Bought this ages ago and sold it. Then bought it back a couple of months ago like this:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/4bf0344a.jpg)
Got loads of trick bits on it and it's really a well sorted car.
I know it needed wheels so I started to look.
Getting sick of the steels and the tread getting low I bought some super cheap temp Audi wheels:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/bca1a2ad.jpg)
Happy with this for now I bought some more cheap wheels to refurb, rh2s:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/e0e0ab93.jpg)
But a stupid low offset and cost of spacers, a new dish, and paint made little sense to continue, so I flogged them on
Then on my 2 weeks off work I did a whoopsie:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/ea66860b.jpg)
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/b503db01.jpg)
A Loud pop, smoking from the turbo and horrible idle I assumed the worst, blown turbo and a thrown rod. I thought this was likely as I had been running a lot of boost.
So I decided to start stripping it:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/c94f04bc.jpg)
As I started to remove the intercooler, I got underneath and noticed the intercooler pipe had blown off the turbo!
I reattached it with a new clip and some silicon hose left over from a bike carbed golf project and voila!!
Solved! A mix of massive relief, joy, and annoyance that I hadn't noticed!
After this I knew I had to sort the wheels out.
So I ordered some and waited impatiently for a week until they arrived:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/4178f3fb.jpg)
I spent Thursday night effing and blinding at the front coilovers as I hadn't wound them down since the mot and here is the end result:
![Image](http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af322/duckdown_hoodrat/809ac679.jpg)
8j front, 9j rear with 215/40/18 on all. Et35
No spacers as yet but I'm real happy. Will space the rears 10mm.
Unfortunately after it settled I had to molegrips the hell out the front arches but not an issues as the whole car needs a respray anyway.
So what do you think?