B7 Saloons on air ride.

[Ciaran Brown]

As the title says, lets see your B7 saloons on air ride. Need some ideas on what wheels sizes/specs to go for and would be cool to see other peoples!
Heres mine

 

[aarroncolley]

Here’s mine just waiting on getting my wheels after crimbo. Getting 18” Rota grids 9.5j et38 all round with some good ole stretch

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[aarroncolley]

Did look like this before I done the air

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[Sonny Singh]

Here’s mine now. I’ve got air waiting to be fitted in about 3 weeks.


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[E_KEL95]

@aarroncolley what coilies did you have in before going air ride ? Sits very well on them

 

[Jamie13TDI]

mine

 

[aarroncolley]

@aarroncolley what coilies did you have in before going air ride ? Sits very well on them

Fk I believe. They where nearly new when I took them off and I’ve still got them sat in my garage


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[E_KEL95]

Fk I believe. They where nearly new when I took them off and I’ve still got them sat in my garage


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How did you find them ? I'd fk ones before in a Passat and they were very crashy feeling especially on the front.

That's why I was put off them for the a4 but have been thinking of possibly getting a set and swapping out the lowering springs.

 

[aarroncolley]

How did you find them ? I'd fk ones before in a Passat and they were very crashy feeling especially on the front.

That's why I was put off them for the a4 but have been thinking of possibly getting a set and swapping out the lowering springs.

Sorry mate only just seen you reply. Yeah they was a really good coilover for the money. I’ve had 4 people in my car no scraping with 9.5j on the rear. Car was also used as a family car as well so they wasn’t to harsh.


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[E_KEL95]

Sorry mate only just seen you reply. Yeah they was a really good coilover for the money. I’ve had 4 people in my car no scraping with 9.5j on the rear. Car was also used as a family car as well so they wasn’t to harsh.


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Would you ever sell them or you holding on to them just in case?

 

[aarroncolley]

Yes mate there for sale just never really advertised them. There sat here doing nothing. Drop me a private message and we can sort something out


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[aarroncolley]

Test fit of the rotas order my tyres hopefully end of this month

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[Ciaran Brown]

they look to fit so well! Can't wait to see them completely on!!

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[aarroncolley]

they look to fit so well! Can't wait to see them completely on!!

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I should be getting 10mm spacers as well 2 reasons really 1 they sit really close on the inside and 2 I want them to poke out a tad more so I can get he fitment bang on


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[Sonny Singh]

what have you done about the inside lip on the arches mate.

ive got my air lift kit going on in the new year

 

[Sonny Singh]

Test fit of the rotas order my tyres hopefully end of this month

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i do like those rotas. whats the spec on them?

 

[aarroncolley]

what have you done about the inside lip on the arches mate.

ive got my air lift kit going on in the new year

The arches haven’t been touched at all mate I had 19” 9.5j on there before and slight stretch with max camber on coilovers and they didn’t scrub.


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[aarroncolley]

i do like those rotas. whats the spec on them?

18” 9.5j et38 all round and then I’ll have 10mm added with spacers and a good bit of stretch so when aired out the arch will tuck in between the wheel and the tyre nicely


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[Sonny Singh]

18” 9.5j et38 all round and then I’ll have 10mm added with spacers and a good bit of stretch so when aired out the arch will tuck in between the wheel and the tyre nicely


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what size tyre will you be having on them?

 

[aarroncolley]

215/40/18 mate


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[Ciaran Brown]

Test fit of the rotas order my tyres hopefully end of this month

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Any updates dude? Got your tyres on yet?

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[aarroncolley]

Literally got delivered today I think the earliest they be fitted is next week. I work away from home 5/6 days a week so don’t really get time to do a lot. But should be next week fingers crossed.


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[Ciaran Brown]

Literally got delivered today I think the earliest they be fitted is next week. I work away from home 5/6 days a week so don’t really get time to do a lot. But should be next week fingers crossed.


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Ahhh I see, fair enough! Exciting times then aha, keep us posted

 

[aarroncolley]

Yeah can’t wait to see it on the rotas finally, been a year since I took it off the road so I’m looking forward to it. And I will do mate


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[Sonny Singh]

Im waiting for my air ride to be fitted. should be done this month.

i have 8.5x19 ET35 with an 8mm spacer and 225/35 tyre.

do you know if id be needing any modification to the arches or should i just take the spacers out?

 

[aarroncolley]

Tbf mate you should be able to pull that off no problem with or without air. I was running 19 9.5j at I’m sure it was et40 with very little stretch and never had a problem with it scrubbing even with the car full on trips to London with mates.


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[Sonny Singh]

Tbf mate you should be able to pull that off no problem with or without air. I was running 19 9.5j at I’m sure it was et40 with very little stretch and never had a problem with it scrubbing even with the car full on trips to London with mates.


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This is how it is sitting at the moment.

This is a daily so you can imagine how hard it is over speed humps


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[aarroncolley]

Yeah mine was pretty low on coils and barley any room in between the tyre and arch but didn’t really have any problems and it’s mainly used to cart me the miss’s and my little girl about in 90% of the time. Used on a daily bases all the time when it’s in the road as the other half has a 1.2 clio

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[aarroncolley]

So after a very difficult and cold 2 hours at the tyre fitters this morning between 5 of us we managed to get one tyre on as the wall just wouldn’t flex as it’s to cold. So buy next weekend when I return from work they should be done.

But for now I’ve got a little teaser of the one wheel on the car and it looks ****** sexy I have to admit

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[Sonny Singh]

Mmmmm loving it


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[Ciaran Brown]

So after a very difficult and cold 2 hours at the tyre fitters this morning between 5 of us we managed to get one tyre on as the wall just wouldn’t flex as it’s to cold. So buy next weekend when I return from work they should be done.

But for now I’ve got a little teaser of the one wheel on the car and it looks ****** sexy I have to admit

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Haha thats such a ball ache with the tyres! But yeah thats looking awesome, some fair stretch!

 

[aarroncolley]

Haha thats such a ball ache with the tyres! But yeah thats looking awesome, some fair stretch!

Tell me about it I rang them about half hour ago and they’d done one more and the other 2 was sat against the radiator to try and flex the rubber on the walls a bit better


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[aarroncolley]

Oil and filter change a machine polish plasti dipped grill and she’s looking fresh.

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[Sonny Singh]

Looking lovely mate


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[aarroncolley]

So chuffed with it been a graft today but it’s more than worth it


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[Sonny Singh]

I can’t wait to fit my air ride. I’ve got the 3p kit going on


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[aarroncolley]

I love having air ride and it’s taken a while to do but I’ve done the hole car myself and replaced quite a lot at the same time as doing so. But the satisfaction of doing it then seeing it at the end is wicked.


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[aarroncolley]

3p kit is a nice kit I’ll be upgrading my manifold to the 3p one at a later date not in a rush as there’s not a great difference between them tbf


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