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Nice one Matt, I know exactly what you mean about running negative camber
When I first had the RSX Coilovers on the GTI my mate set it on crazy negative and the handling was absolutely immense It was like it was on rails

Unfortunately I killed 2 new Yoko S Drives after 1500 miles lol they looked like slicks afterwards so I had to get the camber re-set so it was sensible

1500 miles ...... ha I think i have had about 7000 ish so not bad at all. They are pretty soft anyway.

Yeah it was maximum negative on the front which totally killed the tyres, handling was amazing though so it was kind of worth it

Toyo T1R's are a pretty soft compound and dont tend to last very long unfortunately, good tyres though but the Yokohoma S Drives or Bridgestone Potenza's offer better value for money. Have you seen the new Toyo R1R's? They look pretty special, bit of a mixture between the T1R's and R888's Semi slicks but fully road legal so i'll be after a set of them next.

loving the progress and the wheels suit it perfectly!after some red door cards myself at the mo to match the middle of my seats

Haven't seen them yet Ben. I'll have a look next time i'm in the garage. Sounds good though

daz16v wrote:loving the progress and the wheels suit it perfectly!after some red door cards myself at the mo to match the middle of my seats

Thanks a lot Daz. Yeah shouldn't be too hard to find for your 3 door. Makes all the difference Need to bash mine in.... one day i'll have 5 seconds to spare

Yes I know yours is like being on rails as Friday any corner you flew round I rolled round while rubbin like mad haha

Update coming very soon. You best all be exited for this

Don't listen to him it's a very boring update

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Ha, you guys..!

I'm struggling to contain my excitement.

Tell!

Well probably the biggest update for the car this year:

Been doing lots of little jobs this week to the polo. Fitted the door cards a week or two ago after having to change all of the speaker grills, foam inserts and handles. Looks much better and really sets of my interior against the recaros.

Interior:





The car was at work last week having some new NGK iridium plugs and I have also removed the rear mudguards to show some ass. Phil has also resprayed my grill trim as it had faded badly. I know you don't really see it with my car being red but i feel it should have it



Also picked up some Octavia VRS pedals for the sum of £1, however i need a different accelerator pedal. Can't beat the scrappy



The biggest update is that I have new wheels. I have purchased Phils Ronal's off him. I was a bit worried that the red and black theme may be going a bit far but i'm really happy with how it looks. The BBS RC's are in the garage and will be refurbed when I have the money.

Few pictures during fitment and a little trip out today. Hope you all approve











Too much poke? Still have the 15mm spacers on



The bra and roof rack will be off soon when the surf dies so will be more photos when its back to normal form.

Think it needs more lows with that much poke looks odd. The red centres on red cars always works for me. Liking it mate.

Looks good man, personally prefer the RC's though.

I think going a bit lower on the ronals would work well. Interior looks perfect now.