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hi thought i would put a pik to see what ppl think
so far:
AP coilovers
schmidt 1 piece modernlines
Pipercross induction kit
powerflow exhaust system custom hidden tailpipe
rear hella lights
Double din jvc
clifford alarm





Its on its way to the bodyshop on monday the following will happen:
front bumper smoothed
rear bootlid smoothed
rear bumper stripes smoothed
roof will be resprayed to mercedes black

Thanks for looking guys

Bodyshop sounds like a interesting set of jobs there!

Are you relocating the siderepeaters or not? Just bear in mind this can cause complications in certain scenarios at MOT time

modernlines work so well on mk5's

Yeh I love Moderlines. Looking nice. What sized tyres are you opting for?

erm its currently got 195/45/15 on them but u cnt even say its got stretch on it so tomoro it will be strecthed with bridgstone rubber, i think they are 165/50/15 they have nice strecth on them.

as for the siderepeaters would it be a headache at mot??

Yeh it won't pass MOT without them. I'd go with nankang 185/45s mate. They're safer than 165/50s. I'm in the same place as you at the moment. I also have 8s on 195/45s and want more out of the tyre. But I think 165/50 just gets a little too thin. I'm riding 165/50s on 6s at the moment and they spin enough.

Here's 165 on an 8. They're just too thin to drive safe and look nice IMO


And here's 185, much better suited. Spoken to someone who shifted from 195/45s to these and says the difference is much better

s**t theyve allready been ordered for tomoro morning, i have spoken to the local garage today abt the saftey precuations and the handling etc.. they said it wuld be fine no probz it will just look a bit more slim
what do you mean by spining tim??

It's been done before. Ian R used to ride them with his Cups. I just wouldn't do them myself, as you can see in the first pic it's quite a stretch.

I just mean that there's less point of contact with the road so they don't grip as well as 195s or 185s.

They'll solve any arch issues though! I'm guessing your running the same as me? 8X15 ET25? meaning you get a fair amount of scrubbage

tell me abt it lol. thats why i wanted alot stretch to give that clearance. plus its abt 65mm slammed at the moment tomoro it will go around 80 i wanna go lower and lower it rubs so much i sumtimes dnt go out. yes it is 15x8 et 25

15X8 ET25 is the perfect stance. It just takes work to get it there! My plan is get 185s on, and re shape the rear arch liners, to make them accompany the wheels more. Then if it still doesn't work I'll be onto arch rolling.

Will be interesting to see how you get on with the 165s. I reckon it would give the perfect amount of tuck.

my plan is just to go low and wider as possible as i can. so once the tyres are fitted tomoro on firday i booked the arch flaring so once that is done i will get a pair of spacers

They couldnt fit the 165/50/15 on my rims too hard and too skinny guess ill stick wth my 195s

Get some 185s then mate

not much difference bettween 195 - 185 i might aswell stickaround with my tyres at the moment
thanks for the replys mate much appreciate for the help

love it mate get some more pics up