MrBen

The majority of late VR's have air con anyway, so it's only the leather and the lack of side skirts probably levels that weight difference!

Do it, looks fab:

Hi mate, good thanks. Don't really come on here much any more, as not really very relevant to my new Beemer! But got an email saying I might get culled, and we can't have that!

If you want something posh-ish buy a Mk4 4mo, but bear in mind they are not as much fun as a Mk3 VR! And whatever you do, don't buy a 1.8T!

Spec sounds like all late GTI's - they used Solitudes on most R plate GTI's. Presumably somebody special ordered a GTI in Mulberry.

Early mk3 GTI's so I would presume VR's too, had a load proportioning valve attached to the rear axle. This works on the basis that the back of the car is lower due to additional weight, so puts more braking pressure to that end. If you lower it, you have to adjust it so that it is in the position it used to be in when the car was unladen, if that makes sense!

You can't just rely on the diameter and tyre size to say if they will rub. The big question is rim width, and offset, as this will make far more difference. Bear in mind, a 7x17 with 205/40/17 has a very similar overall size to the stock rims with 205/50/15, so as long as offset is similar you are fine.

About the only French car I'd consider! Has he thought about getting the side vents done in carbon to match the bonnet?

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It's pretty straight forward really, any type of business will aim at certain types of customers, and Insurers are just the same. Some aim at everyday low-risk clients, such as Esure, so won't be competitive for a VR6...

Erm, I???? :? Matth76, just figured out who you were on Sat - we had brief chat, I was picking up Steve's cabby for him. Your VR looked rather minty!

Hilarious thread - what a total over reaction!!

Used same K&N stuff on my Ramair, was fine.

Mine had a phase of missing, and I found just taking off and firmly replacing the leads sorted it. If only everything could be fixed so easily!

My understanding is that a lot of fleet operators complained as they had to keep replacing them when careless company car users bashed them on kerbs etc! They were pretty low for a standard front spoiler, even at standard ride height.