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    Awesome project, love the Harlequin colour scheme
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    After getting into the 5 stud conversion yesterday, I soon realised a lot was different up front! I won't go into everything, but in the end I had to swap outer cv joints, wishbones, hubs, ball joints, track rod ends, and ARB. it would have been far easier to replace the whole subframe and components in one go, but the rod change setup on my 1.9d has a bracket bolted on top of the power steering rack. This meant to remove the subframe, I would have had to remove the exhaust, heat shielding and shifter as well, so I opted to swap all the above in situ. I'll let you know how the rear goes tonigh
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    Would have loved to have been involved in this, but I'm away in Bulgaria snowboarding! Will you guys be holding another RR day this year?
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    Love this car, glad its on the forum! Welcome long buddy
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    I'll be making a start on the 5 stud conversion early next week, so I'll update on that front soon The ideal thing about going 5 stud is, if you buy a complete donor, you have everything right there
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    I'm going 5 stud on the estate, just purely so all my cars are 5x100 and I can swap my wheels about when I get bored lol yeah, it's on Ta Technix As for the GTI, I converted to OBD1 AAA, which went bang, so I stuck an ABV in there. I'm now running a 2.9 on obd1 2.8 throttle body, maf and ecu because I couldn't be arsed to change the loom again, as it ment taking out the servo and re bleeding the breaks and clutch lol! I will get mapped soon though, hopefully April, so I can use the larger inner diameter ABV throttle body
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    Hello bud! The subframes are indeed the same on mk3's and Corrado's If I could give one bit of advise, it would be to buy a complete donor though, as then you have everything in front of you, and it will save a lot of time hunting for parts you didn't realise you needed before you get into it! It's also worth noting that Estate rear suspension and beam are different to the hatch's, so you will need Variant specific coilovers Like daveyboy said, the easiest way would be to leave everything attacted to the subframe and put it all in, in one lump disc conversion wise, you can bolt up the VR6
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    Great write up, very informative
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    OH YES!!
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    SO, still no new bumpers, its been months now! BUT, I may well have something else pretty special in the pipeline!
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    A charger would be sweet! A VF Engineering kit would be good
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    Glad to see you still have this! I remember reading your full build thread, years ago on E38 one of my first mk3 inspirations to take my car further!
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    So, picked up a few more bits for this, including replica ABT side skirts, stainless steel Dubpower exhaust manifold (to go with my already fitted Miltek decat and 2.5 inch Jetex exhaust system) and a pair of Hella Black rear lights STILL waiting on my new bumpers etc though also, I'm picking up a Mulberry Highline to break tomorrow, which should sort me out with the last few bits I need for the project!
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    Looking great man
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    I'd say I'm 60/40 between two colours at the moment!
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    Hopefully buy the end of the month (according to plan) I'll have money to spend on an air ride kit OR a supercharger kit! Anyone know of anything about? Airlift V2, Votex etc
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    Cheers bud
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    Cheers Dave
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    The correct wheel specs for the MK3 Anniversary are 16x7 et43 with 215/40 tyres
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    So, I picked these up at the SWDubs Mega Meet Also I fitted my MK3.5 clocks, and got the fuel light working. Handy for a VR lol I also found enough time to split down the BBS RX2's I picked up with the rest of my Anniversary bits. They are ready to get acid dipped and polish the lips now! And whilst I was having a day messing with the VR, I mocked up my Image splits face mounted to see how they fitted and weather I liked them like that..... Really happy with the fitment, they are flush all round and face mounted they are 16x7.5 and 8.5 now just the choice o
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    The splits ate definitely happening
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    Sooo, if everything goes according to plan, I should have new bumpers and tailgate in the next week or so with some interior touches to come as well! The main question plaguing me at the moment though, is do I refurb the RX2 alloys I have for this and keep the arches unrolled, or do I paint up and fit my 16x8 and 9 inch splits and roll the arches..................!? The shells so solid, it would be a shame to ruin it, but am I kidding myself that MK3's may actually be worth something one day??
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    Ah never mind!
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    I take it you bought 5 door door cards and used the pockets? I need a set of three door highline doorcards if you have leftovers to sell?
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