kylecrish's timeline: Reflex jetta

[KyleCrish]

so my stuff from tmtuning finally arrived. got my scirocco/cc/mk6 euro switch w/ the silver accent along with my dash tray. already installed the euro switch but havent programmed it for the parking lights yet. ill get some pictures once i have the tray in.

i also took off the roofrack, it'll go back on once some snow starts accumulating. its really weird looking at the car now. i havent seen it without the roofrack since before i put the wheels on over 3 months ago. kinda looks sporty now...


Modified by KyleCrish at 5:28 PM 11-18-2009

[Gkap]

probably looks way cleaner.

[kylesprague]

a friend of mine was runnin a rack without the fairing and damn that thing was noisy.


Modified by kylesprague at 5:44 PM 11-18-2009

[KyleCrish]

it does indeed look cleaner. but it also looks kinda boring. so simple.

Quote, originally posted by kylesprague »

a friend of mine was runnin a rack without the fairing and damn that thing was noisy.

mine was very noisy before i put the fairing on, now i only hear it on the highway, and its not even that bad. im just tryin to get a little better gas mileage right now. im broke as hell and ive been driving a ton. hit 12,345 today and took a cell pic. car is only 6 months old though... not good.

and the wheels i was thinking about possibly picking up. never seen em before.

Modified by KyleCrish at 5:55 PM 11-18-2009

[Gkap]

^pretty crazy, could look good if pulled off correctly.

[KyleCrish]

another picture for fun.

[PGJettaFTW]

I still love your car man...

Kinda sad to see the SC wheels go!

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by PGJettaFTW »

I still love your car man... Kinda sad to see the SC wheels go!

well no one has even offered me anything for them, so i dont know how fast they are going anywhere. and if i cant sell the sc's then i cant buy the mercs. im not baller enough to have 3 sets of wheels hangin around.

edit: if they dont sell, then they will be a winter project. im just not sure what i want to do with them. polish, paint, both... idk


Modified by KyleCrish at 7:09 PM 11-18-2009

[PGJettaFTW]

What Merc wheels you going with if you sell them?

[fastGTI4u]

Did you ever get that amp installed?

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by PGJettaFTW »

What Merc wheels you going with if you sell them?

the ones posted above, never seen them before, but they have the merc style small holes between the lug holes and the guys who has em said they came on his last mercedes, and he just kept them for the red one they are on now.

[Legendre]

Quote, originally posted by KyleCrish »

so my stuff from tmtuning finally arrived. got my scirocco/cc/mk6 euro switch w/ the silver accent along with my dash tray. already installed the euro switch but havent programmed it for the parking lights yet. ill get some pictures once i have the tray in. Modified by KyleCrish at 5:28 PM 11-18-2009

Please post some pics what the euro switch does. Does it turn ON the small bulb in the high beam without turning on all the lights?

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by fastGTI4u »

Did you ever get that amp installed?

no, i got lazy. i need someone to walk me through it, i dont feel like messing up my stock speakers trying to install that ****.

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by Legendre »

Please post some pics what the euro switch does. Does it turn ON the small bulb in the high beam without turning on all the lights?

once i get it programmed ill post pictures. as of right now, im not sure what it does. i just wanted it for the improved aesthetics and the option of running fogs and parking lights.

i got bored. all this talk about wheels made me want to change mine up. so i pulled out the trusty plasti-dip, and painted two covers. kept the lexus symbol chrome through.

and the car without the covers and no roofrack.

Modified by KyleCrish at 7:50 PM 11-18-2009

[powdub]

looking good dude.

dont take it back to stock, keep at it! the mk1 will end up being a bigger money pit. stick with what ya got

[fastGTI4u]

Quote, originally posted by KyleCrish »

the ones posted above, never seen them before, but they have the merc style small holes between the lug holes and the guys who has em said they came on his last mercedes, and he just kept them for the red one they are on now.

It's really easy. I'll see if I have time to write you up something to make it easy for you.

