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August 13th 2013, 00:45
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Hi
The wheels look great. What is your car colour called? With those seats you should get a Scottish ringtone LOL They look really good and go with the car colour. Steve
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August 13th 2013, 04:56
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Thank you guys for the comments!
Sorry for the crappy phone pictures, I'll make better ones next time. The seats looks more vivid in real, and I feel this tartan theme period correct as not just the GTI but also Porsche used plaid fabric in the '70s (bigger checks would be even better)   Steve, you were just kidding but not my girlfriend    Btw, colour is Kasan Red (L30B), an original one for '71-'72 or '72-'73. It will be fully polished when fenders are on.
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October 31st 2013, 10:47
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I gave up with plastic fenders and started to make my owns from metal. They weight a lot more than fiberglass, but at least can be custom widened.
   With current wheels it needs +2 cm in front, +5 in rear. Thanks for Ricola for the useful infos on his website, it helped a lot.
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October 31st 2013, 11:37
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To make it as strong as possible the extra piece was hammered to a "hat shape" so it attaches under the fender's edge on both side. The outer side of the rear fender had to be shorten to keep the original shape and to line up with the running board.
 Btw the +5 cm should be over on the limit where stock running boards can be used, at least mine looked awful (no pictures). The front section of the fender was sliced up again and got a "V" shape so the bottom edge is near to stock now and it looks ok to me.  After the second test fit it was good enough to go ahead, time to extend the bumper brackets (30mm) to clear the fenders.  This is it for now, I hope I get them back from the painter in a few days/weeks.   I will have to relocate the rear lights once the fenders are ready
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'72 Squareback - 'The Pinkback' Last edited by Bogara_ZO; December 23rd 2013 at 18:51.
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December 23rd 2013, 19:32
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November
Fitted the missing brake lines, hand brake parts, rotors, drive shafts, finished the berg style mid mount and the whole oil system with all the fittings and consoles      
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February 6th 2014, 15:09
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Looking really nice!
Jason
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September 26th 2014, 03:34
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'72 Squareback - 'The Pinkback' Last edited by Bogara_ZO; September 26th 2014 at 05:09.
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September 26th 2014, 03:50
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It's been a while since my last post here, but i do have things to share (sorry for the huge pictures but my new blog stores them this way..)
So, new carpets for february:       
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September 26th 2014, 04:14
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I changed my rear tyres from 215/45 to 205/45 as I needed more space for fender clearence.
Sidenote: Originally I was planning 205/45 as well but the PZero I put on the 8" had too much strech for my taste so I upgraded to 215. As PZeros are not available in 215 I bought a pair of new Conti Premium2s that seemed to be at least 225s or so when monted! Long story short I found that Contis are more robust, while Pirellis are more narrow than any other tyres in the same size. Finally I choose Michelin PilotSport3, it is said to be a very good street tyre on low weight cars (MX-5, Clio Sport etc.) and the 205/45 fits perfectly for the 8 wide rims, exactly what I wanted at the beginning. Continental:  Michelin:    
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