Sam's Mk4 Golf 1.6

[saMfish]

they must have mucked up your original tyre specs when doing the calculation, or just assumed that was the size because it was a small car.
i have seen that size done on a mk4, but talking extremely low and bagged cars.
I know of someone that has some used 215/40/18s for sale soonish, if your interested flick me a PM

is that for a air or set of 4?

I think I'll wait for new wheels to fix that sizing. I guess my speedo is out, then? Would it be reading slower or faster than what I'm actually doing? I'll test it against the GPS today.

That's for a set of four from ECS. Cheapest place I can find them on the internet, would you believe.

[dylan8]

if your speedo says 100km/h, you will only be doing like 90km/h in real life.
so basically you wont get any speeding fines
get staggered 5mm
so say 30mm front and 35 rear.

[saMfish]

I tested it tonight; my speedo reads anywhere from 6 to 4km/h slower than what my GPS said I was doing.

I'm thinking 25mm front / 30mm rears. Comes in at about $380 so that I'm pretty happy with. Thanks for the help buddy!

[4ABHGE]

The pink wheels are different, but different is good.
Spacers should make it sit alot nicer.

I like the direction youve headed with the car

[saMfish]

Spent an hour removing the rear lower spring perches tonight, so now it's just the springs and the upper perches between the body. That's given me an extra 2.75cm. Now the rear sits ~just~ lower than the front, which is purrrrrrfect.

[rayray086]

Say no to reverse rake!

[dylan8]

... Now the rear sits ~just~ lower than the front, which is purrrrrrfect.

nooooooooo, reverse rake kills baby jesus.

[saMfish]

Well it's a good thing I'm not religous, I guess. Current measurements are fronts both sides 23.72", rears both sides 23.62" FTG. That's .25cm difference, so it's not much.

Edit: Regardless, my fronts will be ~.75-1cm lower than what they are now when I get spacers. Currently there isn't clearance between the tyre and the coil if I lower it more on the front, but when I get spacers I'll be able to put the fronts right down.

Guess I'll chuck up a photo while I'm here.

[brettgherardi]

Looks sick man!
Loving the hot pink, really sets it off and makes it stand out.
Kudos for having the balls to do the hot pink!

[Water Boy]

Spacer on the front will need spacers on the back for fella flush!

[saMfish]

Not bad. Not a huge fan of this photo, can't pick why though. At least it's not in a car park

[undisclos3d]

camera rig shots are wicked! needs a longer exposer time though, for more LIGHTSPEED motion! bigger tyres, fat ass spacers and your set!

[saMfish]

camera rig shots are wicked! needs a longer exposer time though, for more LIGHTSPEED motion! bigger tyres, fat ass spacers and your set!

Yeah, generally I do them in empty underground carparks at night, with an exposure time of anywhere from 0.5sec to 3sec. That's getting boring so I did something different today, but I don't have any ND filters (dark glass filter for the lens) to let me use a longer shutter speed in the brightness without it overexposing. That was 1/4 of a second.

Spacers are on the way! I'm kinda scared that 30mm is going to be too much and that they're going to be poking like mad. Ah well, we'll see in a few weeks, won't we!

[undisclos3d]

by the looks of that last photo, 30mm should be enough
poke, in my books is goooooooood. haha

[saMfish]

Nothing's changed since the last photo, but photos are fun so