Did anyone ever produce an aftermarket rack?

cheddarcheese · January 04, 2010, 05:12:38 PM

hayesey · January 04, 2010, 06:34:13 PM

hmm! whose car is that?

jez1272gt · January 04, 2010, 07:25:23 PM

^^^^ Thats a dude thats over on ClubGTI.com who's building a mk2 berg cup 'style' motor.... Sure its fine iirc hes got a build thread over on cgti anyway..

lance · January 04, 2010, 10:50:16 PM

i was thinkin summat like on this arosa for mine,

jez1272gt · January 04, 2010, 11:49:53 PM

Not a bad idea that lance, do you know if there are any roll bars that would be near the correct size in terms of fitment to a polo axel?

The triangular set up that is shown would still be superior in my opinion and give much better control over axel stiffness due to such fine tuning of the tension, however it would be harder to engineer than the arosa set up and probably only something that a true track car would gain any real benefit from!

cheddarcheese · January 05, 2010, 06:24:32 PM

so a triangular setup would help! is there any reason why no one has done it yet on a polo as it cant be that hard i quess?

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191964

and that's the link to mk2sp mk2 golf build on clubgti.

cheddarcheese · January 05, 2010, 06:35:00 PM

pictures from (goof mk2 race car build on clubgti) http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187561

jez1272gt · January 05, 2010, 06:48:49 PM

Quote from: cheddarcheese on January 05, 2010, 06:24:32 PM
is there any reason why no one has done it yet on a polo as it cant be that hard i quess?

Im sure one of the old timers could tell you it probably has been done in the past but i guess its not a main stream modification due to the fact its quite a lot of hassel for what might only be a tiny improvment on an everyday car, if you are preparing your polo for the track then it might be something to look into though..

Yoof · January 05, 2010, 09:00:35 PM

I know of a polo with a triangulate rear axle

Main pain in the arse on the Polo is you need a centre exit exhaust... which means getting rid of the spare wheel well. If there's demand Polo PP could do it as a kit/exchange axle basis. But due to the other changes needed, I guess 99% of people don't want it.

giorgio · January 05, 2010, 11:54:17 PM

that design on the rolf is the official vag rally/race upgrade. I have an etka schematic one one of the comps/laptops/hard drives so I can stick it up if needed.

I know heg123 triangulated his rally car. His blog thing on club polo has the pics.

cheddarcheese · January 06, 2010, 02:00:26 AM

Shit did not think about the exhaust kinda annoying as my G40 is a track car and ill have no problem with removing the spare wheel well but i just brought a full ppp system!

djtez · January 06, 2010, 02:32:23 PM

I also paid for ppp exhaust system and dont wanna go back.
could thre be made a strut brace to fit from hub to hub on the rear with ppp exhaust in mind..

jez1272gt · January 07, 2010, 09:47:19 AM

Quote from: giorgio on January 05, 2010, 11:54:17 PM
I have an etka schematic one one of the comps/laptops/hard drives so I can stick it up if needed.

Would be interested in seeing that if you can find it....

Yoof · January 07, 2010, 02:36:53 PM

Quote from: cheddarcheese on January 06, 2010, 02:00:26 AM
Shit did not think about the exhaust kinda annoying as my G40 is a track car and ill have no problem with removing the spare wheel well but i just brought a full ppp system!

I'll have a measure up once I get my car back then if a few people want them...

Not sure how to sell it, as an axle exchange (very expensive to post) and all axles would need to be straight, aquablasted, and then welded, then coated/painted.

Or the easier option, sell it as a kit of parts- but would require somone competent to weld them on.

vwmk3jon · February 03, 2010, 04:33:50 PM

Sounds interesting