fatttty Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 looks awesome bud! glad its all sorted for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty. Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Looks good mate, dont mind me asking but how much did you pay for they tyres? Looking for the same set for my wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Looks good mate, dont mind me asking but how much did you pay for they tyres? Looking for the same set for my wheelsI paid £168 delivered from mytyres.co.uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Well had the tyres fitted today and then a trial fit of the wheels.....The problem is the fronts are fouling on the calipers. So gonna have to phone up Venom tomorrow and order up some 5mm or 6mm spacers for the fronts and some 10mm spacers for the rears to even things out. Edited June 3, 2009 by cafcross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Looks great bud!Maybe go a tad lower though when everythings sorted...?Nice to see its all sorted though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penry Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Cheers for the text earlier i couldnt look at it straight away because iphone doesnt do mms You would have gone for spacers anyway for a bit of poke, may aswell get 10mm front and back for nice stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Looks great bud!Maybe go a tad lower though when everythings sorted...?Nice to see its all sorted though! Yeah will have to. Bit of a bugger tbh, no more visits to the local cinema for me!Penry - wanna stance it so the rears are wider than the fronts, but may contemplate 10mm all round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Spacers ordered. 6mm fronts, 8mm rear (no 10mm in stock, so gonna see what they 8mm look like then may get 10mm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vworks41 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Smart, just abit lower though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Spacers ordered. 6mm fronts, 8mm rear (no 10mm in stock, so gonna see what they 8mm look like then may get 10mm).How much were the 8's? Looks good mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 8s were about £23 a set I think.And will be going lower when the spacers are on. May have to sell the 6s, put the 8s on the front and get some 13s for the rear....Cheers for the comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty. Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Whered you get the spacer for that price? Thats good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Venom Motorsport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Well finally got them on for good yesterday. Still need 10mm spacers for the rear (8mm atm) and the coilies need to be played with, but I'm very happy atm.Pics (now with no red grill trim and front GTI badge for a cleaner look): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timboc Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 lookin good dude, wasn't sure when i first saw them but now there on look sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picola Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Love it, wheels look fab whatever they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Cheers!Picola - they're Rials, but don't know what exact model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Well to say I'm annoyed is an understatement.I ordered longer wheel bolts as, even though the normal bolts were fine, I wanted to be sure that the wheels wouldn't come off. I phoned up Venom to order them, and they asked me what size bolts I needed. I said I didn't know, but that I had 6mm and 8mm spacers. They calculated that I'd need 40mm bolts, so I ordered them there and then. They arrived Friday so Friday night I went outside to fit them as I had to be at work for 6 on Saturday morning, then drive to Leicester in the afternoon for French Car Show.I put them on and then went to go round Tesco to check my tyre pressures. But the car wouldn't budge. No worries I thought to myself, they're obviously a bit too long, and as I'm ordering bigger spacers this week anyway, I won't bother putting them on until then. So I whacked the Bathursts back on with the normal bolts and went to park my car up properly. However there was a horrible noise coming from the front wheels, like metal rubbing on metal. As I needed to get to work in the morning etc I phoned the AA. Alas....I only have breakdown cover (a quarter of a mile or further away from your home). So I had to pay an extra £76 for home start. Worth it though imo.The AA got to mine at just after 9pm. After taking off the front wheels it was apparant that the longer wheel bolts had gone in too far through the hub and pushed back and damaged the ABS ring and sensor, so this was rubbing, creating the noise. The sensor was disconnected and the ring fixed back into place, but both rings and sensors need replacing now. So gonna have to phone Venom on Monday and ask them why they supplied me with the wrong size wheel bolts, and whether they're willing to pay for the new ABS sensors and rings.Fuming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little rich Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 ^ dude thats ****e!hope you get it sorted and the cough up the money,on the other hand your gti looks lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Well to say I'm annoyed is an understatement.I ordered longer wheel bolts as, even though the normal bolts were fine, I wanted to be sure that the wheels wouldn't come off. I phoned up Venom to order them, and they asked me what size bolts I needed. I said I didn't know, but that I had 6mm and 8mm spacers. They calculated that I'd need 40mm bolts, so I ordered them there and then. They arrived Friday so Friday night I went outside to fit them as I had to be at work for 6 on Saturday morning, then drive to Leicester in the afternoon for French Car Show.I put them on and then went to go round Tesco to check my tyre pressures. But the car wouldn't budge. No worries I thought to myself, they're obviously a bit too long, and as I'm ordering bigger spacers this week anyway, I won't bother putting them on until then. So I whacked the Bathursts back on with the normal bolts and went to park my car up properly. However there was a horrible noise coming from the front wheels, like metal rubbing on metal. As I needed to get to work in the morning etc I phoned the AA. Alas....I only have breakdown cover (a quarter of a mile or further away from your home). So I had to pay an extra £76 for home start. Worth it though imo.The AA got to mine at just after 9pm. After taking off the front wheels it was apparant that the longer wheel bolts had gone in too far through the hub and pushed back and damaged the ABS ring and sensor, so this was rubbing, creating the noise. The sensor was disconnected and the ring fixed back into place, but both rings and sensors need replacing now. So gonna have to phone Venom on Monday and ask them why they supplied me with the wrong size wheel bolts, and whether they're willing to pay for the new ABS sensors and rings.Fuming!This is exactly why Awesome GTI will only supply bolts that are to be cut down to suit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Well just got off the phone to Venom. The guy was very understanding and said that he's going to give me a very good discount on the 13mm spacers I'm ordering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penry Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 When i put my new wheels on after xmas, i drove 50 miles to cardiff with the car making a strange noise as if the wheel was catching the arch. Puzzled, kept on going thinking it must be the offset catching the arch liner. Got out in cardiff, jacked the car up on the scissor jack only to find that only the locking wheel nut was holding the wheel on properly, the other 3 had worked loose as they were too short only about 1 and a half threads were in when they were pinched tight. So id driven 50 miles at motorway speeds with my 2 front wheels held on by 1 bolt, and almost 200bhp going through them. Better too long than too short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 15mm spacers on the rear and 8mm on the front now. Will get some pics tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted June 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well here's some pics of my car from Prept the other night. Rear coilies are being a pain so haven't had a chance to play with the height yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted July 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Right, I have a dilemma.The coilovers have been sorted, so it's bang on how I want it. However I want to drive it, not poodle around in it!Do I keep the wheels and just drive it fast in a straight line, or sell the wheels, whack the Bathursts back on in anthracite and fast-road it (which all my mates are telling me to do as that's what they're into).Decisions decisions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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