There's a DIY on how to take the dash out and etc.... I'll type it up on your other tread.

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by fastGTI4u »

It's really easy. I'll see if I have time to write you up something to make it easy for you. There's a DIY on how to take the dash out and etc.... I'll type it up on your other tread.

thanks man! i appreciate it. my garage is being built at the moment so hopefully i can do it right when that gets done. its too cold and dark to do it by the time i get out of work at night.

[pch0mey]

A reflex silver Jetta. We're rare! Keep it LOW man

[Gkap]

painting those covers might have been a bad call.

[Djsupahfly]

Glad you didnt part out TOO much

[StevenHenriksen]

Car looks good man, love the stance. I assume thats your girl with you in the pics from the show? If so, thats awesome. Girls that can come with you on car related trips are always keepers

[bluebora_1.8t]

ew 100 percent all around. did not like a single thing about it. disgusting. buy a honda for that shyyyyt.

[bluebora_1.8t]

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by bluebora_1.8t »

ew 100 percent all around. did not like a single thing about it. disgusting. buy a honda for that shyyyyt.

... buy a honda? the only things on this car that arent oem are the wheels and suspension. i wouldnt call it rice by any means.

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by Gkap »

painting those covers might have been a bad call.

its plasti-dip, will come right off. i was bored.

Quote, originally posted by Djsupahfly »

Glad you didnt part out TOO much

lol, didnt part it out at all yet.

Quote, originally posted by StevenHenriksen »

Car looks good man, love the stance. I assume thats your girl with you in the pics from the show? If so, thats awesome. Girls that can come with you on car related trips are always keepers

yeah, she's awesome. we have a deal goin. i go to her horse shows and she goes to my vw shows. i dont mind it at all.

[Gotsol]

It looks good with the 430 wheels. What did you have to do to mount them up? Is the bolt patter the same? Did you need a hub ring?

I wouldn't change a thing.

[KyleCrish]

Quote, originally posted by Gotsol »

It looks good with the 430 wheels. What did you have to do to mount them up? Is the bolt patter the same? Did you need a hub ring? I wouldn't change a thing.

the bolt pattern is 5x114.3, ours is 5x112. i had a choice between goin with an adapter that would make the wheels poke or just use the wobble bolts i had sitting in my room and have them tuck a little. i went with what i thought would be the cheaper route. i had to then have them drilled to accept the conical wobble bolts since lexus uses flat faced nuts. and i had to grab some hubcentric rings, 57.1-60(.1) which are not very easy to find.

all in all, it ended up costing me a little more than adapters and i ended up with a less epic stance. lesson learned.

[sirswank]

those merc wheels are Mandrus Emils

a few guys rock em. they're what the TSW Holsten's were modeled after, and similar to the A8 monoblocks.

[TNKD]

looking good man

[KyleCrish]

thank you ^ both you guys. ill have to look up those wheels, i thought they were oem mercedes.

and tnkd, ive said it before, but im going to repeat myself, your car is nasty. i wish mine could look that good while staying so simple.

[KyleCrish]

is there a diy for removing the dash vent and installing the tray? i looked in the faq/diy thread and didnt see it. i also searched and found a bunch of people asking about rattles and sales.

[KyleCrish]

some more pictures. i want to preface this with the fact that the black paint is plasti-dip and can come right off. ive only done one side to see how it looks, im on the edge, if i get the gli skirts i dont think it will look half bad. whats everyones opinions?

before

after

new euro switch

[Time for a GTI]

Quote, originally posted by bluebora_1.8t »

ew 100 percent all around. did not like a single thing about it. disgusting. buy a honda for that shyyyyt.

Quote, originally posted by KyleCrish »

the only things on this car that arent oem are the wheels and suspension

That's funny right thar

[Legendre]

Looked better before!

[StevenHenriksen]

Looks badass with the painted centers. To get the vent off the dash just slide something plastic (old credit card/bondo spreader etc.) under the edge and work it around, the vent will just pop out. You also have to remove the little plastic bit around the adjustment wheel