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    No probs - they've rescued me again with a fast turn around on a broken coilpack I discovered this morning today too. Car's back & free Voodoo stickers too. Happy days
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    I was surprised to find a really good VAG garage so close to me after some random Googling. The guys there are sound and have sorted some previously bodged work on my wheel bearings / axle from another garage. I'll definately be going there for any future issues, and services. Courtesy car was offered & kindly accepted, cruising in a little lowered mk4 Polo for the day was quite fun They are happy to take on major work too, such as engine conversions (after a day driving a Polo again I was dreaming about 1.8T conversions!) and also specialise in Air ride suspension. Have a chat to Ellie t
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    Cheers once again for the comments, I'm not sure where the bearings were coming from - I'm booked into a garage at Bovingdon which looks promising - I need the belt tensioner bearing doing too anyway.
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    Rear bearing has gone on the wonk again on saturday, I think that is the 3rd one on that wheel in the last month now - any recommendations for garages local to Hemel, Herts?
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    should be picking up a set of 195/45/16s for just over £100 tomorrow - looked at the ones on tyrestretch.com, they look tidy enough - happy days
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    I've got a similar question on tyre sizes at the mo - I'm picking up a set of 16" 6.5j wheels on saturday & wondering what width tyres to get for these. I just want a tidy fit & a low profile (40 to 45mm?), I currently have a set of the standard BBS 15s, with 205/55 or 205/60 on them I think, & I'm not lowered yet. Blackcirces.com has thrown out : Toyo Proxes T1-R 195/45 R16 V (80) £63.88 Would 195/45 sit ok on a 6.5j wheel?
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    Mine? Not brilliant mate tbh. I think the tyres are decent all round with a good few mm left in them, although different brands I believe. Alloys up front are alright, but the rears have some quite bad rash across some of the spokes & one of the bubbly old BBS caps went awol recently. I hate cleaning these wheels, so I'm on the lookout for a set of solitudes or something equally easy to clean
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    "Just because you take your foot off the accelerator doesnt mean you need to apply the brakes" This... I hate this!
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    Got some time to clean the VR & get a few pics finally. The dreaded discs lol... they're on finally & all bearings intact for now.
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    Nice, interested to see these unveiled .. and also I keep looking longingly at your Mono's
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    Yeah there's a line here between: - an interesting & subtle little mod - looking like a complete tit who thinks his VW is a Merc I'm not sure I know where that line is Anyway I grabbed my spray paints before everything I own went into storage, so I might just give my current badges a little going over at the weekend & see how they turn out.
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    Nope, still going gently with the VR at the moment and I've never been up to Santa Pod, wouldn't mind going (if just to watch initially), but I've got 8 years of womanising & drinking to make up for & I feel like making a start this weekend
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    Googled some more inspiration .. slow day at work today already Get 2 BMW 'M' Badges, flip one upside down to make a 'W' with the 3 colours streaks following it, chop the second badge to make a tidy little 'V' & stick it in front. Or try finding a similar styled 'K' letter & stick it between the M & 3
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    For some reason I was thinking about badges last night - and admiring a blue mk3 from PVW a good few months back, it was from the US & had quite a few nice touches (but some dodgy LEGO style 18's). Anyway, the one thing that really struck me was the chopped up 328 badge from a BMW, it had been modded a little to read '2.8' & stuck in place of the normal 'Golf VR6' badge on the boot; I really liked this little mod Last month there was another Mk3 VR6 turbo, haven't read the full article, but he had done the same thing, but with a tidy little Porsche 'turbo' badge instead. Needless to s
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    Fortunately the VR6 is back & all bearings intact so far, got a 30 mile run in it this evening, wish me luck ! No need for me to plaster pics of it onto the Mit, although that was obviously a great idea 8-)
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    It should be out by then, just having untold grief getting the rear wheel bearings sorted after a brake upgrade, they keep popping after a few days :-/ What kind of a pleb would I look at VR6 meet with this though lol..
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    My courtesy car is a 'Space-Star' apparently - it's better than walking, but only just
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    If it's out of the garage & I'm not driving this god-awful Mitsubishi I'll get over there
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    Yep, the other wheel bearing dissintegrated just a few miles ago - it felt kinda floaty on my way over to Watford, then let go on the way back - grinding like a bitch again now Supposed to be moving stuff out of my ex's tomorrow, but I'm screwed now since I really don't want to go anywhere apart from the garage with the VR6 making that racket again. Gotta try & forget about it all for now & get some much needed kip.
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    I thought there was a factory produced Mk3 VR6 2.9 Syncro? Good luck finding one though!
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    Loving the Vento nose, looks good all in red. I'm quite keen on the standard mirrors tbh, but yours are certainly something different!
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    Car's back & all seems well, for now at least. I'll give it 50 miles from now & then give them a little work out
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    The 16v looks awesome, well tidy Welcome Dec!
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    Sundays will be fine with me
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