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Suspension & Steering / Re: Coilovers or Lowering springs/shocks
Hi all, sorry to jump in the thread but I’m also looking to do the above but am going for coil overs this time round as I’m unsure of the ride height that I really want.

Most likely from vw classics as found on the above, the MTS Technik set if anyone has knowledge of these and if they are any good and any better alternatives for similar pricing.

Just a few questions. What would I need for the install. I’d like to change everything to new whilst I’m doing it. I’ll definitely use the above mk3 top plate,bush,nut and bearing combo for the front. But do I need anything else for both the back and have I missed anything for the front?

Let me know and apologies for the hijack happy to make a new post/thread if needed!
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Car covers
Thanks for the above I have just purchased my first ever car cover being the storm force one on the above link!!
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Members' Cars / Re: Cope's GTI
Brilliant thread, you’ve done a great job with the body work and home spraying.
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Members' Cars / Re: How it all started!’
Hi ken & Andy,
Yep the rubbing was down to the rear alloy being 9” wide with quite a low ET so stuck out to far. A bit of a shame as in all honesty I quite liked the look of them, but the bbs ra’s are not to be sniffed at. Thanks for asking.

Andy your right I’ve been told the same thing, and had I not been to impatient to find out if it could fix it I would have definitely got a genuine VW one. But I’m sure I’ll be changing it again at some point so will take the learning from this time round and improve upon it next time I’m thinking.
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Members' Cars / Re: How it all started!’
The best bit was putting the learning into practice and the feeling of achievement afterwards. Coupled with the fact that the golf lives to fight another day!!
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Members' Cars / Re: How it all started!’
Right so it’s been a while since the post but the golf started to smoke on start up and dissipate after the engine warmed up so wasn’t to concerned.

 However this progressed in to smoking all the time and then finally with thick black smoke spitting out of the exhaust!! which as you can imagine caused me some sleepless nights.

Not being that mechanically minded I thought the worst and assumed the engine had had it and that it was the end of the mk2 for the foreseeable future.

However after talking to and being tutored about the workings of the symptoms of the said smoke by a very knowledgeable and experienced forum member I was directed to the coolant temperature sensor as a possible cause and instructed to purchase a volt meter for future learning and direction whilst awaiting the new sensor.

As is always the way the sensor arrive with the meter still awaiting dispatched so decided to just swap the old with new and see what happened.

Those of you with more understanding of the digi 8v will have already worked out that this was in fact the cause and cured the problem straight away.

Once the volt meter arrives I’ll be measuring the resistance of the old and new to distinguish the difference and then trying all the rest of the sensors via the ecu loom (whilst under instruction) to learn how these respond to help with fault finding in the future.

It’s been a good few weeks, learning more in that time than I have in the past 20 years about the workings of the car and am looking forward to learning a lot more and a special thanks to the forum member (you know who you are).





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General Chat / Re: Rubber Jack Pads...
Brilliant, I’ve just put one in the basket from the above link. Just what I’ve been after. Cheers