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My VW Golf R
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Bernard///M3
BMW Car Club Member
Hey Tony.
Nice upgrade
My 2c on the calipers, if you go red it will look like a GTI? Unless you want that to bully others!!
Then R came out with Blue, I would make them black as it will match the discs and your black ANC white theme.
Anyway your car is looking great as always
Nice upgrade
My 2c on the calipers, if you go red it will look like a GTI? Unless you want that to bully others!!
Then R came out with Blue, I would make them black as it will match the discs and your black ANC white theme.
Anyway your car is looking great as always
cOlDFuSiOn
New member
Very sexy R you have! :thumbs:
Porra46
Member
Thanks for the comments guys. The R comes with a gloss black caliper, but I wanted to make it look a bit more flashy through my open wheels... So here are some more updates!
My R went back to the Bodyshop. The same bodyshop that rolled my fenders and fitted my carbon bits. These guys are proper perfectionists!!
The latest on my car.... Calipers, rotors and the hoses have been stripped from.the car and little cups have been placed on the floor while most of the brake fluid drips out.
Front rotors on my R have taken a beating...
The job they do to clean, degrease and fully prep the calipers for fresh paint is meticulous and pretty time consuming.
The braided hoses compared to the stock ones. Front and rear
Installation of the front and rear hoses and rotors...
The caliper cleaning process took a while and eventually they were read for primer.
Before finishing them off in Flame Red...
The stock R front caliper rattle springs had an R logo. Painting over these would mean losing the logo. The guys at the bodyshop printed a vinyl logo. The black logo was was stuck on a white painted rattle spring.
This is then followed by a coat of the Red paint.
Sticker is pulled off and the rattle spring is polished up.
After a day's proper leaving of the paint to cure, the EBC yellow stuff pads are installed in the fresh red calipers.
Fitment taking place.
The brake system will be bled and fresh Motul RBF660 brake fluid will be used.
My R went back to the Bodyshop. The same bodyshop that rolled my fenders and fitted my carbon bits. These guys are proper perfectionists!!
The latest on my car.... Calipers, rotors and the hoses have been stripped from.the car and little cups have been placed on the floor while most of the brake fluid drips out.
Front rotors on my R have taken a beating...
The job they do to clean, degrease and fully prep the calipers for fresh paint is meticulous and pretty time consuming.
The braided hoses compared to the stock ones. Front and rear
Installation of the front and rear hoses and rotors...
The caliper cleaning process took a while and eventually they were read for primer.
Before finishing them off in Flame Red...
The stock R front caliper rattle springs had an R logo. Painting over these would mean losing the logo. The guys at the bodyshop printed a vinyl logo. The black logo was was stuck on a white painted rattle spring.
This is then followed by a coat of the Red paint.
Sticker is pulled off and the rattle spring is polished up.
After a day's proper leaving of the paint to cure, the EBC yellow stuff pads are installed in the fresh red calipers.
Fitment taking place.
The brake system will be bled and fresh Motul RBF660 brake fluid will be used.
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Porra46
Member
And here are some random pics from the weekend:
And parked next to a local Golf 7 TDI from here in town... The 7 is fitted with an OEM bodykit available from VW. This shot made me realise I love my 6 and she isn't gonna go anywhere soon...
The verdict so far...
She STOPS! She really stops damn well. And I still haven't really played with the brakes hard as I only managed to get around 150kms on her. I've started braking hard from 100 to about 40 and then I continue driving to bed her in better now. Once I reach around 300kms of town driving, I will see how she stops to standstill.
I also don't know if it's just my mind, but the car does seem to handle much better too. It feels more nimble on a roll as well. This could be from the weight savings from the rotors... However, it is also gotten much colder here by us, so maybe the car is just performing better with this insane minus temps. But I just love how much fun she is to drive now!
And parked next to a local Golf 7 TDI from here in town... The 7 is fitted with an OEM bodykit available from VW. This shot made me realise I love my 6 and she isn't gonna go anywhere soon...
The verdict so far...
She STOPS! She really stops damn well. And I still haven't really played with the brakes hard as I only managed to get around 150kms on her. I've started braking hard from 100 to about 40 and then I continue driving to bed her in better now. Once I reach around 300kms of town driving, I will see how she stops to standstill.
I also don't know if it's just my mind, but the car does seem to handle much better too. It feels more nimble on a roll as well. This could be from the weight savings from the rotors... However, it is also gotten much colder here by us, so maybe the car is just performing better with this insane minus temps. But I just love how much fun she is to drive now!
Bernard///M3
BMW Car Club Member
Porra46 uses "performance milk" to get around:rollsmile:
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OHVIV said:
:roflol::roflol:
Porra46
Member
And this past weekend I attended DragWars2014. It was held at Tarlton.
Quite a number of VAGs attend this event. Here are some pics...
And here is a video of a collection of runs taken from my friends in the day.
My best ended up being a 12.5 on the 400m with an exit speed of 175.6km/h. Runs also seem to be pretty consistent judging from my timeslip.
Was a great day and I really enjoyed it. Much quieter than last year, but that just meant I had more runs which meant more fun. I ran in full street trim. OEM interior, with spare wheel, etc. and I also ran with my everyday street Yokohama S-Drive tyres...
I am very happy with my results as I placed 3rd in the VAG all wheel drive class which had a total of 18 cars there for the day in that class. I reckon I could have done a bit better provided I had a pitcrew or at least someone to help spray ice water on the queue starting line. My intake temps were 58 degrees in the queue. When racing, it would drop to about 35 degrees even with meth, and would just start climbing back up again.
Here is my timeslip:
And the results where I placed 3rd for my class:
Quite a number of VAGs attend this event. Here are some pics...
And here is a video of a collection of runs taken from my friends in the day.
My best ended up being a 12.5 on the 400m with an exit speed of 175.6km/h. Runs also seem to be pretty consistent judging from my timeslip.
Was a great day and I really enjoyed it. Much quieter than last year, but that just meant I had more runs which meant more fun. I ran in full street trim. OEM interior, with spare wheel, etc. and I also ran with my everyday street Yokohama S-Drive tyres...
I am very happy with my results as I placed 3rd in the VAG all wheel drive class which had a total of 18 cars there for the day in that class. I reckon I could have done a bit better provided I had a pitcrew or at least someone to help spray ice water on the queue starting line. My intake temps were 58 degrees in the queue. When racing, it would drop to about 35 degrees even with meth, and would just start climbing back up again.
Here is my timeslip:
And the results where I placed 3rd for my class:
Bernard///M3
BMW Car Club Member
Nice!! Well done.
What time did you leave? I got there at about 3 and I would have noticed your car there!! must have just missed you
What time did you leave? I got there at about 3 and I would have noticed your car there!! must have just missed you
