Reply With QuoteGood thorough service.
Coilovers or some sort of oem suspension.
Dubber
Hello everyone, I'm the owner of a mk3 Golf VR6 colour concept. It's my first car. It needs a bit of engine and suspension work. Exterior is pretty immaculate. Since I threw all my money into buying it, my dad is the only one who can spend money on it but he's in Europe visiting my grand parents for 6 weeks. To get to the point, does anyone have any tips of what I can do to get this thing working better, but still P plate legal. I'm not a stereotypical p plater and am not planning on fitting 20'' chromies on it (haha). I have a fair few tools at home. At the moment, all i've done is detailed it, blacked out bumpers and jacked it up and replaced a tube in the tire. All help will be greatly appreciated!
Volkswagenist
Good thorough service.
Coilovers or some sort of oem suspension.
Dubber
Thankyou for the info. The car ran out of rego 3 weeks ago. Was thinking about keeping the suspension stock so we dont get much attention from the police.Originally Posted by HaydEn
Volkswagen Enthusiast
what sort of engine work are we talking?
id do a full service plugs and wires etc
depending on the ks timing chains are important!!
id get a set of coilovers you can set the height and will increase the handling of the car dramatically
strut top mounts are common to wear also
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Volkswagenist
Congrats on getting a colour concept as your first car!
Coilovers not set loo low or a sport spring/shock combo shouldn't attract the attention of the police.
1996 Golf VR6 Colour Concept Green
Dubber
I think Ill get some coilovers once I replace cv joints and some parts of the engine. To be honest I regret buying this red colour concept. There was this green one close by which was in so much better condition. Kicking myself
Dub Crazy
Unless you get specific on the issues with you car. It will be hard to quage what 'work' actually needs to be done to your car.
Saying "get coilovers" is a pretty generic response these days
If you have some known issues, list them down, or maybe a snap shot of the service history, kms, etc. then we might be able to be a bit more helpful.
Dubber
Thanks for the help. After I bought it I had a mobile mechanic come inspect it. I'll go try find the report he gave me.
But to put it in simple terms, new suspension, new engine and new air con.
Dub Crazy
New engine is a biggie, so I'll leave that till you can provide more details as to why etc. is it actually running and driving currently?
new air con, well you can get a new/reco'd compressor locally, or source one from overseas, which out to be much cheaper. Its relatively common for compressors to need replacing. Just check that it's not just in need of new gas, as that's a whole lot cheaper than a new compressor.
Suspension, well. Shocks are they more obvious ones. but also replace strut tops (front and back) and perhaps look into suspension bushes as well, as they could we be due for replacement soon (especially if they're the orginal ones still). ECS tuning do a couple of 'suspension refresh kits' that could be up your alleyway.
as for the shocks. well a coilover is an option, but if you don't want to have it lowered, (or only want to lower it a touch) look into getting new standard shocks, or perhaps a cup kit.
All VR's are sky high as standard and take very well to being lowered a good 30mm minimum.
hopefully this is of some help.
Dubber
Thankyou. Your information is really helpful.
The car runs and drives but the engine doesn't sound healthy.The previous owner removed the entire air conditioning system because it was leaking :S . I was quoted 2k from pedders suspension to fix the suspension. We are not sure about lowering the suspension yet. We have HEAPS of speed bumps in our area.
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