pattons hydro 8j tt

[ilovequo]

Not my style, must be horrendous to drive on a rough road...

Nicely put together though!

 

[patton]

its actually perfectly fine to drive on any road conditions

 

[Mr.Mint]

must be horrendous to drive on a rough road...

I have been in Peden's Alfa on Hydro and it was by far the most comfortable lowered car I have ever sat in.

 

[clrrk]

It's all to do with compression ratings - I've been in a tonne of cars that are more comfortable on bags / hydro than they've been on coilovers cos they've been able to run low without them being too stiff. We actually took the air out of a friends Passat and replaced it with standard springs and struts from a Golf GTI and it was ridiculously uncomfy because the spring ratings were completely off for the car.

 

[PhilM]

it looks like you could destroy half the car going down a decent back road.

And the 'it's better than something completely horrendous' doesn't sound like a great argument!?

I'm out - each to their own etc

A for effort though.

Phil

 

[Chris Mac]

I have never been in a car with hydro's/bag/air before, how to they handle? I assume you couldn't go for a hard B road blast with any confidence!

 

[clrrk]

Depends on the setup. My 4-way Airlift Performance kit drives just as well as it did of the KW coilovers I had in it previously. I have no issues with confidence and I've driven that car hard on backroads and at high speeds

 

[Creaney]

People that like bags/hydros can speak until blue in the face about how good they are. The majority of car men that have never had them will never believe a word you say......... until they get a passenger ride in one.

 

[Neil_M]

Very clean car sir, good job

 

[patton]

Small update. Had a sticking rear calliper for a while now so finally got round to getting it fixed.



Also got started the false floor for the boot. Just made a wooden frame first then used the boot carpet as a template cut it out and then measured the spring box and pump and got it cut out. I just can't decide what to wrap it in now. Do I try and get a carpet that matches or do I ignore it and wrap it in something different??? Opinions welcome

 

[Todd]

Good work Patton. I always liked the look of carpet that matches. What other coverings did you have in mind?

 

[patton]

Yea that's my initial thought but there's nothing worse than a bad match. Alcantara or something but I'd prob do the sides as well so it matches

 

[MATT93]

left the car in on monday to PMG Autocare for a paint enhancement detail to get the cars paint into shape as 8 years of dealer and euro car washes have left the paint in a very sorry state, can't wait to see the finished product, quick pic i took when i was leaving the car off on monday.

Gloss black front grill would look pretty sweet!

 

[clrrk]

False sides and rear then trim it in anything you like

 

[patton]

Gloss black front grill would look pretty sweet!

Yea I plan on getting one of the Xeon uk grills. (Ttrs look)

 

[pedenjohn]

audio advice have Audi type carpet, whether it's the same in the tt's I don't know

 

[patton]

audio advice have Audi type carpet, whether it's the same in the tt's I don't know

Cheers I'll check it out

 

[patton]

attended titanic dubs on saturday ran by the guys at GTINI great show as always. a few pictures taken by Adam Hamill

 

[Boydie]

Looks great but IMO you need an agressive front bumper to finish it off, either a facelift S-line one or a TTS

 

[patton]

Great minds must think alike lol. I really wanna get a tts front bumper and the rs skirts which have a more square edge and would give the side a mode defined look

 

[Ian A]

TTS bumper would look class Mike.

Raging I never got down to Titanic dubs in the end. Should post the pic of Faye. Lol

 

[Lyons]

Even the Sport bumper, it's more aggressive than the standard one too.

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

Exterior | AS Sport

 

[patton]

That splitter looks pretty cool