What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[83_SUS]

sent it to get the bodykit sprayed yesterday cant wait to see her all shiny again. before it left:

[bujna]

Not exactly today, but i got my 112,500 service done on the GTI last week, and got the rear rotors and pads replaced. The throttle body also got a good clean and re-calibration.

[JustCruisn]

Did you get it all fixed up from that ding a few week back mate?

Gotta book it in yet

Car is dented on fire and dirty as all hell Looks really crap ATM.
I ordered some new wheels and rubber which should arrive soon, add them with a cut and polish from the panel shop and it should all look sweet again.

[gavs]

Fitted my rear shocks, have to psych myself up to do the front struts, it's such a pain-in-the-date to do the struts

Also dyno'ed the shocks on every second adjustable stop, the graphs show that there is an effect which is good!

Most of the dampening force increase seems to be in the low speed dampening range, generally in the bleed region of the shock.

On the compression side, between 0 and 0.2 M/s acceleration, the force increases pretty consistantly on all settings, but starts off with a higher Kg force. The rate rises at approx 1.2kg force up to 0.6M/s, but after that starts rising with each 0.2M/s acceleration increase, effectively increasing by 2.5 times the Kg force.

The rebound side is different, in that the Kg force ramps up quickly, far quicker than the compression side. For example, on setting "2" at 0.025M/s acceleration, the compression force is 6.4kg and the rebound -6.6kg. At 0.05M/s, the compression is at 7.5kg where the compression is at -15.2! This jump is consistant accross the entire compression/rebound range and at all settings.

From the dyno results, we have determined that the most likely scenario is that the adjustment controls the levels of the bleed in the shock, unlike Koni red "adjustables" which seem to control a disc in the piston stack to limit the flow of oil through the piston stack as the shock wears.

But, the most important thing is that the difference is imediately evident on the road, as the graphs showed, the difference between setting 1 and setting 4 was less than 1kg force at 0.025M/s, but between 4 and 8, the difference was 8kgs!

Now to get the courage to grunt and swear while fitting the fronts and utilise the full benefits.....

[Mr. JLT]

I looked at mine as I walked through the garage- Waiting for parts is like watching paint dry!

[dubbed]

It's collecting dust. And the only thing I've done lately is banged up my TT wheels on cobblestone gutters arrrgh. I need a curb feeler lol

[quozl]

Installed 42 Draft Design shifter bushings with Graeme doing the grunt work and technical knowledge. In saying that it was relatively easy to do other than the 10mm bushings needed to be slightly drilled out to fit on the HPA short shifter as the post was exactly 10mm and the bushings sleeve was 9.92mm, a quick run through with a 10mm bit and it went on perfectly.




Product info is at 42 draft designs website, overall impression is that shifter feels more "solid" now, there seems to be less play when you are "in gear" positions, combined with the HPA short shifter that I have had since I got the car new in 04 the feel is brilliant. Full PDF install guide is HERE

Nice cheap little bang for buck mod, thanks to Manaz for the great deal on the bushings.

Cheers Al

[Treza360]

Installed 42 Draft Design shifter bushings with Graeme doing the grunt work and technical knowledge. In saying that it was relatively easy to do other than the 10mm bushings needed to be slightly drilled out to fit on the HPA short shifter as the post was exactly 10mm and the bushings sleeve was 9.92mm, a quick run through with a 10mm bit and it went on perfectly.

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Product info is at 42 draft designs website, overall impression is that shifter feels more "solid" now, there seems to be less play when you are "in gear" positions, combined with the HPA short shifter that I have had since I got the car new in 04 the feel is brilliant. Full PDF install guide is HERE

Nice cheap little bang for buck mod, thanks to Manaz for the great deal on the bushings.

Cheers Al http://www.users.on.net/~quozl/Images/rally.gif

Good review there Al. I've been looking at those and the other guy on Vortex who's selling something similar and thinking about getting some of those.

Manaz, are you selling those or did you just have an extra set lying around?

Cheers,
Trent

[fuzion]

i second trent.. i was thinking to as well. if he doesnt ill get some in with u if you want dude

[quozl]

He had a spare set, they are only $26.00 USD plus postage so you're looking at max $35 AUD with postage landed per set. Also make sure you order the correct ones for your car, there is an extensive how to on the site to determine exactly which ones you need for your particular car as VW have changed the end link design numerous times. For those with an MKIV R32 the part number is 42-455-001

Cheers Al