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[Blitzen]

yeah if your just doing the fronts you will be sweet....its the rears that need the body work to fit.

from the folks at TMTuning.....

"The rears can only be used with 2 door Golf´s and the G60 Euro fender panels must be used unless you want to do modifications to your current fender panels. "

Im thinking of placing an order with TMTuning (MAD EXCHANGE RATE!!!) fairly soon....where are you getting your arches from? If you are getting them from there I could add them in with my shipping.

If i get the car (I won't know for a week or so, but you may see a ver nice red MK2 GTI driving around Penrith with my dad at the helm for a couple of months!!), I already have the first order for ECS made up...
BBS RM's x 4 ($1650 USD w/ center caps)
FK Coilovers ($350 USD)
G60 Front Guards($170 ea USD)

$3000 to the door.

[anarchycamp]

sounds good mate!!!!....ECS is like a freaking candy store....

[Blitzen]

Looks like I will get them off TMTuning...Heaps cheaper!! $219 a pair as oppsed to $170 each off ECS!!

[pommy_golfer]

Blitzen, If you are getting the g60 arches and standard BBS RM', you wont get the right stance, unless you buy a 2" or 2.5" dish to go on the RMs. Backk home I have my mk2 16v, its on its belly with standard gti arches (nonG60) with standard BBS (6.5 wide-dish i think is .5") and size wise 15" is ok-ish on the mk2, but i would go 16", if not definately need to go wider.....

just my 2 cents!!!

[Blitzen]

Blitzen, If you are getting the g60 arches and standard BBS RM', you wont get the right stance, unless you buy a 2" or 2.5" dish to go on the RMs. Backk home I have my mk2 16v, its on its belly with standard gti arches (nonG60) with standard BBS (6.5 wide-dish i think is .5") and size wise 15" is ok-ish on the mk2, but i would go 16", if not definately need to go wider.....

just my 2 cents!!!

Thanks for that mate. How would spacers go?

[DangerDan]

I have the same dilemma. I bought the g60's for the front and rear wanting to get a fatter look, but i'll need some big ass spacers to make the wheels come in line. Or buy wheels with a deep dish. The fronts just sit way out from the backs.

I'm going with small bumpers to try them out and am not sure if i want the g60's arches anymore as I might op for 85 spec arches, so i maybe selling them (btw they are brand spanking new).

As Golf loon alluded to, you're better off getting wheels that fit rather then playing with spacers as you'll need pretty big ones I'd think, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Dan

[jayjay]

to run flush with g60 arches at the front with stock mk2 gti subframe, you need about 8" wheels at et +15. that pretty much translates to a wheel with approximately 85mm from the mounting face (of the wheel to the hub), to the outer lip in terms of the rim itself, in the axial direction.

example, if a wheels had 1 inch from the mounting face to the front of the spokes in width, you'd need 2.5" of dish to be flush at g60.

if none of this makes sense to you, check out this thread

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3036439

specifically

oh yeah forgot about specs:

pulled and rolled fenders underneath g60 flares
weitec XS coilovers
bbs RM
15x8 front et 14
15x8.5 rear et ~8-10

[Blitzen]

Anyone got pictures of just the front G60 guards on their car??

[tud82]

I am fitting mine sunday

will take pics

[anarchycamp]

Anyone got pictures of just the front G60 guards on their car??

I've seen a pic somewhere and it looked pretty odd having all the width up front but it may have been due to the lack of a wide enough wheel to fill the space.

You could always put G60 fronts on the rear as well.

It can be done with some modifications to the fender and the side skirt if you feel like some plastic fabrication work?!! :p

Heres the proof...



You would need to give me you BBS RM's and buy something wider to fill em out though!