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Wheels, Brakes & Tyres / Re: 15x7.5 ET35 with 205/50 too wide?
Last post by Russell WARD -
Hey! I’ve experimented with similar specifications before, so I’ll share what I’ve learnt through trial and error.
A 15x7 ET35 is usually fine for many setups, but if you go for a 7.5-inch width with the same ET and drop it by 30–40 mm, you're definitely pushing the limits. The extra half inch pushes the outer lip a few millimetres further out, and with ET35 it can sit pretty flush, depending on the car. You might be OK on smooth roads, but rubbing on the fender liner or arch edge is very possible on big compressions, with passengers in the back or on uneven bumps.

A lot also depends on tyre size. A slightly stretched tyre can help. A taller tyre profile will make it worse. If you really don't want to roll or pull the arches, I'd personally play it safe and either stick to 7J ET35 or go for 7.5J with a slightly higher offset (ET38–40). This might not look quite as aggressive, but it will keep your arches intact and prevent that annoying rubbing sound when you hit a dip.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Stop the Leak! Please.
Last post by Mk1mark -
Just confirming that the car is now water-tight.

The membranes did have minor leaks, but I guess over time it all adds up. The other source of water ingress was through some worn out gromits in the scuttle area. Car is bone dry inside now.

Thanks for all your help folks!
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Suspension & Steering / Re: Momo Steering Wheel Boss Woes - please help
Last post by Monkey -
Do you have a multimeter?
If so, take the boss off and measure continuity (resistance) between the ring at the back of the boss and its chassis. If you have 0 or very low ohms, your issue lies in the boss and not the method you're using it to fix to the car. It's entirely possible something has moved in the boss and is constantly earthing out the horn push wire.
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Suspension & Steering / Momo Steering Wheel Boss Woes - please help
Last post by Mk1mark -
Hey folks,

I bought my 89 Mk2 Gti years ago and it came with a Momo steering wheel fitted, the boss used was for a small spline Mk2. The previous owner had removed the small>large spline adaptor in order to fit it. Ok cool.

I added the adaptor back in and fitted an original steering wheel maybe 5 years ago.

Last week I picked up a Momo Master steering wheel and figured I could just use the old Momo boss that I had in the shed, and so I removed the small>large spline adaptor again, and now when I have fitted the boss, the silver horn ring and base of the boss in general is making contact with the steering column housing, meaning that the horn is constantly on.

Now, I thought perhaps I'm meant to use a small spacer between the back of the boss and the steering column, but there isn't a flat surface for the spacer to butt up against. The column does the following: Threads>Splines>taper

So the only option would be to fit some sort of tapered spacer, which makes no sense.

Am I missing something? Would love some help. Thanks in advance!
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Members' Cars / Re: G135EPB 8v GTI
Last post by ianmac86 -
I went to Dan's Sunday to get some help repinning the TPS plug. He had a mk3 golf loom lying around so managed to steel some pins from that, he also had a pinning tool.

We decided it was best to reuse some of the cable from the repalcement and solder them as we didn’t have new pins to hand or the weather proof grommets protect from mositure.
 

We replaced them one at a time to avoid confusion as there seemed to be two red and white cables.
All 3 wires replaced soldered and heatshrinked with some loom tape

These were the old wires and pins that had become brittle and exposed. Two of them snapped off whilst trying to remove so Is a good job done.

Strangley when I went to move the car it wouldn’t rev cleanly,  it was like the fuel was being cut evwrytime I opened the throttle, it idle fine it just didnt like open throttle. It did this some time ago which I though was to to do woth the microswitch on the rear of the throttle body but maybe it was linked to the TPS all along. We decided to disconnect the battery and reconnect to see if this helped and fortunately it did! I drove it home varying throttle input and testing it to all extremes and couldn't fault it and have since used it to commute to work. Ill write that off as an anomaly and good old turn it off and on again fix IT fix as per Daves words 😂
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Members' Cars / Re: G135EPB 8v GTI
Last post by ianmac86 -
Little update on the golf having not touched or driven it for a while. I recently bought, fixed and sold a Peugeot 3008 that had rats living in the engine!


This has freed up some money so I can spend on the car as i need 😁 initially i was ordering a new set of ar1's but had change of heart. Instead I ended up with all of this

Despite really liking the white ones, i would have needed to trim the arches to make them work without catching.

So settled for these Team Dynamics Pro race 2 15x7 et37 on R888 tyres. Not my first choice of wheel and a bit scruffy but will do the job for track time without having to worry about trashing my daily wheels and tyres. I went for a brief test drive to check they feel ok, even cold the difference in grip was noticeable



I managed to sell everything else so I effectively got a free set of track wheels and tyres and a bit of cash in my back pocket.

Also have booked a track day at Bedford for 28th February hence buying the wheels and tyres


I've noticed this on the front of my throttle body so needs some attention before long. Going to try and repin it