Max69vk Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Standard: border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="" />Modded: border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="" />Only a novice at photoshopping but managed to slam & smooth it, boosted the rims to make them huge & deepened the front lower bumper & grill. Any one out there with a bit more skills on photoshop? I'd love to see what you could do to my car!!! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I really like how that looks as standard mate style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />:D:D:D:D YAY!!! another platinum grey arosa style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> and all i can say is I WANT THOSE SKIRTS!!!as sad as this may sound , bad boy bonnet ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 I really like how that looks as standard mate style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />Dont get me wrong, I love the motor as it is but it just seems to be that certain 'something' & I cant work out what it is! Perhaps it just needs the foglights & slamming even further? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> i think we should mix parts of my car with your car mate cause i have the colour coded bumpers ( lower halfs ) and the fog conversion style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />:D:D:D:D YAY!!! another platinum grey arosa style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> and all i can say is I WANT THOSE SKIRTS!!!as sad as this may sound , bad boy bonnet ??ive tried a bad boy bonnet on mine before looked awful. whats skirts have you got on there??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) Nothin there to bad-boy really looks hard as anyway headlight wise. Looks sweet as is mate. Though as you've smoothed the doors then smooth the bumpers, think this should help. Possibly a bit of widening too border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="" /> Edited May 20, 2006 by Topper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1 Lupo Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Topper, thats sex on wheels! Wide arches look so sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Though as you've smoothed the doors then smooth the bumpers, think this should help. Possibly a bit of widening too style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Mate that is fantastic.That pic has made me want an Arosa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 andi , how do you think it makes me feel , i have an arosa in that colour *lifts an eye brow msn smilie stylz * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Cheers guys. I just love that colour. Definately has to be done, dump a lupo GTi engine in it and there you have a mini cupra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 nah man , 1.8T with golf 4motion drivetrain style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 well i was only going for ease of fitment style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 You could try a dropping in a chipped 1.9 tdi lump, more torque than you can shake a hairy stick at! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":whistle:" border="0" alt="whistle.gif" /> I have just been offered some 17" rims that look almost identical to my current ones (& they're cheap), Im just not sure whether I should buy them or spend the money on a set of coil-overs & slam it on the rims I've got? Im trying to weigh up the pros & cons of each....17"s rims-PRO : Look hard as 'kin nails! CON : Could make the car look like a roller skate!Coilovers - PRO : Euro-style sittin in the weeds! CON : Lots of expensive side-skirt repairs!Decisions, decicions......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 lower it mate style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> , think of it this way the wheels will fill the arches more when low the 1.9TDi engine is just as hard as a 1.8T cause the mounts are different , the 1.8 and 1.9's have a 4 point mounting system where as the loops and rosas have a 3 point system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 deck it on 17's and keep the road away form your skirts at the same time border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="" />decked on 17's (fk konig sports, rears are set on the last thread with the lockers in still but not for long style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 deck it on 17's and keep the road away form your skirts at the same time border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="" />decked on 17's (fk konig sports, rears are set on the last thread with the lockers in still but not for long style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />Nice! Unfortunately I've not got enough free cash to do the rims & coilovers, its either one or the other at the moment. Do you get any problems with 17's catching or rubbing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 (edited) Nice! Unfortunately I've not got enough free cash to do the rims & coilovers, its either one or the other at the moment. Do you get any problems with 17's catching or rubbing? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> did have but me and mr angle grinder soon solved that style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> im lookin to get the fronts flared out abit so we can go lower at the front. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />no arch linners in and removed some inner arch at the back as well as taking the front lips right off and halvin the width of the lips on the rears. so rubbing any more only on hard corners where theres a big bump in the road. flarring will solve that though. 17's arent for the faint hearted. Edited May 21, 2006 by eXXXtreme arosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Be careful with the rears.The arches are structural unlike the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penry Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 When it comes to stuff like this i'm a bit of a mind over heart guy. I think too much of resale value style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> My 15"s rub at full lock at the moment style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> because the tyres are 55 instead of 45 profile. My kind of wheel is something like a schmidt modern line anyway so I dont ever think i'd be doing arch work on the car style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Be careful with the rears.The arches are structural unlike the front.yeh i know thats why i didnt go crazy on them i didnt go back to any welds or anything. theres around 5 sheets of metal joining there so i only trimmed off the bare minium i needed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> All sounds a little bit too much for me! I didn't mind swinging the angle grinder at my last few cars but I dont fancy doing it to the Arosa. Looks like its going to be a life of expensive side skirt repairs & sitting my *ss inches from the floor!!! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> On that note.... Has anyone tried these - Coilovers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> All sounds a little bit too much for me! I didn't mind swinging the angle grinder at my last few cars but I dont fancy doing it to the Arosa. Looks like its going to be a life of expensive side skirt repairs & sitting my *ss inches from the floor!!! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> On that note.... Has anyone tried these - Coilovers ?fk highsports are a similar price mate and they are tired, tested, and highly rated on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69vk Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 fk highsports are a similar price mate and they are tired, tested, and highly rated on here!Cheapest I've seen the FK's for is £460 + postage, unless Im looking at the wrong kit style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> I tried to do a bit of research on them but could only find out that they are made by/owned by Hiltrac B.V., which is one of the bigger suppliers of suspension parts to private labels, including well known names in Germany and UK.The springs are made in Holland and are made of the same spring steel (CrSi) as Eibach and/or H&R. Managed to find their website if anyone is interested. They look like a quality bit of kit & at over £100 less than the FK's they may be worth having a nose at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 There is a budget brand called 'fun tech'Built in the same factory, by the same people as the FK coils.Only thing is they are designed for racers who fit them, use them and replace the for the next race.Don't think they are built to last really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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