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  • Stathi's DBP .:R32

    Hey, as some of you may know already, as of last week I became the proud owner of #178/200. During my time with the Mk3 I was always on the lookout for a MkIV R32 and this happened to be the best one. It came with a complete Barloworld log book service history, was taken care of by it's owners, has 133xxx km's on the clock and Bilstein coil overs.
    Plans are to keep it as stock as possible for as long as possible, bar wheel set ups.
    Have already done the flapper mod to it and I think that's the only thing I will touch on the exhaust - plenty loud already.

    A couple of very minor problems with the vehicle though. The passengers xenon doesn't turn on and there is a slight grinding/whirring/whining noise through all gears under accel/decel - doesn't occur in neutral though. Having it serviced on Friday so I'm hoping the mechanic can shed some light on this too.



    .:R32
    8L S3
    Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
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  • #2
    Congrats on the purchase, looks great.

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    • #3
      Cute like you gino!

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      • #4
        Awh thanks Woody
        .:R32
        8L S3
        Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
        Flickr

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        • #5
          wow this is nice, congrats!
          Ps you don't happen to be Johnny & Nicks cousin?

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          • #6
            Looks neat dude, with the headlights, I'd have a play with swapping the ballasts over either side and stuff. Should be able to figure out whats wrong with them but swapping parts around.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by ffoff View Post
              Looks neat dude, with the headlights, I'd have a play with swapping the ballasts over either side and stuff. Should be able to figure out whats wrong with them but swapping parts around.
              This. Do they flash when you turn them on at all?
              Bora gone
              Vento VR6
              MKIV GSW TDI
              7P Touareg TDI

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              • #8
                Originally posted by dom View Post
                wow this is nice, congrats!
                Ps you don't happen to be Johnny & Nicks cousin?
                Thanks! Haha, being greek I've got quite a few cousin Johns/Nicks... don't think they're the ones you're thinking of though
                Originally posted by ffoff View Post
                Looks neat dude, with the headlights, I'd have a play with swapping the ballasts over either side and stuff. Should be able to figure out whats wrong with them but swapping parts around.
                Originally posted by dylan8 View Post
                This. Do they flash when you turn them on at all?
                Ah sweet and well the drivers side works Dyl but the passengers side is just full blown nothing; not even a flicker when I switch them on
                .:R32
                8L S3
                Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
                Flickr

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                • #9
                  Few things I've noticed since owning the car for 6 weeks now that I'm going to jump on once I return from overseas next year.

                  Input shaft bearing is toast, so the box will need dropping and working on. Am going to install an LSD and upgrade the selector forks while its out.
                  Rear alignment on the suspension is very bad and am looking at refreshing the whole front and rear setup with adjustable goodies and this afternoon after fitting the new wheels, I noticed the rear spring perches were installed upside down so they'll be changed to be correct when the suspension is being done.

                  Also came across something very unusual; the lock nut for the front passenger side wheel was cross threaded and completely destroyed the thread for that particular hole. Will look at getting the front rotors replaced with 2 piece rotors from ECS and change the front pads to red-stuffs while I'm at it.

                  Photo of new wheels

                  .:R32
                  8L S3
                  Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
                  Flickr

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                  • #10
                    Love them wheels on a mk4!!
                    MY MK4 BUILD

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                    • #11
                      You'll need another hub and bearing if you can't fix that thread for the wheel nut

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                      • #12
                        Subscribed.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by ffoff View Post
                          You'll need another hub and bearing if you can't fix that thread for the wheel nut
                          Yeah, was going to buy new rotors and stuff too as mine are starting to lip. May as well change and upgrade.
                          .:R32
                          8L S3
                          Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
                          Flickr

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                          • #14
                            Congrats man! I will be following!
                            1990 Mk2 GTI 20vt - @mk2.20vt

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                            • #15
                              So after returning from Europe, the car stuff has begun already. Over the weekend I managed to fit a Cupra R lip and cut the lower bumper grilles so they now serve their purpose as apposed to being closed up.; Also painted them black.
                              Wound down my front coils too but I want to go lower (about 7 turns left to the bottom) and during the week I'll be soaking the rear perches in WD40 as they're stuck and need a good whack to loosen them.

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                              .:R32
                              8L S3
                              Mk3 VR6 - SOLD
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