Louis19's Build Thread

[louis19]

Another successful morning yesterday. Brakes felt great, especially as the session went on where the old set up would normally start to fade a bit.

Next up will be the coilovers install this weekend. Cant wait to finally have some decent suspension in the car. If anyone is interested in the H&R springs I have in there currently they'll be available from next week onwards.

Heres a few pics from yesterday, thanks again to Ale Renda for the photos, they're great as always.

[rgvlee]

What do you want for them?
I want to do the mca coilovers like you but they will likely have to wait a little bit until our new house is finished.

[louis19]

What do you want for them?
I want to do the mca coilovers like you but they will likely have to wait a little bit until our new house is finished.

I've messaged you on FB

[louis19]

Got the MCA's in this weekend. Knocked out most of the heavy lifting in a half day yesterday, then today just setting the heights all round and getting over a bump in the road along the way. Big thanks to Gav and Sean for the moral support/guidance where it was needed.

Off to get a wheel alignment this week sometime then play the waiting game for the next track day to feel the full effects of the changes.

[Stuwey]

Don't fuss about with measuring wheelarch heights - you NEED to use corner weight scales.

It makes a huge difference!

[louis19]

Don't fuss about with measuring wheelarch heights - you NEED to use corner weight scales.

It makes a huge difference!

For now it'll just get adjustments via height to the arches and a alignment. At some point in the near future I'd like to get it to a shop to have it properly set up and adjusted accordingly but is it still a daily driver so as much as I'd like to get it done, I'm also not in a huge rush. Even with it setup the way it is currently is a huge improvement over the previous setup.

[seangti]

great to hear they're in, now to go enjoy the set up in the hinterland. It's pretty complete now isn't it? Brake, tyres, wheels, suspension, all to support the go fast....

Karl has corner weights, may be worth a chat or drive to brisbanes northside for a mates rates corner weighing. I think my local shop is around $300 for corner weighting, though don't quote me as I had more done with a price to match

[louis19]

great to hear they're in, now to go enjoy the set up in the hinterland. It's pretty complete now isn't it? Brake, tyres, wheels, suspension, all to support the go fast....

Karl has corner weights, may be worth a chat or drive to brisbanes northside for a mates rates corner weighing. I think my local shop is around $300 for corner weighting, though don't quote me as I had more done with a price to match

Thanks mate, feels great to have them in finally. As you say I think I've covered most bases with the big ticket items now, just add ons now to complement whats already on the car.

As for the suspension, I will get in contact with Karl and find out what the costing is like. Perhaps Ill get it all done in one hit, alignment and corner weighting so I know the car is setup correctly and good to hit the track.

[seangti]

Karl had his car set-up at Accurate Suspension so he can probably give you a better indication on price. Accurate aren't far from me.

[louis19]

Another couple of additions to the polo today, some LCA bushes before the alignment this week. I went for the anti lift super pro's in the rear of the arms and Gav had some Powerflex black front bushes so we put them in too.

Thanks to Gavs speedy hands we knocked it out in a couple of hours. Sorry no photos this time, again due to Gavs speedy hands.

Could certainly feel the difference in the hour drive home but it was also raining for most of the trip so it will be easier to tell the true difference with some dry road and the alignment sorted.