Neildos GTi - Outside Finished :)

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:47 pm

Show us how to do the boot solenoid lol

chrischap2003 · Post by **chrischap2003** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:05 pm

SCHMOOOOTH!

I quite like it...grille wise i'd stick with honeycombe though

Should of kept rear badge though

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:34 am

Cool. Wings smoothed, Boot Smoothd and petrol cap. Its getting there now and just want the BBS wheels on now, over the winter hoping for a retrim. I can still put the badge on if i want to but i like it off

Mouse, the solenoid is easy to do - i was doing a bit of work on it today - and got it wired up to the rear wiper buttonl. Il do a quick DIY tomorrow!

Any suggestions on future mods then fire away...

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:49 pm

sorted wrote:I can still put the badge on if i want to but i like it off

That's the beauty of it

Next move would definitely be a stubby mirror!

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:12 am

One with Gez's Golf...

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:21 pm

Very nice mate, 195s on the back with few more mms lower would set it right off though

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:48 am

Just a quick few pics from a show at the weekend ...

Arnoldo · Post by **Arnoldo** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:22 pm

Love it m8 !

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:31 pm

Mint mate.

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:55 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:Very nice mate, 195s on the back with few more mms lower would set it right off though

Ops, i didnt update this did I.

I stripped the wheels down, and swaped my 2" for a set of 1" polished lips, i then had the 1.5" lips polished as well.

I swapped the 205/45/15 tyres for a new set of the 195/45/15 Toyo Proxies 4 (i think thats the name - there new range)

So... now i have

Rear - 7.5" - 1.5" Lip polished with 195/45/15 toyos
Front - 7" - 1" Lip polished with 195/45/15 toyos - it goes round bends like nothing else!

Reason I done this was the 8" was far tooooo wide... this is the 8" rears AFTER i had the arches done...

Even with my 7.5" wide rears now - im still getting rubbing with passengers. My car is away on the 29th Aug for the last bodyshop (sides , mirror, ariel and THE ARCHES - i want them pulled out more and all sorted out so i can get it lower at the back - so i shall have some pics up soooooon!

Neil

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:34 pm

Really like it - a good example of how smoothing should be done, nothing too over the top, just right

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:23 pm

Looks brill mate! Really liking it.

It's crazy how you have so much more problems with scrubbing than I do.

Whats the ET of your wheels?

I'm on 195/45/15 tyres with a 15X8 ET 25 rim all round, I think I'm pretty much exactly the same height as you, and I don't have that many issues?

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:26 am

When the wheels were 8" , they were meant to be ET12. I think now they are 7.5" then they will be a bit higher on the ET - not sure, need to work it out!

Cheers for the comments guys

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:40 am

yeah thats the same setup i had, was down VERY low though but the scrubbing wasn't massively bad..

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:05 pm

I jsut realised how low yours was James! After going out and checking out how my splitter sits against the key.

You were prob down another 40 mm than I am!