White Mk4 GTI

[theOctopus]

You're right. That is an absolute disaster waiting to happen. The wheel mounting surface must be dead flat to ensure consistent torque of the wheel bolts. Standard washers will deviate in diameter by up to 1mm and this will only be made worse by using varying amounts of epoxy to secure them.

There is very real potential for the bolts to work their way loose with a setup like this!! Scary

Thanks for the advice ill take em off and try and work out another way to remove the gap between the spacer and the wheel or worse case get another set that fits better

[Tim]

take your wheels and spacers to Ajax in Moorabbin.
They can machine the centre bore of the wheel to mate to the spacer properly. Shouldnt cost much more than $50/wheel

[theOctopus]

Cool thanks Tim, doing that sounds a lot better than getting a new set

[theOctopus]

Got this today from the UK, now waiting on induction pipes and ill be ready to get them on the car.

[Buller_Scott]

lookin good, jake!

like craig said at dovw - VERY clean mk4. a bit of a sleeper, too, which is always a good thing!

[theOctopus]

Thanks Scott, Yeah i love the sleeper look

[dylan8]

car looked good at DOVW, good to meet you as well even it it was briefly.
washers are a bit dodgy hate to say it, do as the others said and get some of the wheel machined back a touch, just make sure itll still be sweet for when you run the wheels without the spacers...

[theOctopus]

car looked good at DOVW, good to meet you as well even it it was briefly.
washers are a bit dodgy hate to say it, do as the others said and get some of the wheel machined back a touch, just make sure itll still be sweet for when you run the wheels without the spacers...

Thanks Dylan yeah i should only need to make a small adjustment to make them fit with or without the spacers.

On another note i got these today, i ordered these and the tip before dovw and wanted them on the car for the day but the shipping for both has taken ages.

Should have them on this weekend

[samSC1192]

saw this at dovw looks really nice wish my white mk4 golf was gti lol how do you find it with the rear wiper deleted does it ever annoy you not having it ? i cant decide whether to get rid of mine or not

[theOctopus]

saw this at dovw looks really nice wish my white mk4 golf was gti lol how do you find it with the rear wiper deleted does it ever annoy you not having it ? i cant decide whether to get rid of mine or not

Thanks dude.

re the wiper delete, Its fine when it rains while your driving as the water wont really hit it much, its only if its been parked in the rain for a bit and the water builds up its a bit hard to see, but no worse than it been dirty or driving a sedan with no rear wiper.

After a few drives in the rain to get use to it I don't really notice not having it, and I never really used it when I had it on anyway

[kevMKVGTI]

Keep It Clean Yo!

[samSC1192]

Thanks dude.

re the wiper delete, Its fine when it rains while your driving as the water wont really hit it much, its only if its been parked in the rain for a bit and the water builds up its a bit hard to see, but no worse than it been dirty or driving a sedan with no rear wiper.

After a few drives in the rain to get use to it I don't really notice not having it, and I never really used it when I had it on anyway

yeah now that i think of it i never use it when it rains i usually only use it of a morning before work when a frost falls on the car

haha i stole your idea the other day how you have the inside of your badge red thought it looked sweet as i did mine a dark blue so its really suttle and can just be seen in the right light

[theOctopus]

haha i stole your idea the other day how you have the inside of your badge red thought it looked sweet as i did mine a dark blue so its really suttle and can just be seen in the right light

Nice one, I agree while its subtle it adds that little extra touch that just finishes the badge off

[gt_eye]

Nice one, I agree while its subtle it adds that little extra touch that just finishes the badge off

Anyone ever tried to put a red light behind the badge?
Or whatever colour...

[theOctopus]

Anyone ever tried to put a red light behind the badge?
Or whatever colour...

It wouldn't be to hard but I wouldn't know what VicRoads would say about it or the cops, I just want it to be something that is noticed if your looking at the car awhile.

On another note here's some pics from the first http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...s-64265-8.html meet last night