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[Bogara_ZO]

Thank you guys. Some more pics of the suspension



Camber+ kit




New and old bar



Billet clamps look impressive with the caster-fix bushings



Mounted



Ready to roll. Will have vented rotors with matching calipers.

[Bogara_ZO]

In the meantime I've refurbished the gauges purchased from ebay.

Before



After

[Bogara_ZO]

I've decided to sell my original BBS LMs because they were 17" and I was looking for something older in 16" as 15"s are too small for my taste.

As BBS RS, BBS E30, Compomotive CXN and 3 piece Fuchs were out of my budget, I was after a set of BBS Mahle but finally I came accross a set of these rare Fondmetal baskets. I like the design, they are very lightweight and perfect in dimensions: 7x16 ET21.5 fronts, 8x16 ET11 rears..that means no spacers, less unsprung weight. They are not common even on Porsches.

[Bogara_ZO]

I bought a nice set of brakes at SPA. I was confused about the color (was thinking on red as well), but finally choose black ones with vented rotors. They are 6 pots and extremely light, each weights less than 1,5 kgs with pads! Unsprung weight again..




On the rear I will use NA 944 floating calipers and vented rotors now, than similar Taroxs if current setup is not enough.

[DORIGTT]

What process did you use to refurbish the gauges? I just purchased a set on eBay and they need some love as well.

Thanks,

Kevin,

Originally Posted by Bogara_ZO

In the meantime I've refurbished the gauges purchased from ebay.

[Humble]

Looking very sharp! Did you craft a new wiring harness from scratch or did you base if off an existing one? What's your track width (front and rear) with those wheels and tires? did you have to get much wider fenders or still stock?

[Bogara_ZO]

Originally Posted by DORIGTT

What process did you use to refurbish the gauges? I just purchased a set on eBay and they need some love as well.

Thanks,

Kevin,

Hi Kevin,

I got them in "sold as is" condition, so they were taken apart in a local shop to see what we have. The tacho was OK, just the pointer had to be repainted and the counter sat back to zero. The rpm required new electronics (50 EUR) than it was re-calibrated to work well.

After that I polished the faces and reassembled them with the chrome rings from (german) ebay. BTW the 52mm and 80mm (km/h) can be ordered from any VDO dealer (like the glasses if you need them), but the 105mm (rev. counter) was a longer story..finally I found a german guy who makes these rings (for 40 EUR or so)..I can send you the contact if you need.

[Xellex]

Haha, the terminator!

[Bugged]

Hey there,

Any update on mounting your rear fenders? You said you were going to try and squeeze 4cm fenders over those wheels. Are the fenders shown above the ones you were talking about?

[Bogara_ZO]

Originally Posted by Bugged

Hey there,

Any update on mounting your rear fenders? You said you were going to try and squeeze 4cm fenders over those wheels. Are the fenders shown above the ones you were talking about?

Sorry for the very late answer, I am very busy nowadays. Yes, you can see the fender above I was referring to. Left one didn't turn out well, now it has a completely different shape, it have to be done again..no sense to try it on

I worked 2 days on the car, first day was about the headliner. First, I used some dynamat-style stuff for noise reduction.





It is the TMI aftermarket product, a bit oversized, but ok for the price.






Cutting the sunroof





Finally

[Bogara_ZO]

After the headliner, the windows, rubbers and scrapers were put in place. Trims are genuine aluminium and not the common aluminium look-a-like plastic ones. Hope they will last for years.





Wiring is almost done, still waiting for some gauges to complete the dash.



Finally the Tarox calipers are installed with spacers, pads and brake lines. I had a little issue with the spacer that was included in the kit. The pads didn't allowed them to fit well so some machining was required. Not a big deal but surprising in case of such a nice and expensive kit, that should be 100% plug and play. Can't find the pics of this, but will upload asap.




Fills out nicely the 16" wheel but not too fancy from outside.

[Bogara_ZO]

Worked an other weekend on the car..

installed 4 of the 6 gauges



as well as the Bug-Tech shifter




Shift knob looks good on it. The same logo can be found in centre of my steering wheel.

[Bogara_ZO]

Having access to the battery area and back seats is not easy if you have bucket seats. These mounts are based on a Weichers frame (oiginally for Opel Corsa A) that required some fabrication to fit.




Aluminium strut brace



Fuel system (still missing some clamps)

[cookvw]

liking the build. keep up the good work.

[NO_H2O]

Looking good. Love the shifter ;-)