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Malagger
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|  Subject: MK3 GTI, winter beater...  November 27th 2011, 6:57 pm | |
| Picked it up like this.  New Rear brakes, caliper bracket and wheel bearing.  Wheels and instrument cluster, and here we are so far.  | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 27th 2011, 7:13 pm | |
| Looking good.....Cant wait to see it a touch lower in the future....lol | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 27th 2011, 8:19 pm | |
| A touch..... hehe, could hide a body in them arches!
those are 185/60 tires, I need to find some 195 70s i think, then cut out a couple rounds....
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 28th 2011, 1:19 am | |
| awesome project. i love gti's. those meshies will be really nice with some elbow grease! | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 28th 2011, 2:29 am | |
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Chad G
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 28th 2011, 2:31 am | |
| crap, nevermind. they are 5 lug. | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 29th 2011, 12:03 am | |
| lets cut those coils  | |
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Chad G
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 8th 2011, 12:53 am | |
| nice to meet you tonight! let me know if you need help with anything on the gti | |
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2ez4me
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 8th 2011, 8:33 pm | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 8th 2011, 8:39 pm | |
| Taking it up to my brother on sat to get the snows put on the meshies, then we shall see what arch we got to work with hehe
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 1:22 am | |
| did you get fatter tires than what were on the 14's? | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 4:28 pm | |
| Deff 4x4 now....  | |
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nightestkiduknow
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 4:59 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 5:30 pm | |
| snow tires are meaty as hell......Its not getting stuck even lowered | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 1:52 pm | |
| Speaking of lowered, off to the garage to see what I can do with them new springs and fix the leak in the exhaust in front of the cat.....
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Chris
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 2:29 pm | |
| looks good. Yo where is that neighborhood, it looks familiar??? | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 2:46 pm | |
| Brownstone in mattawan, plannin a get together here at some point for those who wanna come. | |
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Chris
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 2:48 pm | |
| Oh nice, I likewise would be willing to do some get together here, I live in a neighborhood in galesburg. | |
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Chris
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 2:56 pm | |
| I know a little about Mattawan, my uncle lives close to the corner of 24th st and 44th ave. | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 6:21 pm | |
| Well I wonder where the leak is?  | |
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nightestkiduknow
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 6:28 pm | |
| nah thats fine the leak must be somewhere else lol | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 7:24 pm | |
| Looks like a fix for some bondo  | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 7:32 pm | |
| Got it tore apart, the "bolts" are chunks of rust, gonna open header it to get them hammered out tomorrow | |
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 28th 2011, 12:01 am | |
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Malagger
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| | Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 31st 2011, 2:03 pm | |
| Swapped out the radiator support........was a lil rusty, and I dont think its supposed to be 2 piece.....  Got my HIDs too..  | |
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