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The bearings only go when you start to lower them, it opens up a gap in the cup they sit in and grit ad debris gets in and f***s them, i went through 2 on my 106
I've always stripped cars (doorcards/seats/plastics/rear seatbelts/rear carpets) and they've always been daily drivers and i absolutely loved it! makes every drive exciting. Just try it as its all stuff you can put back (apart from carpet properly) Only reason i havent stripped the T is cos i...
The only difference your gonna get from place to place is off the start and maybe in 2nd depending on your start and what power the cars got, somewhere like pod is likely to have more rubber on the start so you should get a bit more grip. Me and a mate used to be very competitive at York...
Isen't it funny though how theres a massive culture in VW ownership to be as low as possible, yet most VW owners are the furthest thing from chavvy. Seems to be acceptable if you own a decent VW
15 seconds dead in a standard 106 GTI? with all due respect i find that hard to believe. i used to regularly win my group at York Raceway with my old 106 and the fastest time i ever got was 15:02, and my car had a lightened & balanced flywheel, 4-2-1 manifold, full stainless pugsport exhaust...
Tis true they do it to get a better insurance group so they can get the younger market. My old 106 GTI used to spank most GTI-6's, i think they're a bit disappointing, if you want a proper 306 get a Rallye
your very right if a car is too low it will ruin the handling on most cars, but IMHO most cars look way better when they're dropped really low, all my previous cars have been dropped pretty much as low as they will go. the Trophy is the first car i've owned that hasent been slammed, partly...
I would say its just some complete idiot causing vandalism, it does seem a pretty strange thing to do but then again people like this are strange! on a slightly different note i once got a car broken into and it had no interior, no stereo, nothing, it was basically a dash board, steering wheel...