Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

[veew]

Looks awesome, how did all your upgrades hold up?
Wish I could've done that too.

[tigger73]

Nice one Tiggy!
I'm surprised there wasn't more of a gap between cars though?

Only 4 seconds for the Tour category. Otherwise it would take all day!


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[tigger73]

Looks awesome, how did all your upgrades hold up?
Wish I could've done that too.

Yeah car was solid the whole event. Only issue was a couple of times hitting the bump stops on the suspension.


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[veew]

Yeah car was solid the whole event. Only issue was a couple of times hitting the bump stops on the suspension.

Good to hear, what DCC settings did you set on the car?

[tigger73]

Good to hear, what DCC settings did you set on the car?

Sports setting on DCC but these were some reasonable hits to the suspension and car was loaded up. It didn’t upset the handling but more of a loud bang as it hit the bump stop.

I’ve had it before on comfort setting running through spoon drains to quick.


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[GreyGoose_X]

New Eibach Pro-Kit springs installed today:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]40072[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]40073[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]40074[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]40075[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]40076[/ATTACH]

Hey Tigger, thinking of adding these exact springs to the car. Did you find you needed to relevel the head lights after install? I notice you have halogens, but did you find they were pointing more towards the ground? I have the LEDs, and if I need to tinker with the level, I might have to make a pass on this...

[tigger73]

Hey Tigger, thinking of adding these exact springs to the car. Did you find you needed to relevel the head lights after install? I notice you have halogens, but did you find they were pointing more towards the ground? I have the LEDs, and if I need to tinker with the level, I might have to make a pass on this...

I haven't noticed anything. I didn't relevel the headlights. Given that front and back have lowered pretty much the same it's only the height of the lights that's hanged and not the angle as such. I guess I could be pointing to a slightly shorter position on the road which if anything is going to be better for oncoming traffic.

The change is pretty minor as I really haven't noticed anything. All my other sensors (ACC, lane departure, etc) still work OK.

One of the things that I probably would recommend is getting a wheel alignment done afterwards to make sure you're not going to scrub out your tyres but other than that all the other systems seem to work fine.

[tigger73]

Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

Official Adelaide Rally photos:

[tigger73]

Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

Official Adelaide Rally photos (ctd):

[MarshmallowFalcon]

@Tigger73, you motivated me to join this forum and subsequently now begin to upgrade my Tiggy.

your choices of gear have been spot on. Well done!!

[tigger73]

@Tigger73, you motivated me to join this forum and subsequently now begin to upgrade my Tiggy.

your choices of gear have been spot on. Well done!!

@MarshmallowFalcon thanks for your kind words. It’s only when I ran the car in the rally that all the mods starting to make sense.

Under normal conditions you hit the speed limit pretty quickly and don’t get to experience the full capability of the vehicle. I was still probably only at 80% as I definitely wasn’t pushing the limits of traction in the corners. At the end of the day it’s still my daily driver /family hauler and needed to drive home at the end of the day.


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[ope126]

Photos look great mate! Love the brakes!!!

[tigger73]

Photos look great mate! Love the brakes!!!

Thanks yes I'm very happy with the brakes. Both looks and how well they pull the car up from speed.

[tigger73]

Here's a few more bonus photos:

[MarshmallowFalcon]

Under normal conditions you hit the speed limit pretty quickly and don’t get to experience the full capability of the vehicle. I was still probably only at 80% as I definitely wasn’t pushing the limits of traction in the corners. At the end of the day it’s still my daily driver /family hauler and needed to drive home at the end of the day.

I hear that, prudence and restraint... 2 values rarely mixed in rally settings. Those added pix are spectacular.

sent you a PM regarding some help on my first mod. If you’d like, I can post the inquiry here. I didn’t want to hi-jack your thread with my none sense though I’m sure many others could benefit from your knowledge.