What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)

[jz_64_eh]

Did you make sure that the PCD of your aftermarket wheels was the same as the oem pcd for your car?

[ATYPIC]

Did you make sure that the PCD of your aftermarket wheels was the same as the oem pcd for your car?

He wouldn't have even got the wheel on in the first place if that was the issue...unless he was using those pesky wobble bolts which I doubt he was.

[jz_64_eh]

He wouldn't have even got the wheel on in the first place if that was the issue...unless he was using those pesky wobble bolts which I doubt he was.

Never know, just have to check everything when these things happen. Ive seen 5x98 pcd wheels which would still bolt up but would cause problems...

[SonicAaron]

Never know, just have to check everything when these things happen. Ive seen 5x98 pcd wheels which would still bolt up but would cause problems...

Hey. I bought Fox MS006 wheels. They website says compatible with the car and I put in the bolts.

I took it to a garage today who have confirmed that I'd all the bolts on right currently and they torqued them - as you guys said it should be done - I'm slightly more confident now

They did say that one of my tyres was flat and appeared to not be sealed correctly (so they took the tyre off and put it back on) and they've pumped them all up and said to monitor the pressure over the next few days. Buying a wee gadget after work to keep and eye on them.

If they change then I guess I'm calling the wheel guys and seeing what to do.

Hopefully the wheels no longer come off haha. But I'm still nervous

[gavs]

Yeah I could take these wheels back off without a special tool by just pulling really hard with the wrench that comes in the boot.

The one bolt that I found looked fine....

Have you ever heard of this happening? I'm very lucky and feel blessed that A) I was going very slowly. And B) it was the passenger side (and the tyre didn't cause an accident).

I have, it happened to my uncle driving to Geelong from Melbourne. It was their dogs in the back that alerted them to something being wrong, they started going mental in the back of the car so he started to pull over to get them to calm down (2 German shepherds going mental in a station wagon wouldn't be fun!) when he noticed one of the rear wheels go rolling by....

It can happen but there's always a very good reason why they come off...

[brad]

I've had it happen shed-loads of times. Working at a tyre shop with a brain-dead tyre fitter will do that for you. I hit him once after doing a road test in the back streets doing 120kmh trying to isolate a steering wobble. Came back to the shop & the rear wheel fell off in the driveway. My life flashed before my eyes & I belted him.

[gavs]

We had one of our workshop muppets use a rattle gun on the wheel studs of a Hyundai once, our biggest torque wrench goes to 400Nm an it STILL couldn't undo the studs!!

[SonicAaron]

Wow! Well those stories are reassuring that I'm not a complete buffoon alone then

I hope I just forgot to tighten those five (still think that's unlikely though!!!) and that's the end of matters !

Painting the rear drums black tomorrow as they are well rusty!!! VW must use cheap paint

[brad]

Don't paint the part where the wheel touches the hub (or just give it a really light coat).

You never said if you were using hub rings or just centring off the nuts?

[symes1515]

My Polo Gti has the following:

1. O.Z. Racing Superturismo GT Wheels 18" x 8"
2. APR Carbon fibre Cold Air Intake
3. Bilstein B14 PSS ride height adjustable Coilover Suspension kit
4. Custom dyno Tune by James at BPS Autos
5. Jetex Turbo back Stainless Steel Performance exhaust including 3" 100cel Race Cat
6. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric tyres 225/35R18
7. Stainless Steel 'GTI' Dead pedal
8. Remsa HPT Performance Brake pads
9. Ceramic polymer nanotechnology paint protection.

[SonicAaron]

Don't paint the part where the wheel touches the hub (or just give it a really light coat).

You never said if you were using hub rings or just centring off the nuts?

Sorry man I don't actually know what that means

I just put a little plastic hoop in the alloy. . .hold it up to the wheel and put the five bolts in?

I'm just going to paint through the 'spokes' so i'm painting what you can see. Hopefully it should be easily doable! I'm not going to go wild with paint as I don't want drippage into the alloy and stuff. I just want this hideous rust to go away. Should be alright as the spokes are pretty gapy! (which makes my drum brakes look even worse!) P.S I know the photo is dark and rainy - but this is Ireland..

[ATYPIC]

We had one of our workshop muppets use a rattle gun on the wheel studs of a Hyundai once, our biggest torque wrench goes to 400Nm an it STILL couldn't undo the studs!!

LOL...the crew at Jane Bob's are pretty good at this too. Will never return to that mob ever. I nearly stripped all the lug heads using a long extension bar trying get my gram lights off the car

[SonicAaron]

So I painted the drum brakes black today (they were HIDEOUSLY rusty). Car looks pretty good now I think

P.S I took this photo in the shadiest car park in all of Belfast City ! :p

[MrDeathLad]

Can you tell me what they are? PM me if you prefer.

My new wheels have been ordered...now the long wait begins. Shame I won't have them for that event in April you speak of.

sorry, no hints for anyone

So I painted the drum brakes black today (they were HIDEOUSLY rusty). Car looks pretty good now I think

also, just double check one bolt against the original vw as the shop may have stuffed up and given you the wrong length or seat type

[nomadx38]

Ok so I fitted my new H&R 25/40 springs...well actually Pontiff did most of the work - thanks so much bro. I mostly just watched

Anyway there are a few things I'm concerned about so I thought I would get peoples opinions. Now keep in mind that I am running standard shocks with sports springs.

First off I had 35/55 springs (only rear was installed) and they were stiff (virtually no body roll but harsh over bumps) as expected but too low for my liking so I decided to go slightly higher.

I got the 25/40 springs and installed the rear first. First impressions were good, still stiff but more compliant over big bumps with slightly increased body roll in the back. Over all they were the best choice between comfort, handling and looks.

From what I can tell the back has never bottomed out. It might be hitting the bump stop but I don't think the shock has reached the end of its travel.

So as I was happy with the rears I thought I would spend the effort to put in the fronts. I put the fronts on and as we lowered the car of the hoist I was slightly concerned about how low it was compared to stock. 25mm doesn't seem like much but it was substantially lower than I thought.

Took it out for a spin and the ride was pretty much stock, slightly stiffer and better turn in. I thought it was fine until I hit a mediumish bump and the suspention bottomed out. I thought it may have just been a really bad pot hole but going over speed humps in the local shopping centre does the same thing at 10km/h.

Is this normal for these springs? I know by going lower you already loose some travel but shouldn't the stiffness of the springs make up for it?

Also is it bad for these to be bottoming out and is there any risk of hitting the sump? I can live with the harshness so long as it's not doing damage, I do wonder though how people have lived with this...

Shame really because the car looks mint now!