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Ah sweet might get a set lol, they didn't offer much camber for you to tuck the steelies?

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  • Few half decent pics from today's meet. And me and my mates fellow banded steeled polo Very happy and had some nice comments to which was nice. My brother was happy when I told him after h

  • More progress today. Drilled out all the rivets for the mechanism and hacksawed the protruding part the spline goes through as they are on the fabia base so they fouled each other. Drilled a hole for

  • So got the drivers side in today, very pleased now. Just need to take on the backs which im not looking forward to as the fronts have gone to straight forward for my liking. Even though they are m

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Not as much as i liked but it has brought the tops in abit, maybe 5-10mm at the top corner of the tyre.

Loving it mate, its a right pain in the arse trying to get the front down lol, take the helpers out ;)

Loving it mate, its a right pain in the arse trying to get the front down lol, take the helpers out ;)

There isn't any helpers on AP coilovers :(

Car looks great like that Joe, mate of mine has a yellow one - looks so nice clean!

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Yer need to adjust the front I got about 14 threads left, its the rear I want to go lower but its a right pain.

Its hard to keep clean, the amount of tar on mine is crap I need to sort it out.

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Sort of see the camber on these :S i think.

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Could be tempted to just use washers to get more.

looks good Joe :)

Looking really nice Joe, not a massive fan of steelies normally but I think they suit the look of your car really well, camber looks decent on it too, I personally wouldn't go anymore, I reckon your running around 2-3deg negative camber there now if not more.

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Kinda hard to make out from that pic, but the front was running 1.5 Neg camber, your's is defiantly more than that.

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Cheers southy im glad i went with steelies now.

Yes the camber will be around -3 now i think as they run about 1-1.5 normal i think, need to get my camber gauge on it and check.

Perfect amount of camber, tasteful even :p

Yeah perfect amount I think , looks about the same as I have on my 6n2 positives of not going mad is don't scrub through tyres :)

Looking god man, good amount of camber! I ran 1.5 on my 6n2

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My 6n2

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Cheers guys. Im yet to drop it that last 10mm yet to see if it rubs. Might just drop it that last bit for shows and run like this everyday as its now a big job. Still need to drop the front a few threads for every day to get more nose down.

Hmmm wasn't sure I was going to like the look before I opened the thread, but was pleasantly surprised!

Looking good Joe, I do like the look although no comment about the shims as I'm on my phone so the pictures are really small :(

What sort of price is it for banded steel is? Really liking them

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Just google banded steels there's a few companies out there all about 50-55 a wheel just banded if you supply the wheels. Some places will powder coat or paint aswell for extra, I got my bro to paint mine. All in your looking about the same as most aftermarket wheels once you bought normal steels banded them and painted them, then just what ever tyres you want on top.

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Checked camber today with my gauge it roughly around -2.75. Need my tracking done and the place i go gives you all that info so can see for sure then.

Camber is perfect mate. Absolutely spot on :)

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Just ordered a front splitter but not the common leon cupra r one but will give similar results really just abit more subtle again. Coming from usa so will take a while to get here and posted its still about £20 cheaper than the lcr. Will update on this once i have fitted it etc.

Ooh sounds interesting. What splitter is it? I was looking for something different to the LCR one myself :)

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Sorted some centre caps out for the steels.

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It's all about the little details :)

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So i the splitter turned up thursday and i fitted it yesterday. Its a universal rubber lip that bends and flexes pretty well. Its nothing special very subtle but i didnt want to put a leon splitter on as i wanted something abit different but this isnt a million miles away and gives the same effect i think.

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Need to get a front on pic etc aswell.

Also fitted 195/45 tyres to the front yesterday aswell for a small stretch.

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