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Love the wheels on the polo wish they come biger than 13"s
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yea me too, i had to sell those wheels to pay for the gl, a sacrifice that was worth it tho
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the previous owner either had a really hairy dog or wife, the hoover does not like sucking up doghairs so anyone got any tips on how to get rid of the hair, or shall i just strip it out? undecided yet
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thenapster wrote:
Lee4391 wrote:If your friend can make me one for that price count me in ;)
id rather keep it exclusive to me tbh lee i dont want everyone on this forum have carbon bonnets
greed is a terrible thing young man. Keeping all the carbon goodies to yourself :wink:

I'd be the same way, i eagerly await the bonnet though.
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Can't wait to see this.

What wheels you thinking?
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thenapster wrote:the previous owner either had a really hairy dog or wife, the hoover does not like sucking up doghairs so anyone got any tips on how to get rid of the hair, or shall i just strip it out? undecided yet


hand brush and vac.

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Awesome GL dude! I've just come out the VAG scene too, am all about power now! :)
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Lee4391 wrote:
thenapster wrote:
Lee4391 wrote:If your friend can make me one for that price count me in ;)
id rather keep it exclusive to me tbh lee i dont want everyone on this forum have carbon bonnets
greed is a terrible thing young man. Keeping all the carbon goodies to yourself :wink:

I'd be the same way, i eagerly await the bonnet though.
nor can i, just got to wait till ive ticked other stuff off my shopping list first. suspension is what im going to tackle with first i get altitude sickness everytime i sit in it
joe f wrote:Can't wait to see this.

What wheels you thinking?
most probs get some rotas but not sure yet, i want 15x8 with a rough et of around 0 but will have to see
bryan wrote:
thenapster wrote:the previous owner either had a really hairy dog or wife, the hoover does not like sucking up doghairs so anyone got any tips on how to get rid of the hair, or shall i just strip it out? undecided yet


hand brush and vac.

will take time
thanks for the advice i will give it a try but i will proberly end up stripping it
*Jonnyg* wrote:Awesome GL dude! I've just come out the VAG scene too, am all about power now! :)
sweet what vag did you have? im all about d*ckhead low tbh and the polo scene bored me they were all looking the same
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Grid v's would look sweet on it, or sub zeros, or rb's. Tbh any of the low offset rota's will work.
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thenapster wrote:i want the gl that low and it WILL happen. the polo used to beat the splitter on the ground constantly and most speed bumps were fine when you worked out a technique. when it was snowing i parked up next to a snowplough and my splitter was lower ;)
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Its all about the lows lol decent set of coilovers and your on ya way lol
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five wrote:
thenapster wrote:i want the gl that low and it WILL happen. the polo used to beat the splitter on the ground constantly and most speed bumps were fine when you worked out a technique. when it was snowing i parked up next to a snowplough and my splitter was lower ;)
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+1 very difficult to get them silly low without expensive coilovers, that is unless you want it to drive like utter shite!

how did you get around in the polo to work out a speedbump technique?? thought you still had no license???
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ive had my licence back for ages now and even have a bike licence so i got a 600 honda dirtbike as my daily.
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thenapster wrote:ive had my licence back for ages now and even have a bike licence so i got a 600 honda dirtbike as my daily.
haha fair enough!
you still living at the castle? or old courts or whatever it used to be!?
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flatliner wrote:
thenapster wrote:ive had my licence back for ages now and even have a bike licence so i got a 600 honda dirtbike as my daily.
haha fair enough!
you still living at the castle? or old courts or whatever it used to be!?
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