Ashcroft's 6n2 GTI: NEW WHEELS!!! P27 Pic heavy!!!

[MarkP]

Good job!!

[Ashcroft]

Thanks mark

[Ashcroft]

Few pics from a meet the other nite




Need my borbets back ASAP!!

Gonna sort new tyres after UD2012 then they should be back on

[benmkiv]

These pics are sweet man!! looks so nice!

[Ashcroft]

Thanks man they come out lookin pretty sweet considering car was mingin and had wrong wheels on lol

[6N2 GTI 00]

Car looks great mate

Pedals look pretty smart too, makes a change from the TT pedals

[Ashcroft]

Thanks mate

Altough I like the TT pedals I wanted summin a bit diff

[6N2 GTI 00]

Yeah they do look smart, did you have to glue the accelerator pedal on?

[Moosegirl]

Pics look good Luke!

I need to take mine for some decent pictures once I get a chance to drop the suspension, hopefully this weekend

[Ashcroft]

Thanks Mandy went to a meet n was a photographer there so yeh why not

Thanks Ben no I didn't glue it but it was too big so I left the original cover there and put it over the top lol help up fine so far

[Ashcroft]

Not updated this in a while so thought I'd update what's happened recently,

No change as such but main update is my borbets have now been dropped off to soneone different now and will be back soon and I'm certain these will be a much better outcome than last time!

Should be on for the summer months

So I'm now thinking tyres, alot of you have recommended 165/50s but I've look on willtheyfit.com and my speedo will be out and the best I can do to keep the speedo good is 175/50s but I can only seem to find hankooks. Anyone got any good reports on these?? Are they any good for stretching?? I won't be stretching too much as there only going on a 7J. I've heard the 165/50 Potenza's are hard to fit so I don't fancy doing that and the wheels get chipped in the process lol

Any help would be much appreciated

On another note I've ordered myself a bonnet bra (never really liked them but have grown on me) mainly for any long drives I do.

I've also ordered subtle grey smoke lamin-x to go over the LED board on my rear Hellas as I don't like the LED look.
Planning on doin that when I take them apart to dry out and re-seal to get rid of the condensation issue.
When fitting the lamin-x will a hair dryer do fine or will I need a heat gun??

I've ordered some 6000k headlight bulbs too as drivers side is flickering every now and them so thought why not upgrade

I'm in talks with someone about carbon dipping and if the price is right Im considering doing my wing mirrors and spoiler to match the roof instead of going gloss black.
I might even do a few interior bits aswell like maybe door pillars.

All comments and suggestions welcome guys

[Trottagti]

I run 165/50s and my speedo reads 60 and gos says 59/58 and the gos could be wrong so ya never know mate. Mine is fine and lamin-x will be fine with the hairdryer i used it on my fog lights, just work from the centre out and take your time. I'm carbon dipping some bits in the future not saying what hehe. But yeah mirrors and spoiler will look good but matt to match the roof yeah? Will look good all matt and matching. But door pillars I think gloss works better to match the shinny sheen of the glass if that makes sense? Ha...!

[Ashcroft]

Think I'll stick with the 165/50s as we discussed back along cos I've already priced them up and garage is just waiting for me to say yes.
The Potenza's look so nice too

I'm thinking to get the spoiler and wing mirrors wrapped instead of dipped then at least they can match the pattern up when the spoilers on nxt to the roof.

Outta Door pillars will be gloss eventually... I was meaning A,B and C pillars to be dipped... My bad

[Ashcroft]

Not 100% keen on it but I've bout it for long trips and I'm sure it'll grow on me.

Just need to let it warm up and mold around the bonnet lol

[Ashcroft]

I'm absolutely fuming right now!!
Made the biggest mistake ever!!

Comin out a parking space next to a kerb and me being a DOUCHE I turned really early! (no idea why as I knew the kerb was there!)

This is the outcome...


:'( I feel like crying lol