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Malagger
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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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2ez4me Admin
Posts : 3672 Reputation : 4110 Swagger : 40 Join date : 2011-08-04 Age : 45 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| 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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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 28th 2011, 2:29 am | |
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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 28th 2011, 2:31 am | |
| crap, nevermind. they are 5 lug. | |
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Busted225
Posts : 223 Reputation : 252 Swagger : 2 Join date : 2011-10-04
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... November 29th 2011, 12:03 am | |
| lets cut those coils | |
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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| 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 Admin
Posts : 3672 Reputation : 4110 Swagger : 40 Join date : 2011-08-04 Age : 45 Location : Kalamazoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 8th 2011, 8:33 pm | |
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Malagger
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| 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
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 4:28 pm | |
| Deff 4x4 now.... | |
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nightestkiduknow
Posts : 1242 Reputation : 1359 Swagger : 27 Join date : 2011-10-31 Age : 40 Location : newaygo,MI
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 10th 2011, 4:59 pm | |
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2ez4me Admin
Posts : 3672 Reputation : 4110 Swagger : 40 Join date : 2011-08-04 Age : 45 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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
Posts : 1081 Reputation : 1124 Swagger : 10 Join date : 2011-08-06 Age : 40 Location : Da Zoo
| 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
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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
Posts : 1081 Reputation : 1124 Swagger : 10 Join date : 2011-08-06 Age : 40 Location : Da Zoo
| 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
Posts : 1081 Reputation : 1124 Swagger : 10 Join date : 2011-08-06 Age : 40 Location : Da Zoo
| 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
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 6:21 pm | |
| Well I wonder where the leak is? | |
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nightestkiduknow
Posts : 1242 Reputation : 1359 Swagger : 27 Join date : 2011-10-31 Age : 40 Location : newaygo,MI
| 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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madmax
Posts : 389 Reputation : 401 Swagger : 8 Join date : 2011-08-05 Age : 34 Location : Mishawaka, IN / Kalamazoo, IN
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 27th 2011, 7:24 pm | |
| Looks like a fix for some bondo | |
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Malagger
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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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Chad G
Posts : 2207 Reputation : 2324 Swagger : 28 Join date : 2011-08-05 Location : Kalama-pothole-zoo
| Subject: Re: MK3 GTI, winter beater... December 28th 2011, 12:01 am | |
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Malagger
Posts : 505 Reputation : 548 Swagger : 4 Join date : 2011-10-05 Age : 46 Location : Kalamazoo
| 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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