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please please please get those half shafts balanced and hardened. If one lets go when you're at 80 you're dead. It'll be like a missile either lifting the car off the ground or go straight through the footwell. I've seen it happen and it is not pretty. http://www.propshaft-services.co.uk/ Half shafts are made of a special type of elastic steel for strength so they can take the torque.

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Thanks for the comments everyone, ive been on holiday so not got much done last couple of weeks but while i was away a few goodies arrived,


Gti rear beam complete with rear brakes also replaced the bushes with powerflex ones and had to order some new back plates as they were rotten, still waiting for those to arrive as they were on back order



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Also won these on ebay they need a refurb and colour change but once the coilovers are on ill be happy

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I've also got some g60 front calipers and carriers to come for the front brake upgrade so more pics to follow soon hopefully

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how many cars you got haha

you sound like my Mrs, "u can only drive one at a time "

but I've got a mk5 golf gt tdi, a bg5 subaru legacy gtb a kangoo van with a clio 172 lump and the lupo, you can never have too many

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lupo gti hubs have arrived, still waiting on the G60 calipers and carriers

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also got the lupo gti beam and rear brakes all cleaned up and painted

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also made a start on the cooling system unfortunately the golf radiator is just to big so hopefully the lupo one will give enough cooling

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you can never have too many

I'll second that... But the trouble is you start to enjoy running one most of the time and neglect the others. It costs too much to tax 5 cars at the same time, but I still do it....

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small update, g60 callipers and carriers arrived unfortunatly the callipers were completly shoy nipples were seized pistons were very corroded so recon calipers were ordered and painted eventualy got the correct size discs also got the wheels refurbed and i think they look good against the yellow and finally made a start on the exhaust, oh and after a bit or reserch decided to get the drive shafts custom made but still waiting for those to return.



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also brought this liitle gem 74k 3 owners, clutch had gone and caused pedal box to break so after a few hours of fettling its back on the road and will be up for sale in the near future after a service mot and new timing belt and a very good clean.



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Time for an update.

Decided to get the drive shafts professionally made and while i was waiting for them i decided to fit a sub and amp in the boot, drive shafts have been powder coated and are ready to fit, sub and amp still needs wiring up but ill sort all the wiring at once also fitted the battery in the wheel well using the golf battery tray

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