I know that s3! you bought it off matt? a friend of mine in eastbourne.View attachment 43034 View attachment 43033 View attachment 43032 Hi all new to the forum, my latest project.
I know that s3! you bought it off matt? a friend of mine in eastbourne.
Fingers crossed you sort it as clearly the previous owner was clueless!..
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Yer I did, I got it on Saturday, he was a nice bloke but if I'm honest there is a fair bit he didn't mention when he sold it to me, like the bodged dump valve, big boost leak, running rich, misfiring, no ariel, sound system wired poorly, no rear speakers, and lucky for me I'm on good terms with my mot man an he overlooked the fact it failed its emissions test at high idle even with the standard cat put back on. I'm not knocking him at all bcos I would have brought the car anyway, most of the problems are usual faults an teething problems, just would have been nice to have known an I wouldn't have driven back to London like a bat outta hell.
Very nice car you've got there mate - What size are your rims, and your tires?
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i always wonder how is driving trough the corners (and i mean "real" driving) with that wide spacers infront. Its obviesly you do that because of agressive look of the car, witch is werry nice i admit that but man that wide spacers in the front of car making car undrivable trough the corners. Dont get me wrong mate your car looks absolutly great (i like the rims just in another colour but thats my opinion)
In what way would a wider front and rear make it undriveable through corners? in my opinion it makes the car less twitchy and feel planted through the corners.. Only real downside is turning circle which is slightly larger than without spacers.i always wonder how is driving trough the corners (and i mean "real" driving) with that wide spacers infront. Its obviesly you do that because of agressive look of the car, witch is werry nice i admit that but man that wide spacers in the front of car making car undrivable trough the corners. Dont get me wrong mate your car looks absolutly great (i like the rims just in another colour but thats my opinion)
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Have you ever heard of Ackerman system - do you know how it works ? well just to let you know if you put spacers in front of car (ackerman system is only infront of car and its basicly geometry of the steering wheel) then you destroy that ackermans system.In what way would a wider front and rear make it undriveable through corners? in my opinion it makes the car less twitchy and feel planted through the corners.. Only real downside is turning circle which is slightly larger than without spacers.
Just my view from experience.. I am no physicist
It is not my car buddy. All I know is I run adaptors/spacers all round and my car is a lot better through corners than when it was stock. Maybe this is to do with it being lower.@Pubemammal. Does the front tires rub on the fenders?
As far as the ackermann system is concerned.. surely if both wheels are spaced equally then the system still applies.