My MKIII Golf GTI 20 Years - Daily Driver

[THE-WISHMASTER]

Hey Shepherd check your PM

[THE-WISHMASTER]

Hey Shepherd

You drive with adjustable uniball topmounts that can give more or less camber.
Isn, t getting extra roadnoise in to the interior???
I, ve also thought about buying them but I am afraid of the negative sideaffects.
Or is there no negative side effect???

Greets mischa

[drift55]

One of my favorite MKIIIs ever!

[THE-WISHMASTER]

Hey Sherperd

I measured the space between the sideskirt and the floor.
It,s about 8 centimeter
And the space between the fenderliner and the rim is about 7,5 centimeter
This is with 16 inch wheels 8J wide with 195/40/16 falken ziex 912 tires
I,ve made some pictures to show





Don,t ask why my rims are that dirty

[Shepherd]

well, then you just might have less rake than me, haha.

[THE-WISHMASTER]

Again awesome picture, s ...
But what I mean with skirt I mean sideskirt not front lip
Because when I left my garage the tarmac is a little bit lower and once a while I scrape my skirt already on the edge of my garage floor.
And it, s the corner right behind my front wheel....
I shall measure it tommorow

[Kaiyin]

that rolling shot is just <3<3<3

[Gianni]

I love it !

[Shepherd]

@ VDubMKII
Thanks for the pics

@ Wishmaster
Your MKIII might have more rake.
I barely can fit my bare foot between the lip and the ground, as soon as I put on shoes it doesn't fit, even with slim sneakers, lol.




@ Topic
Here are some shots we took before we left VW Days 2013 in france.

vwd_shoot-3507 von G Shep auf Flickr


vwd_shoot-3584 von G Shep auf Flickr

[THE-WISHMASTER]

Nice ride Shepherd so I told you by pm
Just a question how much space you, ve got between the skirt and the floor??
My mk3 is not as low as yours but it seems I have lesser room between skirt and floor then you.

[VdubMKII]

I took some pics of your car on EuroSunday


DSC02037 by Bmw M Powerrrr, on Flickr


DSC02035 by Bmw M Powerrrr, on Flickr


DSC02034 by Bmw M Powerrrr, on Flickr


DSC02033 by Bmw M Powerrrr, on Flickr

[bernardgam]

Hi, Shepherd,

It cost me many time to read your post. the car is cool. also like it.

[Smeeeb]

Double post.

[Smeeeb]

Not going to lie. I am quite in love with your car.

[Shepherd]

(Older) Update on the GTI...

My gearbox was so beaten up after 375000Km that I finally decided it was about time to do the swap.
Put the car on jack stands one day.


Ripped everything out.


Engine with the old gearbox


Clutch was still good, material wise... but it was completely oil soaked.


Didn't come from the engine though, gasket is all dry and ok.


Gearbox though dripped with oil and was the cause for all the mess.


Since the 02A Gearbox has a wired shifter and a hydraulic clutch, I had to swap the shifter box and all the clutch stuff. unfortunately, unlike most Golfs, mine didn't already have the holes for the hydraulic clutch, so I had to drill them. Quite shitty work and it took some time, but what has to be done has to be done.


After I had the car prepped, I put the new gearbox on the engine (after I gave the engine block a good cleanup).


Car prepped meant that I cleaned the whole engine bay and axle, threw the old, leaking steering rack out, put a overhauled, freshly painted one in, painted the driveshafts and replaced two broken boots on them as well. Also replaced the old engine mounts with more stiff ones.


and then I just worked 36h straigth, powered by beer and energy drinks, to get the engine in and everything on again. Didn't go back home till I had everything running properly and fuck I was really done after that, haha.
Of course it didn't go all to smooth, the wire connecting the starter motor and the starter switch was rotten, so it wouldn't start at all at first... but after I fixed that, it started up and everything worked fine




After I was done with the gearbox, I finally was able to get some more fun things done.
Started making my Wichers strut brace fit properly.



Bought a parts car for cheap, which had any upgrade from the upgrade list you could get at that time and directly ripped the cruise control out, overworked a few little parts and it was ready to go into my Golf.


I do love it a lot, makes long trips so much more fun, but on German cars it's a very rare feature at that time.



After that I just decided to have some fun on the Ring.


Before I installed a GoPro holder under my Licenseplate at the front, so I tried that one when I did my second lap that day.


Next I finished the strut brace and repainting my new uniball top mounts.


Installed the strut brace first.



While I was at it, I directly swapped to my second set of wheels. Race Wheels Monoblock in 16x9 ET25 with 5mm spacers all around... of course I lowered it a bit, too






The tires on the AZEVs just were used to the max, metal was already coming through, lol.
Wanted to run the AZEVs for Wörthersee though, so one evening, I put new tires on them with the help of a friend.
Went from 215/35s to 195/40s... because I wanted more stretch, low and poke, plus they are a lot easier and cheaper to get
So when I got the car ready and put the wheels one, I turned the coils down a bit more and added 5mm spacers as well, haha
Setup now is AZEV A 16x9 ET15 with 195/40 Dunlop SP9000 (Front) and Hankook S1 Evo (Back) + 5mm spacers all around. Plus I finally threw my uniball top mounts in as well.




see2013-shoot-1 von G Shep auf Flickr


see2013-shoot-3 von G Shep auf Flickr


see2013-shoot-4 von G Shep auf Flickr


see2013-shoot-2 von G Shep auf Flickr


see2013-shoot-5 von G Shep auf Flickr

Proper airride look, imho, yet it rides all comfy and smooth, perfect for daily use...
Had to test that setup on the Ring for sure, but uh... let's just say 195/40 on 9" isn't a proper combination to go fast, lost ~30s, so guess I'll go with my second set of wheels when I wanna have some fun.