Hi all im Joe or better known as Stink

New to the forum so thought id say hi and post a few photos of my car, ive been doing photograpyh for about 5 months now and love it Automotive is one of the main areas I am concentrating on and at the end of the month will finalyl have a camera rig so I can get some rolling photos

Well here is my beloved Golf, have done a few changes but the list is long and still have lots to do

so far lowered on Eibach pro springs (will be fitting collies soon want to go lower), DSG R32 Intake, Forge 007p, smooth airbox/piper x filter/ R-Tech Stage 1 150 - 210BHP,Audi S8 18" alloys, done a few minor exterior things mainly the front and rear badge and grill all comments welcome

Welcome. Nice ride - those wheels suit the car very well!

Those wheels do look good, generally it's a very clean car (not a fan of that blacked out grill emblem).

Don't go lower btw, MkIV suspension geometry gets ruined by lowering. Stock ride height (maybe down a half inch) works best in the front, you can lower the back a little more than that. If you go lower than that, the center of gravity and instantaneous roll center start to diverge and you get sloppier handling. Also, the camber curve on the front macpherson struts goes all positive if you lower it, killing your front end grip and causing massive understeer.

Very tasteful! Welcome!

Oh god, another VW.

Looks great. The stance of the car is perfect and those wheels really do work with it.

Welcome to DS, btw.

cheers guys, i think ive only ever seen 1 other Golf with the S8 wheels so its a bit different to the others going for the subtle changes

Went round my mate Toms after work and he fitted my Non Res Miltek Exhaust :)

Man what a difference in sound got a nice deep purr, sounds like its actually got some balls now!! Cant wait for it to bed in properly!!

vids asap!

(in and out car)

Love the photo of the old exhaust.

Yea, nice pictures man... Please post up a video :)

yeah ill get a video up ASAP guys, love the sound it makes subtle but not ott

Car looks great! Nicely done :)

Yay, another VW

well just an update this week i have been looking into buying a Mkiv R32 watch this space

Good choice, the MkIV is such a badass car. Especially compared to the waste of space MkV.

Yeah, that morbidly obese, automatic load of shit is terrible... who the fuck would every buy that?

Can't wait to drive down to Lime Rock tomorrow.

The MkIV R32 remains one of the best cars I've ever driven. I wish they had offered a more stripper version without the sunroof, heated seats, climatronic, etc. but oh well. Still great.

Do you happen to know what the difference is between the Mk V and Mk IV suspensions?

I don't know any of the specifics, they have the same basic layout (macpherson strut front, multi-link independent rear) but the geometries are, as far as I know, completely different, especially in the back.

Didn't the Mk IV have a reputation to understeer more than the Mk V? Or does that have more to do with the Haldex programming?

The MkV is supposed to have superior overall grip to the MkIV and I've also heard about improved transitional response, I don't think the understeer tendencies have changed a whole lot, at least not that I've ever heard.

I wonder if they have the same rear swaybar... because I remember my friend bragging about the thickness of the RS4 sway bar (22 mm) he installed on his A4, and then we found out that my car's is 22.6 mm.

EDIT: The one on the US-spec Mk IV R32 was only 15mm. I guess that answers that.

The main difference between the MkIV R32 and MkV R32 is that people actually like the MkIV

I think I might be the only person in the world who likes the Mk V sans mods.

heh... whats wrong with the turbo minivan?

Well picked up my Mkiv R32 on Monday and love it the sounds is insaine and goes like Stink!!! will get soem photos up when i get a chance on Friday its in Deep Pearl Blue my Favorite colour for the R

Congrats! Can't wait to see that!

Congrats on buying a real car.

you really can't say that when you own a fucking 1.6l balls-standard mazda3.

^his car has no real bearing on the definition of a 'real' car. Lots of people drive shit cars and know that they're shit.

I got rimzz dawg. That's bound to add another 50hp right there.

Uh but no, I forgot this guy did some work to his GTi. In any case he has an MkIV R32 now so what does it matter anymore.

Also, the only reason I still have my car is because I have no fucking idea what I'm doing after I graduate next May.

hahah cheers for the comments guys, as much as I loved my GTI and spend money on a remap and other things to make it more of a GTI the R wipes the floor with it hahaha

So yeah tomorrow its gettign a good clean, polish, wax etc just spent a good £70 on some new cleaning products

Then photo time!

And the Nosie the Miltek makes its epic