Mk1R

These wishbones are really well made and are fully adjustable for camber and caster. The tubular subframe also allows the wishbone to be relocated within the subframe to improve suspension kinematics

Hi Everyone, just a small update this week as I was waiting on parts to arrive. To complement the Tubular subframe I ordered the tubular wishbones.

I did indeed, I saw them up for sale about 3 months ago, and thought nice but still expensive. I proposed a cheeky offer to the chap a couple of weeks ago and he accepted, so all in all pretty happy with the purchase. one 12hr road trip later I had them. I hope they perform as good as they look. I’ve ordered a couple of extra verkline goodies to complement the subframes.

Tubular front frame installed

Eager to get the front subframe on I got straight to it. R Steering rack and anti roll bar installed and a quick weight check compared to steel subframe the Verkline front frame is 5.8kg lighter This takes the total weight saving to 13kg inc the front brakes

The next change was unplanned, I had been looking Verkline products for a while but couldn’t justify the cost. Two subframes came up around half the cost of the original so I snapped them up.

The GTI set up proved to be a decent weight saving over the R setup, that’s a good amount of unsprung weight removed. GTI Front caliper - 6.65kg ea R Front caliper - 8.45kg ea GTI Front disc - 8.40kg ea R Front Disc - 10.2kg ea Total saving - 7.2kg

My next task was to downsize the brakes. I chose the 312mm front setup from non PP MK7 GTI.

I randomly managed to find a speedline wheel which suited my current needs 16” 5x112 ET59

Hi Everyone, I hope your all well. Sorry I haven’t posted any updates in a while. Things have been a little quiet on the build as my kids have started go karting, which has been a steep learning curve and a rather expensive one. Anyway, on to the build update. I had reached a bit of a crossroad, where certain decisions needed to be made regarding wheel and brake size as well as suspension setup. I’m determined to keep the mk1 looking original-ish as possible, by that I mean trying my best not to use berg cup style wide arches. This has left me quite a large headache regarding wheel choice. I needed a 16” wheel which was 7” or less wide, 5x112 with a high ET. The following posts will run through some of the choices I made.

Thanks GeoffT, appreciate it. In terms of the wiring, the plan is to fit as much as I can to keep the systems happy. Hopefully I can find someone who can turn certain non essential electrical items off. Fingers crossed 🤞

Definitely AWD, cheers

Thank you, getting there slowly Thanks

Thank you for taking the time to post, it makes a big difference, helping to keep me motivated Cheers

Thank you, I’m definitely not Ant Anstead that’s for sure 😂 I’m making this up as I’m going along, piecing it up bit by bit. I’m currently moving onto working on the rear end, after that the major fab work is finished and I can crack on with wiring. I would love to have it driving for next summer. Work commitments mean I only get one day a week to work on it. Thanks 😊