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Question before I order my Coilover's
BillyBantam replied to BillyBantam's topic in Wheels, Brakes, Suspension and Steering
Okay cool, thanks for the info mate -
Question before I order my Coilover's
BillyBantam replied to BillyBantam's topic in Wheels, Brakes, Suspension and Steering
Okay will see what happens then! I am paying £540 for them, was the best price I could find online. What do you guy's think to the FK's? Heard VMAXX were budget kits. I have £5-600 to spend so FK's are looking the most likely (unfortunately my budget doesnt stretch to Koni's or KW's!) -
Yeah the wear is smooth on the inside edge maybe about a quarter. It sounds like thats what he has done then. Getting the rear bearings replaced soon so will get the mechanic to check it out. Chances are I will get a coilover kit anyway, willing to spend a bit of money to get her looking good again. Her previous owner was a bit of a knob!!
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So I bought my Mk3 VR6 a couple of weeks ago, and think I have spotted a potential problem. The car seems to be a little lower on the front right. I have also noticed an unusual wear pattern on the inside of the front left tyre. After going through the paperwork it seems there was an advisory on the last MOT about the Macpherson strut. What I think the previous owner has done is replaced the strut with one from a Mk3 GTI. From what I can gather each strut is specific to the loads placed on it. Now correct me if I am wrong but the loads are going to be different from a GTI to a VR6, and this