My VW Golf R

[Ga-3M]

Bud your car is absolutely epic!! Thanks for taking the time to post so many pics and updates!! You truly are passionate about your ride!raise:raise:

 

[Bernard///M3]

Very nice Photoshoot and videos:clapper:

 

[raks16]

Awesome pictures and video. Watched some of your other videos as well , your car is flipping quick raise:

 

[Porra46]

Thanks a lot guys!!! :ty:

Some rolling snaps of my R from Downshift Photography...

 

[bmw325i]

The Best R in Sa raise:raise:raise:

 

[Porra46]

And I attended Dubrun 2015 this year.

Taped up my R for protection and got a bit creative for the 'look'

The morning as we fueled up to go. My local buddies also taped up and joining the run.

We met with the convoy halfway at Harrismith...

And we proceeded down to the awesome coastal air of KZN! These shots courtesy of the photographers that joined in on Dubrun.

Arriving in KZN. We stayed in a holiday house where friends from JHB also joined. Rommies with his Revo K04 GTI and Andy with his Z4M.

Besides having an incredible social weekend, we had fun with the cars too. We attended one of the Dubrun events which was a Dyno Day hosted by Stealth.

My car's figures on the Stealth dyno. I was very happy. I also took 2nd place for the strongest 2.0T with stock turbo!

Some shots of our cars at Gateway Mall

Also had a chance to hook up with some of the awesome bunch from the BMW Fanatics club. Some runs were done and we had great fun!

Ended up getting called to 2 runs with a M135i running JB4 and an E92 M3 with full AC Schnitzer exhaust.

All runs are 2nd gear rolling from 60km/h. Here are the vids...

 

[LOW BOOST]

Looking good bru..
Having fun in the heart of the durban drag scene...
Your car pulls strong bru.

 

[Porra46]

Some updates...

I got a good deal on a second hand set of OZ Ultraleggeras in 19x8 and in gloss black. There are a few chips here and there that I touched up but wheels are straight and solid. The way that I am, they will be refurbed to perfection in the near future.

They were purchased with Achilles tyres on which I had removed immediately to transfer the Yokohama rubber on my VMRs. Here I got a chance to weigh the wheels. 11.5kg (25.4lbs) for the 19" VMR compared to the 9kg (20lbs) OZ wheel! And this wheel isn't even HLT! The HLT marking would have been on the wheel if it were. But I now know why OZ wheels are so awesome. You can easily notice the difference when holding the OZ in one hand and the VMR in other.

Fitment was done at our local Tiger Wheel and Tyre which is located right next to my VW dealership. Excuse the dirty car pics. We had some rains in the past few days.

Took the car home, gave it a quick clean and snapped this. Difficult to catch the wheels on a photo cause they are so dark. But to me they look great in the flesh.

And close ups of the wheels. Shows off my ECS 2 piece rotors and painted calipers nicely!

 

[Magneto]

Looks great

 

[M135i]

How good a deal did you get?
Ball park figure?

Love these wheels, and suit the car and brakes allot more. Liked the colour on the vmr though


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[Porra46]

Thanks guys!! :ty:

How good a deal did you get?
Ball park figure?

Love these wheels, and suit the car and brakes allot more. Liked the colour on the vmr though


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They were on sale on the GTI forum for around R25k with Achilles tyres. There were lots of potential buyers but a lot of people wasted the seller's time. I gave him a call, made him a lower offer which he accepted and bought the wheels.

 

[reid]

:clapper:raise:

 

[Shahaad]

Hey bud,

Curious to know, is that 279kw on the wheels?

 

[Porra46]

Hey bud,

Curious to know, is that 279kw on the wheels?

Yes it is according to Stealth bud. But it could be a bit of a happy figure from the dyno. Lots of K04 TFSIs were around that mark on the dyno day in the end.

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Had some friends visit for the weekend. Andy (Andy1GP on this forum) came in a superbly clean BMW E46 M3 and Llewelyn came in a very well kept Ford Focus ST225.

Showed them the social scene here and we also did a scenic road trip to Clarens followed by some friendly rolling runs for fun.

Pics:

Parked with sights of the Ash River Outfall or Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

Parked in Clarens itself...

Can't resist snapping this clean M3!

We then cruised through the mountain passes until we got some nice twisty roads to ride on. We went through the Golden Gate area and took dome scenic passes where we stopped for snaps

And vids of our few friendly runs we made. The ST250 and the Honda Civic Ek9 drivers are close friends of mine staying here that also took part.

 

[Randy ///M]

that's some great stuff nice pic's

and all are dressed in white for the party...:clapper::clapper:

 

[awesome]

nice pictz guyz looks like a fun day

 

[nsmith1]

Nice pics

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[Porra46]

And some parts arrived...

My big turbo kit from APR... Big thanks to Malcolm from VAG Motorsport for the pics. Sucks to stay so far from my nearest APR dealer.

Complete full kit with GTX2867R turbo, gaskets, feed lines, piping, LPFP controller, etc.

Malcolm has assured me everything is there. Just awaiting arrival of my TSI Carbonio intake front section.

 

[moranor@axis]

wow... this is going to be insane :rollsmile:

 

[Dean ///M]

Awesome car looks great But I would have went 30 not 28.