318iSh..... Banded steels & Lows

[mc_hawkings24]

OOOO mk1 scirrocco thats beautiful very few and far between! whats under the bonnet? coilovers, recaro interior

put some more pics up of it if you can

I was seeing if i could find one the other day but no luck i do like my vw's

[VWinston]

Thanks man.. This is my real love

It did have 1.8 8V GTi engine but ive just taken that out to fit a.... 1300cc Mk1 Golf driver engine lol... It lets me get mega low and paves way for a headache from G40 Turbo engine at the end of next show season... Its only on cheapo coilovers and has the original red valore interior





This is why im fitting a 1.3



PS.. I look forward to seeing your lights

[k20trew]

you beat me to it ! mine has the same wheels ,though mine are 8&9 inch in silver
the car is a m42 318is in met. blk on gaz coilies

love it in white tho sweet ride

[suchy]

Dude that is a sweet Mk1 Scirocco, I had ones years ago same colour with a brown velour interior- utterly sucked at the time though!! Nice looker
Steelies lookin' good also on the E30

[Kemix]

the e30 looks cool mate my rear lights are also red but I used some bright green nail polish on the bulbs and now they flash pretty much yellow/orange, was followed by traffic police last week and they didn't pull me over when I indicated

[VWinston]

Cheers Folks

Get some pics up K20trew.. sounds awesome.. 9's drooooool

I was thinking green bulbs but was worried they wouldn't shine bright enough?

[harry_p]

Superb, takes balls to tuck tyre with 195 45 15s!

[Kemix]

the green bulbs will shine bright enough

[VWinston]

They are not quite tucked yet harry... but lets just say i drive round with my arse cheeks clenched lol

I set the BM up for the snow on Monday.

It turned up yesterday but by the time it came to going skidding in it.. it was all ice but its snowing (ish) now so fingers crossed for tonight

I fitted some non banded G60 steels (what a difference 2"s makes eh!! ) with nice balloon tyres.. Its not been washed for a month so looking rather slagish..





3x weighty banded steels and a spacesaver to aid traction lol

[Kemix]

Looks cool mate nice and low, did you cut the front springs on standard shocks ? Is that a dubmeister metal legal no. plate? Debating getting a set ready for show season

[VW-will]

any problems with the rear arches and the 8j's?!

[VWinston]

Cheers Kemix.. Its on G-max shocks all round but they are past their best and haven't handled the chop to well lol.. whats yours lowered on?

The plates came on the car... but im guessing they are uk font pressed plates from dubmeister.. These ones are not legal as they have no stamps or postcode etc

No problems with rubbing on the 8's... only when i fitted my 5mm spacers

[Kemix]

looks good though! Mine are 60/60 springs on standard shocks, seem to be coping just fine! Will be changing the rears to 40mm for the summer as I'm getting 16x9 borbets, don't think they will fit otherwise!

[rob0r]

I love what you've done with the car, the exact same thing I'm aiming for my prefacelift 316. What's the rear suspension setup?

[VWinston]

Borbets <3... 9's all round?

Cheers rob0r.. Its on Gmax 60mm springs and shocks... Full tank of juice and a boot full of junk lol

[Kemix]

Can't beat a good old borbet yes theyre 9j all round, going for a 'stanceworks' look have you had your arch lips rolled for the banded wheels?

[VWinston]

A tiny bit of work on the rear arches... but then i gave up doing more and just took the 5mm spacers off which sloved the scrubbing

[VWinston]

Its abit of boring update but an update non the less.

I removed the banded steels because they were leaking air.. After taking them to my mate at ATS to be inspected it turned out it was the valves that were leaking and lucky for me not the bands.. After stripping the tyres off it was clear to see that the welds were not allowing the valves to sit flush and get a full seal, so they leaked air when the valve was moved..

This was simple enough to cure with a little grinding.. Im also going to seal the valves in with silicone before I have the tyres refitted just to be on the safe side.. I can't wait to get them back on, it looks so s**te and skinny on the 6J steels.



And some fun with the split trim

[VWinston]

Trimmed lowering springs + dodgy English roads + 2.5" sump clearance = Merry Christmas Winston



Fingers crossed i can work my magic with some Quicksteel, it was due an oil change anyway lol.. I will have a closer look on monday

A couple snow pictures to lightern the mood

[chopper]

That's the only problem slamming a e30, hope it a easy fix

[steviebmw]

i think a sump gaurd might be needed

[Barton]

been waiting to see a proper pic of an e30 on banded steels, look forward to when i can afford to sort my car out

[lee]

lift the engine up... both mine smashed sumps, raised the engine up on spacers on the engine mounts and not had any issues since!

[tez180]

lift the engine up... both mine smashed sumps, raised the engine up on spacers on the engine mounts and not had any issues since!

This man speaks the truth!

I also did that in the end (after too many sump scraps)

You can then go lower too ;)

[chopper]

Is it any easy job raising the engine? What kind of price are we looking and how much clearance would you get? And is it as simple as hoist the engine, undo mounts and lift slighty & pack with spacers

[lee]

mine came up above the steering rack which was enough to stop it smashing the sump on cats eyes!

undo the lower bolts for engine mounts and lift the engine until you have just over a nuts thickness of thread pocking out ...then fill that gap...i also thought about packing on top of the mount but like i say you only need to clear the rack...( on mine the rack bolts and inner ball joints on the wish bones now are the low points)

mine runs 15's with 45 profile rubbers and prob 80mm down on the front.

[tari]

What sort thickness spacers could I get away with without the engine hitting the bonnet??

Very interesting... I had a close call the other day where I thought I cracked my sump, but thankfully all was good!!

Cheers

Tee

[ScottEgg]

benn toying with g60 wheels for ages. banded just look ridiculously sick

[lee]

prob get 10mm in i'd of thought...depending on mounts...look to see what threads poking out the bottom, or undo the night until its just got full thread poking through the nut and measure the gap! neither of mine hit the underside of bonnet....

[tari]

Thanks Lee! I'll have a butcher's!

[steviebmw]

where can i get banded steels

[The_Haywood]

http://www.bandedsteels.com/

[steviebmw]

can i do the banded steels my self

[suchy]

can i do the banded steels my self

Wouldn't recommend it unless you are a specialist with the correct equipment, which if you were you wouldn't be asking the question!!!!

[suchy]

lift the engine up... both mine smashed sumps, raised the engine up on spacers on the engine mounts and not had any issues since!

Probably wear your prop/diff bearing out quicker due to the angle change? But which is easier/cheaper/easier to find...?