My Rocco on Airlift V2 & Bentley Splits
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My Rocco on Airlift V2 & Bentley Splits
Thought id start a new build thread since ive started tinkering with the car already lol.
Some of yous might know my old Rocco:
Well, I traded that in on the 26th May and got this instead:
Its a 2.0 GT TDi Bluemotion with DSG box.
9 months old with 7500 on the clock and coated in the lovely Indium Grey I absolutely Love the colour !
Anyway, picked it up on the Saturday at 9:30am, swapped my HIDs over from my last Rocco within 15 mins lol.
Then once I drove it back to my mates garage, I had the Coilovers on, and the rear was de-badged/de-wipered all within about
4 hours of owning it
Before
After (Not very good picture)
Coils fitted.
After a long wait and lots of let downs, they finally got finished (not 100% happy with how they turned out, buy hey, i did
wait 2.5 months for them to get done, so i was just happy to fire them on.
Merc AMG Wheels, Fully Polished, 18x8 and 18x9
A wee trial fit (being proper scene y0 lol)
And then the good bit...
LOVE that last pic
Notice the Orange Sidelights ?
got bored of the white LEDs and fancied a change U.S style
I also replaced every bulb in the car with White LEDs again, (11 in total)
And a wee Bonus that should save me A LOT of money...
I think ive done no bad for only having the car for 9 days
Thanks for reading !
Some of yous might know my old Rocco:
Well, I traded that in on the 26th May and got this instead:
Its a 2.0 GT TDi Bluemotion with DSG box.
9 months old with 7500 on the clock and coated in the lovely Indium Grey I absolutely Love the colour !
Anyway, picked it up on the Saturday at 9:30am, swapped my HIDs over from my last Rocco within 15 mins lol.
Then once I drove it back to my mates garage, I had the Coilovers on, and the rear was de-badged/de-wipered all within about
4 hours of owning it
Before
After (Not very good picture)
Coils fitted.
After a long wait and lots of let downs, they finally got finished (not 100% happy with how they turned out, buy hey, i did
wait 2.5 months for them to get done, so i was just happy to fire them on.
Merc AMG Wheels, Fully Polished, 18x8 and 18x9
A wee trial fit (being proper scene y0 lol)
And then the good bit...
LOVE that last pic
Notice the Orange Sidelights ?
got bored of the white LEDs and fancied a change U.S style
I also replaced every bulb in the car with White LEDs again, (11 in total)
And a wee Bonus that should save me A LOT of money...
I think ive done no bad for only having the car for 9 days
Thanks for reading !
Last edited by scott.taylor on Sat May 25, 2013 11:21 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Looks GREAT in this shot!
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Thanks man ! I'm I love with it now
Just seems that NO ONE likes the wheels over on another Forum :S
Just seems that NO ONE likes the wheels over on another Forum :S
Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
the main thing is that you like them scott
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Wheels look great mate
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Really nice mate, Unlike you i changed from a grey to white , Really like the grey though, got that american kinda look, love the alloys, wouldn't look great on candy though.
Where did you get the front lights from? both sidelights and main?
Where did you get the front lights from? both sidelights and main?
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
I was actually looking at the split rim version of these wheels with a candy red center but could not decide if I should search for something in 19 instead. Hmmm decisions...
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Looks good needs some clean plates though mate
Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
even braver jacking a rocco at that point with a trolley jack
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Love the colour. very nice car,,,,,,,,,,,,but sorry, dont like the wheels. If you do though, thats what counts.
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
What HID kit is that mate??
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Same with mine, not many like it, but as Trix said, as long as YOU like it.
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Thanks for the comments guys
For those wanting to know about the lights,
The HIDs were just bought off a guy my mate knows, unsure of what make they are, just H7 6000k jobbies as far as I know lol.
And the sidelights are just painted orange couldnt be bothered ordering new orange bulbs, so whipped out the paint and just gave them 2 light coats and fitted them about 8 hours later after baking them.
For those wanting to know about the lights,
The HIDs were just bought off a guy my mate knows, unsure of what make they are, just H7 6000k jobbies as far as I know lol.
And the sidelights are just painted orange couldnt be bothered ordering new orange bulbs, so whipped out the paint and just gave them 2 light coats and fitted them about 8 hours later after baking them.
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Love the wheels mate, stance is great as well. What tyres you running on them? I just bought some rotiform blq's 19x8.5 but the tyres are 215 by 35 so stretched too much for me bumping up and down curbs so looking to change. Yours look spot on!
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Looks great, personally I like the Interlagos a lot so not looking to change them.. out of interest how much did it cost you to do the LED's?
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
My tyres are 205/40's on the fronts (8" wheel) and 225/40's on the back (9" wheel)Gazp123 wrote:Love the wheels mate, stance is great as well. What tyres you running on them? I just bought some rotiform blq's 19x8.5 but the tyres are 215 by 35 so stretched too much for me bumping up and down curbs so looking to change. Yours look spot on!
I don't know what you should get for yours then, I would run a 215/35 but maybe you should go for a 225/40 or something for more padding lol.
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Think I paid about £45 for all of them when I had my last car, and I just took them all out and out them in this one, so kinda cost me nothing to re-use them againGt12 wrote:Looks great, personally I like the Interlagos a lot so not looking to change them.. out of interest how much did it cost you to do the LED's?
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Re: Scotts New Rocco GT Brief - Coils and Polished Merc Whee
Finally, the thing ive been waiting months to do...
Started by removing the spare wheel etc.
Cutting a bit of MDF and laying it in
Ran the Loom right up the car, under the sills and under the dash behind the glovebox and up through a grommet that you can see here behind the Turbo
And across to the battery with a 30A fuse fitted
Then I started fixing everything down and sorting out all the plumbing of the tank n stuff.
Since these pics, everything has been resealed and tightened and the wiring is all okay, the compressor starts and runs continuously without any problems. So does the ECU and Digital Controller.
2 more days until I get the airlines ran, the Bags bolted on and the Front-right Chassis Leg Notched !
Pics to follow
Started by removing the spare wheel etc.
Cutting a bit of MDF and laying it in
Ran the Loom right up the car, under the sills and under the dash behind the glovebox and up through a grommet that you can see here behind the Turbo
And across to the battery with a 30A fuse fitted
Then I started fixing everything down and sorting out all the plumbing of the tank n stuff.
Since these pics, everything has been resealed and tightened and the wiring is all okay, the compressor starts and runs continuously without any problems. So does the ECU and Digital Controller.
2 more days until I get the airlines ran, the Bags bolted on and the Front-right Chassis Leg Notched !
Pics to follow