted.

The difference is hard to define - the car/gearbox/chassis just seem more "connected" - there's less give or pause due to movement of components in relation to each other as you apply power - the car just goes when you tell it to (as long as the clutch doesn't slip - another story! ).

I have the street bushes, and there's a noticeable but not at all excessive increase in harshness - you hear and feel a little more of the engine/gearbox (and feel more connected to the car as a result). I noticed a similar feel when I drove goodfella's car before I had my dogbone installed, but didn't recognise what it was from - the upgraded mount is almost certainly the cause.

[Manaz]

I feel I should comment on the INA dogbone.

I've had it since the first GB here, but only just had it fitted.

The difference is hard to define - the car/gearbox/chassis just seem more "connected" - there's less give or pause due to movement of components in relation to each other as you apply power - the car just goes when you tell it to (as long as the clutch doesn't slip - another story! ).

I have the street bushes, and there's a noticeable but not at all excessive increase in harshness - you hear and feel a little more of the engine/gearbox (and feel more connected to the car as a result). I noticed a similar feel when I drove goodfella's car before I had my dogbone installed, but didn't recognise what it was from - the upgraded mount is almost certainly the cause.

[Manaz]

The car looks great mate, I love the de-badged boot. What did you use to take the badges off, anything special?

Yeah, I think the debadged boot is great - really helps with the sleeper look.

DMS Dan did the work for me - combination of a heatgun to warm up the adhesive and some fishing wire to slice through it - then some goo-off/similar to remove what was left of the adhesive, before he polished and waxed the car when he was detailing it.

Really not a difficult job (I just got him to do it since he had the stuff and was working on the car anway).

[madglf3]

The car looks great mate, I love the de-badged boot. What did you use to take the badges off, anything special?

[qsilverza]

nicely done

[Manaz]

Some better shots (excuse the dirt, it's rained for two days, car needs another tub):

Right Side:


Front Wheel, can see caliper/rotor size, they only just fit!:


Front Wheel/Caliper, showing just how close they are!:


Rear Wheel, showing suspension height and slotted rotors, slotted fronts are coming!:


Rear view (shows that right-side suspension is probably not as low as it looks):



Best shot of the day - rears are sitting *way* inside the guards, though that's partially due to excess camber:

[Manaz]

car is looking mint manaz! i have a quick question, is that a neuspeed R32 swaybar you got there?

OEM VW 22mm swaybar from Europe.