ermmurray
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hey guys... sorry i havnt updated on here for a while.. winters been and gone now so ive got the heat to tickle my car with..?
took the rear adjusters out today.. i might put the front a bit lower tho.. what do you think?
sorry its such a bad picture...
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there we go:)
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sorry i havn't been on here in ages! hope you're all well
new pic of my car..
im thinking banded steelies next....
and the rear adjusters are coming out...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ermmurray/5142083743/
thoughts?
Ed
cant embed photos with flickr anymore :S
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sorry i havn't been on here in ages! hope you're all well
new pic of my car..
im thinking banded steelies next....
and the rear adjusters are coming out...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ermmurray/5142083743/
thoughts?
Ed
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wouldn't advise going more than 50mm with springs, i'm pretty sure you can't get them anyway.. coilovers are pretty much the only option im afraid to say:/ mine cost 500 including fitting.. steep eh!
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Let the air out of the tyres , quick and cheap lowering .
haha
-sarcasm- the lowest form of wit
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Like it, bout time somebody had a go with a Fox. Would looks so good with the S-Line rims off the A3 parked next to it.
haha thats my bros new toy... (yeah hes 18...) maybe he'll let me try the wheels out for a day.. dont think theyd fit on tho...
i was thinking about getting something small and deeep...
i probably will go lower tbh.. my driveway has so many potholes on atm tho... so i think ill wait a month till theyve fixed them...
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It is but spoon feeding usually ends by the time your 2 or 3 and then your able to use a knife and fork like the big boys . I like that analogy .
To me asking a forum about a price before asking a company for the price you inevitably will have to pay is up there with asking what colour you should paint your wheels .
alright well i was just excited and anxious because i had never done anything like this before so i just though it might be a bit comforting to ask you guys what you thought..
fair enough? lets not fight.. go on the fox section and tell me what you think of my car..
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RIGHT>>> here we go... i finally had it lowered, although they will still go down another couple of inches and thats with the rear adjuster and helper spring... its sooooo much nicer to drive now.. seriously if any of you fox owners can afford to do it i highly recommend doing it... im getting over bumps no problem although i have been taking it easy and slow.. it corners a dream.. it did before when it was on stilts so you can imagine how good it is now... let me know what you think of the height etc.. i know all you dubbers are gonna tell me to go lower and i probably will.. but for now i think its fine.. wheels next..
coilovers cost : £430 (fk highsport.. good ones, venom motorsport)
fitting: £80 (i know a guy...)
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At last someone who has common sense . I know others do but they just seem to play along with the rest and it ends up almost patronizing towards the original thread starter .
Well im sorry I ever asked.. It was only to get a rough idea of what I should be paying because the garages can see people like myself don't really have a clue so they can get away with charging what they want.. I thought this forum was supposed to be a community of people with similar interests who were willing to help others..
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cheers for everyones help.. went down to a place today and its being done tmo... £20 per shock so £80 for the lot.. then i guess tracking and all that on top will be about £120...
seems like an expensive hobby but im pretty sure itl be worth it in the end...
also... i did have a look myself.. took the rear shock off and it looks pretty easy to do those.. just the fronts look alot harder.. for example the top mounts sit underneath the plastic sill in the engine bay which would be hard for a noob to get to.. and the bolts are deep down inside the mount and i dont have a socket long enough that can fit an allen key down...
but its booked in so should all be fine.... if you wanna see pics of it after its lowered ive got a running thread HERE... apart from that rude guy.. your not allowed.
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when i first got my suspension and the prices i got were averagin the same as richie.guy's (above)
i ended up fitting them myself and saved alota dolla.
its really not that hard
all you need is a socket set ...can even find out the exact ones you need. i think its only like 3-4 sizes and maybe some spring compressors and a jack.
i think theres a help thing if you search the threads but anyway
it all depends on what garage you go to but i went to two and it was about £110-£130
yea i could do it myself.. on the front tho the (excuse technical term) bit that the shock sits in.. the bolt is a weird star type allen key tool that i dont have...
what will i need doing (which is important) if i d.i.y. it?
any to the other guy... i was trying to get some impartial advice so you can suck it.
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I dont see the photoshop ? were bouts is it ?
the one above?.......
MY COILOVERS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!!
ill post pics AS SOON as there on.........
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i would do it myself but i had a look and theres a few tools i dont have and some things i dont think ill be able to do myself (on a fox)
any ideas on how much garages should charge to fit them?
cheers. Ed.
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Have you actually got the badgeless grill or was that part of the photoshop?
...photoshop
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coilovers still not here.. heres a photoshop
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You should take your car back to the repairers. They should easily adjust the door and there should be no charge
yea i took it in a couple of weeks ago to get it done.. they did it but then after a day or 2 it went again... i just cant be bothered to keep going back every month to get something fixed for it to brake again...
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Once its lowered, which wheels will you be going for ? im curious.
Are you going for euro style ? deep dish and nice and wide. Personally i would go for euro style look as it will look amazing on the Fox.
Im going euro style on mine.
these are the wheels ive got.. they need alot of work tho.. once my bloody coilovers have come and theure on the car ill have more motivation to do these...
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very bad photoshop....
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i havnt had a problem with my petrol cap but my passenger door has dropped ever since i got a new one due to someone crashing into me.. you actually have to slam it into oblivion.. and i know theyre hard to shut anyway but this is 10 times worse.. and my last service was £330 @ 40 000 miles..
i also had the free servicing up to 40000 miles so unluckily i did have to pay for this...
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i had this problem too.. so i took it to vw and they told me there was nothing wrong and gave it back with nither of them remembering..
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I cant seem to get the power wire into the passenger footwell from the bulkhead. It seem's it's catching on something on the way down. Is their any specifi direction i should try push it through?
it really is just trial and error.. theres quite a thick carpet that you have to get it over.. maybe its getting stuck down the back of that... sorry i cant be more help..
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Yeah it is pretty serious, but ive only had the car 4 months so its still under warrenty. The driveshaft went about a month and abit ago, but it was towed to the VW garage and they had it done in a few hours, so i now have a brand new driveshaft on wich will last me ages and ages. It must of been nearly out of its working travel when they sold me the car but never told me about it. I love the Fox thoe its great. What do you think of your's ?
did you buy it from a vw dealer? thats pretty bad tho for it to go before even 50000 miles.. im pretty sure something like that shouldnt go atall! glad to hear its fixed tho.. my car will officially be out of warrantee in 3000 miles:(. its a pretty good car.. i wouldnt buy one again tho.. think id go for the new polo.. or go back to an older polo.. i loved my mk4 polo:)..
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VW Fox's are great cars! i love mine. My car is a 06 plate and its done 43000 miles, the only major thing thats gone on it since ive had the car was the drive shaft, but it was fixed and out of the VW garage in a few hours, done all under warrenty. I wouldnt change my Fox for the world, great cars!
damm.. the driveshaft? that sounds pretty serious?
My Fox...
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i didnt.. but id recommend you have it looked at regularly.. i didnt get it done last time i got new tyres and they lasted about 2000 miles.. since that ive had some new tyres and tracking done and theyve done 10000 already and still going good.. better safe than sorry..