ok cool, i dont know if its a specialty vinyl. i think its just regular, not sure tho.
ive considered lowering it with some coilovers, but im going to see how it does at stock height this winter first. it will be getting new wheels, but that wont be till next summer.

 

I spent a good part of last weekend changing the downpipe on my 2.slow. Two broken exhaust studs, two broken easy outs and a bunch of dull drill bits turned a quick job into real work.

I'm debating getting the set of '03 FX4 wheels powder coated and mounting them on the Jetta. I've seen a ton of VWs with different wheels but never some from a Ford truck. With a set of coil overs and the right size tires I think it might look pretty good.

 

idk about that. how would the backspacing work?

 

got the windows tinted! i love how it looks!!




the blacked out B pillars make the windows blend alot better!

 

I'm looking at that but haven't found the exact specs for the Ford wheels yet. I think it will work out well with adapters though. The VW has 5x100 wheel bolts and needs a 35-45mm or so offset. The Ford wheels are 5x135 so there is almost 1.5" more room on them for the adapters to use if the bolt patterns are offset 45*. I think the Ford wheels are around 12mm or so of offset and a 1" (25mm) adapter would put me at 37mm. I just gotta find the Ford specs first.

 

what about wheels off a escape? those are like miniature FX4 wheels

 

They might work too but they're not sitting in my garage collecting dust. I could get these on the car for a few $$$ and have something different than most. Anything else would cost more, I'm trying to not spend much on this car since it's just a daily driver.

 

oh i hear ya. i guess you could get some adapters custom made. shouldnt be too much i wouldnt think.

 

Adapters are easy to come by in the VW world. My other option is to design some, have my friend who works in a machine shop make them and then buy him beer. Either way will work.

 

oh ok, im still getting used to all the VW stuff.

i still cant decide what lowering kit i want to get tho. either rokkor coilovers or eibach springs.

 

Looks great! What percentage is that?

 

5%

 

turning out really nice bro!

 

Thanks man!

I'm tryin to decide what to go with when I lower it.

 

Don't know much about the Rookors, but I have had a Eibach Pro Kits on a couple of cars. Been real happy with them. I currently have a set of Pro kits along with Tokico D Specs sitting in the garage to go on the G, just waiting on some adjustable alignmant components. The Pro kits generally lower the cars about 1 to 1.5 inches, and spring rate is increased about 40 percent.