Reply With QuoteYeah as Adrew mentioned you must cut and box the lowere section so drive shafts dont bottom out
Super Mod
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The problem a lot of people forget when "slamming" their Mk1s is that they overlook clearancing the body above the RHS driveshaft. The driveshaft effectively becomes a new bumpstop!!!
This is one I had in at work last week, hope the owner doesnt mind me showing this pic but it is a warning to others.
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Yeah as Adrew mentioned you must cut and box the lowere section so drive shafts dont bottom out
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Or at the very least whack it with a hammer in the right spotOriginally Posted by Water Boy
Yeah as Adrew mentioned you must cut and box the lowere section so drive shafts dont bottom out
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the owner doesn't mindThis is one I had in at work last week, hope the owner doesnt mind me showing this pic but it is a warning to others.
can't say i really know how to fix it yet tho haha
either have to cut a piece of the chassis or raise the car a little yeah?
1979 Mk1 Golf GTi
1994 Mk3 Golf VR6
Super Mod
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Can fix very cheaply for you mate. Book it in.
Hows the overheating? Fixed??
Andrew
Par 6 Golf GTI. Coilovers, BBS CH Wheels, APR'd
Caddy van 05/07 (colourcoded) (BRIGHT! orange!) coilovers, Konis 18in. wheels, Oettinger tuned
Volkswagen Fan
sounds good, i'll give you a ring 2moro.
not sure, only drove it back home but the guage was still reading a little high so dunno.. hope so tho
1979 Mk1 Golf GTi
1994 Mk3 Golf VR6
Dub Crazy
I've seen that section boxed a couple times.
The method i would use if I had to [or may have to soon] is to get some round MS pipe. roughly 2-2.5" dia.
cut the section from the rail, and use a half section of the pipe to join up the sections of the rail.
It's hard to describe without pics, but I hope this give a rough idea. I've never done it personally, but I like the theory
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sorry to hijack but... what are the other options for achieving the lowest legal ride height without coilovers, custom springs and shocks? the attractiveness of coilovers for me is the height adjustment but really i'd just want to be low n slow not a high performing suspension setup.
what suspension are you running SpeciP3?
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mate, you can get cheap coilovers for about as much as it would cost for shocks and springs and you can have it whatever height you want! all for about $800
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Dub Crazy
hottuning aren't what I'd regard as a 'high-performance' suspension set up. [ie not a track based suspension] it' is, imo atleast, a street based setup.
They give you upto 120mm of drop, which is about as much as most people want, [in fact heaps more than most people want] & are a stupidly easy option. More expensive would be a air bag setup. Around 8-10K for a custom setup, but you'll be able to park it on the deck.
all depends on what you want. The hottuning coils are a goood start I reckon. Hope this helps.
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