Finally Stopped Driving It To Wash + Pics

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:39

And here she is!:

Loving it, finally got my hands on a black GTi with low miles

Few more pics for ya:

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:51

fonzee said:
teeny brakes

Seem to work bloody well mind...

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:57

Lopéz said:
Teeny car. No point having whopper stoppers on something as light as the 106.

Exactly, although I imagine GTi-6 brakes would make for some silly deacceleration

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:11

Anybody have any other suggestions as to what they think should be done to the car?

The wheels look better in real life, makes the more prominent, other than the wheels the car is totally standard

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:15

[DW]Muffin;10927974 said:
Makes sense to get the 206gti set on there, goes straight on the 106 GTi's - fits under 14's fine.

do you have to change the master cylinder? do you know the dimensions? smaller than GTi-6? (283mm)

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:24

Cryfreeman said:
actually the more I like maybe a change of colour on the wheels? sure some PS guru's in here can do them white/black to see

I was thinking of spraying them white actually but i was to rubbish at photoshop...

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:26

Lopez your mates old GTi looks great, im still undecided on the red grill hmmm im 50/50 on it.

nearly got some roland garros red seatbelts for it today but chickened out as they were a bit dirty

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:27

[DW]Muffin;10928040 said:
No just pads, calipers and bolts, the 283's are from the 2.0 206 you just want the 266's

In that case they are probably the same as my old HDi, 54mm pistons? probably be cheaper to get hold of HDi brakes than 206 GTi ones too

Fantom · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:41

[DW]Muffin;10928098 said:
yer 54mm

calipers:

20mm = non abs

22mm = abs

hmm this could be interesting

cheap brake mods 4TW

Fantom · 20 Jan 2008 at 12:12

Dangerous Dave said:
They are superb cars, mate had one and they handle superbly I nearly ditched a Type R Civic trying to keep up with it on a country road. Straights were easy to catch up but the 106 was doing at least 5-10mph more round the corners. Probaly one of the most fun drives I have ever done !

Mates was black with the alloys coated black lowered around 30-40mm it looked great.

Thats one of the main reasons i got one, nimble really is the word the feedback is ace, the steering pinsharp and the grip... its just a really well rounded car imo

Im unsure if i will lower it as its supposed to make the car lose its predictability... any views on this?

Fantom · 20 Jan 2008 at 12:44

GT3 said:
Sell the wheels and buy either Pug 306 Cyclones (but with 45 profile tyres) or Saxo VTS wheels.

Pug 306 GTI-6 brakes with 283 discs (fit under 15s fine). Standard master cylinder on the GTI is 23mm one anyway so no worries there. I'm running Wilwood 4 pots off standard master cylinder. TBH i think the standard brakes are borderline dangerous. Fade very very easily with the 16v lump in.

No point in coilovers as they are very expensive and you can only get them for the front. For a purely road setup I would get bilstein sport dampers with H+R springs and get torsion bar adjusted to suit. This will keep ride quality and handling of the car whilst lowering it and making it roll less. Also lower wishbone brace is a good mod for £30.

What about the pedal travel? I think the standard brakes have too much (compared with the 306 HDi) I dont like having to press the pedal in loads before the brakes bite, but i also dont want to replace the master cylinder. Would braided brake lines help?